Numbers
The journey to the promised land started out so well ...
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A great prayer for God's blessing
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At the beginning, they willingly obeyed every word from God
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But when things got tough, they wanted to go back to being slaves.
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Every had one of those days where your responsibilities just get to be too much? Moses certainly did!
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God's answer to Moses' leadership problem.
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How prophetic is Moses' prayer! Did he have any idea of how God would answer this at Pentecost?
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The secret of being a great leader? A humble character.
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The majority are not always right.
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They both saw the same thing. Some saw through the eyes of faith; others saw through the eyes of fear.
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God wants his followers to have a 'different spirit' - one that is totally devoted to him.
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Our trust in God is based on his unchanging character.
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Look at the authority that God gives to Moses. This time he only had to SPEAK to the rock to get water.
No ... Moses ... don't strike it ... |
God provides for his people so that they are not destroyed by the serpent. This is the setting for the most fabulous bible verse of all - John 3:16
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Balaam's declaration is not a bad standard for today's preachers.
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God can be trusted - always.
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Moses prays for an emerging leader to take his place.
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God's answer to Moses' search for a leader.
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Not a bad standard for today's pastors.
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Our 'yes' must mean 'yes'.
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