How to win in the battlefield of our mind

Salient points:

• One of the greatest battles ahead for God's people is the battle for the mind
• To move in complete victory, we must transform our minds to think the way God thinks
• God wants us to walk with wisdom and understanding, and in faith - not fear and confusion
• Two keys to overcome - meditate on the Word and take every thought captive
• God is raising up the prophetic people
• It’s harvest time

Notes from Robert Heidler’s sharing on May 31, 2023 (Glory Zion International Church)

The world has entered a very stormy season… the world is falling apart… and we’re wondering if we're the last hours before Jesus returns. Many people are confused, filled with fear. 

But God does not want His people to walk in fear and confusion. 

He wants us to walk with wisdom and understanding, and most of all, He wants us to walk in faith. 

To move forward in complete victory, we must transform our minds to think the way God thinks.

We must adopt His thoughts for today rather than our own, as one of the greatest coming wars will take place in the battlefield of the mind. 

For every process of moving into a new dimension, change is necessary. Mindsets have to be altered. Old patterns must make way for new ones. And ultimately, we must learn to think differently. Now, to gain victory in the mind war, we need to understand mindsets. 

In Romans 1:14-16 the Bible categorises the human race into three basic mindsets

1. Barbaric

2. Greek

3. Hebrew/Biblical

God promises if you resist the devil, he will flee from you. But if your life is dominated by fear, you are being held captive by a barbarian warlord named Satan. Fear is Satan's tool. It's the opposite of faith. God does not want you to live in fear. He wants you to know a loving Heavenly Heavenly Father who cares for you. 

God confounds the mind to test the heart. He will deliberately do things that our minds don't understand to see where our hearts are. 

Romans 12 calls us not to be conformed to the world, don't be pressed into the world's mould, but be transformed by the renewing of our mind. 

Faith works through love. Know the living God and learn to walk by faith in him. 

It's a totally different way of operating and it seems foolish to the world, to the barbarian. 

The Hebrew mindset says I will trust and not be afraid… I will trust in the Lord and not lean on my own understanding. 

The Hebrew mindset says you get ahead in life by learning to walk in God's favour… you gain wisdom and direction from God. 

God is working to restore a Hebrew mindset in his Church. One of the greatest battles ahead for God's people is the battle for the mind. 

God wants our minds to be transformed. He doesn't want us to walk in fear. He doesn't want us to walk in pride. He wants us to walk in faith. 

God says don't let the world press you into its mould. God wants to set you free from the world's domination and free from fear. 

God wants us to draw close to Him to learn to hear His voice, to walk in His ways.

To win the mind war, there are two keys:

1) Meditate on the word. That means you need to know the word. 

2) Discipline the mind to take every thought captive. 

How do you meditate on the Word? Well, the word meditate literally means to chew on something. A cow will go out and eat some grass, but then she'll sit down and spend the day just chewing it over and over and over again. 

And that's what God wants us to do with the Bible.God wants us to take it in and think about it. Chew on it throughout the day. Ponder it. Saturate your mind with it. 

Joshua 1 says if you meditate on the Word daily, you will be successful in everything you do. If you meditate on God's Word, the Holy Spirit will speak to you. The result is your mind will be transformed. 

Not only do we need to meditate on the Word, but we also need to take our thoughts captive.

See, not every thought that pops into our mind is from ourselves. Satan is able to plant thoughts in our mind, and those thoughts are not usually aligned with God's truth. 

So we need to make it a habit to examine our thoughts to see if what we were thinking is really from God. Many people are slaves to a barbarian mindset and they don't even know it. So ask yourself, what am I thinking? 

Living in faith looks at the future, and says surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. 

We have a good Father, a Good Shepherd who's watching out for us. 

If you've been walking under a barbarian mindset, there’s good news for you. You can repent.

You can just say, Lord, I see I've been living in fear. I've been having a barbarian mindset. Right now. I choose to renounce that. I'm going to choose to trust You and not be afraid. 

There will be times in the days ahead when your mind will not know the way. The only way to move forward will be to know by the Spirit you need to stop and take your thoughts captive.

If you have been walking in a Greek mindset, there’s good news for you. You can repent. You can change. You can learn to walk in the spirit. God wants you to walk with the mind of Christ. You can transform your mind to think the way God thinks. 

God doesn't want us to have a Greek or a Barbarian mindset. He doesn't want his people to live in fear. 

He's calling us to a biblical mindset. He wants us to walk in faith, knowing that your God is in control. 

That is what God is doing in the Church today. God is raising up the prophetic people who know His voice, who walk in His ways. 

God is raising up a people who will not be pressed into the mould of the world, who will not be filled with fear and confusion by the storms that are raging around us, who walk in the wisdom of the Holy Spirit. 

He wants us to be a people who do the works of Jesus and will bring in a great harvest in the earth. God is preparing the world for harvest. 

So if you have been captured by fear, fill your mind with God's word. Stand on God's promises. Take every thought captive. Be willing to repent, be willing to walk in faith because God wants you to know - it's harvest time. 

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The final move of God - establishing His Kingdom

Salient points:

• We are now in the early stage of the Kingdom-establishing movement
• Things will get worse before they get better
• The Church is becoming more glorious as the world becomes increasingly darker
• We need to be ready at all times for we do not know when is the Lord's coming
• God's greatest desire for us is to be conformed into His likeness
• Be strengthened in His word to protect from deception

Notes from Bishop Bill Hamon's sharing on the Word for 2023 

There are three moves of God after the prophetic Apostolic.

1. The Saints movement, which took place in 2007

2. The Lord’s movement, which took place in 2016 

3. The Kingdom-establishing movement, which we are entering into now

There seems to be a reset in the human race every 2,000 years. 

When Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden, the “fall” of the human race began. 

That was the race that existed until Abraham was called out to birth the “Hebrew” race. The Hebrew or Israeli race was started through Abraham. 

2,000 years later, Jesus came and started the “Church” race. 

2,000 years later, He will come to start the “Kingdom” race. 

The “Church” race has eternal life in their spirit, but mortality in their body. But when the “Kingdom” race begins, it will be at the RT, and they will not only have eternal life in their Spirit, but they will also have immortalized bodies. 

It's really going to happen, saints!! 

The church was birthed in 20-30 A.D. If you had 30 A.D. added to 2000 A.D, that would take us to 2030 A.D. 

So the time is short. And the time is near. 

Believe and be ready for God's best, and be prepared for the world's worst.

This is going to be a year of contrast and conflict. Be ready for the positive power versus the confusion and problems. Demonstrate the glory versus those who deny the glory and are ungodly. 

We don't know when the Lord is coming. So be ready at all times. 

Parable of the 10 virgins: Be like the 5 wise virgins. Take extra oil because the bridegroom will be delayed.

Past movements

God always prepares a place, a people and a message for what He wants to do next. 

God prepared Martin Luther for many years before using him to birth the “Prophetic” and “Protestant” movement. 

Then, God used John Wesley to birth the “Holiness” movement.

After that came the “Pentecostal” movement, where God brought more people together to spearhead His next move. 

The same thing was in the “Latter Rain” movement and the “Charismatic” renewal. 

Then came the prophetic “Apostolic” movement to bring the restoration of the Lord’s prophets and apostles.

Then, we had the Saints movement, and after that the “Army of the Lord” movement in 2016.

Final move

Now, we're getting ready for the final move of God. 

As in Isaiah 60, it's going to be a time of great darkness for the world. 

But it's going to be light and victory and power in the church, and with those who know how to move with what God's doing. 

So it's a contrast: the world is going to get more wicked, but the church is going to get more glorious. 

I felt the Lord's urgency to prepare us for both.

The same grace and faith that takes to manifest the glory in Revelation is the same grace and faith to take us through what's coming. 

What we had in 2021 is kids’ play compared to what's coming. 

In Matthew 24, the disciples asked Jesus three questions: (1) when will these things be; (2) what events will signal Christ's return; and (3) when will the end of the world come. 

Jesus gave a long list of things that's going to happen before the end - eg. false messiahs will appear deceiving many, wars and rumours of wars.

Deception will be rampant.

So you better know the truth and be around people with maturity and wisdom that can discern error from truth and truth from error.

The Bible also says in the last days, many will be offended.

I want you to become unoffendable.

Important to: (1) talk in tongues a lot; and (2) know the word of God. 

Fullness of time

Three things that must come to fullness of time before Jesus can return.

The coming of the Lord is not a specific day.

The Bible said even Jesus didn't know when He was coming, only the Father knows. 

Galatians 4:4 says when the fullness of time came, God set forth his son. 

Ephesians 1:10 says it’s God's pleasure that in the dispensation or period of the fullness of the times (plural), God is going to fulfill and finish all things, according to Revelations 10:7.

We're in the fullness of the times of the fulfilling of all things. 

Unfinished business

In a vision/dream, the Lord spoke to Bishop Bill Hamon that he was still living here on earth because God had another move that He wanted Bishop Bill Hamon to spearhead. 

He already spearheaded the Prophetic/Apostolic and the Saints movement; and then the “Army of the Lord” movement. 

The Lord says now He is getting ready for the final climactic, fulfilling and revealing of all mysteries.

We're now in the beginnings of the Final Reformation. This is what is called the “Kingdom-establishment” movement. 

God’s greatest desire for us

Be ready: It's about to get worse before it gets better.

The glory of the latter house shall be greater than the former. 

We are to go from glory to glory until Christ's likeness.

The church is to grow and increase until she reaches the fullness of Christ in His likeness and demonstration of His kingdom (Ephesians 4:13).

God doesn't look at suffering like we do. God will allow you to suffer if it will conform you to Christ's image and likeness more - whom the Lord loves us, He beats the darkness out of them.

God's number one passion, desire and will for each one of us is to be conformed to the image and likeness of Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:28-29 is a covenant principle we need to know. God promises and makes a covenant that all things work together for good if you're called by God and you love Him. 

Don't be conformed to this world but transformed by the renewing of your mind and thinking to be like Christ.

 

VIDEO LINK: Bishop Bill Hamon 2023 Word of the Lord - YouTube

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Living in the end times - four fatherly advices

Salient points:

• Know that God finishes what He started. Emulate Him.
• Live as if Jesus Christ will return tomorrow, but lead as if He will not return for 100 years
• Find your God-given destiny, follow your God-given destiny, and fulfill your God-given destiny. So, take time to choose your mountain carefully, climb your mountain continuously, and conquer your mountain completely.
• Pray for Israel’s salvation. Be part of God’s story.

*Extracted from the final session of Dr George Annadorai's teaching on Revelation on Dec 20, 2021

First advice: Know that God finishes what He starts. Emulate Him.

God in Revelation 21:22 is finishing what He started - the story that began in Genesis 1 and 2 will have a perfect conclusion.

In Philippians 1:6, it says, He finishes what He started.

God finishes what He starts. God does not abort, does not abandon anything halfway. 

Whenever there are moments of discouragements and distractions, keep reminding yourself that you’re a child of God. 

Your Heavenly Father has a track record of finishing what He started.

You’re a child of God; therefore, you cannot abort, cannot abandon halfway. You must also finish what you started. Let this be your driving force because this comes from the character of God.

At the end of the day, the only thing we have in our high moments and our low moments is the character of God.

It is because of the character of God that there is such a thing called a “covenant” with God. If it is not for the character, the covenant means nothing.

The Bible is what we call the covenant. And the new covenant means nothing apart from a God who has a character. 

So, keep in mind and understand that God finishes what He started.

Second advice: Live as if Jesus Christ will return tomorrow, but lead as if He will not return for 100 years.

To live as if Jesus Christ is coming tomorrow is to live a pure life. Live holy life. 

Don't wait till tomorrow to settle your accounts. Keep short accounts and live your life as if Jesus Christ is coming today.

Lead your life as if He is not coming for the next 100 years. 

As Martin Luther, the great reformer, said: Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

In a similar vein, Dr George Annadorai now spends a large part of his life planting trees on the land. A large part of his ministry in Israel is connected to the land and crops.

He does that because of what he knows is about to happen during the 7 trumpet judgments - that one third of the crops are going to be destroyed in Europe. During that moment in time, Europe that has so despised Israel, will be humbled by God and come to Israel for food. They will then be able to see Israel for who she really is.

(This is like what happened in the Book of Genesis, where God humbled the nations, and caused them to go to a boy called Joseph to receive from his hand “life”. This is what will happen in the latter times when the nations in Europe known as the breadbasket of the European continent see their crops fail in the coming days.) 

As such, Dr George Annadorai is investing a large part of his time, resources and energy on the land planting crops. The crops are meant to feed the poor also.

Third advice: Find your God-given destiny, follow your God-given destiny, and fulfill your God-given destiny

Recall the parable of the wise and foolish virgins in Matthew 25.

What made both camps different? Both camps were virgins, and both carried oil.

What made the difference was one camp prepared themselves by carrying extra oil in case the Bridegroom was delayed in coming. 

The other camp was foolish because they never asked the question what if the Bridegroom was delayed. 

In the parable, the Bridegroom was delayed in coming. And one camp did not enough oil to carry them through.

It's a statement to you and I. There are so many different arguments: Jesus Christ is coming today, Jesus Christ is coming tomorrow, the rapture is today, the rapture is tomorrow.

It is essential that you and I carry enough oil because the Bridegroom is going to be delayed.

So, take this advice: Don't just be a faithful Christian, be a fruitful Christian.

Find your God-given destiny, follow your God-given destiny, and fulfill your God-given destiny.

Don't die before that.

What's the difference between us as Christians and everyone else? They die, we die.

The difference is they just die, but we die having fulfilled our God-given destiny.

It's like what the Apostle Paul said to Timothy: I have finished my race, I have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith, now I'm ready to go.

To put it another way, Paul was saying, I have found my God-given destiny, I have followed my God-given destiny, I have fulfilled my God-given destiny. Now I'm ready to die, and when I step up there, I will hear my Lord say to me, “well done, good and faithful servant”.

That “well done, good and faithful servant” is for those who have finished the race. 

It is critically important that you in this hour take time to choose your mountain carefully, climb your mountain continuously, and conquer your mountain completely.

Don't settle for anything less.

Fourth advice: Partner with Israel, pray for Israel's salvation.

When you pray for the salvation of Israel, God hears. And He will remember your nation on account of your prayer for Israel’s salvation.

When Israel finally comes to the place of salvation, the book of revelation tells us, God will use the nation of Israel, along with the Church, to be a blessing to all nations.

That’s Israel’s call. According to Genesis 12: 3, and Genesis 22:80, Israel's call is to be a blessing to ALL the nations. 

Now, we know the story of God.

The important thing for us is to become part of that story.

Step into God's story and be part of it.

VIDEO LINK: Mountain Movers Episode 29 | Rev Chapter 21-22 | The End of the Story | Dr George Annadurai - YouTube

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What it means to be 'Royal Priesthood'? How to operate in a higher level of authority?

Salient points:

• The Melchizedekian priesthood is a combination of the offices of a king and a priest
• It is the highest authority of the believer
• This anointing is not something that can be claimed by faith
• We need to be yielded to God and allow Him to mould and transform us to be a Melchizedekian priest
• We have to grow up (mature) into the image of Christ to bear that kind of authority and power
• God is preparing us for His end-time move and harvest

Notes from Ps Yang Tuck Yoong’s sermon on July 3, 2022 (Cornerstone Community Church Singapore)

One of the privileges a priest has is he gets to come close to God.

When the Apostle Peter gave us a vision of what the church is called to be, he said, you are a “royal priesthood”. You're not just any priesthood you're a royal priesthood.

We have to grow into this and we have to have a revelation of what entails a priesthood.

One of the greatest revelations that's going to be released upon the church in the last days is the revelation of the Melchizedekian priesthood – highest authority of the believer on planet earth. It's a combination of both the priestly anointing and the kingly ministry.

God is going to bring these two key ministries together in the last days. There's going to be a marriage of the offices of the priests and the king, and when this happens, we're going to see cataclysmic results.

Pray that God will do something in our hearts and that we will not be dull of hearing today. The dullness of the Hebrew believers prevented one of the greatest revelations from being released to the Body of Christ. When we don't understand a revelation, when it's released, Satan comes and he steals the word.

Satan will fight tooth and nail to prevent the church from receiving this revelation (Melchizedekian priesthood), so we must contend for this.

This is one of the most powerful revelations that awaits the church in these last days.

This obscure King Melchizedek is mentioned in three portions of scripture in the bible:

1. Genesis 14 - when Abraham meets him and gives a tithe to him;
2. Psalm 110:4 - speaking of the Messiah it says the Lord has sworn and will not relent; You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek; and
3. Hebrews 7 - where the writer explains a few things about this very mysterious person.

*Melchizedekian priesthood > Levitical priesthood

Hebrews 7:1-3:
“For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him a tenth of all [the spoil]. He is, first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, which means king of peace. Without [[a]any record of] father or mother, nor ancestral line, without [any record of] beginning of days (birth) nor ending of life (death), but having been made like the Son of God, he remains a priest without interruption and without successor.

Historically, Melchizedek was the king of Salem, the original ancient name for Jerusalem.
Not only was Melchizedek a king, he was also a priest.

This is important because our priesthood in the new covenant is not after the order of Levi, but after the order of Melchizedek. In other words, in the New Testament, God takes the functions of a priest and marries it to the kingly office, making us kings and priests.

When the bible talks about us being kings and priests, it's a vision God is offering to everyone.

It’s not an automatic thing. It has to be qualified. You have to qualify for it.

Old Testament: the priesthood went to the tribe of Levi, the scepter (the rulership) went to the tribe of Judah.

Jesus is not from the tribe of Levi. He's from the tribe of Judah, coming from a long line of kings.

This is the will of God: He has made us kings and priests (Melchizedekian priesthood).

It involves a process of transformation. This is not something we claim it by faith.

You've got to be moulded and shaped by God for your destiny.

Melchizedek was a king and a priest not by genealogy but by election. His ministry continued into eternity and did not consummate at his death. He remains a priest forever.

Psalm 110: 1-4
The Lord (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son), “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission].
The Lord will send the scepter of Your strength from Zion, saying, “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power; In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, Your young men are to You as the dew.
The Lord has sworn [an oath] and will not change His mind: “[a]You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.”

Psalm 110 was a David, who was not just a great king, but also a great prophet.

The position of the Melchizedekian priesthood - they sit in heavenly places at the Lord's right hand, which is a place of “supreme power”, not just any kind of power. The Melchizedekian priesthood is a reigning priesthood that rules from heaven, and not from earth. It is the highest place of authority for the believer. Whatever we have witnessed in the past is going to be insignificant in comparison to what is coming.

What we have right now is so limited in its capacity. When the Lord said the works that I do, greater works shall you do.

But why aren't we seeing this yet?

It's because we are operating in an authority that is far inferior to the alternative that's presented to us in Scripture. Although it's been given to us, we are not operating in it, and the reason for that is because that kind of authority and power can only be given to a mature people.

Too many things come out from our mouths, too many things come out from our hearts, that if we are given this kind of authority, the results would be catastrophic. Like James and John, we all have the tendency to call fire at the slightest provocation.

So, we have to grow up into the image of Christ to bear that kind of authority and power, and grow into the mantle that the Lord has promised to the Church.

Ask the Holy Spirit to fast-track you to growth, because we don't have much time left. The Glory is coming.

*Jesus is returning for a Bride without spot and wrinkle.*

He's returning for a beautiful Bride with the Melchizedekian priesthood and garments on her.

We need to grow up, we need to mature.

Start thinking about your vocation - your true vocation, which is a priest unto the Lord.

You must function in the office of a priest.

How do you do that? The first thing you got to do is to stand before God every morning and give Him praise and thanksgiving.

*The first duty of the priest is to offer praise to Him, the sacrifice of praise.*

Rev 3:21
He who overcomes [the world through believing that Jesus is the Son of God], I will grant to him [the privilege] to sit beside Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down beside My Father on His throne

Jesus wasn't referring to after we have died. He's offering this to anyone who will overcome in this life and reign in his life - right now. Right now, we can be seated in heavenly thrones and walk with great authority in this lifetime.

We’re operating at a level so far short of His true glory. We cannot fully represent Him until He brings us up higher to that place of glory.

Psalm 110:2: There is an authority and power that is coming to the church where the enemy will always be under our feet.

This is the Lord’s desire, the expressed will of the Father for His Church of Jesus Christ - the Ecclesia, the ruling governing authority on this planet.

Psalm 110:3: When this mantle is poured out upon the Church, the hearts of the Christians will rise in an unprecedented faith and they will be willing. The day is coming when the Church is going to rise up, they're not going to enter into battle with fear, they're going to rise up with a willing heart.

The Melchizedekian church is going to be a holy church, with a holy aura. Our garments will be the garments of warfare - the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, girding the loins with truth, wearing the sandals of the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the sword of the spirit. That bridal gown is the Armor of God - it's devastatingly powerful.

Psalm 110:4 - Jesus is not just king over the church, He's king over the whole earth.

A priest carries a sensor, a king wields a scepter. The scepter symbolises authority, the sensor symbolises worship. One releases power, one releases fragrance, and we need both.

1 Peter 2:9:

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, a [special] people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies [the wonderful deeds and virtues and perfections] of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

That word royal makes all the difference - we're not just a priesthood of believers, we are a royal priesthood. One of the functions of the priest is to proclaim praise, if you're not proclaiming the praises of him who called you out of darkness into light every day, then I question your role as your understanding of a praise, and I question your faithfulness in being a priest.

As a royal priesthood, we're called to proclaim the superiority of God over darkness every day.

The Lord's prayer has both kingly elements and priestly elements.

God is preparing His church for this end-time harvest. He is also preparing the church for the coming power and authority.

VIDEO LINK: 3 July | Kings and Priests | Ps. Yang | Cornerstone Community Church | CSCC Online - YouTube

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How to have more faith in God and obey Him?

Salient points: 

• KNOW that the Lord is GOOD
• Knowing His Goodness will strengthen our faith in Him, and help us obey Him
• We can trust God
• God always leads us into victory when we obey Him and follow His ways
• We do not have to live in fear, we need to learn how to trust God, who is GOOD
• God is FAITHFUL and He will come through for us

Notes from Ps Robert Heidler teaching on May 14, 2023 (Glory of Zion International)

No matter what else you know about God,, if you don’t know He is good, you will never have FAITH.

Understanding God’s goodness is key to faith and obedience.
He is GOOD 
He is KIND
He is MERCIFUL
He is a HEALER 
He is a PROVIDER
He is a PROTECTOR

He is here for you today.

Lessons from Israel’s journey from Egypt to Sinai where God revealed Who He is at the different locations they stopped.

Things God wanted His people to know:

He is a healer 
He is a provider
He is a deliverer
He gives victory over the enemy

GOD WANTED THEM TO KNOW HIS GOODNESS

1. Marah (where they encountered bitter water)

God is Yahweh Rapha! It’s part of His nature, His identity, to heal.

The Lord first revealed Himself as I AM God Your Healer (Ex. 15:26). When the people complained about the bitter waters at Marah, the Lord showed Moses a tree to cast into the water to make it sweet. In that context, God gave us a key covenant promise: “If you listen to My voice, I will keep you well — for I AM the LORD, who heals you.”

2. Elim (a wonderful place of provision and refreshing)

Exodus 15: 27 And they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.

God revealed Himself as Yahweh Rohi - the Lord my Shepherd - Who surprises us with His goodness. God is not only a healer, He will lead you into blessing.

3. Wilderness of Sin (where their provisions were running low)

Even though they murmured and complained, the Lord provided manna - all they had to do was to pick it up from the ground, the bread from heaven.
God showed them that He is a good and generous God who was willing and able to meet their needs.

Exodus 16:4-5

Then the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from the heavens for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law or not. On the sixth day they shall prepare to bring in twice as much as they gather daily.

4. Rephidim (where there was no water)

God showed Israel that He is Yahweh Jireh - he Lord who sees their need and provides.

Exodus 17:6  

Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at [Mount] Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

5. Rephidim (Amalek attacked)

God showed He was Yahweh Nissi, Who could always lead them in victory.

Moses went into intercession and the Amalekites were defeated.

Exodus 17:

And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. So Joshua did as Moses said and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the hilltop. When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and when he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses’ hands were heavy and grew weary. So [the other men] took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other side; so his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. And Joshua mowed down and disabled Amalek and his people with the sword.

6. Sinai

All the way from Egypt to Sinai, God put Israel in situations where He could demonstrate His faithfulness.

He wanted them to know that they didn’t have to live in fear. They could trust Him to care for them.

It is important to remember that God is GOOD!

Psalm 103 lists 6 promised benefits; and warns “don’t forget even one”.

SOURCE: Celebration Service (05/14) - Robert Heidler - Available Replays - GZI TV (gloryofzion.org)

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