I continued our series "The Life of Joseph: God's Sovereignty in Our Suffering"this past weekend at Eastbrook Church by looking at Joseph's temptation in Genesis 39. Here, Joseph finds God's present with him and even blessing him in suffering. Then, when things seem to be heading in a positive direction, he is caught in the webs …
Fasting for Spiritual Growth
I often refer to fasting as an important spiritual growth tool in our lives. Some time ago, I wrote a number of posts on the subject of fasting and I am gathering all of those together here as a resource for understanding fasting in general. These posts also address a number of specific aspects of …
William Blake, Jesus’ Three Temptations by Satan
||40days|| week one: a journey like Jesus
Can you imagine 40 days of fasting and prayer in the wilderness? That was Jesus' journey as recorded in the Gospels. As it says in Mark 1:12-13: "At once the Spirit sent him out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, …
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||40days|| week one: a journey like Israel
When Israel rebelled against God on the verge of Canaan, the land of promise, God sent them on a 40 year journey in the wilderness. You can read about that journey in Numbers 13 and 14. It was a journey of punishment for sin. It was a journey of purification from rebellion. It was a …
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Matthew Erickson 