13 Purpose For The Path Series 6

17 Dry Bones Live Again Series 6

Years ago, as early pioneers traveled from the populated east to the western frontier of the United States, they did not go very far in the desert before encountering sad scenes of bleached bones-people who had passed that way before them and had died in the wilderness. While this passage refers prophetically to Israel, it can also be applied spiritually to believers. There are many of God's people who have fallen in the wilderness, so to speak. We see their dry bones littering the pathway as we pass by. As people of God, we should reach out to those who are dead or dying spiritually in the wilderness with the good news that dry bones can live again!

16 A Highway To God

There is a special highway winding through your wilderness. All you must do is follow it to reach your destiny: The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God. Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness ; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. (Isaiah 35:1-8)

15 A Time of Refreshing Series 6

Could it be that the desert is actually a time of spiritual refreshment? Jesus often withdrew to the desert for rest, and He admonished His disciples to do so also: And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. (Mark 6:31-32) It was in the wilderness that the prophet Elijah, tired and discouraged, received supernatural refreshment:.

14 God's Guidance System Series 6

Israel had no map to guide them in the desert. They had no GPS system. They were wandering in a trackless wilderness where there were no highways or trail markers. In this barren land, God gave them supernatural guidance: And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire , to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. (Exodus 13:20-22)

13 Purpose For The Path Series 6

Israel had no map to guide them in the desert. They had no GPS system. They were wandering in a trackless wilderness where there were no highways or trail markers. In this barren land, God gave them supernatural guidance: And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire , to give them light; to go by day and night: He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. (Exodus 13:20-22)