Hidden for a Purpose

To spend resources of time and expenses for periods of quietness with God seems a great waste to many Christians today unless they are able to see that God sometimes wants His children to be hidden for a Purpose.


Remember Moses in Midian...
David with the sheep...
Jesus in the wilderness
Paul in Arabia...
John on the island of Patmos...


Meditation:


Isiah 43:1-7


"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you... When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned..."


Luke 5:15-16


"...crowds of people came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed."


Philippians 3:10


"I want to know Christ and the power of His ressurection and the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings, becoming like Him in His death..."


2 Corinthians 3:18


"And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into His likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."

 

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01-Apr-2002 Jesus' Second Prayer
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01-Dec-2001 To See is to Intercede
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01-Dec-2001 To See is to Intercede
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01-Nov-2001 Truth and Grace are Greater than Man's Attitudes and Deeds
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01-Nov-2001 Truth and Grace are Greater than Man's Attitudes and Deeds
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01-Oct-2001 The Written to the Living Word
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01-Sep-2001 God Uses Dreams
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01-Aug-2001 O, To Pray Again!
As I saw a sister in Christ kneel and pray to her Father again, after agonising years of bitterness and anger at...
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01-Jul-2001 No Condemnation....Just Love
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01-Jun-2001 See Him in Clarity
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01-May-2001 Friends
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01-Apr-2001 Walking with Him
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01-Mar-2001 A Learning Process
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01-Feb-2001 My Cup Overflows
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01-Jan-2001 He Whispers Gently
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