We are in our own "Wilderness of Sin". Just as He did for the Israelites, God provides for us even when we are in the wilderness of our own making.

1. in our wilderness

2. Exodus 16:1-3
And they journeyed from Elim, and all
the congregation of the children of Israel
came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is
between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth
day of the second month after they
departed from the land of Egypt.
in our wilderness

3. Exodus 16:1-3
2 Then the whole congregation of the
children of Israel complained against
Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
in our wilderness

4. Exodus 16:1-3
3 And the children of Israel said to them,
“Oh, that we had died by the hand of the
LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by
the pots of meat and when we ate bread to
the full! For you have brought us out into
this wilderness to kill this whole assembly
with hunger.”
in our wilderness

5. Numbers 11:4,5
4 Now the mixed multitude who were among
them yielded to intense craving; so the
children of Israel also wept again and said:
“Who will give us meat to eat? 5 We
remember the fish which we ate freely in
Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks,
the onions, and the garlic;
in our wilderness

6. Exodus 16:4
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will
rain bread from heaven for you. And the
people shall go out and gather a certain
quota every day, that I may test them,
whether they will walk in My law or not.
in our wilderness

7. Exodus 16:14,15
14 And when the layer of dew lifted, there,
on the surface of the wilderness, was a
small round substance, as fine as frost on
the ground. 15 So when the children of
Israel saw it, they said to one another,
“What is it?” For they did not know what it
was.
in our wilderness

8. Exodus 16:31
And the house of Israel called its name
Manna. And it was like white coriander
seed, and the taste of it was like wafers
made with honey.
in our wilderness

9. Manna
in our wilderness
Heb. man-hu, "What is that?" the name
given by the Israelites to the food
miraculously supplied to them during
their wanderings in the wilderness.

10. manna in our wilderness
o We are in our own wilderness of sin
in our wilderness
shame
guilt
despair
lack of contentment
anxiety
worry
complaining
frustration
anger
accusatory grumbling

11. Exodus 16:1
And they journeyed from Elim, and all
the congregation of the children of Israel
came to the Wilderness of Sin, ….
in our wilderness

12. Romans 3:23
…for all have sinned and fall short of
the glory of God …
in our wilderness

13. Ephesians 2:1-3
1 And you He made alive, who were dead
in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you
once walked according to the course of
this world, according to the prince of the
power of the air, the spirit who now
works in the sons of disobedience,
in our wilderness

14. Ephesians 2:1-3
3 among whom also we all once
conducted ourselves in the lusts of our
flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh
and of the mind, and were by nature
children of wrath, just as the others.
in our wilderness

15. manna in our wilderness
o We are in our own wilderness of sin
o God provides for our needs
in our wilderness

16. Exodus 16:4
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will
rain bread from heaven for you. And the
people shall go out and gather a certain
quota every day, that I may test them,
whether they will walk in My law or not.
in our wilderness

17. Numbers 11:31,32
31 Now a wind went out from the LORD, and it
brought quail from the sea and left them
fluttering near the camp, about a day’s
journey on this side and about a day’s
journey on the other side, all around the
camp, and about two cubits above the
surface of the ground.
in our wilderness

18. Numbers 11:31,32
32 And the people stayed up all that day, all
night, and all the next day, and gathered
the quail (he who gathered least gathered
ten homers); and they spread them out for
themselves all around the camp.
in our wilderness

19. Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates His own love
toward us, in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us.
in our wilderness

20. 1Corinthians 15:3
For I delivered to you first of all that
which I also received: that Christ died
for our sins according to the Scriptures.
in our wilderness

21. manna in our wilderness
o We are in our own wilderness of sin
o God provides for our needs
o Jesus is God’s ultimate provision!
in our wilderness

22. John 6:31-35
31 Our fathers ate the manna in the
desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them
bread from heaven to eat.’”
in our wilderness

23. John 6:31-35
32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most
assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not
give you the bread from heaven, but My
Father gives you the true bread from
heaven.
in our wilderness

24. John 6:31-35
33 For the bread of God is He who comes
down from heaven and gives life to the
world.”
34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us
this bread always.”
in our wilderness

25. John 6:31-35
35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the
bread of life. He who comes to Me
shall never hunger, and he who
believes in Me shall never thirst.
in our wilderness

26. manna in our wilderness
in our wilderness
shame
guilt
despair
lack of contentment
anxiety
worry
complaining
frustration
anger
accusatory grumbling