When hardships come the challenge is to act out of faith rather than feelings.

2. Exodus 17:1-2
All the congregation of the people of Israel
moved on from the wilderness of Sin by
stages, according to the commandment of
the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but
there was no water for the people to drink.
Therefore the people quarreled with Moses
and said, “Give us water to drink.” And
Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel
with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
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3. Exodus 17:3-4
But the people thirsted there for water, and
the people grumbled against Moses and
said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt,
to kill us and our children and our livestock
with thirst?” So Moses cried out to the
Lord, “What shall I do with this people?
They are almost ready to stone me.”
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4. Exodus 17:5-6
And the Lord said to Moses, “Pass on
before the people, taking with you some of
the elders of Israel, and take in your hand
the staff with which you struck the Nile,
and go. Behold, I will stand before you
there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall
strike the rock, and water shall come out of
it, and the people will drink.” And Moses
did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
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5. Exodus 17:7
And he called the name of the place
Massah and Meribah, because of the
quarreling of the people of Israel, and
because they tested the Lord by saying, ‘Is
the Lord among us or not?”
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7. Faith reminds us of His
PAST provision in order to
foster PRESENT trust.

8. Faith reminds us of His
PAST provision in order to
foster PRESENT trust.
The road to the Promised Land was paved
with CHALLENGES and HARDSHIPS.

9. Faith reminds us of His
PAST provision in order to
foster PRESENT trust.
The road to the Promised Land was paved
with CHALLENGES and HARDSHIPS.
When God tests us it is to VALIDATE our
trust as real and to CULTIVATE greater trust.

10. Faith reminds us of His
PAST provision in order to
foster PRESENT trust.
The road to the Promised Land was paved
with CHALLENGES and HARDSHIPS.
When God tests us it is to VALIDATE our
trust as real and to CULTIVATE greater trust.
We desire the REWARD of obedience while
BYPASSING the cost.

11. The highlight reel obscures
the TRIALS that preceded
experiencing the victories

12. The highlight reel obscures
the TRIALS that preceded
experiencing the victories
God protected Israel through the wilderness,
but they still had to TRAVERSE it.

13. The highlight reel obscures
the TRIALS that preceded
experiencing the victories
God protected Israel through the wilderness,
but they still had to TRAVERSE it.
When hardships come the challenge is to act
out of FAITH rather than FEELING.

14. The highlight reel obscures
the TRIALS that preceded
experiencing the victories
God protected Israel through the wilderness,
but they still had to TRAVERSE it.
When hardships come the challenge is to act
out of FAITH rather than FEELING.
Our feelings WANT; our faith teaches to
TRUST and WAIT on God.

15. God meets them with
GRACE and PROVISION;
leading them to greater
revelation.

16. God meets them with
GRACE and PROVISION;
leading them to greater
revelation.
God’s provision sometimes comes from
UNLIKELY places.

17. God meets them with
GRACE and PROVISION;
leading them to greater
revelation.
God’s provision sometimes comes from
UNLIKELY places.
We see a FORESHADOWING of Christ who
Paul IDENTIFIES as the rock (1 Cor. 10:4),
Whom was struck in order to give life.

18. Please take a moment to fill out your
Communication Card
My Next Step Today is to:
( ) Do the home life help (in bulletin)
( ) Reflect on how we grow in trusting God
( ) Meditate on the costs/rewards of
obedience
( ) Reflect on the trials of faith in scripture
( ) Evaluate if I assess circumstances through
the lens of faith or feelings
( ) Other________________________