LTM Podcast

You learned in our last devotional reading that God wants to turn your valleys of trouble into renewed hope. You may have lost hope because of: -A broken relationship. -Your financial condition. -Your inability to find a job. -A chronic illness. -Delayed fulfillment of promises from God. You may think things will never improve and that there is nothing to look forward to in the future. You are not...

God spoke to the Prophet Hosea regarding His people, Israel, saying: Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the desert and speak tenderly to her. There I will give her back her vineyards, and will make the Valley of Achor (trouble) a door of hope. There she will sing as in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt. And it shall be at that day, saith the Lo...

As you travel through desert experiences, do not focus only on yourself. Look around. Other believers are traveling right there with you. Some of them are weak and need strengthening. Some are hungry and thirsty and struggling spiritually. Others have fallen by the wayside and will die there in the wilderness unless they receive help. Like Ezekiel, could this be one of purpose for which you were t...

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 peopl...

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 gl...

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...

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;...

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;...