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You're listening to the Experiencing God Day-by-day podcast brought to you by Black
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and Me Ministries International.
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Testing Reveals Your Heart.
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Deuteronomy 8 verses 2 and 3.
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Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these 40 years in the wilderness,
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so that He might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or
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not you would keep His commands.
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He humbled you by letting you go hungry.
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Then He gave you mana to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you
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might learn that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the
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God allows us to suffer difficulties and hardships for a purpose.
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God led the children of Israel to wander through the wilderness for 40 years in order to humble
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When they refused to obey Him and enter the Promised Land, the Israelites revealed that
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they did not really know Him.
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If they had, they would have had more faith.
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God spent the next 40 years testing the hearts of His people to see if they were prepared
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for His next assignment.
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Testing reveals what is in your heart and produces a robust faith.
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James 1, verse 3, and verse 12.
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God allowed His people to hunger so they could experience His provision and develop a deeper
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level of trust in Him.
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As the people walked with God, they came to understand that their lives depended upon
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They learned that God's Word was the most important thing they had.
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After depending on God for 40 years while living in the desert, the people listened when
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God spoke, and they believed.
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When they finally entered the Promised Land and waged war against their enemies, the Israelites
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knew that God's Word meant life and death.
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They were prepared to listen to Him, and as a result He led them to an astounding victory.
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Is God presently testing you in some area of your life?
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What is His testing revealed?
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Be become bitter toward God because of where He has led you, or have you come to trust
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Him more as a result of what you have gone through?
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This podcast is based on the book Experiencing God Day by Day by Henry and Richard Blackabee,
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published by B&H Publishing Group, Music by Mark Brown.
