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In this week’s message, Pastor Eric explores Exodus 16, where Israel’s complaints in the wilderness reveal how quickly we lose sight of God’s past faithfulness when things get difficult. Despite their grumbling, God responds with mercy, providing manna from heaven and reminding us that gratitude and obedience invite His presence, while a complaining spirit grieves the Holy Spirit.

🔑 Key Takeaways

✅ Grumbling Grieves the Holy Spirit

• Complaining and bitterness replace faith and gratitude, which deeply grieve God's Spirit (Ephesians 4:30-31).

✅ God Still Provides in Our Rebellion

• Despite Israel’s complaints, God graciously gives manna and meat, showing His patience and provision.

✅ Sanctification Through Hardship

• God uses the wilderness to test, refine, and sanctify His people, preparing them for their purpose.

✅ Obedience Is the Response to Grace

• Receiving God's provision (like manna) comes with a call to walk in obedience and trust.

✅ Gratitude Pleases the Spirit

• Thankfulness, praise, and trust even in lack invite the Holy Spirit’s presence and power.

✅ Looking Back Fondly on Bondage Is Dangerous

• Desiring Egypt (sinful past) shows spiritual immaturity and offends the Spirit who leads us into freedom.

✅ God’s Ultimate Provision Is Christ

• The manna foreshadows Jesus, the true Bread of Life, freely given but requiring daily, faithful reception.

Even when the Israelites complained in the wilderness, God responded with grace and provision, showing that He is patient, faithful, and uses hardship to grow our trust and dependence on Him.

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Kingdom Culture Phoenix exists to disciple people to know and follow Jesus through Word and Spirit.

This week Pastor Eric teaches on how God uses the wilderness to sanctify us, transforming our bitterness into healing when we trust and obey Him. That true worship continues beyond the music, through hardship, and into His faithful provision.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

✅ Worship doesn’t end when the music stops—true worship continues in the wilderness when things get hard.

✅ Bitterness is the result of unmet expectations, and it can blind us to God’s goodness if left unchecked.

✅ Sanctification is the process God leads us through after salvation—He uses hardship to purify our hearts and transform us.

✅ The waters of Marah reflect the heart of Israel—bitter and broken—until God intervenes with a healing act (the log), symbolizing Christ’s cross.

✅ God tests us in the wilderness to teach us to listen and obey, leading to healing and spiritual wholeness (Jehovah-Rapha).

✅ Elim represents God’s provision after the testing—a reminder that He brings refreshment and rest to those who follow Him through the hard places.

Takeaway:

God meets us in our bitterness and transforms it into sweetness—just as He turned the bitter waters of Marah into drinkable water. He can heal our hearts, restore our hope, and lead us to place of refreshing when we trust Him through the wilderness.

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Kingdom Culture Phoenix exists to disciple people to know and follow Jesus through Word and Spirit.

This week we continue with Part 4 of our Year of Holiness (Holiness Through Worship) where Pastor Eric explains how Worship is the ultimate purpose of our souls meant to be vertical, fully directed to God, and not to entertain or please people. In Exodus 15, Miriam leads bold, communal worship that celebrates God’s victory, reminding us that true worship humbles us, connects us to His presence, and anchors us in His strength through every trial.

🔑 Key Takeaways

✅Worship is Your Life’s Purpose

1. You were created to worship God and enjoy His presence forever.
2. Worship connects your soul to God and gives a taste of eternal fulfillment now.

✅ Vertical Worship Focuses on God, Not People

1. Worship designed to entertain people becomes idolatry.
2. True worship exalts God’s glory over our personal preferences or emotions.

✅ Repetition in Worship is Powerful and Intentional

1. God delights in repetition—it forms our hearts, just like a loving Father repeating truth to His children.
2. Scripture models repetition to shape belief (e.g., “Holy, Holy, Holy,” “His love endures forever”).

✅ Worship is a Weapon in the Face of Pursuit

1. Expect opposition when you begin following Jesus, especially from the flesh, culture, and spiritual attack.
2. Worship helps you stand firm on God’s solid ground even in the midst of struggle.

✅ God Makes a Way Through, Not Around, the Sea

1. Believers still face difficulty, but God gives them dry ground to walk on—stability in chaos.
2. The key difference is not the absence of trouble, but the presence of God’s support.

✅ Miriam Models Bold, Prophetic Worship

1. She worships with her whole body, uses music, and invites others into the experience.
2. She leads prophetically, declaring who God is and what He has done.

✅ Vertical Worship Changes the Atmosphere

1. It invites God’s presence, tunes our hearts to the Spirit, and aligns us with His will.
2. It shifts the spiritual environment of a room and unites people in purpose.

Takeaway:

Worship is our soul’s true purpose which is meant to glorify God, not ourselves. It connects us to His presence, grounding us in His strength, and transforming everything when directing everything fully to him.

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