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January '03
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February '03
Week 6
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March '03
Week 10
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April '03
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17

May '03
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22

June '03
Week 23
Week 24
Week 25
Week 26

July '03
Week 27
Week 28
Week 29
Week 30
Week 31

August '03
Week 32
Week 33
Week 34
Week 35

September '03
Week 36
Week 37
Week 38
Week 39

October '03
Week 40
Week 41
Week 42
Week 43
Week 44

November '03
Week 45
Week 46
Week 47
Week 48

December '03
Week 49
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Week 51
Week 52

Key Passage: Psalm 78: 40-43

How often they provoked Him in the wilderness, and grieved Him in the desert! Yes, again and again they tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember His power: The day when He redeemed them from the enemy, when He worked His signs in Egypt, And His wonders in the field of Zoan.

God is the Almighty. Nothing is too hard for Him. However, there are times we limit what God can do in our lives through unbelief and hardness of heart.

The people of Israel were God’s covenant people and God delivered them from the bondage of Egypt by great power. He parted the Red Sea for them to pass on dry ground. He led them as a good shepherd by a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, gave them manna from heaven, and made them drink water from the rock. He defended them from their enemies and indeed pampered them like precious children. However, God was not pleased with them because of their unbelief and hardness of heart. When they had no water, they murmured. When they had no food, they complained. When they looked around and could not see Moses, they prevailed on Aaron to make an idol for them. They always promised to obey all that God commanded, but could hardly keep to their words. When they sent spies to view the Promised Land, they believed the evil report, doubted God and rebelled against Him. They therefore limited the Holy One. His anger was turned against them and He treated them as enemies. He caused them to wander in the wilderness for 40 years until they all died. Only Joshua and Caleb who believed him entered the Promised Land.

When we turn away from God, we build a wall between Him and us that He cannot hear and bless us. When we doubt Him, we make Him too small and shut Him out of our situation. And when we harden our hearts to Him, we place ourselves on the left hand of His judgment.

We must be ready to return to the Lord in faith and righteousness and let Him be God over our lives and over our situations. We must determine to follow Him fully like Caleb so that He may bring us into our promised inheritance (Num 14:24).

Prayer: Lord, forgive me for every sin of unbelief; help me to follow you wholeheartedly even when situations seem rough; bring me into my promised possession.

Written by – Evangelist Oguazi Onyemobi

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