34 "How You Got Here Is How You Get Home" Numbers 33:1-49 | Thursday, June 25, 2026

Let's take our Bibles and turn to

Numbers chapter 33.

Numbers 33 · chapter mention

Numbers chapter 33 and

Numbers 33 · chapter mention

I'd mentioned last week that we were

going to cover

chapters 33 and 34 in one message and

I've decided to cover those two chapters

in three messages instead.

Uh, there's a lot of good rich truth

here and I just don't want to overlook

some important things that God has for

us. So, we're going to be in Numbers

Numbers 33 · chapter mention

chapter 33. Our text tonight will come

from verses 1 through verse 49. We'll

not read the entire text, uh, but we'll

jump around here a little bit. If you'll

stand

and we'll give honor to God's word in

that way. Unless you would love to hear

me read and pronounce every one of these

cities and places.

It was my attempt to do that in my study

that said we're not going to read all of

these.

Um, they are important, but what we have

before us in chapter 33

is a written document of Israel's

journey from Egypt all the way to

Jordan.

And it names several places that we

don't know of, but we know God led them

to camp there.

But I want to highlight tonight the

specific places that we do know of

that have been highlighted in Exodus

as well as Leviticus and Numbers. And

so, that's what we're going to do. We'll

begin reading in verse 1 and then I'll

lead us as we jump around in this

chapter. So, Exodus chapter Numbers

Numbers 33 · chapter mention

chapter 33

verse number 1. These are the journeys

of the children of Israel which went

forth out of the land of Egypt with

their armies under the hand of Moses and

Aaron. And Moses wrote their goings out

according to their journeys by the

commandment of the Lord. And these are

the go are their journeys according to

their goings out. And they departed from

Rameses in the first month on the 15th

day of the first month, on the morrow

after the Passover, the children of

Israel went out with an high hand in the

sight of all the Egyptians. For the

Egyptians buried all their firstborn,

which the Lord had smitten among them.

Upon their gods also the Lord executed

judgments.

And the children of Israel removed from

Ramses and pitched in Succoth. Now, look

[snorts] down at verse eight.

And they departed from before Pi

Hahiroth and passed through the midst of

the sea into the wilderness and went

three days journey in the wilderness of

Etham and pitched in Marah.

And they removed from Marah and came

unto Elim. And in Elim were 12 fountains

of water and three score and 10 palm

trees. And they pitched there. And they

removed from Elim and encamped by the

Red Sea. Let's look down at verse 14.

And they removed from Alush and encamped

at Rephidim, where where was no water

for the people to drink. And they

departed from Rephidim and pitched in

the wilderness of Sinai.

And they removed from the desert of

Sinai and pitched in Kibroth-hattaavah.

And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah

and encamped at Hazeroth. Now, would you

look all the way over

um at verse number

40.

Excuse me, verse 36.

And they removed from Ezion-geber

and pitched in the wilderness of Zin,

which is Kadesh. And they removed from

Kadesh and pitched in Mount Hor in the

land at the edge of the land of Edom.

Aaron the priest went up into Mount Hor

at the commandment of the Lord and died

there in the 40th year after the

children of Israel were come out of the

land of Egypt in the first day of the

fifth month. And Aaron was 123 years old

when he died in Mount Hor,

and King Arad the Canaanite, which

dwelled in the south in the land of

Canaan, heard of the coming of the

children of Israel.

And they departed from Mount Hor and

pitched in Zalmonah. Look down at verse

47.

And they removed from

>> [snorts]

>> Almon-diblathaim

and pitched in the mountains of Abarim

before Nebo.

And they departed from the mountains of

Abarim and pitched in the plains of Moab

by Jordan near Jericho. And they pitched

by Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth even unto

Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

This is one of those texts where when

you are in your Bible reading,

you are like, "Why is this there?"

And it's hard to find significance from

it, but one thing that's helpful

preaching through the Bible and

preaching through Genesis, Exodus,

Leviticus, and Numbers is that some of

these cities will stand out to us

as we remember what took place there.

And I I really think that there's a

truth here

that God wants us to get that'll be very

helpful and encouraging to us. The title

of the message tonight is how you got

here is how you get home. How you get

here is how you get home. So, why don't

you be seated and we'll get into our

message tonight.

>> [clears throat]

>> Years ago,

my wife and I went to a Denver Broncos

preseason game against the Arizona

Cardinals.

And this was the first time that we

decided to take the light rail system

down to the stadium. And so, we went

parked at the Westminster station at

Clear Creek and Federal. And we took the

train there to

the Fed the Federal um

What's that one called? Decatur Federal

Station, which is right across Colfax

from the stadium. And so we took a

straight line there, and it was a

pleasant experience. It was cool. It was

my first time I think to be on a train

outside of the Denver Airport. And so it

was just kind of a cool experience. Plus

we saved probably like 30 bucks on

parking doing that. And so we took this

train there, got off, went to the game,

and I really [snorts] enjoyed the game.

But afterwards it was kind of like a mad

dash to the train. And so we're rushing

across Colfax, and we see that the train

is already there. And we're worried

about missing it. And so we rushed on

there, and we were able to get on just

before the doors closed. And we were

crammed in there like sardines. And we

finally took off and started going, and

we were talking a little bit about the

game. And then I was talking to Hannah

about well, I wonder where our stop is.

And so we're talking about it a little

bit. And then I mentioned well, I know

that we're at the Clear Creek Station.

And it was right when I said that that a

gentleman next to us said, "Did you say

Clear Creek?" I said, "Yeah." And he

said, "Brother, you're on the wrong

train."

And you know, here's my knowledge of it.

I'm just thinking all the trains go to

the same place. And so we just get on

this thing, and and he's like, "No,

we're we're headed for Alameda, which is

the total opposite direction of where we

need to go." Heading south in Denver.

And so now I'm like, "Man, how how do we

get back to our station?" He said, "You

take the same train that you took to get

to the stadium." And I'm like, "Okay,

great." And so we got off at the next

stop Alameda Station. And this was kind

of like the the hood of Englewood. And

so we're we're sitting there on a bench.

We got to wait for the next train to

come. And Hannah's nervous, you know,

watching around making sure that

nobody's going to come jump us or

anything. We finally get on that train,

and we make sure that it's the right

train. It takes us back to the stadium

and then we had to wait there for the

next train and eventually it took us

back to our car in about 2 hours after

we got on the first train, we finally

got home. And that stranger showed me

that night that how you got here is how

you get home. You got to take the same

train.

And that's really what I believe that

Numbers 33 is communicating to us here

tonight.

Moses documents this written record of

how Israel arrived here, is what we're

going to call it, at the banks of the

Jordan River.

They're just on the cusp of the promised

land.

But as we saw, the two and a half tribes

had received their inheritance on the

east side of Jordan.

Israel's home was really on the west

side of Jordan.

And so they still had some way to go,

but before they settle at home, there

are obstacles that have to be overcome.

Jordan is at its fullest swell at this

time and it stands between them and

home.

There are walls that have to be taken

down, fortresses, armies, giants, and

those things. As Moses is giving some of

his final words to Israel, he chooses to

record a written document of their

journey from Egypt to Jordan, place by

place, stage by stage. And he highlights

particularly in verse number three how

they journeyed at the command of the

Lord. See, we remember from Exodus

Exodus 40 · chapter mention

chapter 40

that the glory cloud of God's presence

came off the mountain onto the

tabernacle. It says that when the cloud

departed, that Israel packed up camp and

moved on. And when the cloud stayed and

rested, then Israel unpacked and settled

down. So, God is leading them step by

step from place to place throughout

their wilderness journey.

In this record are the names of familiar

places.

They're places of God's miraculous power

and provision for Israel throughout

their journey.

But then there are also places that are

marked by failure.

And yet, through it all, Israel has

arrived here

on the banks of the promised land.

God has faithfully and graciously

brought them closer to home. And how

Israel got here to Jordan is the same

way they're going to get there at home

in Canaan.

>> [snorts]

>> What about you?

How do you get home?

Because God has prepared for us

a promised inheritance

of eternal life

in Christ's kingdom where God dwells

forever.

It's a land of rest, beauty, and

righteousness.

But before we get there,

there are still obstacles to overcome.

There are still times that we're going

to face an enemy who fights us, an evil

that at times causes us to stumble.

There are times of physical suffering,

financial hardships. And if Christ does

not tarry his coming,

then perhaps even death

will await us.

And like Israel,

the struggles and the hardships of life

and our own personal failures can cause

us to wonder

if we're going to make it home.

We can tell that we're getting closer.

There are signs around us, it seems at

this time like evil is prevailing across

the world.

How do we get home?

That's the struggle that we can wonder

at times.

But like a stranger

on that train

Moses shows us that the way here is also

the way home.

How did you get here

where you are spiritually?

Think about it.

Forgiven,

redeemed,

sanctified unto God,

you have the promise of eternal life.

You're sitting here in church on a

Thursday night.

If somebody told you that 5 years ago,

you might be shocked to learn that

that's where you would be on this

Thursday night.

God's worked in your life.

>> [snorts]

>> How did you get here?

I want to show you tonight that how you

got here is very similar to how Israel

got to Jordan.

First of all, before God brought Israel

closer to home,

he brought them close to himself.

You see, [snorts]

Moses first records here at the

beginning of chapter 33

that Israel left Ramses the day after

Passover.

Israel's journey with God began with the

shedding of blood.

Because the blood of the Passover lamb

was brushed on the doorposts of their

homes, the death angel passed over them.

As the Egyptians buried their firstborn,

Moses tells us that they left Egypt in

verse number three with a high hand in

the sight of all the Egyptians. That

means that they left triumphantly over

them, not because they had defeated

Egypt, but because God had.

It says in verse four that he executed

judgment upon their gods. What that

means is he showed himself right and

their gods wrong in the process.

God did a great victory for Israel.

The next highlight

begins in verse eight.

When it says they departed before Pi

Hahiroth and passed through the midst of

the sea into the wilderness and went

three days journey into the wilderness

of Etham, passed through the sea.

This would recall to many in this

generation who were under the age of 20

at that time

of when Moses stood there at the Red Sea

and the Egyptian army was closing in on

the mountains behind them

and the pillar of God's fire rose up and

went behind them and stood between them

and the Egyptians as God protected them.

And then Moses said, "Stand still and

see the salvation of the Lord." And he

stretched forth his hand with the rod of

God in his hand and the Red Sea split in

two and Israel walked across on dry

ground.

After every one of them made it across,

the pillar of fire lifts up and goes in

front of Israel once again and the

Egyptian army goes out there into the

sea and the water closes up on them and

God destroyed Israel's enemy.

The Red Sea.

But soon after

says there in

verse number nine that they are very at

the end of verse number eight that they

pitched in Marah. Marah means bitter.

Why? Because they came to this place and

they tasted of the water in this dry and

barren desert. The waters were extremely

bitter.

God told Moses to take this tree and to

place it upon the water and through the

application of this tree, the water was

made sweet and Israel was able to drink

from it.

But then notice it says that

they come to Elim right after that in

verse 9. And there were 12 fountains of

water, one well for each tribe and three

score and 10 palm trees and they pitched

there. God provided a well source of

water and shade for his weary people in

this wilderness.

They camped by the Red Sea.

Then we come to verse 14.

And it says they removed from Elim and

they camped at Rephidim

where there was where there was no water

for the people to drink

until God stepped in.

And God told Moses to take the rod and

to strike the rock and when Moses struck

the rock, the water came gushing out and

God squinched all the thirst of all of

his people at Rephidim.

Rephidim was where they were attacked by

the Amalekites and God gave them a

miraculous victory as Moses stood on the

mountain with the rod of God lifted up

in his hand.

>> [snorts]

>> Then it says that

they came

in verse 15 to the wilderness

of Sinai.

See, God

redeemed Israel out of Egyptian bondage

and he faithfully led them and provided

for them and protected them until they

at last arrive at Sinai.

And it's at Sinai where God brought

Israel close to himself.

There his

cloud descended upon the mountain

with thunders and lightnings all around.

God invited Moses, Aaron, and the elders

of Israel to come into that mountain and

to have a communal a communal meal with

God. They got to fellowship with God. It

even tells us they saw God's feet

as it were on a footstool of sapphire.

He brought them close.

The rest of the people were kept at the

foot of the mountain

to look on at God's presence right

there.

It was in Mount Sinai

where God gave Moses the law, the

covenant, the tabernacle, the

sacrifices, and the priesthood so that

God could dwell right in the middle of

Israel's camp. He brought them close to

himself.

When the tabernacle was constructed and

the priests were ordained and the first

sacrifices offered upon that altar, the

cloud of God's glory departed from Sinai

and it settled upon the tabernacle and

filled the house to where Moses could

not even enter and all the people fell

on their face

in worship.

>> [snorts]

>> Amazing.

God brought Israel out of bondage to

bring them close to himself. [snorts]

It was there at Sinai in Exodus chapter

Exodus 19:4

19 verse 4 that God said, "Ye have seen

what I did unto the Egyptians and how I

bear you on eagles' wings and brought

you unto myself."

>> [snorts]

>> Listen, believer, just as God first

brought Israel close to himself, your

journey begin with God began by him

bringing you close to himself.

He sent his son, Jesus, to be your

Passover lamb

to shed his blood on the cross to cover

your sin and to protect you from God's

judgment.

When his blood was applied by faith to

your heart, your sins were forgiven.

You were delivered from the harsh

bondage of sin, and you who were afar

off were made nigh by the blood of

Christ, as Paul said in Ephesians

Ephesians 2 · chapter mention

chapter 2.

On the third day, God raised his son

from the dead.

And he ascended into heaven and was

seated at the right hand of God, where

he ever lives to intercede for you as an

eternal and faithful high priest in a

heavenly tabernacle.

Through Christ,

you're invited to come straight through

the veil into the very presence of God,

boldly and perpetually

and eternal and continually with eternal

confidence. God invites you near. See,

Christ brings you so much closer to God

than God even brought Israel to himself.

Because Sinai had boundaries.

Sinai had restrictions. At Sinai, Israel

had to keep their distance, but in

Christ, you are called to come close to

God, to draw nearer to him. That is what

Christ has accomplished for you. You

have a very deep personal relationship

with God through Jesus Christ. You don't

have to go through an earthly priest,

for Christ is the only priest you'll

ever need.

Because you can come close, believer, I

say you should come close.

You should draw near to him every day.

What a shame for Christ

to pay such a hefty price, his life, to

take God's wrath on our behalf, only for

us to stay at a distance from the God he

died to bring us so close to.

We should come close to him.

How you got here, first of all,

is because God redeemed you and brought

you close to himself.

Just like he did with Israel.

What we notice next is just because God

brought Israel close, it did not mean

that Israel was perfect.

>> [snorts]

>> But here is what we find in the next

stage of Israel's journey

is that in spite of their failures,

God brought them closer to home.

The next stage of the journey identifies

places that were marked by rebellion.

If you look at verse number 16,

notice it says immediately after Sinai,

they removed from the desert of Sinai

and pitched at Kibroth Hattaavah.

Kibroth Hattaavah means the graves of

lust.

Because there Israel was weary with this

manna.

They despised the provision of God.

Their hearts craved after meat and God

brought an east wind that brought that

brought quail that it says that it was 3

ft high piled up with quail.

And the people lusted so much and they

gathered so much quail. God said it

would be like it was coming out of their

nostrils and as it was chewed between

their teeth, God was angry with them

because of their despising of his

faithful provision.

And over and nearly Well, it doesn't

tell us exactly how many there, but many

died by a plague at Kibroth Hattaavah.

And it says that they

departed from Kibroth Hattaavah and

encamped at Hazeroth.

What happened at Hazeroth?

Aaron and Miriam rebelled against Moses

and Miriam was smitten with leprosy.

>> [snorts]

>> It was a shameful situation.

Then they ended up in the wilderness of

Paran.

In Kadesh,

where Moses sent out the 12 spies to go

spy out the land and 10 of them came

back and brought a negative report and

they they were faithless in their

response and they discouraged the heart

of the people so that they they turned

back away from God's good plan for them

and God's inheritance for them and it

resulted in a defeat in being turned

around to wander in the wilderness for

40 years until that entire generation

perished in their lack of faith.

>> [snorts]

>> Shortly after that,

you might remember Korah

and his rebellion against Moses'

leadership, which resulted in nearly

15,000

perishing.

All of that around Kadesh.

>> [snorts]

>> 40 years later,

Israel returns

to Kadesh

and Miriam dies there.

And then as it says

in verse number 37, they removed from

Kadesh and pitched in Mount Hor in the

edge of the land of Edom and Aaron the

priest went up to Mount Hor at the

commandment of the Lord and died there

in the 40th year after the children of

Israel came out of the land of Egypt.

Aaron dies at Mount Hor.

Right now if we were to look at verse

47, it tells us that they've pitched in

the mountains of Abarim near Nebo. Nebo

is where the is that region where Moses

is going to die also for his own failure

to sanctify God when he struck the rock

twice

instead of speaking to it.

>> [snorts]

>> Along the way,

Israel failed time and time again.

And there were severe consequences

as that entire generation died in the

wilderness. But what we notice about the

trajectory of this journey is that in

spite of their failures, God did not

stop fulfilling his promise.

God continued to bring them closer to

home even to the very brink

of the promised land.

Because it says

in verse 48,

"And they departed from the mountains of

Abarim and pitched in the plains of Moab

by Jordan near Jericho, and they pitched

by Jordan."

They pitched by Jordan.

When God brought them

this way,

he gave them victories over the powerful

Amorite kings Sihon and Og.

It was here where Balak, the king of

Moab, hired Balaam to curse Israel, but

God opposed him and turned the curse

into a blessing.

When Balaam conspired with Midian to

tempt Israel, God first judged sinful

Israel, but then he avenged Israel of

the Midianites' trickery without them

losing even one soldier in the process.

God protected them.

God has brought them here to the banks

of Jordan, and now Joshua has been

appointed, land has been given to

Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of

Manasseh, and they are almost ready to

go in and settle at home.

But before they do,

Moses reminds them

how they got here.

How they got to the banks

of Jordan.

God brought them out of bondage. God

brought them close to himself and in

spite of their failure and delay and

consequences, God has brought them

closer to home, not because they were

perfect.

Not because they were even good,

but because he was gracious

to them.

>> [snorts]

>> And so I want to say to you that in

spite

of your failures,

the God who brought you close to him

has also brought you closer to home.

>> [snorts]

>> God's been gracious to you, hasn't he?

Have you been perfect?

By no means.

Have you been good?

Probably not as much as we should be.

>> [snorts]

>> All of us are aware of our shortcomings.

We know the periods of sinfulness that

we have wandered into in our lives and

perhaps even to long periods of

rebellion.

And when you're in that moment, it can

seem in some way like your wilderness

wanderings are bringing serious delay

into your life.

Or severe consequences

in your life for sinful indulgences or

for careless spending or neglecting

worship and fellowship with God.

Perhaps you've experienced times when

your sin was so bad and your heart

wandered so far from God that you

wondered if he would stay true to his

promise to you.

Or had you gone too far?

Could your

has my sin gone so bad that nothing can

atone for it?

>> [snorts]

>> Will he really accept me

and bring me home

in light of all my failures?

And yet in spite of your failures, you

have experienced the loving grace of God

because you are here tonight.

>> [snorts]

>> When you wandered astray, he pursued you

like a good shepherd.

He He faithfully maybe provided for you

in a time of need, protected you in a

time of danger. Perhaps he's he's turned

your life around in ways that you never

thought possible, in ways you never

expected. That's how gracious God has

been to you.

Like the prodigal's father from Luke 15,

when you came home to him, you expected

chastisement and yet you saw the father

running to you and throwing his arms

around you and kissing your neck and

putting a robe a ring on your finger and

a robe on your back and celebrating that

his wandering child has returned home.

That is the grace of God that you've

seen in your life.

>> [snorts]

>> He's faithfully taken care of you and

every single day that goes by is a day

that God has faithfully brought you one

step closer

to home.

>> [snorts]

>> The God who graciously brought us close

faithfully brings us closer to home. It

was true for Israel and it's true for

you, my friend.

>> [snorts]

>> But what is the purpose

of this information?

Why did Moses record and document

the way that God brought them

close?

Why is it important to Moses for them to

understand

how they got here?

>> [snorts]

>> I believe this is the simple truth.

That because God brought Israel close,

they could trust him to bring them home.

>> [snorts]

>> That as they are here

on the banks of the promised land

with a journey ahead of them.

With walls to be toppled, armies to

battle, and kings to conquer.

For a group of nomads with little

experience in war, this can seem like an

insurmountable task. And here they stand

on the banks of Jordan waiting to cross

over anticipating their arrival at home,

the land where they will not camp but

dwell.

But before that time comes, there's

uncertainty.

How will we conquer them?

Will we still reach home if we fail?

If we mess up?

Can we do something that takes us so far

away from God

that he won't bring us home?

>> [snorts]

>> They can look back

at this wilderness journey

that Moses has recorded for them.

And as they read through the names of

these places,

they can remember the power of God to

redeem them.

They can remember how God brought them

close through the Passover, how he

provided them with manna from heaven and

water from a rock, how he gave them

victory over the Amorites and over the

Amalekites and and over Moab. They can

remember how how God dealt with them

through their failures. That yes, there

was delay. Yes, there were consequences,

but none of those things have kept them

from arriving to this point. So, why

would they keep them from reaching home?

They can look back on what God has done

and how gracious he has been and it can

remind them that how they got here is

how they'll get home

by the faithful grace of the God who

brought them close.

And so I say to you tonight, Christian,

the God who brought you close

is the God who will bring you home.

>> [snorts]

>> There might be times when you feel like

you won't make it.

Times when you face doubt and

uncertainty.

When the walls in your life are too tall

to climb and too strong to break.

When the giants that you face are too

hard.

When the enemy appears large and fierce

and even in the times when you lose

battles to temptation.

There can be times when you wonder

will I make it home?

And if there's one thing

that you never have to doubt

it is whether or not Christ will bring

you home.

Because the fact that he's bringing you

to your eternal home is not based on how

good you are. How righteous you are.

It's not based on how few failures that

you have. It's not based on anything

that you bring to the table aside from

trusting exclusively in Jesus Christ.

It is because of faith

that God gives grace and Christ brings

you home.

So he breaks every wall down that keeps

you from getting home.

He defeats every enemy and fights every

battle that would stand in your way. He

continues to provide for your needs, to

quench your thirst, and to satisfy your

hunger. And so any time that you may

doubt if you're really going to make it

home, it's good for you to be able to

look at back and remember how you got

here.

That that God brought you close to

himself by his grace. And God's brought

you closer to home in spite of your

failures by his grace. And therefore you

can trust him to get you home. Guess

how? By his grace. How you got here

today is how you'll get home with

Christ.

The same train of God's grace that

brought you close and brought you here

is the same train that will bring you

home. So, I encourage you believer, draw

near to the one who died to bring you

close.

Christ is interceding for you.

He's already covered your sin.

He stands before God as an advocate

for you.

Pleading your case, offering his

atonement. One of my favorite things to

study through the Pentateuch has been in

the tabernacle with the candle there

shining down on the 12 loaves of the

tribes of Israel and the priest lighting

and dressing those lamps from sunup to

sundown, mediating God's blessing on his

people. And that's what Christ does for

you.

He keeps the candles burning and the

cakes turning.

That's his intercession for you.

So, why not draw close through him?

>> [snorts]

>> I encourage you to keep trusting him day

by day in your life

until the fight is finished, the battle

is won, and Christ brings you to the

place where God dwells in our midst and

you are forever at home.

Trust him.

Can I ask you

which train are you on?

Because there's only one train that

leads home and that's the train of God's

grace in Christ.

Jesus paid for your redemption at the

cross. His blood atoned for your sin. He

was raised from the dead and forever

forever serves as a faithful high priest

on your behalf to mediate and to

reconcile your relationship with God.

He did what it takes.

And when you trust in him, God gives you

grace.

The train of good works will lead you in

the opposite direction.

The train of religious performance can't

bring you home, but only the train of

grace can.

>> [snorts]

>> And so I encourage you

that that is good news.

Because it means that no matter what

you've done,

God will forgive your sin through

Christ.

And no matter what you've done, God will

accept you as his own. And no matter

what you've done, God will bring you

home if the blood of his son is applied

to your heart by trusting in Jesus

Christ.

And when you get on board the train of

grace through faith in Christ, you can

trust that same train that brought you

close and brought you here is going to

bring you home.

>> [snorts]

>> How you got here

is how you get home.

Our Father,

we thank you for your grace and your

mercy that you have shown freely to us

through Jesus Christ.

I'm thankful for the encouragement from

your word tonight

that we can look back on our journey

in times of doubt,

>> [music]

>> fear, [snorts]

and failure,

and remember that we didn't get close to

you

because we tried

or because we were good,

but because

your son redeemed us

out of bondage,

brought us

to you,

mediated

a new close relationship with you.

We can look back on our journey and

remember how you've faithfully brought

us this far.

And we can trust that you'll get us all

the way home.

Thank you

for the confidence that we can have

because of Christ.

>> [music]

>> I pray

for your people tonight

that may be struggling

with doubt,

with failure.

I pray that they would

>> [music]

>> repent,

seek forgiveness through Christ,

and trust wholly upon your grace

to bring us [music] home.

I pray for those going through struggles

with

financial problems,

physical questions,

doubts.

I pray that you would help them

to rest [music]

upon your faithfulness

to your promise.

>> [music]

>> And I pray for those who don't know

Jesus.

I pray that they would stop depending

on their good works [music]

and their religious acts.

And they would come to trust wholly

on Jesus Christ. That they would receive

your grace

abundant, [music]

full, and free.

And see Christ bring them faithfully

home.

Would you please help us in our time of

response [music]

to cast ourselves

at the feet of your grace. In Jesus'

name I pray.

Amen.