March 19th

What are you doing here?

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March 19, 2023   

Series:   A Table in the Wilderness

Modeled after Jesus’ forty days in the desert, Lent is a time to become more open to God through the vulnerabilities of life. It comes with an especially poignant invitation to join with others in bringing our doubt, fear, sorrow, loneliness, and dryness before God, hoping to taste God’s promised provision in the deserts of life.  Can God really spread a table before us in the presence of global and personal fears and sorrow? The answer, of course, is yes! God spreads a table before us in the wilderness, in the face of all our greatest fears (Psalm 23:5). This series highlights one biblical character each week along with the way God provided food for them in their wildernesses.   This week: 

LENT 4           ‘What are you doing here?’

Scripture:      1 Kings 19  

The composer, Felix Mendelssohn, wrote Elijah, an oratorio telling the dramatic story of the prophet’s career.  Part Two focuses much of its attention on the story from 1 Kings 19 where the prophet, dejected and in despair about his vocation, flees into the desert to a cave where he plans to abandon his calling.  But God has other plans….

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