The Wilderness Wanderer

O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the [...]

R.C. Sproul, The Dark Night of the Soul

In the past 28 years I’ve met many Christians who at one time or another, have had a crisis of faith. A Dark Night of the Soul. Its not are rare as many of us believe, as R. C. Sproul points out in this excellent message. By the way, my own ‘dark night’ which [...]

Beauty in Brokenness

Recently, I attended a retreat where there was a great deal of personal sharing. I sat amazed as I listened to women from every walk of life, most of whom were established Christians, share of heartache, pain, and various aspects of struggle they had either just come through, or were currently experiencing. I was overwhelmed [...]

The Goal and Purposes of the Dark Night of the Spirit

This is another post in the series by Nancy Missler on the ‘Dark Nights’. The other two can be found in the Wilderness Category under Words From the Road, titled“Baptism of Fire” and “The Spirit’s Dark Night”
Many fellow Christians today, seem to be traveling through this ‘road’ or experience. Only today I received another [...]

Be Still

God is our refuge and strength, an ever- present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. Selah.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city [...]

Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior

Anyone who has been walking this spiritual journey awhile, can relate to the words of this old old hymn. If it be a few days, months, or in some cases years, every child of God goes through seasons in which they believe God is ‘passing’ them by. One author I read called it seasons of [...]

The Befriended Orphans

“Remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He said”:
“No, I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you.”John 14:18
Does the Christian’s path lie all the way through Beulah? No, he is forewarned it is to be one of “much tribulation.”
He has his Marahs as well as his Elims—his valleys of Baca [...]

Baptism of Fire: Doesn’t Anybody Care?

*This is a continuation of the series ‘Dark Night of the Soul’
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A strong feeling that we will often have during difficult times in our lives is the feeling that “we are a nobody.” Because, if we were a “somebody,” then at least others would care.
What seems to compound the problem is that when [...]

This World a Wilderness, and the Christian a Pilgrim

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. 1 Chron. 29:15
We are here for only a moment, visitors and strangers in the land as our ancestors were before us. Our days on earth are like a [...]

The Spirit’s ‘Dark Night’

Been re-reading the writings of Nancy Missler today, on The Dark Night of the Spirit. Below are a few excerpts from a 4-5 part message. The link to all is at the end. I highly recommend the entire teaching.
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 The dark night of the soul is where God focuses on our “outward man” [...]

If It Were Not For Jesus

In the weird days we live in today, if it were not for God, the idea of escaping to some long forsaken cave somewhere out in the middle of ‘no man’s land’ would sound pretty good to me.  And I can’t believe I’m the only Christian who feels this way.
The daily on’slaught against God and [...]

Spiritual Rigor Mortis

And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Matthew 24:12
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw [...]