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A Way Through the Wilderness - DVD: Growing in Faith When Life Is Hard by Rob Renfroe
At one time or another, everyone has a wilderness experience, a time when life is barren and difficult and we feel alone and desperate, not knowing where to turn. Whether it’s the loss of a loved one, a financial or health crisis, divorce, or some other painful experience, we see no end in sight and wonder how we can make it through another day.In the Scriptures we see that often God’s people went through a wilderness experience, and these experiences changed them in profound ways. The truth is that it’s impossible to go through the wilderness without being changed. There’s a way through the wilderness that can leave us broken and bitter and far away from God. But there’s another way through—God’s way—that leaves us with a deeper faith and draws us closer to God than we ever imagined.With sensitivity and warmth, Rob Renfroe explores the wilderness experience—what it is, how we get there, why God allows it, and how we can get through it God’s way so that we learn the lessons that can be learned only in the desolate seasons of life when we are totally dependent on God.A DVD featuring six interviews with the author and a full leader guide are also available for group study.
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First published August 18, 2015
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March 9, 2019
Parts of this book were really good and set me to thinking...other parts were a little more "it's easy peasy" than I would have liked. But worth the time.
October 13, 2017
This was a study I did in my Sunday School class. We know that at some point during our lives we will walk through a wilderness. It can either bring you closer to God or you can turn away from Him. Renfroe does a good job going through the stages of the wilderness, characteristics to look out for, and how you can grow closer to God in this journey. I felt his delivery was dry and flat. The topic is excellent, just not the delivery.
August 8, 2016
Rob Renfroe gives us a wonderful discourse on what it means Biblically to go through a time of "Wilderness" in our walk with Christ. You will recall that Jesus was immediately driven by the Holy Spirit into the Wilderness for forty days after his baptism by John the Baptist. During this time he fasted and prayed. But also during this time he was tempted by Satan in an attempt to get him to stumble.
Jesus withstands the temptations by Satan and gives us a good example of how we should respond when we are driven into the "wilderness." But Jesus isn't the only example. What about Moses when he flees Egypt and goes into the region of Midian for forty years? Or what about the children of Israel when they are delivered out of Egypt but then face a wilderness wandering of their own for forty years?
Each of these examples gives us information on how we should respond when we are driven out into the wilderness in our lives.I think that my favorite chapter in this short book is chapter 5, "Avoiding Wrong Turns in the Wilderness." Renfroe gives us a good discussion on how we need to depend on God to take us through the wilderness, and how often we make wrong turns when we try to short-cut the wandering by following our own direction instead of God's.
This is a very quick read. It is only 140 pages long, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't hold good solid truths that will aid us in our growth in our Christian walk. I think that everyone will gain some benefit from reading through this book. I would suggest that you maybe read it as part of a Book Club reading assignment and then spend time discussing the topics of each chapter with your friends.
Enjoy!
Jesus withstands the temptations by Satan and gives us a good example of how we should respond when we are driven into the "wilderness." But Jesus isn't the only example. What about Moses when he flees Egypt and goes into the region of Midian for forty years? Or what about the children of Israel when they are delivered out of Egypt but then face a wilderness wandering of their own for forty years?
Each of these examples gives us information on how we should respond when we are driven out into the wilderness in our lives.I think that my favorite chapter in this short book is chapter 5, "Avoiding Wrong Turns in the Wilderness." Renfroe gives us a good discussion on how we need to depend on God to take us through the wilderness, and how often we make wrong turns when we try to short-cut the wandering by following our own direction instead of God's.
This is a very quick read. It is only 140 pages long, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't hold good solid truths that will aid us in our growth in our Christian walk. I think that everyone will gain some benefit from reading through this book. I would suggest that you maybe read it as part of a Book Club reading assignment and then spend time discussing the topics of each chapter with your friends.
Enjoy!
February 16, 2017
Instructive, interesting book that deals with how"bad times" change our lives. Pastor Renfroe shows how relying on God's strength will help us out of the troubled times. My small group enjoyed this study
December 14, 2015
Very powerful. I would certainly recommend it to others.
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