Spiritual Growth 2 Lesson 22

But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this
manna, before our eyes.
— numbers 11:5-6
Nothing at all, besides this manna! What was the manna that they complained
about? It was the miracle bread that God sent from heaven every
day (except on the sabbath—God gave an extra day’s supply the day before
the sabbath). Every day they could go outside their tents and find this
constant reminder of the Lord’s divine provision—yet they soon despised it!
What was worse, they also forgot the bondage in Egypt that had been theirs,
because their flesh longed for that which they had left behind.
wrong ThoughTs wiLL geT you in TrouBLe!
The thoughts that you allow yourself to think upon continually reveal your
true nature. It is not enough to forsake our evil deeds, we must also forsake
our wicked thoughts:
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let
him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God,
for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither
are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than
the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your
thoughts.
— isaiah 55:7-9
Satan was cast out of heaven for his wrong thoughts:
How are thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning: how art thou
cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said
in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars
of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the
north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds: I will be like the most high.
— isaiah 14:12-14
If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
— Psalm 66:18
An iDLe MinD is The DeviL’s worKshoP
And it came to pass ...at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David
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