LIFE’S BETTER ON A STICK – 1 out of 3

1. LIFE’S BETTER ON A STICK.  1 out of 2

June 14th, 2026

22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water of Marah because it was bitter; therefore it was named Marah. 24And the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?” 25 And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a log, and he threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. There the Lord made for them a statute and a rule, and there he tested them, 26saying, “If you will diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer.” 27 Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the water. Exodus 15:22-27             

Movement One: A

God does not test us because He lacks . He tests us because we lack

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.                    James 1:2-4 

God is not exposing you to you. He is revealing you to  you.

Movement Two: A

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.        

                                                                            Revelation 22:1-2 

The Tree is where God brings out of

Movement Three: A Better

The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen 

 Deuteronomy 18:15 (ESV)

God can tell us what is right, and we still choose what is wrong. God can show us the way of life, and we still reach for death. God can bring us through the Red Sea, and we still grumble at Marah.

We do not just need instruction. We need an  

Movement Four: A Pathway to  

Freedom is the result of a lifetime of learning to

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water. 

                                                                         Exodus 15:27 

Elim is a   of where God is taking the whole world.

The cross means bitterness does not get the

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 

                                                   1 Peter 2:24 (ESV)

 All translations in New International Version unless noted