{"id":6798,"date":"2026-10-04T05:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annanaz.com\/wordpress\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=6798"},"modified":"2026-10-04T14:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T19:07:17","slug":"sunday-october-4-2026-sermon","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"http:\/\/www.annanaz.com\/wordpress\/sermons\/sunday-october-4-2026-sermon\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday, October 4, 2026 Sermon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NUMBERS \u2014 FAITH IN THE WILDERNESS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Name: ________________________________ Date: _______________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key Verse \u2014 Numbers 14:9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cDo not rebel against the LORD, and don\u2019t be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the LORD is with us! Don\u2019t be afraid of them!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Numbers teaches us that the wilderness can test our __________, but our circumstances do not determine God&#8217;s __________.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. GOD KNOWS HIS PEOPLE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numbers begins with a __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God knew:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Their families<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Their tribes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Their responsibilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Their __________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Where He was taking them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Remember:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God knows us\u2014not just our Sunday morning version.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He knows what we&#8217;re carrying, what we&#8217;re worried about, and the questions we haven&#8217;t told anybody else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God knows us completely and still __________ us.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. GOD HAD A DESTINATION FOR THEM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel had been delivered from __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But deliverance wasn&#8217;t the end of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God was taking them somewhere\u2014the __________ Land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a destination, but there was also a __________ between where they were and where God was taking them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Important Truth:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A wilderness does not automatically mean you&#8217;ve taken a __________ turn.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes it is simply part of the __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. THE PROMISED LAND IS IN FRONT OF THEM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moses sent __________ spies into Canaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They all saw:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">The same land<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The same cities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The same __________<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they didn&#8217;t interpret what they saw the same way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ten spies said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWe __________ do this.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joshua and Caleb said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWe can, because __________ is with us.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The difference wasn&#8217;t what they saw.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The difference was how they __________ what they saw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. FEAR CAN MAKE US FORGET<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel had already seen God:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Deliver them from __________<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Lead them through the __________ Sea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Provide food<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Reveal His __________<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet when they saw the giants, they panicked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ask yourself:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a new problem appears, do I remember what God has already __________?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remember:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The God who was faithful then is still __________ now.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5. THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WASN&#8217;T THE GIANTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Numbers 13:33 says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their view of themselves became __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their view of their enemies became __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their view of God disappeared from the __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Faith doesn&#8217;t pretend the giants aren&#8217;t there.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faith believes that __________ is greater than the giants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where is __________ in the picture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6. ISRAEL CHOSE FEAR \u2014 AND IT COST THEM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel refused to enter the __________ Land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The generation that came out of Egypt would spend __________ years in the wilderness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their unbelief affected their __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Important Truth:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grace does not mean our choices don&#8217;t have __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">Merciful<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Forgiving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Personal Reflection:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Is there something God has asked me to do that __________ is keeping me from doing?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7. EVEN MOSES HAD A MOMENT OF FAILURE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Numbers 20, God told Moses to __________ to the rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, Moses became angry and __________ the rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Water came out, but Moses had disobeyed God&#8217;s instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Remember:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No matter how long we&#8217;ve been Christians, we never graduate from __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Faithfulness isn&#8217;t just about how we begin the journey; it&#8217;s about how we __________ it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8. GOD CONTINUED TO PROVIDE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel wasn&#8217;t always faithful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But God continued to __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They needed food \u2192 God provided __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They needed water \u2192 God provided __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They needed direction \u2192 God provided His __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grace is:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God continuing His work in people who desperately __________ Him.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Failure doesn&#8217;t have to be the __________ of our story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9. THE BRONZE SERPENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Numbers 21, the people became impatient and complained against God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God told Moses to put a bronze __________ on a pole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those who looked at it __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus connected this story to Himself in __________ 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus said that just as Moses lifted up the serpent, the Son of Man would be __________ up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Gospel:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The people in Numbers were dying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God provided a way for them to __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus was lifted up on the cross so sinners could look to Him and receive __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God provided the answer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>10. NUMBERS POINTS US TO JESUS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bible is not a collection of disconnected stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is one great story of God&#8217;s __________ work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From Genesis to Numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Genesis<\/strong> \u2014 God __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Exodus<\/strong> \u2014 God __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leviticus<\/strong> \u2014 God is __________ and calls His people to holiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Numbers<\/strong> \u2014 God&#8217;s people struggle to __________ Him as they travel toward the Promised Land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, Numbers points us toward __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>11. WHAT NUMBERS TEACHES US TODAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. Don&#8217;t let __________ make your decisions.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faith doesn&#8217;t deny difficulty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faith refuses to let difficulty have the final __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Remember God&#8217;s __________.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Don&#8217;t forget yesterday&#8217;s provision when facing today&#8217;s problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3. Don&#8217;t assume the __________ means God has left.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wilderness can teach us dependence, prayer and trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4. __________ God even when you don&#8217;t see the whole plan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God rarely gives us the entire map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Usually, He gives us the next __________.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12. WHERE ARE YOU IN THE STORY?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a moment to consider:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Am I facing a giant?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Am I tired of waiting?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Am I struggling to trust God with something?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Am I in a wilderness season?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Complete this statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Right now, God may be asking me to:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One thing God has already done that I need to remember:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MY TAKEAWAY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Complete these four statements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When I see a giant \u2014 ________________________________.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When I&#8217;m in the wilderness \u2014 _________________________.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When I&#8217;ve failed \u2014 _________________________________ .<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s next \u2014 ______________________.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>FINAL THOUGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The wilderness isn&#8217;t the end.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is still a promise ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is still a purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is still a God who is leading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And there is still a Savior who has already made the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keep walking\u2014not because the road is always easy, but because __________ is faithful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ONE-PAGE LEADER ANSWER KEY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Numbers \u2014 Faith in the Wilderness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>faith \/ faithfulness<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>census \/ needs \/ loves<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Egypt \/ Promised \/ wilderness \/ wrong \/ journey<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>twelve \/ giants \/ can&#8217;t \/ God \/ interpreted<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Egypt \/ Red \/ presence \/ remembered \/ faithful<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>smaller \/ larger \/ equation \/ God<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Promised \/ forty \/ future \/ consequences \/ restores \/ fear<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>speak \/ struck \/ obedience \/ walk<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>provide \/ manna \/ water \/ presence \/ need \/ end<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>serpent \/ lived \/ John \/ lifted \/ live \/ life<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>redemptive \/ creates \/ delivers \/ holy \/ trust \/ Jesus<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><strong>fear \/ word \/ faithfulness \/ wilderness \/ obey \/ step<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Four Main Takeaways<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When I see a giant \u2014 remember God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When I&#8217;m in the wilderness \u2014 keep walking.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When I&#8217;ve failed \u2014 come back to God.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s next \u2014 trust the One who does.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Final Answer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>God<\/strong> is faithful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM GENESIS TO REVELATION NUMBERS \u2014 FAITH IN THE WILDERNESS Name: ________________________________ Date: _______________ Key Verse \u2014 Numbers 14:9 \u201cDo not rebel against the LORD, and don\u2019t be afraid of the people of the land. 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