Rivers in the Desert

3 April 2022

Topic: Comfort, Lent, Peace, Praise

Sermon given by the Rev. Mark R. Galloway (Bishop-retired) on 5 Lent (4/3/2022).

The LORD says through the prophet Isaiah, “I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert… for I give water in the wilderness, rivers in the desert, to give drink to my chosen people, the people whom I formed for myself that they might declare my praise” (Isaiah 43:19, 21). We all have wilderness experiences in our lives, but God will never leave us or forsake us, and it is the mark of the Christian to praise God even when everything life appears to be going wrong.

Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21; Psalm 126; Philippians 3:8-14; Luke 20:9-19