Wellspring of Life Church

The Children of Israel continue their journey through the wilderness and find themselves thirsting for water again. As usual they grumble and complain, ready to throw stones at Moses for taking them out of Egypt. Moses turns to the Lord and cries for help, which God responds graciously and  provides for His ungrateful, faithless people again. God happens to be very resourceful! He provides water from inanimate object to quench their thirst and reveals that He indeed is a patient, caring and loving God. He then leads them to Rephidim, which means...place of rest.

Because He loves us,we can have peace knowing that when we are waterless in the wilderness, He will care for us in the most unexpected ways. We can rest in His care for us. He is our solid Rock upon which we can stand, He gives us living water to drink so that we will never thirst again.

By Dave Bartlett

God miraculously provided manna from heaven daily to feed His people in the desert. As awesome as that is, another attribute of God stands out even more...His faithfulness. His remained faithful to a faithless and ungrateful people. He continues to be faithful to us today even when we are faithless and ungrateful.  He may not deliver us out of our times of being in the desert, but He will see us through and will faithfully provide everything we need to sustain us. 

By Dave Bartlett

The theme of this message is to learn to be content, no matter our circumstances. God has faithfully performed the miraculous on behalf of His people. He has powerfully delivered them from bondage, their enemy, provided sweet water, clothes and shoes that would not wear out, bread from heaven. Yet they grumble and complain endlessly to and against Moses, not realizing ultimately, they are grumbling and complaining against God. The answer to complaining and murmering is to learn to be grateful which produces contentment. Because of His great mercy, Jesus died for us and has given us eternal life. He loves us, the question is do we love Him and does that translate into godly contentment?

By Dave Bartlett

As we journey through life we will encounter bitter situations as did the Children of Israel, when they came upon the waters of Mara. They were tired and thirsty only to find when they came upon water, it was undrinkable. Believing they would die God provided a "Tree". Moses threw it into the bitter water and the water became sweet. The people were able to drink from this pool and live. In times of our own bitter encounters, if we trust God, He will turn them into something sweet. He will take the bad and turn it into good, He will take what seems like death and turn it into life.  "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who trusts in Him."  Psalm 34:8

By Dave Bartlett

Faith in our God is revealed in the believer by the lack of complacency, presence of trust, and boldness of living. 

By Brook Stockert

Life is a journey and much of it is spent in the wilderness.  The wilderness is a picture of this present world which at times can be harsh and barren.  As a follower of Christ we can experience joy and hope because we know this world is not our home, our citizenship is in heaven.  We like the children of Israel have received a great deliverance. We should continuously be singing our "Song of Redemption."

Joy is what Jesus modeled. Joy is a command and an invitation to relationship. That which we practice we get better at. This message provides practical suggestions for practicing joy.

By Jenny Nipper

There is a call on all of us as believers to reach out to all people with the truth of the Gospel and how that truth is to be lived out in and through our lives.  

By Danny Manzanares

"Are You Ready"...a sobering question for us to ask ourselves in regards to where our culture is headed and how prepared we are biblically to respond. Leslie encourages us to be intentional and diligent in knowing God's Word so we can discern what is truth and walk in that truth.

By Leslie McAninch

We are all called to love others as Jesus loves us, and we are held accountable for sowing that tangible love to others.

By Shelby Bosch