God writes the lyrics of our souls in the Psalms Psalm 81:1-2 – Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob! Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. Gathering corporately helps you grow personally Hebrews 10:25 – Not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Life is a walk through the wilderness Psalm 81:3 – Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. Psalm 81:10 – I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. Psalm 81:11-12 – “But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would not submit to me. So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.” Psalm 81:16 – But he would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” The wilderness has honey in the rock Psalm 81:7 – In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Numbers 20:10 – Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?” God never wastes a wilderness Deuteronomy 32:3-4 – I will proclaim the name of the Lord! Oh, praise the greatness of our God! He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. Egypt –> Wilderness –> Promised Land John 7:37 – On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink…” God didn’t choose us because we are special. We are special because God chose us. The only way that Living Water can flow out of you is that Living Water has to be in you The Rock will cause you to stand or stumble Click here to find a Lifegroup