John Bevere: Your Destiny Requires a Wilderness Season (Full Teaching) | Praise on TBN

Dear Lord please forgive me for complaining and wasting the precious moments you've given me in my wilderness!

The scripture says, “God opposes the proud, but gives favor to the humble.” When you humble yourself and say, “God, I know it was Your goodness that got me to where I am. It was Your mercy that brought me out of those mistakes I made. It was Your power that kept those enemies from defeating me. It was Your favor that opened up those opportunities. I recognize Your goodness.” When you give God the credit, He’ll take you further than you ever dreamed.

No one likes to talk about the fact that God allows us to be tested to see what is in us and to build our character. Great presentation.

I truly needed to hear this, I've been sooo mad ,frustrated, empty, ect.....a couple of months ago the Lord said you don't feel loved because you're in the desert, hang on to what you have and I will lead you to your promised Land!!!!!! And he said humble yourself and you shall be exalted, that's a promise!!!!

God is not punishing you, He is preparing you...This was for me

“This guys obeys God even when nothing in his life is going right” -Joseph son of Israel 😭

A beautiful old lady in my church used to say..."UNDER-GO TO OVER-COME!" This was insightful teaching. Praise The Lord!!!

I’ve been through so much in the past year and a half. I lost my spouse to a sudden heart attack, lost my home & almost all earthly possessions. I do love living in my small camper but I really don’t know what God is doing. There is much I don’t know about living all on my own. I’ve been determined to make the best of it no matter what. Things just keep going wrong & getting worse. I keep losing more. Barely getting by paying my bills. I will not give up. I will not quit. I will keep praising Him through it. I just wish I could see a glimmer of what the promise is. I haven’t heard Him say anything to me. I have absolutely no fear though. I know my Father has plan. I trust Him and don’t worry or feel nervous at all. I just want to know I’m doing what He wants me to do & headed in the right direction. This gave me some hope that I will soon see what God has planned for me in this later season of my life.

I started crying along with Laurie at 41:18. I have NOTHING to bring God; I wasted so much of my life. I only have ashes and non-memories. Even though He Birthed me in 1979, I got way off track by following wrong teachings and ended up being punished time and time again when things didn't work out the way the 'religious groups and cults' told me. Like Jonah, He revealed that I TRULY did belong to Him apart from the evaluations used by religious groups to validate someone's salvation. Once I was thrown overboard (much later in life), I came to see all the lost time and lost chances I forfeited. Laurie's testimony matches part of my life; my tears don't stop at any point during her sharing. And I get to the same prayer she did: Just bring on what's necessary --- any wilderness --- so your Purpose can finally be lived out through me. I'm still alive; 61. His Love for me is beyond anything I received from all humans I interacted with during my life. I am so eager to see what His Plan was and is for my life; the Reason WHY He has kept me on earth until this day.

God is developing my sense of dependence on him and to totally trust his timing for my life! So blessed and encouraged!

I NEEDED THIS! Every area of my life is in the wilderness. My father has been a preacher since his early 20's; now in his 70's he states he has never seen anyone go through a wilderness such like mine! God had me move out of my state to a place where I don't know anyone, leave my job in the height of the pandemic last year, donate every dime in my business account, leave friends who drained me, leave some family members, leave spiritual leaders who compromised their faith, put down my ministry, depend on Him alone for finances, return money that was gifted all while encouraging others who were in way better shape than I. PREPARATION IS THE BEST PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU!!! I am now armed and better equipped with an expectation where my faith will produce His will

For six years now, I have been in a wilderness season. It began April 17th in 2015 when I went to a year long program in a ministry to straighten out my life. I went through great suffering and trauma there but I truly met Father God for the first time at 39 years old. Since then, I've endured situation after situation after situation that were so stressful and traumatic, if my family and I hadn't clung to God, we would not have made it. I've been so full of rage and bitterness, saying things that implied God was unfair and hadn't kept His promises to me. I've had that opinion to one degree or another most of my life, that I "never had a chance to live a normal and healthy life". So full of rage that most everything I ever had was taken away from me, including my health. So when I was, yet again, cheated out of money that everyone else received, I asked God why can't I have what everyone else has. Why does the unsaved person who treats others horribly and live in sin get blessed with a normal, productive life while I suffer severely. Since March of 2018, I've thrown away every major sin in my life like smoking and worldly living and dug deep to rid myself of sins like unforgiveness, offense, hatred and other wrong mindsets that were not of God. I've relentlessly pursued a righteousness, Christ-like mindset for years now but still resented Father God for the intense trials I and my family have suffered through. So this morning, He answered me through my Mom, who is a truly anointed woman of God, with a scripture. It was in Malachi verses 3:13 &14 and it's God saying, "You have said terrible things about Me. You have said, "What's the use of serving God or obeying His commandments? The arrogant are blessed and those who do evil get rich and those who dare God to punish them suffer no harm". It was then that I realized that the reason I've lost all that was dear to me most my life was because I unjustly accused God of being unjust. Accusing Him of looking the other way while the devil punched me in the face... and it's just not true. Looking back now, I see how He has bent over backwards to keep Satan from taking my mind and my life. I cried out to Him for forgiveness and asked Him to break the curses that came from accusing Him of unfairness with Galatians 3:13 "Jesus became the curse to set us free". I prayed for Him to heal me of the damages done to me and my life from these curses with Isaiah 53:5, "By Jesus' stripes, we are healed". I feel different. The heaviness and burden of rage and distrust of Father God are gone. I know that He can bless me with the things He's been so desperately wanting to bless me with now that I have the right mindset about the wilderness I've been in for so long and about His true will and plan for my life. Immediately after He took these burdens from me and healed me, He led me to watch this video. It so beautifully laid out everything He needed me to understand about the wilderness season I was in. I love that He chose John Bevere for the messenger, he really helped me with offense with The Bait of Satan. I just want to say Thank You to a just and fair God Who has given me a chance to redeem all the wasted time I spent complaining with the rest of the time I have on this earth fulfilling the call I was created to fulfill. Thank you for taking the time to read this, God bless you.

Not gonna lie, it feels like this is one of the most powerful videos I’ve watched. Very impactful and revealing.

THIS WAS FOR ME. THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT FOR LEADING ME HERE.

After 7 years of being In the wilderness I’m just now understanding this and baby the fight is different this time I know the devil tricks my mind is being renewed. I’m ready Lord Thy will be done !

Take your wilderness season as a blessing. It is a time of cleansing, restoration, equipping, healing and no matter how long it takes remember the Israelites, try not to murmur and complain if you can because no matter what things look like, God is always good and He loves you!

This is SO spot on. I’ve been in a wilderness season since May 2020. And I heard a word one morning, “Behave.” And he did manifest and reveal himself to me in a dream in October 2021. Thank you, Lord!!! He is so, so faithful.

I like where he said "if only Joseph said leave me alone, dreams don't come true and neglected the dreams of the king' s servants since his were delayed or not seen for sure, he would have died in that prison" Good reminder to use our talents to help others even if we ourselves are stuck

I was on the floor crippled by depression 2 days ago and I begged for assistance...BUT asked ALL those questions.."Why am I being punished,what have I done...." COMPLAINING......to hear this.....Mann.....God is Real and very alive

I'm so blessed to hear this message. I'm presently going through a wilderness experience. I Pray that God gives me to strength to learn what He wants to teach me.