THESPI

RITOFKADESHBARNEA

Text
:Phi
l
.3:
8-14. 1Cor16:
9

Letsl
ookatapl
aceint
hewor edKadeshBar
dcal
l nea.Bibl
ical
namesofpeopl
e,pl
acesand
thi
ngshav
emeaningst
hatt
eachpr
ofoundspi
ri
tuallessons.

KadeshBarneawasat ransi
tpointinthepil
gri
mageofthechi
ldr
enofIsr
ael
tothePromi
sed
Land.KadeshBarneawasast oppingpointonthei
rjour
neyj
ustl
iket
heOasisi
sastoppi
ngpoi
nt
orstagi
ngareaforyou.Youhavet hesameopt i
onsasthechi
ldr
enofGod

KadeshBarneawasapoi
ntofr
etr
eatatt
heedgeoft
hePr omisedLand.KadeshBar
neais
symboli
cofanegati
vet
urni
ngpoi
nt.Wehav
elear
nedthattherei
salwayswarattheedgeof
breakt
hrough.

Geographically
,from Horeb,t
hemountofGod, t
oKadeshBar neawasel evendaysjourney.The
presenceofGodexper i
encedatHor eb–MountSi nai–wast ostrengthenthefai
thofGod’ s
peopletoent erthePromisedLand.Howev eratKadeshBarnea,theawesomeencount erwith
theAlmightyandhi smight ymanifestati
onatHor ebwasanexper i
ence,justel
evenday sold.
Canaanitselfwasonl ytwoday sjourneyawayf r
om KadeshBar nea.BetweenthePromi sed
LandandHor ebwast heplacewher ethepower soffai
lureattheedgeofsuccessat tacked,
forci
ngthechi l
drenofIsraeltofal
l backfrom theplacethatwassocl ose.

Thisjourneyisdescri
bedinDeut1.Theyhadt r
avel
l
edfor11dayswit
honly2mor etogot o
reachtheirdest
inati
on.Yetafteral
ltheef
for
ts,t
hesev
erit
yoft
hejour
neysof arfr
om Egypt,
just
twoday stoentertheirr
est–whathappened?God’sChosenpeopl
efalt
ered,
fail
edandfellt
o
thei
rowndoom.Thespi r
itofKadeshBarneawasatwork.

Youhav ewor kedonapr oject.Youhavepursuedy ourcareert

ograduati
onlev el
.Youhav e
prayedferventl
yalmostget t
ingthedesir
edr esult
s.Youhav ewait
edpati
entlyjustaboutto
obtainthedesiredblessi
ng.Butsomet hi
ngst rangehappensandy oufor
feit
,youwal kaway
fr
om t hecompl et
ionofthepr oj
ect,
thecareer,obtai
ninganswerstotheprayersandt he
pati
encet hathavecostyousomuch.I t’
sthewor koft hespi
ri
tofKadeshBar nea.I
tmakes
peopl
emissthei
rblessi
ngsjustwhentheyar
eaboutt
ogett
hem.I
nst
eadofr
ecei
vi
ngami
racl
e
pass,
theopposi
ti
oninter
ceptsandtakeover
.

Thisspir
itworkedsomuchagai nstthechi l
drenofIsr
ael thattheanointedexhortati
onsfrom the
fi
rebrandli
psofMoses, amightyservantofGod, di
dn’twor k.Wil
lthathappenher e?Thepeopl e
werehardenedt otheirownhur t
.Somepeopl eareli
ket hatundertheat t
acksofthisspiri
t.There
i
snot hi
ngany bodyorser vantofGodcansayt oencouraget hem ortohel pthem carr
yon.They
j
ustwantt oquittheircareer,
quitt
heirjobs,andquittheirproject
s,quitthei
rcounsell
ingatthe
edgeoftheirbreakthroughs.

Deut.1:40.45-
46:Butasf
oryou,t
urnaroundandsetoutt
owardthedeser
talongtheroutet
o
theRedSea.…Youcamebackandweptbef oretheLORD,buthepai
dnoattenti
ontoyour
weepingandt ur
nedadeafeartoyou.Andsoyoustayedi
nKadeshmanyday s—allt
hetimeyou
spentthere.

WHATI
STHESPI
RITOFKADESHBARNEAI
NYOURLI
FE?

?I
tiswheny
oucannotpoi
ntt
oany
thi
ngt
angi
bley
ouhav
eachi
evedwi
thy
ourl
i
fe.

?I
tiswheny
oust
andatacr
oss-
roads,
notknowi
ngwhatt
odoorwher
etot
urn.

?I
tisstay
ingatasatani
cbus-
stopmeaningst
ayingwher
eyouar
e.Yourl
i
fei
sthesamenowas
i
twaslastyear
;iti
sli
keyouar
edrif
ti
ngintheoceanofl
if
e.

?Iti
sbecomingshepher
dlessevenwheny
ouhav
eashepher
d.Youdot
hingsy
ourownway
.
Youwil
lnotall
owleader
stoguideyou.

Wi t
hfervourandurgencyinyourhear
t,pr
ay.Wit
hasincer
eheartbefor
etheLord,y
ouwill
discoverthesecr
etsyououghttoknowabouty ourl
i
fe.Wit
hsincer
it
yinyourhear
t,Heeasi
ly
reveal
ssecr et
stoyou.Inyourdreams,Hewil
lshowyoutheoperat
ionofthespi
ri
tofKadesh
Barneaagainstyourli
fe.

Wheny
oubegi
ntodr
eam,

1.i
fyouar
eseei
ngdeadr
elat
ives,
2.i
fyouar
egoi
ngbackt
oyourpr
imar
yschool
,

3.i
fyouar
egoi
ngbackt
otheol
dhousey
ouoncel
i
ved,

4.i
fyouar
ewear
ingol
dcl
othesy
ouusedt
owearwheny
ouwer
eyoung

5.i
fyouar
egoi
ngbackt
oyourbi
rt
hpl
ace

6.or
,ify
ouseey
our
sel
fpl
ayi
ngwi
thy
ourki
nder
gar
tenpl
aymat
es

Thi
smeanst her
eissomething,
someevi
lspi
ri
tthatwant
stor et
urny
out
othebegi
nni
ngoft
he
j
ourneyofl
i
fe,al
loveragai
n.—Itist
hespi
ri
tofKadeshBarnea.

I
fyou

1.seey
our
sel
fcl
i
mbi
ngamount
ainandy
etnotgoi
ngany
wher
e;

2.i
fyouf
indy
our
sel
finav
ehi
clewi
thoutadr
iverorst
eer
ingwheel
;

3.i
fyouar
elosti
nthewi
l
der
nessandy
ourwander
ingonl
yret
urnsy
out
othesameol
dspot
,

4.i
fyouf
indy
our
sel
finapar
ti
cul
arpl
aceorbui
l
dingy
our
eal
l
ydon’
tknowi
nthephy
sical
wor
ld.

5.ifyouexper
iencet
hatsomet
hinggoodi
scomi
ngy
ourwayandt
heny
ouhav
eadr
eam andi
t
prevent
sthegoodcomingyourway

6.i
fyouex
per
iencesomeov
erpower
ingf
orceal
way
spr
essy
oudownoroppr
essi
ngy
ou

7.i
fyouex
per
iencet
aki
ngsomeexamsy
ouhadal
readypassedy
ear
sago,

8.ori
fyouseey
our
sel
finy
ourf
ormerpr
imar
yandsecondar
yschool
s

Youmustdecl
arewaront
hepower
sthatar
ehi
nder
ingy
ou.

PRAYERPOI
NTS

1.Ev
erypowerpr
olongi
ngst
agnancyi
nmyl
i
fe,
die,
int
henameofJesus.

2.Ev
erypowerpr
olongi
ngpov
ert
yinmyl
i
fe,
die,
int
henameofJesus.
3.Ev
erypowert
hatwant
stowast
emydest
iny
,bewast
ed,
int
henameofJesus.

4.Ev
eryar
rowf
ir
edi
ntomyheadt
oret
urnmet
osquar
eone,
backf
ir
e,i
nthenameofJesus.

5.Youy
okeofKadesh-
Bar
neai
nmyl
i
fe,
break,
int
henameofJesus.

6.Ev
eryv
ehi
cleofst
agnancyi
nmyl
i
fe,
Iki
l
lyout
oday
,int
henameofJesus.

7.Ev
eryst
ronghol
d,bi
ndi
ngmet
oKadeshBar
nea,
die,
int
henameofJesus.

8.You,
poweroff
ail
ure,
frust
rat
ionandbackwar
dness,
die,
int
henameofJesus.

9.Maythepowert
ofi
ndmybear
ingi
nthej
our
neyofl
i
fecomeuponmyl
i
fe,
int
henameof
Jesus.

10.Deser
tar
rowsf
ir
edagai
nstme,
backf
ir
e,i
nthenameofJesus.

11.Hol
yGhostf
ir
e—cutof
fev
eryunbi
bli
cal
cor
dst
il
lat
tachedt
osat
an,
int
henameofJesus.

12.Ev
erybondageofci
rcul
arspi
ri
t,br
eak,
int
henameofJesus.

13.Iwi
thdr
awmynamef
rom t
hebookofbor
nfornot
hing,
int
henameofJesus.

14.1shal
lgett
omydest
inat
ionatt
heappoi
ntedt
ime,
int
henameofJesus.

15.Ishal
lnott
akeal
ongerj
our
neyt
omyi
nher
it
ance,
int
henameofJesus.

16.Ev
erypowerpr
olongi
ngmyst
ayi
nthewi
l
der
ness,
die,
int
henameofJesus.

17.Ev
erywi
tchcr
aftagendaf
ormydest
iny
,Iki
l
lyounow,
int
henameofJesus.

18.Ev
eryl
ocal
KadeshBar
nea,
Iki
l
lyourpower
,int
henameofJesus.

19.OhLor
d,l
ett
heanoi
nti
ngoft
heHol
ySpi
ri
tbr
eakev
eryy
okeofbackwar
dnessi
nmyl
i
fe.

20.If
rust
rat
eev
erydemoni
car
restov
ermyspi
ri
t-
man,
int
henameofJesus.

21.Letthebl
oodofJesusr
emov
eanyunpr
ogr
essi
vel
abel
from ev
eryaspectofmyl
i
fe,
in
Jesus’name.

22.Ant
i-
breakt
hroughdecr
ees,
ber
evoked,
int
henameofJesus.

23.Hol
yGhostf
ir
e,dest
royev
erysat
ani
cgar
ment
sinmyl
i
fe,
int
henameofJesus

24.Yout
heenemi
esofmycar
eer
,bepar
aly
zed,
int
henameofJesus.

25.Ev
eryev
ilwor
dspokeni
nmyhomet
ownagai
nstmyf
ami
l
y,backf
ir
e,i
nthenameofJesus.

26.Ishal
lreachmygoal
what
everany
bodysay
saboutme,
int
henameofJesus.
27.Ever
ypowermagnet
izi
ngmet
othepat
ter
nofconf
usi
on,
Ibur
yyoual
i
vet
oday
,int
hename
ofJesus.

28.Youpat
ter
nofconf
usi
ont
urni
ngmebackatt
heedgeofbr
eakt
hroughs;
enoughi
senough,
di
e,int
henameofJesus.

29.Ev
erycy
cleofconf
usi
onoper
ati
ngi
nmyl
i
fe,
break,
int
henameofJesus.

30.Ev
eryl
yi
ngt
ongueagai
nstme,
roastbyf
ir
e,i
nthenameofJesus.

31.Anyev
ill
i
epl
ant
edi
nany
body
’shear
tagai
nstme,
bemel
tedbyf
ir
e,i
nthenameofJesus.

32.Anysat
ani
cagentt
hathasev
erl
i
edagai
nstme,
recei
veangel
i
csl
ap;
recei
vedi
vi
nehammer
anddie,
int
henameofJesus.

33.Ev
eryf
ami
l
yfount
ainchasi
ngawaymyhel
per
s,dr
yupbyf
ir
e,i
nthenameofJesus.

34.Lor
d,poury
ouranoi
nti
ngoff
avouruponmyl
i
fe,
int
henameofJesus.

35.Ev
erypowerat
tacki
ngmybl
essi
ngdayandni
ght
,vani
sh,
int
henameofJesus

36.Godar
iseandgi
vemet
heanoi
nti
ngoft
hewi
nner
s,i
nthenameofJesus.

37.Ever
yhiddencur
seofevi
lpat
ter
n,r
idi
ngupont
hehor
sesofmydest
iny
,Ipul
lyoudownby
fi
re,
inthenameofJesus.

38.Ever
yre-
arr
angementofmydest
inyt
hrought
hecur
seofev
ilpat
ter
n,ber
ever
sedbyf
ir
e,i
n
thenameofJesus

39.I...,
begi
ntof
oll
owdi
vi
nepat
ter
nformyl
i
fef
rom t
oday
,int
henameofJesus.

40.Ev
eryev
ilpat
ter
nofsl
aver
yinmyf
ami
l
ydi
e,byf
ir
eint
henameofJesus.

41.Ir
efuset
owor
kli
keanel
ephantandeatl
i
keanant
,int
henameofJesus.

42.Lor
d,l
etal
lmypr
obl
emsbecomemypr
omot
ionsi
nthenameofJesus.

43.Ev
erypat
ter
nofl
azi
nessandsl
aver
yinmyf
oundat
ion,
break,
int
henameofJesus.

44.Anyev
ilpat
ter
nofl
azi
nesssponsor
ingf
earandwast
agei
nmyl
i
fe,
break,
int
henameof
Jesus.

45.Myl
i
fe,
ref
uset
oco-
oper
atewi
tht
hespi
ri
tofl
azi
ness,
int
henameofJesus.

46.Ibr
eakf
reeandl
osemy
sel
ffr
om t
hegr
ipandcont
rol
off
ami
l
yidol
spi
ri
tint
henameof
Jesus.

47.Ev
erypr
obl
em i
nmyl
i
fepr
omot
edbyi
dol
wor
shi
p,di
eint
henameofJesus
48.Lor
d,del
i
vermef
rom ev
eryev
ilpat
ter
n,emanat
ingf
rom ev
ilf
ami
l
yidol
,i
nthenameof
Jesus.

49.Ever
yar
rowofment
aldi
sor
der
,fi
redi
ntomybr
ain,
gobackt
oyoursender
,int
henameof
Jesus.

50.Ev
eryevi
lcomput
ersy
stem agai
nstmyl
i
fei
nthedemoni
cwor
ld,
shat
tert
opi
eces,
int
he
nameofJesus.

51.Anyev
ilpotcooki
ngmydest
iny
,br
eakbyf
ir
e,i
nthenameofJesus.

52.Ev
ilpat
ter
nofhor
ri
bledr
eamsi
nmyl
i
fe,
breakbyf
ir
e,i
nthenameofJesus.

53.Letev
eryev
ilpat
ter
nofsat
ani
cdi
sci
pli
nei
nmyl
i
febet
ermi
nat
ed,
int
henameofJesus.