Episode 341: THE CRUCIBLE: Why Did the Holy Spirit Lead Jesus into the Wilderness?

About this episode

Pastor Kendall Hicks discusses how the Holy Spirit uses challenging times to prepare and strengthen believers.

When faith gets hard, God is still at work. In this message, Pastor Kendall Hicks, points out how the Spirit uses difficult seasons to prepare and strengthen your life.

People in this episode

Host: Kendall Hicks

Topics covered

• faith
• spiritual growth
• difficult seasons
• Holy Spirit
• preparation
• strengthening

Keywords

• faith
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus
• spiritual growth
• difficult seasons
• preparation
• strengthening

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Books & works: THE CRUCIBLE

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