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Engedi
is a refreshing natural spring of water in the midst of the desert
wilderness of eastern Israel. It is mentioned in the Bible
as one of the places of refuge to which David fled when Saul was
seeking to kill him. Perhaps he had this very place
in mind when he wrote passages such as Psalm 63, which is quoted
above.
It is in this same
spirit that Engedi Ministries seeks to lead people out of lifes
desert and to the living water of Gods grace,
which flows freely to those who put their faith in the redeeming
work of His Son Jesus Christ.
The prophet Jeremiah
spoke of this concept of living water in the following
verse:
My people have committed two sins:
They have forsaken me,
the spring of living water
and have dug their own cisterns,
broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 2:13
When we reject
the living water of Gods grace and place our hope
of salvation in anything other than the finished work of Jesus Christ
upon the cross, the results are always the same: dissatisfaction,
emptiness, frustration, disillusionment, and ultimately, despair.
Have you had enough of the stagnant cistern water of materialism,
self-help philosophy, and empty religion? Has the desert of
legalism left you parched and weary, or have you become hopelessly
lost in the wilderness of liberalism? Have you sought to win
Gods favor by striving to be good enough, only
to arrive at the point of brokenness and despair when you discover
that you cant? Have your wasted efforts left you
questioning your faith altogether?
There is a remedy
for such circumstances. It is found only in the overflowing
spring of Gods free grace as revealed in the pages of His
Word. We at Engedi Ministries invite you to delve with us
into the riches of this grace; to drink deeply of these life giving
waters.
Come.
Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Psalm 34:8
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