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A teaching

Dave Darling

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A teaching that just came to me- it is regarding the situation with the people of Israel. The people of Israel found themselves in an impossible situation. They had the Red Sea in front of them and the chariots and horsemen of the Egyptian army behind them, it looked like they were about to be destroyed, but God worked a miracle and parted the Red Sea, they crossed the Red Sea and then their enemies were completely destroyed when they tried to follow them! God wants to do this in our lives as well, He wants to intervene in our impossible situation and part the sea in front of us, and then destroy our enemy when they try to follow us! I think there is more to this that hasn't come yet, if anything comes to you let me know! I started watching a YouTube video of a pastor's preaching, he has a spectacular teaching gift, it was contagious, as I was watching I think the gift started to come on me!
 
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I experienced this very feat in my life, playing out over several months. The difference being that God had great mercy upon my enemies just as He had great mercy upon me throughout my life. Mercy extended at a distance is much easier for me than extending it to someone who has wronged me from arms length. Put differently, a wrong done to me is harder to be merciful about, than a wrong done to a stranger that I hear about.
 
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