Shepherd Of The Desert Podcast

When we signed up for Christianity, we honestly didn’t expect it to be a walk in the park.  We knew hard days would come.  Maybe even hard weeks.  But months?  Years?  For some the fight of faith can even span a decade or two.  A hardened attitude, nagging habit or something worse clings to us like an Arizona summer stench in the heat of July.  The Bible makes no bones about the fact that Jesus visited a sinful, fractious world when he landed in Bethlehem.  Every cast member of this divine drama, from his parents, to his kinsman, and even the unexpecting bystander, didn’t have it easy.  This Christmas, there fight becomes our fight (or vice versa) and with them we come to the cradle of salvation in that cattle stall a fair pace from the warm inn where everyone else was staying.  Are you ready enter the octagon or the boxing ring and  go a few rounds.  Zechariah and Elizabeth (Wrestling with What?!). Luke 1:5-25 Big Idea:  When God does what we don’t expect and can’t foresee, the reactive energy to deal with i