The Wilderness Is A Blessing (with Tim Ross) | The Leader's Cut w/ Preston Morrison
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Preston sits down with Tim Ross to discuss seasons of wilderness. It's typically a season that we all dread. It's hard. It's weary. It's silent. But what if we shifted our perspective? What if it was necessary and essential to get us to the place God wants us to go?
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I decided to give up on my wilderness season yesterday. I prayed to God to confirm if it was okay before I went to bed. For my morning devotional, I decided to watch this. I felt immediate conviction then the immense love of God. God doesn’t want me to give up not because He wants me to suffer but because He wants to finish the work. God protected me from myself
THIS. RIGHT. HEERRREEE!!!!!
Amen, likewise. This was one of the best podcasts
Love seeing similar circumstances out there.. Stay strong friends brothers and sisters
God has an amazing plan for your life!
Literally; I thank God if it was left down to me … my life would be in more of a mess. Don’t give up Gods plans are greater !!!
I listened to this twice in the same night because I needed to hear every single word. It was for me.
Now THAT’S what I’m talking about! Chew on that bread!!! You win!
Same. Back to back. And i thought i knew it all about the wilderness, well girll nope.
That wilderness experience has showed me who I thought I was not. Very hard being in the wilderness and lonely. But is is worth the outcome God has for me.
😊😊
I love your brotherly love for one another.❤ What a beautiful example of God's love and how we can truly love each other in all seasons of our lives.
We’re slightly obsessed with one another. Unapologetically. :)
@prestonmorrison4094 That is safe Love ❤️ #keepmodelingtheFather
“the perfect place to drop off your garbage is in the wilderness”🔥🔥🔥🔥woo WOOOOOO‼️‼️‼️‼️ this perfectly sums up and affirms the wilderness experience i had at work today. i saw something disgusting in myself so kindly reflected back at me. God is good all the time - and ALL the time, He is good!!!!!
😢😢😢thats how i feel. I dont ever wanna not be naked with you God. But...I came to that point IN my wilderness season. Its such a freeing place🎉 to be TOTALLY OPEN AND HONEST WITH HIM and have him Validate you and comfort you and love on you. Ohhhhhhh soooo AWESOME ❤❤❤
PREEEEEAAACCHHHH IT, PATRICE!!!
@@prestonmorrison4094 The wilderness is no joke but ohhhh when you come OUTTT. PEACE THAT DON'T MAKE NO SENSE. A trust that allows you to just REST in HIS Presence. All the scriptures become your literal testimony.
And to Tim's point the Old scriptures we think are cliche become a fresh wind to carry you through what the wilderness preparation was for.
THIS! 💙
This is so real. I was in it since Sept 2020, and escalated in 2022-2023. I am so grateful to say that this, Sept 2023 I am redeemed, alive and restored. God is good.
Praise The Lord 🙌🏿
Just don't make the wilderness season longer than it needs to be. I don't want to go through seasons of wilderness for 40 years like the Israelites. Ask God to let you know what you need to let go, then ask Him to help you let it go.
Agreed! It appears the two fastest ways to prolong a wilderness season are disobedience and unbelief. Two things we should all stay away from anyways. :))
This is right on time for me. Thank you for having this impactful conversation. Pray for me I’m in the wilderness right now.
We are praying! Follow The Pillar just as His people always have and you will see Him move in ways which take your breath away!
you’re not alone - just in boot camp. we all have the same struggle here, and we all push thru it individually, yet we’re not alone. i’m right here with you. ♥️ don’t give up, we got this & God’s got us!💪💪💪
Thank youuu!!! Your series on friends of Jesus and this pod channel has been critical to my spiritual development in my wilderness season!! I was on a bible study today and we discussed ‘barren’ with references to Leah and Rachel in Genesis. Holy Spirit just gave me the revelation that I’m not barren In my finances, they are crutches being burned 😮💨!! God bless you both brothers ♥️!!
Watching yall talk is like watching a savage holy tennis match! Its epic everytime!
I love y’all relationship and chemistry. I need y’all to do monthly podcasts together whether on this platform or the basement please!!!!!!
This is timely for me. I'm glad I listened even though its an ouch and an amen. Y'all pray for me.
Even though you did the coming out of hiding pod before this one, this is still right on time - as always. I've heard you talk about those tortuous 9 months before, Preston. I think this is the first time I've heard you say why you stayed. I needed to hear that. But I think about the fact that you were able to preach/teach anyway. (And I'm just musing right now as I write this, so I'm not trying to sound like I have answers or anything.) I wonder how you were even able to prepare for those messages if you weren't hearing from him and I think about how God uses EVERYTHING. Even in your desert season, your messages were surely being used to help somebody. The fact that you were able to write them in the first place makes me ponder about the Holy Spirit somehow still giving you some kind of grace, but did you recognize it as such? You WERE in fact, still moving forward. I guess I'm fascinated by how you kept going given how you are (or were?) and how vital his voice is to you. But we do the last thing we know we were told. That's pretty simple, as far as directions go, if not hard to follow through on sometimes. ADDING THIS: It seems to me like in order to make sure you're on track in the wilderness, you need someone to help you process what you're experiencing.
Pallet cleansing is one of the best descriptions I’ve ever heard
Oh this conversation blessed my soul!! And I needed this at this moment...thank you Holy Spirit for leading me here.❤
I need this one ♥️I’m currently in the Wilderness and I can already say before I watch this….. that I Truly Believe the Wilderness is a Blessing!!!! I’m seeing the blessings in this Thank you Lord 🙏🏽But I’m needing encouragement right now.
Out of any of Christ ministry messages I’ve heard, this is my favorite one.
The right perspective of the wilderness is life changing for real.
God is so kind. 💙
Was literally just watching an instagram clip of the last time you 2 were together then boom new leader’s cut with Tim. ❤ Love it thanks God
Thank you. I love when you two get together and share the word like this. Amen
We do too. :))
Yo. I felt all of that. In it right now and it is so painful, but God is so good and so faithful and with Him the pain always has a purpose. I think of this one particularly painful exercise my volleyball coach had us do back in the day…I would grunt and groan the whole time, but when it came time to face our toughest opponents, it was those most tiring, most painful exercises that brought the most growth and made us the best we had ever been. Had he not put us through that training, we never would have been prepared for our toughest opponents. While we were still never perfect, we weren’t crushed due to the painful preparation. God is so so so good! When it hurts and when it feels so good. Thank You, Lord, for the mercy of the wilderness and for letting us get all this ugliness out with an audience of One instead of a multitude. You are worthy of it all.
PREEEEEAACCHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Wow. This was a great conversation and a blessing to my soul. Thank you Preston and Tim.
Please & Thank You for going quick sand deep, ocean deep, might I add black hole deep into the galaxy’s abyss deep! Because balls deep don’t even barely touched touch the surface of the personal intimacy delineated the level to be able to converse with Abba-Yah!!! This was that 💯 % raw and ragged diamonds 💎 Truths!!! I am listening 👂 next go round taking notes 📝. No one has ever shared an in-depth experience other than reading Job in comparison. People just want to get to chapter 42 where the rewards are. There’s so much more in having a relational experience with response. 😮 I am over here like my life will never ever ever ever be the same. To much is given much is required is not to be taken lightly. It’s not a cakewalk! This wilderness season seems like a minus with a whole lotta L’s because the requirement is to be like Christ. Thank You Preston & Tim. This helps me to truly understand this season in my life. Fo’ Reals!!! Mmm’K!
Oh my God ,this is so much knowledge,y'll have wisdom beyond measure.
The message is definitely home 😇😇
For as many times as I’ve heard teaching on the wilderness, this was soooo much better than all that! Like a giant drink of water for my soul in current wilderness!! Love y’all!
Sameeee
James 1:2-4 "Dear brothers and sisters,when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing."
This conversation is so good. I went through a long wilderness. Just as stated in the video, i had a toxic heart. The Lord didn't speak at all in my wilderness. I too had a lot of crutches. God removed EVERY crutch. I've since learned to lean and rely on God. I thank God for the wilderness. It was difficult but a huge blessing.
Holy Spirit has been speaking to me about the wilderness and Him being the only one to provide for me in the wilderness and I couldn’t understand why… this answered so many questions 😭😭😭 I have been THOROUGHLY blessed 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Tim Ross and Preston Morrison what an amazing time and so much insight.
Amazing. I am comforted, assured and reminded that GOD is a good FATHER, always as in always. Thank you Pres and Tim🙏 I love you too my brothers - Nondumiso from South Africa.
WE LOVE YOU BACK and we LOOOVVEEE SOUTH AFRICA!!!
Pastor, everything you have been addressing in the Leader's Cut for the last few months has brought us to this moment. You help us understand the "why" in the wilderness. This is such a blessing to my soul during my own wilderness time. The Father helped me understand my "why questions" by showing me WHAT he was teaching me. So powerful.
LOVE THIS!!!
This is so deep and necessary to admonish both babes and elders in Christ in what GROWTH IN THE LORD looks like.
First of all Preston sounding like the Caucasian version of James Earl Jones snatched my attention right away 😊 this is spiritual milk, meat, and potatoes.
Tim... Timmy Ross- your Mother saying "if it's new it ain't true, if it's true it ain't new" c'mon sir! Your investigation of Akin glorifying God and going out a Saint and not a sinner is more forensic than we can imagine and straight up GOOD NEWS!
The wilderness hurts like nobody's business but on the way out of the wilderness we leave with a better understanding of God's Grace and He preserves our soul when He gives the devil permission to sift us like wheat. If God ain't (broken English and I'm fine with it) gave the devil permission to sift us like wheat then we may not be the Christian... the Christ-follower we think we are!
Keep on keepin on! Y'all are Preachin real good! 🙌🏿
We need one episode from you both at least once a month. Always soo good!
🔥Ohh Spirit moving! Walking through the wilderness myself and this Word was definitely needed
I am blessed by both of your vunerability. The wilderness is sheedding of the old wine skin; standing naked in front of our God; and Him putting on our new wine skin.
Be blessed Men of God.
Thank you so much it's been a bit hard for me in the wilderness season complaining ect to family friends ect but not GOD
What scares me is the consequence that we will still have to endure regardless of our confession of sin and glorifying of God. Forgiveness doesn’t mean we won’t have to experience the consequences of our actions. God is gracious but He’s also a Just God.
On yesterday (9/15), I literally admitted that "Many a Days, I literally feel invisible in broad daylight; like God is literally hiding me in plain sight on purpose.
Like, it's not time for me to be seen or known, except for those who know me because they're playing vital roles in my current season."
Y'all are exposing the definite sentiments of my thoughts, heart & soul about this season. However, it's made an even greater difference, knowing He walked me into it & I didn't.
This morning at the gym, I listened to Pastor Robert Madu talking about the same exact thing. Then I stumble upon this podcast at night, wow God. This was definitely a message for me. Thank you ❤️
It is sharing transparently like you guys are doing that those who come after you can have a different experience during their wilderness season. For me I have been in the wilderness season for almost 4 years now, it could have been shorter perhaps if I knew what it is for and the posture of obedience because of what awaits me on the other side. I came i it naive and having expectations, and when things were panning my way then doubt, pity party and feeling lonely. More people need to share their wilderness season journey then God’s people coming in can see it as time of preparation. Thank you guys and big ups, sending my love all the way from South Africa 🇿🇦 ❤
This mssg was such a blessing! 🎁Thank you both ❣️
Signed Dweller Dwelling in the wilderness. Holy Spirit keep me … I waiting on rest peace. I pray to Father God as I’m literally naked with you In Jesus Name Amen
These two are like Shaq and Kobe to me
Holy holy holy. Thank you fellas. I’ve been an addict my whole life!!! And this is rocking me in the best way. I’ve gotten clean and sober so many times and still return to my vomit. And now I can see Y. This is a game changer. Thank you Jesus and thank you men for sharing
sobriety is possible i promise you. don’t give up on yourself - if you’re still with us it’s bc God knows your potential far better than you or i!!
Minute 55:34 pastor P says “worship in the wilderness” and the way pastor tim said “you better” had me rolling 🤣
Wow! This is unbelievable! I am crying watching this
41:00 📝 Vulnerability: Emotionally & Spiritually
This screen name is literal fire.
@@prestonmorrison4094Thank you so much.
It popped into my head right in the middle of Episode 1 of the Basement launch when Tim was describing his lowest level lifestyle. 👏🏼
Loved this conversation but I have to disagree with the point on Achan. There is a difference between admitting facts after they have been proved and confessing sins known only to God and ourselves. There was no genuine repentance from Achan as he waited until not only his tribe, family or household was singled out but when he himself was pointed out before confessing.
I love it, Naomi!!! I don’t disagree with your perspective. Totally see it. I would say this tho, Achan could have continued to lie and hide when they confronted him. But he didn’t. He honored God. That’s what hit us in this epi.
@@prestonmorrison4094 The honouring God part was definitely powerful, definitely saw that in a new light, thank you as always for these amazing conversations
Thank you so much for this truth. Psalm 20❤🙏 Much love and many blessings to you and your family
This was so timely for me. Thank you for having these discussions. This has been a long season of preparation for me and I’m excited for that milk and honey on the other side!
Akin was better poised than Adam was. Never thought about it
Once again! Our God is FAITHFUL! Who am I that thou art mindful of me? It is a confirming WORD! It is a very humbling thing to walk with God in His silence.
This spoke to me today. I am struggling to hear from the Holy Spirit for the first time, I feel like I have hidden so much from God and others. I am still learning to hear his voice.
Stay in His Word. Easiest way to learn to discern His voice is by consistently reading words He’s already spoken!
This touched my soul in a way I can't describe. I've been in the wilderness for nearly a year with no sign of a way out, looking up every day saying ok here I am, take it. I didn't know until now what he's doing through it. Praise and the Glory be to God. So thankful to you both.
May God bless you for changing lives
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You can’t pour new wine in old wine skins
When Preston spoke on pride & how it is a mask for his insecurity it was a 💡 for me that took me straight back to elementary school. And I had to immediately go before the Lord to get naked & repent. And I had to humble myself & say Lord, I’d rather not go any higher if this is how I’m going to act. I don’t want to fall because of pride.
This is a powerful discussion. Indeed the wilderness season is a season of training and it pushes us to lean more on God.
By far the best discussion ever ❤thank you 🙏🏻
That’s awesome. Timmy and I are grateful you heard the Lord speak to you so clearly, through it!!
y’all were OVER THE TOP in this one. Wow! 😮💨
My guy was on one FAST in this epi! :)) And his twin is ALWAYS here for it. :))
@@prestonmorrison4094 breakneck speed in the beginning! 🥹 you guys are amazing
Y'all should add a disclaimer: PLEASE DON'T WATCH/LISTEN AT WORK CAUSE YOU WILL BE SOBBING LIKE A BABY! SHEESH!!!! There are so many takeaways from this pod, but the main ones for me are: the wilderness is not punishment, but preparation for progress and promotion. God taking me away to do it privately cause He needs me to be butt naked and completely vulnerable so that I can see Him AND see me. Again....SHEESH!!!!! Thank you, Preston! Thank you, Tim. The brotherhood between you two is absolutely beautiful.
This has blessed me profoundly, thank you so much. My current wilderness season started last year when my teenage daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She had crainiotomy but it was unsuccessful as it became too risky. She had radiation and now lives with epilepsy as a result of the tumor. She will need another risky surgery at some point if we don’t receive a miracle. Modern medicine can’t fix this but we know God can. Her faith has been her guiding light (and ours) praise the Lord. Trying to figure out what crutches I need to burn so to speak. What am I holding on to, what does God want me to face within myself or let go of out here? I have been more vulnerable than ever in my life. I need God now more than ever. Come Holy Spirit. Show me what I need to find here. 🙏
I could not wait to watch this episode! Soooo grateful for both of yawl!!🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
We appreciate the encouragement!!
Thank you brothas so much for your vulnerability! I preached my 1st sermon on August 13th this year. A few weeks ago I listened to your pod on "Work" and I took the advice. I practiced my sermon 7 times before I presented it to the church. God blessed it and got His glory! Love yall!
Wow I’m currently completing an Esther fast the most intense fast I have ever done and I told God I needed him to meet me here because I was seeking him. He led me to this video and MY GOD !!!! Thank you
Mic drop ! “We have so many people running around addicted to a new word”! Remember what God had already said !
This episode is an answer to prayer 😭
Oh man... that blessed me. I'll be back tomorrow to share some thoughts. Been talking to Papa this whole time, but now it's time to give him my undivided attention.
There is way too much I gleaned from this conversation being in my own wilderness season. I can’t be thankful enough to you both for your spirit led and filled conversations. They have blessed me but this one hit exactly where it needed to. Listening through tears the whole time.
I’m in the wilderness now lost a good job because of my own foolishness but I believe He has a plan
The fact that you’re self-aware enough as well as healthy enough to say “because of my own foolishness” makes me think of one thing. The education God desired you to get through these stumbles, was received and is being stewarded well already. Learn EVERYTHING you can when you fall, for those are the essential things you must know for the next climb. ;) WELL DONE!
7 minutes I can already tell it’s another banger. Thankful for you my brothers!
Timmy and The Ghost were on one EARLY!! :)))
This was sooooooo good! I needed this! Thank you!
This is a powerful discussion. Indeed the wilderness season is a season of training and it pushes us to lean more on God.
What a change of perspective this was for me. The first wilderness I walked away from YHWH, and I second one, I wanted and tried to die. I am so glad that you both are speaking to this topic as believers for believers. Thank you
Where’s the full video?
I don’t know how I came across this video but this was a very beautiful conversation. I couldn’t even explain this season that I’ve been in for over a year now. Even in my small groups I really couldn’t find the words to explain what I was going through but this 💕💕💕🙏🏾
Lol I like garlics, leeks and onions, so I was lost for a spilt sec with the analogy Tim was saying. Makes 100% sense though, thank you for this episode gentlemen! I’ve been in a season of wilderness for an entire year, still in it and I’m just practicing patience, taking baby steps and preparing for my next season ❤🙏
So thankful for this episode - felt every nugget.
BOOM! Glad you felt the Lord speak to you through every nugget!!!!!
WOW! Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you God for this blessing of a podcast and your messengers sent to show me how to be present and thankful in this wilderness!
I really feel loved by y’all. Thank you for your obedience. It’s for you and for us. I’m grateful to God for y’all.
Love it when you guys get together. I don’t have mentor at this time in my life. The one I had died before we really got started. But I feel like I’ve been mentored after listening to you all. God bless you and much love for you both.💖🙏🏾💯
Such a great, insightful time of reflection for me and my husband. At this moment, our minds are transformed. Now we're just waiting as The Lord continues to manifest His Word over our marriage and our children. We can testify that if we had not gone throgh what we've been through, we would have never experienced God in such a real way. We are so grateful for Him, His Word and His timing. He ALONE is worthy to be praised! 🙌🏾 God bless you both for publicly sharing this intimate conversation.
Ezekiel 20:35-38; Isaiah 43:19
I feel guys you have a deep fear here. Like you said before, whoever went into the wilderness recognizes those going through it. And i went where you guys are afraid to go. IAM writing this at minute 50:18. It won't happen by asking Him. Our sacrifice doesn't have to be the same as Jesus. I will let you guys seek The Holy Spirit on this one for guidance. Cause I promise, it. doesn’t. have. to. be. that way with you too. This is part of an existential deception. See & Know that God has a Greater ending that the one you are referring, "it" doesn’t have to be taken away from you - your experience of God's Earthly Kingdom. Redeem your Self from the depth of your existential core, and He Will give you the choice : to stay or to go. I chose to stay for His Earthly Kingdom for Love of Earth and Her creatures, people.
I have a question for you gentlemen. Why you keep saying "not voluntarily". What would happen if we went voluntarily? You also keep saying "what happens there between us is essential" BUT you don’t wanna go towards it IF I says you don't have to. --> me I say, let's ask God to go through it all so we may be The Divine Man He is leading us to be
This has been so helpful. Thank you ❤
After watched it last night this bible verse found me: Isaiah 43:19 KJV
[19] Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Im a french canadian and in my version LSG the last sentence can be translate in english in this form "I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the solitude/lonliness"
Do the work, be strong
This conversation MY GOD. a thank you guys. My heart is filled from THIS !!!
This message was specifically for me. Thank you I got a break through
mark 1:02:36 - what if we adore the wilderness as a way to glorify God, the same way as the man who testify his sin to glorify God... hmmm.... I thank you God for taking me to the wilderness cause I know this is Your Way for me to be closer to You.. wouuff
This touched my soul and gave me more insight in the wilderness season I'm currently in. Yes it is painful and glad God is in it. I probably would've lost my mind already, well it's already lost and in a good way. Thank you both.
After three years in the wilderness, I needed to hear this. I have been feeling so grateful for my growth and thought it was strange. Thank you for this confirmation that my joy for the wilderness is simply gratefulness for the growth. I needed this!
5 months into this wilderness season and as loved as I feel from the Lord I also feel clueless lol. So foreign.
Currently can’t sleep and hearing this message at 12:30am EST
This was so good!! Literally how I felt through my wilderness season and I can now see how God was helping me! So hard to see when you’re actually in it
I get excited whenever Preston talks about this subject!
I love that you feel you’re hearing the Lord through any of it!!
I NEED THE T-SHIRT!!! ❤❤❤ 17:40
Might as well since we’re here…:)))
Is there a specific video that details your first referenced wilderness (about the fear Tim helped pull you out of)? I think I would resonate and would love to hear that experience!
The wilderness is a big ole slice of humble pie. Every single wilderness was a deeper lesson in humility.
Hey guys! I watched both the Wilderness episode and this one in the last 2 days. My question is how do you determine the difference between a season of Wilderness VS a season of funk?
I just LOVE you two!!!!!! My brothers from another mother! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
YYYYYYYYYOOOOOOOOOO WHAT Y'ALL DOIN OMG THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE DAWG. MY LORD, Y'ALL SOMETHING ELSE I TWLL YOU WHAT. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH GOD BLESS TOY BOTH THIS ONE WAS DIRTY Y'ALL SNUCK UP AND JUMPED ME