We’re in the wilderness together—days of manna and complaint, rebellion and mercy, a God who keeps showing up whether His people deserve it or not. A pillar that moves when it’s time and stays when it isn’t. A faithfulness that has nothing to do with how well anyone is holding up their end.
Before we move further in, we wanted to leave something in your hands that you can return to.
These two charts distill what the wandering years teach into ten formation principles and ten prayers—one for each truth, written for the person who is still in the desert and beginning to wonder if God has lost track of them.
Page one names what God is doing in the long seasons — the ones that don’t resolve on schedule, that outlast your explanations, that make you feel like everyone else has entered something you’re still circling. He has not lost track. He has not moved on. The cloud is still there.
Page two gives you words for when you have none. Not polished prayers. Not the language of someone who has it together. Just honest words for the exhaustion of failing again, the helplessness of watching someone you love head the wrong direction, and the creeping fear that your worst record has finally used up His willingness to stay.
Print them. Keep them. We still have more wilderness ahead — and Deuteronomy beyond that. But when the circling starts again, come back to these.
Download the guide using the button below, then print on standard letter-size paper. We recommend double-sided on one sheet of paper. Keep it in your Bible, your journal, or somewhere you'll return to it regularly.
To print: tap or click the button below to open the guide. On iPhone, tap Read, then tap the Share button (the box with an arrow) and scroll down to find Print. On Android, tap Download to save the file, then open it and select Print. On a computer, simply download and open the file, then print as you would any PDF.
