Permission is granted to churches to use this material in services of worship. Like travellers lost in the immense deserts of this land, those fleeing from Egypt were overcome with hunger and thirst in the barren wilderness .
Rivers sink into the sand and springs are drunk by the thirsty land.
When linked with God's creative purposes, deserts begin to bloom again and parched lands once more become green . The gratitude of the land is revealed in its fruitfulness. We praise you for dealing so graciously with your people in the past, when you guided them to freedom and a promised new life. We are heirs of that promise fulfilled in Jesus, our Redeemer and Lord. Through him you have established for us a permanent direction for our lives and as we dwell in him, our lives are blessed with fruitfulness.