Gilgal: The Place Where Yesterday's Shame Stops Rolling
Grace and Peace My Ekklesia Family... God invites us to the sacred place where our past is rolled away—not to be forgotten, but to stop defining us. Joshua 5:9 – "Then the LORD said to Joshua, 'Today I have rolled away the shame of your slavery in Egypt.' So that place has been called Gilgal to this day." 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NLT) – "This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!" Isaiah 43:18-19 (NLT) – "But f
Stephan Kirby - Ekklesia
Jan 29
God Goes Before You
Grace and Peace My Ekklesia Family God’s presence leads us ahead of our plans, calling us to follow Him with obedience instead of fear. Exodus 13:21 (NLT) "The Lord went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire. This allowed them to travel by day or by night." Numbers 9:22-23 NLT [22] Whether the cloud stayed above the Tabernacle for two days, a month, or a year, the people of Israel stayed in ca
Stephan Kirby - Ekklesia
Jan 28
GILGAL BEFORE JERICHO Day 9 of 21
Ekklesia Family... “Then the Lord said to Joshua, ‘Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.’ So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.” — Joshua 5:9 (NLT) Before Israel ever fought a battle… Before Jericho ever fell… Before the promise ever opened fully… God stopped them at Gilgal. Gilgal was the place of: • consecration • cutting away the old • remembering where God brought them from • preparing for what God was about to do They didn’t rush into victor
Stephan Kirby - Ekklesia
Jan 27
The Wilderness Is Not Punishment - Part 3
Ask yourself today: What is God forming in me that comfort could not? Obedience grows best where excuses die. Do not despise your transition. Do not romanticize your past. Let the wilderness work.
Stephan Kirby - Ekklesia
Jan 26