Numbers: Finding a Way in the Wilderness

What does Numbers have to do with everyday family discipleship?

In this week’s episode of The Wholehearted Households Podcast, host Alex Blount introduces us to the book of Numbers, relating to the ways we might find ourselves in our own proverbial wilderness.

Our Bible spotlight focuses on the priestly blessing given to Moses, then Aaron, and what this blessing means for us as people of God.

Then, our discipleship nugget equips your family to share high and low moments with one another in the presence of God. Just as the Israelites call out to God through their range of experiences and emotions, we too can share our highs and lows with God.

Finally, our spiritual practice invites you to reflect on your own experiences of being in the wilderness and to offer your worries and burdens to God through the prayer of Compline.

Wherever you listen, may you and your family be blessed by this episode as you seek to follow Jesus with your whole heart.

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Resources from the episode

This week’s Bible spotlight is adapted from Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters by Carmen Jones Imes.

This week’s discipleship nugget is adapted from The Spiritually Vibrant Home: The Power of Messy Prayers, Loud Tables, and Open Doors by Don Everts.

This week’s spiritual practice is adapted from Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep by Tish Harrison Warren.

Compline Prayer: Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the afflicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love’s sake. Amen.

Credits

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✅ Producers: Kaitlin Borek, Abby Lee, Karen Savella Stallard, and Travis Albritton

✅ Assistant Producer: Christine Pelliccio Melo

✅ Hosts: Alex Blount and Helen Lee

✅ Narrators: Kaitlin Borek, Jack Reece, and Karen Savella Stallard

✅ Sound Engineering: Honest Podcasts

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✅ Podcast Art: Amy Cerra

✅ Theme Song: “Elegant Flight” by Sounds Like Sanders and “Birdhouse” by EVOE

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