{"id":2228,"asset_id":"2540","title":"New Life on Old Battlegrounds -\u00a0Sara Whitten, Kerrville, TX -\u00a0Oct 10, 2025","alias":"new-life-on-old-battlegrounds-sara-whitten-kerrville-tx-oct-10-2025","introtext":"<div id=\"dispwordtitle\">\r\n<h1>New Life on Old Battlegrounds -&nbsp;Sara Whitten, Kerrville, TX -&nbsp;Oct 10, 2025<\/h1>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div align=\"left\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"center\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.elijahlist.com\/faces\/Sara_Whitten_2021_600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"151\" style=\"float: left;\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"center\" \/><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div id=\"archive\">\r\n<div id=\"word-truncate\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The testimony in Ezekiel 37 of the dry bones coming to life is a familiar one for many of us. Recently, the Lord highlighted this text to me in a fresh way that I believe is a very timely encouragement.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"subtitle\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>When the Lord Initiates<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the first few verses of Ezekiel 37, it was the Holy Spirit who brought him to a valley of exposed bones. The foundation of this miracle was not the will or idea of Ezekiel but of the Lord.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are times in our journey where the Lord brings us to a place for the purpose of His supernatural plans. Often, it's not initially our choice or our idea. It may be a washed-up or forgotten dream. It may be something we've never even come across before.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"subtitle\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Where the Supernatural Begins<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The stage for God's great plans often look like a wilderness at first.<\/strong>&nbsp;God didn't bring Ezekiel to a flourishing garden or an oasis. He brought him to a low and lifeless place, NOT for the purpose of wanting Ezekiel to experience hardship, but for the purpose of wanting the whole area\u2014Ezekiel included\u2014to witness the miraculous.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NKJV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible footnote for Ezekiel 37:1 explains that for such a large amount of bones to be left exposed to the elements lends evidence to it being the \"scene of a major catastrophe.\" Because none of the bones were given a proper burial, it was likely a battle scene. This had been the sight of a battle, most likely a defeat. To have one's bones left exposed to the elements was a curse one would wish on an enemy in that day and culture.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"subtitle\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Back to Our Valleys of Dry Bones&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elijahlist.com\/words\/display_word.html?ID=33196\">READ MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","fulltext":"","state":1,"catid":"8","created":"2025-10-10 13:00:36","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2025-10-10 13:00:47","modified_by":"873","checked_out":"873","checked_out_time":"2025-10-10 13:00:36","publish_up":"2025-10-10 13:00:36","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":2,"ordering":"0","metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":"0","metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"1","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}