Transformed by the Desert Experience

By Clarence Dalrymple

Have you ever felt as if you were all alone in this world? Nobody understood what was going through your mind or the experiences that you were encountering? It seems that you have entered into a period of God’s silence that seems to go on forever. The cry of your heart is “Where are you God?” “Why have you forsaken me?” “How long will you allow this to happen?”
What is next after this time of silence? Is it a wilderness that stretches our trust? Is it a punishment or a test? Is it abandonment or a preparation for something wonderful in store for us? Is it God’s judgment or His infinite kindness that helps us grow spiritually mature? There are times of difficulty that seem like a “‘dark night of the soul.” However, this is also when we grow deeper in faith, and we are refined of hindrances, and gain the fragrance of Jesus by the fruit of the Spirit.
This time that you go through is a desert experience. Each person encounters his or her own personal struggle. No journey is identical for each person, but each individual desert experience produces the same result in every person. When God deals with us, His purpose is growth, maturity, and preparation. And, it always involves death to self. God will draw us into a desert experience with Him to give us the opportunity to grow to die to self, to learn to trust Him or to gain more insight into His ways.
God has put a blueprint of His divine purpose in each individual. This blueprint was imprinted in your spirit before you were ever born. God never deviates from His plan in order to bring it to complete manifestation. But everyone has to go through these formative years of growing and maturing. This is the “desert experience.” This is where your calling is redefined and your character is refined.
Are we willing to be changed? Do we want to go further? Perhaps the desert is the place for us. Don’t be afraid, it is a road that many have followed in Christ. Just remember that He will never leave you and does not forget his promises.
My reason for writing this book is to encourage those of you who are experiencing this dry season in your life. I want you to know that the divine purpose that God has ordered for your life will be completed. God wants you to see and understand that where you are in life and what you are experiencing in your life is not going to destroy you. You will exit from your desert with a redefined call and a refined character.
You are not alone, but God your Father is right there with you. He has promised that He will never leave us nor forsake us, but will always be present with us.
In the spiritual life, the desert experience is a time of preparation and deepening of our life with the Lord.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Clarence Dalrymple
• Release date: Nov 8, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370870653

Clarence Dalrymple

Rev. Clarence Dalrymple, founder of Living Faith Ministries International, Inc. is one of the leading teachers of faith. He has ministered the Word of God for over 50 years, and has traveled extensively in the United States and other countries preaching and teaching the Word of God. He is also an author who desires for people to come to the knowledge of their covenant with God and their covenant rights as a believer. Many have testified of being healed and set free as the Word of God was ministered by him. website:

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TRANSFORMED BY THE DESERT EXPERIENCE

Redefining Your Call & Refining Your Character

Copyright © 2017 Clarence Dalrymple

ISBN: 9781370870653

Author: Clarence Dalrymple

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Table of Contents

Dedications

Acknowledgements

Forward

Introduction

Chapter 1: A Table In the Wilderness

Chapter 2: The Ways of God

Chapter 3: The Desert: A School of Self-Discovery

Chapter 4: Moses- A Man of Destiny

Chapter 5: Redefine Your Call

Chapter 6: Refine Your Character

Chapter 7: Develop Your Faith

Chapter 8: Bloom Where You Are Planted

Chapter 9: The Secret of Contentment

Chapter 10: Delays - Sometimes God’s Plan

Chapter 11: God Has a Bigger Plan

Conclusion

About the author

Other Books by Clarence

Dedications

First and foremost, I dedicate this book to the Lord and Savior of my life, Jesus Christ. Your faithfulness has been so great and constant in my life. You have guided each step of my life. You have upheld me and kept me through all my years of serving you. Forever Yours!

I dedicate this book to all the young ministers who have discovered their divine call in the ministry. Your journey is just beginning. My prayer is that the contents of this book will give you guidance and help you become the quality ministers that will always bring glory to God.

I also dedicate this book to all the seasoned ministers who have experienced the desert and have stayed true and faithful to God. I pray that your latter years be greater than your former years as you have learned firsthand what it is to redefine your call and have your character refined.

Acknowledgements

This book would not have been possible without the help of two very special people who sacrificed their time to complete the final manuscript for publishing. It takes team work to make sure a project is completed. God gave me two special people to be part of this team and present this book for all to enjoy.

I want to acknowledge Reverend Mary Barratt who designed the cover for this book and the special chapter pages for each chapter. The design is one of excellence and depicts the contents of the book. Thank you Mary for this excellent design and your spirit of excellence in completing it.

I want to also acknowledge Jean Gingras who organized and edited the manuscript. Thank you Jean for your time and many hours of editing this manuscript. It took several times of going over each chapter to make sure of the spelling and grammar, but after many hours of proof reading every word and paragraph, all for the Glory of God, the book was published.

Forward

Please accept this letter as an introduction to a personal friend of mine, Rev. Clarence Dalrymple.

I have known Clarence Dalrymple for more than 40 years. I know him to be a man of integrity. He has ministered for me on many occasions and has always been a tremendous blessing.

You will find his prophetic Biblical ministry to be anointed of God that few men have and Clarence Dalrymple is one of those men.

You will not be disappointed by his anointed teaching of the Word or when you read his writings. Clarence Dalrymple is an excellent communicator. This book Transformed by The Desert Experience is about communication between God and His servants. The author makes it very clear concerning the communication between God and His people.

Like his speaking - and he is one of my favorite speakers - Clarence Dalrymple’s writing is humorous, exciting, fast paced, and packed with provocative content. I found it difficult to put down the manuscript of Transformed By The Desert Experience.

Clarence Dalrymple has become one of the most popular guest speakers at Training Institutes for evangelism for students, pastors, and members of churches. Hundreds at these institutes, as well as multitudes of others across America and many other countries, have been challenged, inspired, and motivated by his messages and anointing.

One of the most inspiring things about Clarence Dalrymple is his honesty. He dares to look at things as they actually are in real life and forces us to confront reality with him and encourages us to seek to be in the center of God’s perfect will.

In Transformed by The Desert Experience the author reveals the importance of being in communication with God. Clarence Dalrymple impresses upon the reader of not only knowing the message and call of God but recognizing the importance of having that call redefined and having our character refined.

This book is a great example of what the author purports to teach. It is written with obvious wisdom and joy and will be read by many with sincere hearts seeking God’s best in their lives. The artistry and content of this book will be worked out in many lives for years to come.

I heartily recommend Transformed By The Desert Experience with the prayer that as the result of reading it, the reader will be able to experience and share the abundant life of our Lord with a needy world.

Dr. Joseph Clark

Co-founder and Vice-President of Southern Bible College

Houston, Texas

Introduction

Have you ever felt as if you were all alone in this world? Nobody understood what was going through your mind or the experiences that you were encountering? It seems that you have entered into a period of God’s silence that seems to go on forever. The cry of your heart is Where are you God? Why have you forsaken me? How long will you allow this to happen?

What is next after this time of silence? Is it a wilderness that stretches our trust? Is it a punishment or a test? Is it abandonment or a preparation for something wonderful in store for us? Is it God’s judgment or His infinite kindness that helps us grow spiritually mature? There are times of difficulty that seem like a ‘dark night of the soul. However, this is also when we grow deeper in faith, and we are refined of hindrances, and gain the fragrance of Jesus by the fruit of the Spirit.

This time that you go through is a desert experience. Each person encounters his or her own personal struggle. No journey is identical for each person, but each individual desert experience produces the same result in every person. When God deals with us, His purpose is growth, maturity, and preparation. And, it always involves death to self. God will draw us into a desert experience with Him to give us the opportunity to grow to die to self, to learn to trust Him or to gain more insight into His ways.

God has put a blueprint of His divine purpose in each individual. This blueprint was imprinted in your spirit before you were ever born. God never deviates from His plan in order to bring it to complete manifestation. But everyone has to go through these formative years of growing and maturing. This is the desert experience. This is where your calling is redefined and your character is refined.

Are we willing to be changed? Do we want to go further? Perhaps the desert is the place for us. Don’t be afraid, it is a road that many have followed in Christ. Just remember that He will never leave you and does not forget his promises.

My reason for writing this book is to encourage those of you who are experiencing this dry season in your life. I want you to know that the divine purpose that God has ordered for your life will be completed. God wants you to see and understand that where you are in life and what you are experiencing in your life is not going to destroy you. You will exit from your desert with a redefined call and a refined character.

You are not alone, but God your Father is right there with you. He has promised that He will never leave us nor forsake us, but will always be present with us.

In the spiritual life, the desert experience is a time of preparation and deepening of our life with the Lord.

Clarence Dalrymple

2013

Chapter 1: A Table In the Wilderness

"Can God set a table in the wilderness?

Yes, He can. But you’ll never know as long as you stay in Egypt."

"Yes, they spoke against God: They said, Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? Psalms 78:19

The Children of Israel became irritated with God during their excursion in the wilderness. Remember, they found themselves here, because God was pruning their character and preparing them for greater days. Complaining and murmuring became a common practice among them as their sensual desires were not being met according to their standards.

It’s far better to be in the wilderness with Jesus than in a fancy penthouse without Him. Life isn’t about your dreams, your agenda, your hopes, your ideas, or your plans. Life is all about God’s dreams, God’s agenda, God’s ideas, and God’s plans. It’s His kingdom we’re praying to come, not ours.

God never leads us into the wilderness in order to destroy us. He intends the time of testing to make us stronger. Think of what you find in the desert:

Victory is here!

Holiness is here!

Spiritual growth is here!

The Holy Spirit is here!

Jesus is here!

It’s easy to get lost there. You may spend a long time there. But it is