In our spiritual lives, what we do is we keep making bad turns and refuse to tell God we lost.

When we get off track, Dr. Tony Evans knows who can point us in the right direction.

Anywhere you're going, God's been there before.

This is the alternative broadcast featuring the timeless biblical teachings from the archives of Dr. Tony Evans.

Navigating life can sometimes feel like driving a car without windows, uncertain where we are

and fearful of what lies ahead. That sense of desperation will lead people to seek direction

from just about anywhere.

But Dr. Evans reminds us there's only one true, reliable source of guidance,

and today he'll show us how to connect with it.

Let's join him as he begins.

Here we have in the book of Ezra a prayer for guidance.

We find in verse 21, Ezra, the priest, has proclaimed a fast.

The Jews have been in captivity for a long time because of their rebellion against God.

But God had finally ended that time of discipline, and through the king of Persia had opened the door

for the captains to go back home. This was to reestablish their homeland under God.

Many of these captains had built businesses in Persia. They had developed careers in Persia.

Their savings account were in Persia.

They had their furniture and their beds and everything they owned that they were going to track back in order to reestablish home.

So it was that as Ezra the priest looked at all the goods that they were taken back home,

all the things that they had stored up,

and all the wealth that was now to be placed in the reestablishment of the temple,

he understood he had a major problem on his hands.

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