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What to Do in Your Wilderness Season

Matthew 4

Uploaded to YouTube March 2, 2026

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If a layoff, anxiety or a marriage that only looks fine has put you in a wilderness season, you probably read it as proof that God left. Pastor Kaloma Smith says God's Spirit can lead you into a hard season to build you, and the fight there is over your assumptions about God. Jesus already walked through the wilderness for you, so you do not face it alone. In this sermon, Pastor Kaloma Smith of UAMEZ Church in Palo Alto, California preaches on Matthew 4:1-11 and shows how the devil went after three assumptions we all carry about God during Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness. Questions this sermon answers What should you do during your wilderness season? Get the Word in you before the hard day comes, refuse to fight alone, and bring your assumptions about God to God. What does a wilderness season produce in you? God is a builder, and the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to build him up, which is how God can use a hard season in your life too. Scripture: Matthew 4:1-11; James 1:13; Psalm 91:11-12 Chapters 0:00 Opening prayer 0:58 Built for the wilderness 3:55 Nobody optimizes for the bad day 6:25 Why the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness 14:21 Three assumptions the devil targets 25:18 Jesus walked through it for you 29:12 What to do in your wilderness season Join us Sundays at 10 AM PT, 3549 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306, or live at youtube.com/@uamez Plan your visit: uamez.com Instagram: instagram.com/uamezchurch Facebook: facebook.com/uamezchurch #UAMEZChurch #WildernessSeason #Matthew4

Questions this sermon answers

What should you do during your wilderness season?

Get the Word in you before the hard day comes, refuse to fight alone, and bring your assumptions about God to God.

What does a wilderness season produce in you?

God is a builder, and the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to build him up, which is how God can use a hard season in your life too.

What are the chapters in this sermon?

  1. 0:00 Opening prayer
  2. 0:58 Built for the wilderness
  3. 3:55 Nobody optimizes for the bad day
  4. 6:25 Why the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness
  5. 14:21 Three assumptions the devil targets
  6. 25:18 Jesus walked through it for you
  7. 29:12 What to do in your wilderness season

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