"Same Time Tomorrow" I Rev. Dr. William H. Curtis I August 2, 2026

Main message: God’s provision in Exodus 16 (manna) teaches that he meets our needs day by day so we learn dependence and faith; we must show up repeatedly—“same time tomorrow”—trusting continuity without full certainty.

Key points:

• God answered Israel’s hunger not with a long-term stockpile but with fresh daily provision (manna) to cultivate dependence and relationship.
• The manna is “by design” incomplete—God allows need so people keep returning to him rather than becoming self-sufficient like Egypt’s surplus culture.
• The discipline required is “continuity without certainty”: keep walking and trusting even when you don’t know the full outcome.
• Faith matures in the ordinary, repeated moments (the “10,000 ordinary mornings”), not only in dramatic miracles.
• The community (the church) supplies mutual encouragement: we make the wilderness habitable for one another by sharing trust and testimony.

Scriptures mentioned: Exodus 16:4, Genesis 22:2