It happened on the same night that the Lord said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand. But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant, and you shall hear what they say; and afterward your hands shall…
Now therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him turn and depart at once from Mount Gilead.’ ” And twenty-two thousand of the people returned, and ten thousand remained. Judges 7:3 Have you noticed that one of the first things God says after He gives us an…
And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’ JUDGES 7:2 Now I know we talked about getting a “geng” and cultivating a community that…
Now it came to pass the same night that the Lord said to him, “Take your father’s young bull, the second bull of seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the wooden image that is beside it; and build an altar to the Lord your…
Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who talk with me. Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You.” And He said, “I will wait…
And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as one man.” Judges 16:15 Most of us are fearful because we don’t understand the gravity of this promise. But imagine God opened your eyes to see a physical representation of this promise. Let’s say you turned…
Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?” Judges 6:14 For the past two days, we have been talking about Gideon and studying his moments of fear and his journey to Courage. Yesterday…
Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the…
And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!” So he said to Him, “O my Lord, how can I save Israel? Indeed my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.” JUDGES 6:12&15…
Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley; tomorrow turn and move out into the wilderness by the Way of the Red Sea. If you have not been following this series now is a good time to start. It will help you follow along on today’s topic. Click here In our text, the…
