Judges 6:12-27 – (Paraphrase) God tells Gideon to tear down Baal’s altar and cut down the wooden image/pole. He was to use these things to make an altar and sacrifice to God. Gideon obeys, but does so at night in secret, because he feared the men of the city. God Read more…
Judges 6:16 – And the Lord said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat the Midianites as (if they were only) one man.” This is the third time God reassures Gideon that He will be with him. God is patient and kind with us in Read more…
Judges 6:15 – So he said to Him, “Oh 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.” Now we come to the “how?” question. How is this going to happen? This is where we Read more…
Judges 6:12 – “The Lord is with you mighty man of valor!” “The Lord is help you, and you are a strong warrior!” This is how I see you my son! As a mighty man of strength, valor and courage. I have placed you into the son of my love. Read more…
Judges 6:13 – Gideon said to Him, “Oh my Lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all of this happened to us? And where are all the miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Read more…
Judges 6:10 – Also I said to you, “I am the Lord your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. BUT you have not obeyed my voice.” If I am the Lord, why would you fear an inferior god? Why would you continue Read more…
Judges 6:8 – Thus says the Lord God: “I brought you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage; (9) and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from Read more…
John 17:1 – “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your son.” Many times the Lord’s provision looks like the removal of natural provision. He takes away the things that men rely on in the natural so that they will look to God as their support. That way when God delivers, Read more…
Judges 6:12 – And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!” As I ponder the events of the past few months (years), my mind is drawn to Gideon. When God called him, he told him not to fear. He called Gideon a Read more…
I am the Lord who strengthens you. Why should you fear? Have you forgotten the Lord who made you? Why should you live in constant fear? Their fury can no longer touch you! Those who live in prisons will soon be set free; they will live a long life and Read more…