When The Battle Breaks You Down Before the battle the Israelites went to Bethel and asked God, “Which tribe should go first to attack the people of Benjamin? Judges 20:18a My Takeaways Something Old When the battle is hard, Saturate yourself in His presence. (Worship, Read the Word) Seek His Direction even after defeat….
Living Like We Don’t Have A King Now in those days Israel had no king. And the tribe of Dan was trying to find a place where they could settle, for they had not yet moved into the land assigned to them when the land was divided among the tribes of Israel. Judges 18:1 …
The Power In Me At that moment the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he ripped the lion’s jaws apart with his bare hands. He did it as easily as if it were a young goat. But he didn’t tell his father or mother about it. Judges 14:6 My Takeaways…
Live Well-Adjusted, to God Again the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They served the images of Baal and Ashtoreth, and the gods of Aram, Sidon, Moab, Ammon, and Philistia. They abandoned the LORD and no longer served him at all. Judges 10:6 My Takeaways Something Old Israel’s worship of neighboring gods…
Exhausted But Never Alone Gideon then crossed the Jordan River with his 300 men, and though exhausted, they continued to chase the enemy. Judges 8:4 My Takeaways Something Old Where did Gideon get the fortitude to finish the battle? Gideon considered God’ past faithfulness when examining his future obstacles. God delivered the Midianites…
The Thorn In Our Side After Ehud’s death, the Israelites again did evil in the LORD’s sight. Judges 4:1 My Takeaways Something Old If we don’t obey God, what seeks to overtake us will become a thorn in our side. (Judges 2:3) The thorn in our side, might just be of our own…