Tag - Gideon

29Mar

What You Have Is Enough

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Judges 6:14 The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” O-bservation: This is the story of how the Lord used Gideon, a heretofore nobody God saw as a mighty warrior. God told him, “Go in the strength you have to save Israel from your Midianite oppressors, and I will be with you.” Whatever you think you have, if God is with you, “What You Have Is Enough.” A-pplication: I have a good friend who always introduces this idea into...

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30Mar

When You Honor, It Comes Back To You

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Judges 8:35 They also failed to show any loyalty to the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) in spite of all the good things he had done for them. O-bservation: This is a sad conclusion to a rather glorious bible character. Jerub-Baal is actually another name for the man we know in scripture as Gideon. Gideon had brought strength and prosperity as one of the judges of Israel. However, after the end of his 40 years of service, when Israel never went to war and lived in peace, never once did these people honor...

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29Mar

Excuses, Excuses

S. O. A. P. Here’s Your 90 second AM Devotional! S-cripture: Judges 6:15 “Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but how can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.” O-bservation: The Lord sent an angel to where Gideon lived and told him that he was to deliver his people from their oppressors. Immediately, Gideon began making excuses as to why that would be impossible for him and them. His main excuse was that his clan of Manasseh was the weakest of all the Israelite people, and he was the least in his family. A-pplication: Whenever I...

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