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GOD SEES BEYOND OUR FEARS AND LABELS
Supporting Scripture: Judges 6:12
12Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “The Lord is with you, valiant warrior.”
Big Idea
True courage comes from understanding who we are in God and trusting His purpose for our lives.
Scripture
Judges 6:11-1611The angel of the Lord came, and he sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress in order to hide it from the Midianites. 12Then the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “The Lord is with you, valiant warrior.”
13Gideon said to him, “Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about? They said, ‘Hasn’t the Lord brought us out of Egypt? ’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”
14The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and deliver Israel from the grasp of Midian. I am sending you! ”
15He said to him, “Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Look, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s family.”
16“But I will be with you,” the Lord said to him. “You will strike Midian down as if it were one man.”
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GOD IS PATIENT WITH OUR DOUBTS AND QUESTIONS
Supporting Scripture: Judges 6:13
13Gideon said to him, “Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about? They said, ‘Hasn’t the Lord brought us out of Egypt? ’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”
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COURAGE IS FOUND IN GOD’S PRESENCE AND PURPOSE
Supporting Scripture: Judges 6:14
14The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and deliver Israel from the grasp of Midian. I am sending you! ”