Please read part one *** Thirty-two thousand men answered Gideon’s trumpet-call, a promising number. But God said, “You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against me that her own strength has saved her, announce now to the people, ‘Anyone who trembles with…
Tag: God’s power
Crack Pots and Dogs (Part 1)
The following is from my booklet, “Crack Pots and Dogs” *** Gideon was a judge of Israel, whom God raised up to deliver His people when the Midianites were raiding and oppressing them (Judges 6:1-6). Gideon began his ministry by demolishing an altar of Baal and hewing down an Asherah pole (Judges 6:28). When this…
The Bible Just Ain’t Hip
Last week, I read a blog entry by a woman whose husband has a bad hip. She and her husband are believing God will heal his hip but trust the Lord if He chooses not to. It was a blessing to hear from someone placing themselves in the hands of the Lord. I would encourage…
Everything and Nothing
Today, I am encouraged that everything is working together to conform me to the image of God’s Son (Rom. 8:28-29). “Everything” includes successes and failures, strengths and weaknesses, righteousness and sins. Nothing is outside God’s redemptive power and use.
Hard Pressed but Not Crushed
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also…
The Voice of One 