Tag: heart
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Focus on the Why
4But the Lord said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will thin them out for you there. If I say, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go; but if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.” 5So Gideon took…
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Untrusting Gideon
36Then Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, 37behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel by my…
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Responding to the Call
…Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. 16Why did you sit still among the sheepfolds, to hear the whistling for the flocks?Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.17Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan; and Dan, why did he stay with the ships?Asher sat still at the coast of…
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Simple, Ideal Othniel
7And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. They forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth. 8Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. 9But when the…
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Hypocrisy and Grace
1And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. 12And they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods, from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed down to…
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Moral Decline
1After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the LORD, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?” 2The LORD said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.” –Judges 1 STAGE ONE: TRUST ISSUES (1:3-20) Judah and Simeon illustrate obedience, but not fully trust. They…
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Rich and Poor
2Rich and poor have this in common: The Lord is the Maker of them all.–Proverbs 22 Some quick thoughts:
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Wickedness and the Righteous One
12The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.–Proverbs 21
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A Recovery Proverb
24A person’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand their own way?–Proverbs 20 Then [Jesus] said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me…
Joel M Bradshaw 