Category archives: Midweek services

No Bragging
 

  • No Bragging

  • 3 months ago
  • Judges 9:30-41 30When Zebul the governor of the city heard what Gaal son of Ebed said, he was very angry. 31Under cover he sent messengers to Abimelek, saying, “Gaal son of Ebed and his clan have come to Shechem and are stirring up the city against you. 32Now then, during the night you and your men... [read more]
Animosity Against Abimelek
 

  • Animosity Against Abimelek

  • 3 months ago
  • Judges 9:22-29 22After Abimelek had governed Israel three years, 23God stirred up animosity between Abimelek and the citizens of Shechem so that they acted treacherously against Abimelek. 24God did this in order that the crime against Jerub-Baal’s seventy sons, the shedding of their blood, might be... [read more]
Prediction
 

  • Prediction

  • 4 months ago
  • Judges 9:16-21 16 “Have you acted honorably and in good faith by making Abimelek king? Have you been fair to Jerub-Baal and his family? Have you treated him as he deserves?  17 Remember that my father fought for you and risked his life to rescue you from the hand of Midian. 18 But today you have re... [read more]
Desperate Choice
 

  • Desperate Choice

  • 4 months ago
  • Judges 9:7-15 7 When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, “Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you. 8 One day the trees went out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Be our king.’ 9 “But the oli... [read more]
Human Inclination
 

  • Human Inclination

  • 4 months ago
  • Judges 9:1-6 1 Abimelek son of Jerub-Baal went to his mother’s brothers in Shechem and said to them and to all his mother’s clan, 2 “Ask all the citizens of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: to have all seventy of Jerub-Baal’s sons rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember, I am your flesh and blo... [read more]
Leadership Tenure
 

  • Leadership Tenure

  • 4 months ago
  • Judges 8:28-35 28 Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During Gideon’s lifetime, the land had peace forty years. 29 Jerub-Baal son of Joash went back home to live. 30 He had seventy sons of his own, for he had many wives. 31 His concubine, who lived in She... [read more]
Cost of Leadership
 

  • Cost of Leadership

  • 5 months ago
  • Judges 8:22-27 22 The Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son and your grandson—because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.” 23 But Gideon told them, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.” 24 And he said, “I do have one request,... [read more]
Judgment Time
 

  • Judgment Time

  • 5 months ago
  • Judges 8:13-21 13 Gideon son of Joash then returned from the battle by the Pass of Heres. 14 He caught a young man of Sukkoth and questioned him, and the young man wrote down for him the names of the seventy-seven officials of Sukkoth, the elders of the town. 15 Then Gideon came and said to the men... [read more]
Ministry Support
 

  • Ministry Support

  • 5 months ago
  • Judges 8:4-12 4 Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan and crossed it. 5 He said to the men of Sukkoth, “Give my troops some bread; they are worn out, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.” 6 But the officials of Sukkoth... [read more]
Overcoming Obstacles
 

  • Overcoming Obstacles

  • 5 months ago
  • Judges 7:22-8:3 7:22 When the 300 trumpets sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled to Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath. 7:23 Israelites from Naphtali, Asher and all Manasseh were called ... [read more]
Follow the Leader
 

  • Follow the Leader

  • 6 months ago
  • Judges 7:16-21 16 Dividing the three hundred men into three companies, he placed trumpets and empty jars in the hands of all of them, with torches inside. 17 “Watch me,” he told them. “Follow my lead. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do. 18 When I and all who are with me blow our... [read more]
Obey the Impossible   
 

  • Obey the Impossible   

  • 6 months ago
  • Judges 7:8b-15 8bNow the camp of Midian lay below him in the valley. 9 During that night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. 10 If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah 11 and listen to what they ... [read more]