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 Hi, and welcome to the Willow Ridge Church weekly podcast.

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 This is where you can find audio for our current and past sermons.

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 We hope that you enjoy this week's installment, and be sure to check back next week to hear

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 the latest message.

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 Thanks for listening.

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 All right, well, good morning.

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 If you've got your Bibles with you, go ahead and open up to Judges chapter 7 as we continue

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 on in our study of Gideon.

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 As you turn there, I want to remind you guys, hopefully you're able to either get the email

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 from the church, or to see the videos that we posted on social media concerning our phase

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 two, as we look to continue to regather in all aspects of our ministry.

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 But we know that we've got people who are online, who are watching with us, that maybe you don't

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 have the opportunity to see that, or maybe even some of you hear.

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 So as you turn there, there's a lot of details for this phase two, but I want to kind of hit

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 some of the high points as we start off our message this morning.

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 First, I know this will be a relief to a lot of you.

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 We're not going to be requiring online registration, all right?

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 And so if that's something that you've been faithful in doing, you don't have to worry about

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 that as we move forward.

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 So we'll be eliminating online registration.

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 Now, if you're attending the 11 o'clock service, this doesn't affect you, or maybe it could,

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 but we will be going to two service times to continue with that.

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 But instead of meeting at 9 and 11, we're going to meet at 9, 30 and 11, okay?

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 So instead of 9 and 11, 9, 30 and 11.

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 And this is for one of the main reasons for that adjustment is we're going to be bringing

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 back our kids' ministry on Sunday mornings.

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 And our kids' ministry, though, because of what we're needing to do to clean the building,

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 to get it prepared for our Hispanics, who will start worship at 1, 30.

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 And we will need to have that time in between.

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 So kids' ministry will be at 9, 30 only, all right?

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 So if you've got kids and you want to bring them at the 11, but you want them to be a part

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 of the kids' ministry on Sunday morning, now that's a nursery through fifth grade, we're

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 only going to be able to provide that at this time during the 9, 30 service.

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 So you can make that adjustment.

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 Now, we will still continue to provide everything online.

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 We're going to continue to have everything here.

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 So if parents, if you're more comfortable with bringing your kids into the worship auditorium

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 for adult worship during this time, that's fine.

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 We want you to be able to worship in the way that you feel the most comfortable.

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 But we will have kids' ministry at the 9, 30 service only.

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 And then for both worship services, we're going to do something a little bit different here

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 in the auditorium, all right?

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 And we've been listening to people, talking to people, we're seeing where everyone's at.

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 And what we're hearing is that for those that are, they're choosing to wear a mask during

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 this time, wherever they go and whatever they do, they'd feel more comfortable in a section

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 within the auditorium that is for those who are wearing masks.

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 And so what we're going to do is we're going to have a section of the auditorium.

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 And in order to sit there for you and your family, you've got to have a mask on, right?

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 We're not going to force people who are wearing masks to sit there.

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 But if that is something that you would like to be a part of, we will have that available

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 for you as well.

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 And so we're excited as we continue to move into this direction.

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 We're excited about our kids' ministry being able to start back.

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 I'll say this, and I know for some of you, it may be different.

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 I love having the kids in here.

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 I love having noise.

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 I was a youth pastor for years.

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 It's just what I'm used to.

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 But I know for a lot of you parents, you're like, I'm about to die over here, all right?

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 So we're doing that.

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 But the important piece for us with kids' ministry is this.

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 We get to pick back up and continue on in the discipleship process in the lives of our kids.

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 And I don't know if you guys know this, but we have an absolutely wonderful children's

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 ministry team, both staff and volunteers, who pray and who prepare and who explain the

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 gospel week in and week out to these kids.

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 I'm talking like not only for our elementary age kids or students, but all the way even

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 down to the babies.

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 The people that work in our nursery, they pray over these kids.

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 They have Christian music playing in there.

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 I mean, all the way through.

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 So we're excited to be able to bring that back.

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 So if you've got any questions, please let us know, and we'd like to answer those for you.

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 Well, as we look at Judges chapter 7, as we talk about Gideon this morning, I want us

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 to think about this word as a word that we're going to talk about throughout the message

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 this morning, and it's the word confidence.

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 We're going to talk about what it means as believers to be confident.

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 Now, there are two words oftentimes that come in clash when you think of this word, and it's

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 the word confidence that comes in conflict with the word arrogance.

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 Oftentimes, even within our lives, we take arrogance and we cast it on to confidence.

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 We see someone who is confident, and we assume that they're being arrogant.

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 We see someone who's arrogant, and they try to excuse it away by just saying that they

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 are confident.

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 But what we're going to see in the life of the believer, that there is definitely a difference

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 between arrogance and confidence.

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 All right?

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 So, an arrogant person, a sense of arrogance, says this, look at what I can do, look at what

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 I've done, and know that I am capable of doing this.

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 That is the telltale sign of someone who struggles with arrogance.

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 They are always the subject of their story.

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 They're the driving point of the narrative.

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 They're saying, look at me, look at what I've done, look at what I've accomplished, look

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 at what I'm capable of doing, right?

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 They, for lack of a better term, become their own idol in their life of what they're able

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 to portray of themselves.

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 And that, by definition, when you put yourself at that point, is arrogance.

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 And so, there's a difference between arrogance and confidence.

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 And I specifically, because we're believers, we're having a message, we're looking at God's

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 word, there's a difference in worldly confidence and godly confidence.

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 Because godly confidence for a Christian, in all things, in your walk of life, with where

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 you are, with what you're working toward, with what you're doing, says this, look at what

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 God can do.

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 Look at what God has done.

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 And I think most important for us as believers, as we tell about the hope of the gospel, is

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 look at what God is capable of doing.

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 Please know that God can do this.

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 And you see the difference in the two.

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 Arrogance, a life of arrogance says, look at me and look at what I've done.

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 But a life geared toward godly confidence says, no, no, no, look at who God is and look at what

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 God has done.

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 And in the life of Gideon in chapter 7, we're going to see this building momentum of moving

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 forward, not of arrogance, not of confidence in himself, but godly confidence in God.

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 When we found Gideon in Gideon chapter 6, do you remember where we found him?

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 He was hiding.

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 He was the picture of a weak, insecure, fearful man hiding in a hole in a cave somewhere, taking

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 the little bit of food that he had and hiding it because out of fear that the oppressors

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 were going to come and take it from him.

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 And that's where we find him.

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 And look where we find him in Judges 7 verse 1.

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 Then Jeroboam, that is Gideon, and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped

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 beside the spring of Harod.

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 And the camp of Midian was north of them by the hill of Mori in the valley.

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 And so before in chapter 6, we see him hiding in a cave somewhere, trying to store some food,

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 and then we open up into chapter 7, and he's leading an army of people to head toward the

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 oppressors.

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 Do you see the move that has been happening in his life?

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 And what we see last week and what we continue in seeing this week is the attitude which Gideon

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 possesses is not one of arrogance, but is one of faithful confidence.

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 That this is what begins to exude from his life.

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 Now, there was a section of the story last week that we kind of skipped over.

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 I want to look back at that.

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 So if you've got your Bibles open, just look back at Judges 6 verse 32.

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 God's Word says,

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 Therefore on that day, and this day was the day that Gideon had torn down the altars,

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 Gideon was called Jeroboam.

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 That is to say, let Baal contend against him because he broke down his altar.

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 You see, in chapter 6, we're opened up that this is Gideon and he's hiding.

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 But we open up chapter 7, and this is Jeroboam, and he's leading the forces against the evil

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 army that oppresses them.

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 And what we see from this is faithful confidence.

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 Because Gideon, as he's walked through all that he walked through, with overcoming his

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 fears and his struggles, and let me tell you, he had them in chapter 6.

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 Gideon didn't hear from God in chapter 6 and think, I got this.

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 In fact, he was still afraid because when God called him to tear down the altars, it

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 said that out of fear, he did it.

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 He obeyed God, but he did it during the night so that he couldn't be found out.

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 But what happens is, out of Gideon's faithfulness, out of his confidence in God, he begins to

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 be seen as someone different.

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 That his identity begins to be connected to something different in his life.

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 And he's no longer little fearful Gideon hiding in the corner, but he's confident.

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 He's faithful.

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 Jeroboam, who is confident in God's call in his life and is made evident in his obedience

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 to God.

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 You see, when we talk about confidence, when we talk about godly confidence, when we talk

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 about you and I who say with our lives, with our words, that we are confident in God, confidence

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 in God, and we're going to see this in the story, will always require faith.

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 Confidence in God is not just a simple statement that we can make, it's not just a mindset that

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 we can have, but when you and I say that we have confidence in God, confidence in God is

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 always going to require us to have faith.

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 And here's what I mean by faith.

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 You ask someone what faith is, they talk about what they believe.

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 You ask someone what faith is, they talk about what they do.

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 And the truth is, both of those are partial definitions of faith.

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 That faith is when what you believe and what you do combine.

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 And in that is when we see men and women of faith.

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 So for Gideon, as his confidence, not in himself, but as his confidence in God begins to grow, what

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 we're going to see is faith in what he believes, faith in what he does.

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 And we see this begin to mark his life.

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 And so for you and I, when we say, oh, I'm confident in God, but where does your faith lie?

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 Where have you truly placed your faith in?

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 What does that look like in what you believe and know and understand about God?

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 Remember, that's what Gideon was doing with the fleeces.

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 What does it do with what you believe and what you understand?

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 But what does it also believe in what you do?

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 It's the full journey of faith in the life of an individual.

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 So this is where we find Gideon.

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 So let's keep reading on in chapter 2.

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 It says,

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 Then 22,000 of the people returned, and 10,000 remained.

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 And the Lord said to Gideon,

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 The people are still too many.

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 Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there.

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 And any one of whom I say to you, this one shall go with you, shall go with you.

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 And any one of whom I say to you, this one shall not go with you, shall not go.

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 So he brought the people down to the water, and the Lord said to Gideon,

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 Everyone who laps water with his tongue as a dog laps, you shall set him by himself.

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 Likewise, everyone who kneels down to drink.

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 And the number of those who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was 300 men.

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 But all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.

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 And the Lord said to Gideon,

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 With 300 men whom lapped, I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand,

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 and let all the others go every man to his home.

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 So the people took provisions in their hands and their trumpets,

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 and he sent all the rest of Israel, every man, to his tent, but retained the 300 men.

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 And the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.

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 So here's what God does.

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 God speaks to Gideon.

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 And he says, Gideon, I don't want, when the victory happens,

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 I don't want the men, I don't want the soldiers,

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 I don't want the nation to look back and say,

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 Yes, look at what we have done.

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 So I'm going to reduce your army size.

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 And what we're going to see, what God is going to do in the life of Gideon,

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 and what God desires to do in the life of people who seek to follow him,

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 is God is going to bring confidence from us.

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 God, as we are faithful to him, as God is faithful to us,

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 God's going to birth us,

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 God's going to give us a positioning of confidence in him.

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 But it's oftentimes going to come from weakness.

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 And it's what God says.

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 God takes Gideon and he reduces the size of the army.

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 Now, the first time he does it, he reduces it from 32,000 to 10,000 based off of those who are afraid.

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 He says, look, if you're afraid, go home.

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 Now, I read a lot of people this week and listened to some people,

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 and most commentators who talked about this said, well, that makes sense.

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 Because what a general doesn't want in the battle is when you send the soldiers running down the hill toward the enemies,

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 you don't want someone who's afraid because what they'll do is they'll turn around and run the other way,

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 and in doing so, they'll create confusion.

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 So, you're probably better off that most of them left because they would have left anyways.

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 Okay, so that makes sense.

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 So, Gideon goes from 32,000 to 10,000.

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 But God says, no, no, no, no, no.

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 That number, that's still too many.

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 Now, put yourself in Gideon's shoes.

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 I've got 10,000 men who are ready.

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 They're not afraid.

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 They're willing to charge into battle.

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 And God, you tell me that that's too many.

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 We're already overnumbered.

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 And so, God says, no, no, no.

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 We're going to separate these even more.

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 And of all things, we're not going to do it because of skill.

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 We're not going to do it out of maybe even the size of the soldiers or the intellect or the experience.

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 Hey, Gideon, we're going to separate by how they drink water.

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 Now, everyone that I read, everyone that I listened to, could not explain the logic behind this.

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 There is no part of this that makes sense when you begin to understand how do I want to go into battle

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 and what group do I want to go with.

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 And so, some drink water.

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 The Bible says they lap it up like a dog, 300 of them.

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 And the rest don't.

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 And God looks at Gideon and he says, hey, those 300 who drank like dogs, there you guys go into battle.

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 Now, Gideon goes from 32,000 to 300.

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 And this is where God takes him.

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 Because God wants his confidence grow.

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 Because God, remember, it's not our arrogance that brought us in.

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 It's not our own skill that brought us in.

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 It's not our own courage that brought us in.

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 But if an army of 300 is going to win, that the confidence is going to be found in God, in God alone.

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 And so, God's going to grow this confidence through weakness.

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 The writer of Hebrews, in referring back to this, says in Hebrews chapter 11, verse 32,

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 And what more shall I say?

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 For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, of Barak, of Samson, of Jephthah, of David, and Samuel, and the prophets.

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 Verse 33, look at these three words.

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 Who, through faith, their belief and their action of what God would do, and of who God was, and what God was going to bring about.

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 Look what was done.

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 They conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword.

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 And get this, were made strong out of weakness.

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 Became mighty in war.

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 Put foreign armies to flight.

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 That when this begins to happen, what we see from the weakness is God building the strength.

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 Not strength in our own selves, but strength in God.

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 And I don't know about you guys, but in my life, where I find that I need the most,

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 is not to look at my achievements, and my strengths, and what I've done, and grow in my confidence there.

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 But what God takes, and works, and moves, and does in my life, is brings me to the point of weakness,

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 so that He can be glorified in that, and that we can see Him working and moving.

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 Paul writes about this in 2 Corinthians 12, 7 through 10.

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 And he says,

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 And he says,

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 To keep me from becoming conceited, because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations.

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 A thorn was given to me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.

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 Three times, Paul says, I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.

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 But look at what God says to him in verse 9.

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 But he said to me,

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 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.

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 God says, look, for my grace to be seen, for my grace to be experienced, for you to grow in my grace,

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 you have to struggle with this.

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 And so when I look at that in my life, when you look at this in your life,

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 and the weaknesses, and the battles, and the suffering, and the struggles that you face,

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 and you're so desperately pleading for God to get rid of them in your life,

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 and God's saying, no, no, no, no, you're missing it.

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 You're missing it.

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 I'm leaving them in there, not to punish you, but I'm leaving them there so that you'll cling to me.

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 That my power, God says, made perfect in weakness.

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 So in that, what do people see?

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 They see God.

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 They see God.

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 It's what God is desiring in the life of Gideon.

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 Remember, God says at the very beginning of this passage,

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 I don't want them to look and say, we did this.

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 I want them to look, and in the weakness, and in the smallness of the army,

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 say, no, no, no, no, no, no.

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 God did this.

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 God did this.

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 And so, look at Paul's perspective as we continue on in 2 Corinthians.

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 Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness,

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 so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

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 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecution, and calamities.

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 For when I am weak, Paul says, then I am strong.

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 Paul says that it is from the weaknesses and the suffering and the struggles of my life.

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 It's from the oppression and the suffering that is brought on.

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 That in that, when the world looks at me and they think that it makes me weak,

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 would I know that in this is what makes me strong?

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 Because it causes me to do something.

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 It causes me to lean in and to trust in Him and Him alone.

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 I was listening to the study on Right Now Media with J.D. Greer that we're doing this week as we go through this passage.

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 And J.D. Greer, he quotes another person.

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 He doesn't share his name.

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 But it helps me in the response for how you and I, how we view and respond to our weaknesses.

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 And here's what J.D. Greer said.

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 He said, you can't know that He, being God, is all that you need until He is all that you have.

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 I want you to think back to those moments and periods and times where what consumed you was your weaknesses and your struggles.

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 There was five dollars in the checking account.

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 There was no friends who were around you to support you.

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 Your patterns of sin and struggle and destruction were building more and more in your life.

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 It felt like everything that you touched, everything that was a part of you, was failing and falling around you.

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 And you were at the center of that.

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 And how did you respond?

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 And what got you today?

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 For so many people, what they've seen and what they've clung to in that moment is acknowledging that in that, all they have is God and God alone.

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 And that's how God builds our strength and our weaknesses.

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 God, I can't trust myself anymore.

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 God, there's no one else around me.

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 God, the resources and everything that I've worked so hard to obtain, they're gone.

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 And God looks at you and says, exactly.

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 All you can do now is depend on me.

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 So for so many of us in these seasons of life, we felt like we walked in ready to conquer.

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 32,000 around us.

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 This is what we can do.

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 And God says, but wait a minute.

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 But I need to bring you back down so that you're not trusting in you, but instead you're trusting in me.

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 Now put yourself in Gideon's shoes.

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 Gideon, a man of faith.

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 Gideon, a man of obedience.

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 Gideon, a man of belief.

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 And in this, he begins to be consumed with this is what we're going to do.

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 He places his troops on the camp of where they need to go.

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 He does everything that God has commanded him to do.

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 But I can't help but speculate.

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 I can't help but imagine that in the deep, dark corner of his brain, he's going, oh, I don't know about this.

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 Right?

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 Have you ever stepped out in faith, but in the back of your mind kind of thought that?

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 Like, God, you're going to have to get this because there's no way that I can do this.

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 And I think that's where we find Gideon in verse 9.

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 And again, God speaks to him.

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 It says,

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 That same night the Lord said to him,

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 Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hand.

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 But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Piri, your servant.

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 And you shall hear what they say.

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 And afterward your hand shall be strengthened to go against the camp.

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 Then he went down with Piri, his servant, to the outpost of the armed men who were in camp.

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 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east lay along the valley like locusts in abundance.

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 And their camels were without number as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance.

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 When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade.

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 And he said,

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 Behold, I dreamed a dream.

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 And behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down.

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 So that tent laid flat.

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 So Gideon in his concern, Gideon in his self-doubt with what's going on,

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 God in his graciousness comes to him and says,

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 Hey, buddy, get up and go.

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 Take your servant that's there with you and head down to the enemy's camp.

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 And so on his way there, Gideon goes.

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 He's got his buddy that's walking alongside him.

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 And as they get closer to the camp, he begins to see what the camp looks like for the very first time.

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 And it says that there's so many soldiers, the Bible compares them to locusts.

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 Now, I don't know if you've ever seen locusts in a massive amount that come through,

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 but they can come through and black out the sun and completely eliminate a crop field.

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 They can completely wipe it out.

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 So when Gideon says that these soldiers are like locusts,

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 it's talking about the number that they have and the destruction that they can bring.

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 And when he talks about the camels that will lead into the charge,

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 he said there were so many camels, it was like the sand on the beach.

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 And so I can imagine being in Gideon's shoes.

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 God, I want to be confident.

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 I want to be confident in you.

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 I want to trust what you've said.

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 But as I approach, Lord, the reality of the situation is becoming too much for me.

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 And then he hears two of the soldiers begin to talk.

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 And it talks about a cake of barley bread tumbled into a camp in a tent and struck it down.

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 Let me use some South Carolina vernacular if I can, okay?

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 It's like you went camping in your camper, and you're staying out there in your camper,

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 and a biscuit comes rolling down the path, right?

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 And you see a biscuit rolling towards you, and all of a sudden the biscuit takes out your camper.

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 Now, that seems like a foolish story, right?

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 Because that could never happen.

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 If a biscuit can take out your camper, get a different camper, all right?

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 But that's what it says.

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 That's what God's Word says.

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 That it was like a piece of bread that came in and it turned over the tent.

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 He says, I don't know what this means.

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 The other guy says, I do.

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 I do.

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 That bread, it's Gideon, and it's men.

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 And we think they're weak, and we think they're small, and we think they can't do anything.

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 But they're going to completely destroy us.

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 And look what God does for Gideon.

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 God in his grace, God in his mercy, God in his faithfulness, God in his kindness gives Gideon something special.

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 And it's the same thing that God gives you and I.

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 He gives Gideon assurance.

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 And what you and I can do is we can begin to have confidence from assurance, the assurance of God.

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 Now, God uses a couple different manners here to give Gideon assurance.

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 He uses his servant who is willing to go along with him.

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 He uses the other soldiers as they speak to this dream that they have.

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 He uses situations that are in here as he walks forward and begins to have this experience that I'm sure he could have shared with many others.

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 But most importantly, the way that God gave Gideon assurance and the most powerful way that he gives you and I assurance is through his very words.

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 God said to him.

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 Scripture says the Lord said to him.

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 And God does the same thing for us.

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 When you open up your Bible and you begin to read it, I want you to begin by saying,

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 And the Lord said.

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 And the Lord said.

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 Because every word in this was said by God.

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 If we are going to be men and women of faith, we need to understand that every single word that appears on these pages were spoken by the Holy God himself.

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 And that just as he spoke the world and you and I into existence, he spoke this word, which is living as well.

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 And so from his word, what you and I can gain is assurance as we face the days and times ahead.

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 What you and I can gain from his word is that you and I can have faith and confidence in him.

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 I want to share with you this morning a handful of passages that in my life resonate and remind me of the goodness of God and the assurance that I can have in him and in him alone.

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 Did you know that God tells us that we can trust and that we can believe every single thing that he has ever said?

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 That we can trust it all.

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 That God is of his word and that God sees it all through.

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 Second Corinthians 1.20 says,

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 For all the promises of God find their yes in him.

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 That is why it is through him that we utter our amen to God for his glory.

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 Because church, if he said it, he meant it and he'll see it through.

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 Do you know that God promises that when you and I seek him and the kingdom of God,

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 when we seek a life of obedience and faith for him,

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 that he will be with us and fulfill everything he says?

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 Matthew 6.33,

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 But seek first the kingdom of God and its righteousness,

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 and all these things will be added to you.

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 Jesus says this during the midst of preaching on the Sermon of the Mount,

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 when he talks about what it means to be blessed and what it means to be loved and what it means to be faithful.

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 That in this, it's not promising all the wealth and health of the world,

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 but what it is promising within there that what we can cling to is a relationship,

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 a growing relationship with God that produces from that the fruits of the spirit that Jesus promises us.

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 Scripture tells us that not if we do a bunch of religious works,

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 that not if we work hard toward these things,

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 but that if you and I, if we believe and we place our faith in Christ,

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 then we will be a child of God.

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 John 1.12,

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 But to all who did receive him,

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 who believed in his name,

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 I love this verse,

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 he gave the right to become children of God.

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 Last week we talked about the mess of life.

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 Maybe my favorite verse in all of Scripture,

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 that when you and I,

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 that when we begin to get stuck down in the mess of everything that's going on,

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 the stuff that others have created for us,

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 and let's be honest,

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 the mess that nine times out of ten,

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 you and I have created.

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 And we begin to sit there,

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 and we begin to have the thoughts from Satan that God could never use this,

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 that God could never use me,

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 that God's leaving me right where I'm at,

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 and punishing me for this.

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 And how many times have we said this?

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 And nothing good can come out of this.

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 And God says in Romans 8.28,

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 And we know that for those who love God,

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 all things work together for good,

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 for those who are called according to his purpose.

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 The word all means all.

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 All things.

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 For we know that those who love God,

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 all things work together for good.

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 God's word gives us assurance

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 that when we rely on him,

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 he gives us strength.

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 Philippians 4.13 says,

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 I can do all things through him

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 who what?

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 Strengthens me.

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 Strengthens me.

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 He gives us the means and the ability

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 to overcome all things

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 as we are in him in this world.

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 Church, this verse isn't about doing well

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 on a test or winning a football game, okay?

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 It's about as we step out of this place

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 into this world that wants to defeat

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 and to crush us,

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 that we are capable of living

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 in the strength that God gives us.

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 And I love this.

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 No matter where, spiritually speaking,

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 you find yourself,

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 on the mountaintop or in the valley,

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 whether you feel frustrated or beat up

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 or a victor right now,

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 that you and I,

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 we can have assurance from God's word

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 that when we cry out to him,

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 he hears us.

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 And not only does he hear us,

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 but he gives us something.

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 He gives us mercy and grace.

00:34:51.280 --> 00:34:52.340
 Hebrews 4.16,

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:54.000
 let us then with confidence

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:56.000
 draw near to the throne of grace

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:57.560
 that we may receive mercy

00:34:57.560 --> 00:34:59.500
 and find grace to help

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:00.960
 in the time of need.

00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:03.520
 Just a sampling

00:35:03.520 --> 00:35:05.660
 of the assurance

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:07.080
 that God gives us.

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.220
 But you're right,

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:09.460
 but I don't feel assured.

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:12.080
 I don't feel that this is where I am.

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:13.940
 I feel like God's not listening to me.

00:35:14.120 --> 00:35:15.820
 I don't feel like I'm a child of God.

00:35:16.040 --> 00:35:17.440
 This is where I find myself.

00:35:17.680 --> 00:35:19.280
 And as we look at the life of Gideon,

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:21.360
 what we see is that assurance

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.500
 requires what?

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:23.000
 Faith.

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.960
 In order for Gideon

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.440
 to get the assurance of God,

00:35:26.580 --> 00:35:27.940
 he had to get out of his tent

00:35:27.940 --> 00:35:29.420
 and go to the enemy's camp.

00:35:30.020 --> 00:35:31.200
 That's what he had to do.

00:35:31.740 --> 00:35:32.800
 Gideon couldn't stay back

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:33.100
 and say,

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.540
 nah, God,

00:35:33.760 --> 00:35:34.840
 in my comfort,

00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.520
 give me this.

00:35:37.060 --> 00:35:38.040
 In my comfort,

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:40.480
 this is what I deserve.

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.660
 God says,

00:35:41.740 --> 00:35:41.900
 nah,

00:35:42.320 --> 00:35:43.740
 if you need this from me,

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:45.740
 it's not sitting on the sideline.

00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:47.100
 It's putting your faith

00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:47.980
 into action.

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.240
 So go, Gideon.

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:51.220
 And Gideon goes.

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:54.340
 We would have called him a fool.

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.780
 Why are you ever doing that?

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.820
 Because God is good.

00:35:59.620 --> 00:36:00.640
 And God's going to show me.

00:36:01.540 --> 00:36:02.440
 So we're preparing

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:04.620
 for the battle to begin.

00:36:05.280 --> 00:36:06.720
 I think that Gideon comes back

00:36:06.720 --> 00:36:07.700
 with a little bit of swagger,

00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:08.600
 not on himself,

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.360
 but for God,

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.360
 of what God's going to do.

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:12.060
 He's seen and he's heard.

00:36:12.160 --> 00:36:13.820
 He knows that there's fear there.

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:14.680
 And he looks

00:36:14.680 --> 00:36:16.300
 and he's got 300 men.

00:36:17.080 --> 00:36:18.320
 And so as he prepares them

00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:19.240
 to go into battle,

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.760
 he gives them their tools

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.880
 of what they're going to need.

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.660
 Now,

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.460
 I've never been a,

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.360
 I've never been

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:26.040
 to any branch of the military.

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.860
 I've never been in battle.

00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:29.160
 But I can imagine

00:36:29.160 --> 00:36:29.860
 there are things

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.640
 that you want

00:36:30.640 --> 00:36:31.800
 when you go into battle

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:32.780
 and there are things

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.100
 you're like,

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.680
 nah,

00:36:33.740 --> 00:36:34.920
 I don't really need that.

00:36:35.040 --> 00:36:35.280
 Right?

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:37.740
 And so Gideon's 300 men,

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:39.320
 they begin to head into battle.

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.440
 And what he does

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.840
 is he divides the 300

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:43.520
 into three different groups.

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:45.020
 And then he hands

00:36:45.020 --> 00:36:46.160
 every individual

00:36:46.160 --> 00:36:47.780
 in each one of those groups

00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:49.460
 a trumpet,

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:51.760
 a jar,

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:54.100
 and a torch.

00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:56.680
 No swords,

00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:59.200
 no spears,

00:36:59.860 --> 00:37:01.540
 no knives,

00:37:02.620 --> 00:37:03.860
 not even a rock.

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.500
 Right?

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:06.940
 Take your musical instrument,

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:08.440
 your mason jar,

00:37:08.540 --> 00:37:08.760
 right,

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.900
 and a flashlight

00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:11.160
 and head that way.

00:37:12.400 --> 00:37:13.720
 And we see

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:15.180
 in this

00:37:15.180 --> 00:37:16.140
 God

00:37:16.140 --> 00:37:17.140
 gains

00:37:17.140 --> 00:37:18.000
 the victory.

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:19.140
 Here's what begins

00:37:19.140 --> 00:37:19.580
 to happen.

00:37:20.480 --> 00:37:21.480
 As these groups

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.360
 are broken off

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:22.940
 and think of them

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:23.520
 like facing

00:37:23.520 --> 00:37:24.660
 in battalions,

00:37:25.100 --> 00:37:26.420
 they get around

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:27.260
 and they surround

00:37:27.260 --> 00:37:28.460
 where the Midianites

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.140
 camp were.

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:31.220
 And on Gideon's command,

00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:33.280
 300 men

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:34.120
 blow their trumpet.

00:37:35.160 --> 00:37:35.380
 Well,

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.180
 it wouldn't have been

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:37.320
 if everyone was there,

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.100
 it wouldn't have been

00:37:38.100 --> 00:37:39.280
 all the soldiers

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.960
 with trumpets.

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:41.000
 It would have only been

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.240
 a select percentage

00:37:42.240 --> 00:37:43.240
 of the soldiers

00:37:43.240 --> 00:37:44.260
 that had trumpets.

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:45.460
 And so they begin

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.900
 to hear,

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:46.740
 oh,

00:37:47.580 --> 00:37:48.100
 that sounds like

00:37:48.100 --> 00:37:49.420
 a lot of trumpets.

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.640
 Like if I'm just

00:37:50.640 --> 00:37:51.240
 ballparking,

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:51.780
 that sounds like

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.780
 between 299

00:37:52.780 --> 00:37:53.960
 and 301 trumpets,

00:37:54.000 --> 00:37:54.200
 right?

00:37:54.600 --> 00:37:55.420
 This isn't going

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.020
 to be good.

00:37:57.580 --> 00:37:58.380
 And then

00:37:58.380 --> 00:38:00.100
 they see the torches.

00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:01.720
 And again,

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.460
 just as everybody

00:38:02.460 --> 00:38:03.100
 wouldn't have had

00:38:03.100 --> 00:38:03.780
 a trumpet,

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.380
 not everybody

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:04.720
 would have had

00:38:04.720 --> 00:38:05.460
 a torch.

00:38:06.520 --> 00:38:07.460
 Oh my goodness.

00:38:08.660 --> 00:38:09.260
 There's now,

00:38:09.580 --> 00:38:10.300
 that looks like

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.740
 at least 300

00:38:12.080 --> 00:38:12.500
 torches

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.020
 that are out

00:38:13.020 --> 00:38:13.180
 there,

00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:13.440
 right?

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:14.300
 We hear

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:15.580
 the 300 trumpets.

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.300
 We see

00:38:16.300 --> 00:38:17.840
 the 300 torches.

00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:19.140
 What is going

00:38:19.140 --> 00:38:19.720
 to happen

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.500
 to us?

00:38:21.580 --> 00:38:22.060
 And then

00:38:22.060 --> 00:38:22.320
 they take

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.780
 their jars

00:38:22.780 --> 00:38:24.980
 and they

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.560
 slam

00:38:25.560 --> 00:38:26.760
 the jars

00:38:26.760 --> 00:38:28.020
 down on the rocks.

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.420
 And as it

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:30.280
 begins to echo

00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:31.960
 off of the valley,

00:38:32.520 --> 00:38:33.380
 it doesn't

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:34.080
 sound like

00:38:34.080 --> 00:38:35.120
 a jar breaking.

00:38:35.720 --> 00:38:36.340
 What it

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:37.260
 sounds like

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:38.620
 is thousands

00:38:38.620 --> 00:38:39.860
 upon thousands

00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:41.140
 of soldiers

00:38:41.140 --> 00:38:42.020
 bringing

00:38:42.020 --> 00:38:43.040
 their sword

00:38:43.040 --> 00:38:43.900
 out of their

00:38:43.900 --> 00:38:44.220
 sheath.

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:46.320
 And the

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:47.000
 Midianites

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:48.360
 are terrified.

00:38:49.440 --> 00:38:50.100
 And they

00:38:50.100 --> 00:38:50.700
 begin to run

00:38:50.700 --> 00:38:51.760
 back to camp

00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:52.120
 those who

00:38:52.120 --> 00:38:52.800
 are on watch.

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.040
 And everybody

00:38:54.040 --> 00:38:55.120
 who's in the

00:38:55.120 --> 00:38:55.540
 fortress,

00:38:55.700 --> 00:38:56.840
 they see what's

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:57.640
 happening and

00:38:57.640 --> 00:38:58.560
 now all of a

00:38:58.560 --> 00:38:59.540
 sudden they see

00:38:59.540 --> 00:39:00.360
 people running

00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:01.060
 toward them.

00:39:01.160 --> 00:39:01.660
 And what do

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.080
 they do?

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:03.660
 They begin to

00:39:03.660 --> 00:39:04.420
 attack themselves.

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.280
 And look at

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:07.040
 Judges 7

00:39:07.040 --> 00:39:07.700
 verse 21.

00:39:09.200 --> 00:39:09.980
 Every man

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.680
 stood in his

00:39:10.680 --> 00:39:11.400
 place around

00:39:11.400 --> 00:39:12.000
 the camp

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:13.420
 and all

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.900
 the army

00:39:13.900 --> 00:39:14.380
 ran.

00:39:15.020 --> 00:39:15.780
 They cried

00:39:15.780 --> 00:39:16.760
 out and

00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:17.120
 fled.

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.580
 Gideon's

00:39:18.580 --> 00:39:20.380
 army does

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:21.360
 nothing

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:23.140
 and gains

00:39:23.140 --> 00:39:23.700
 the victory.

00:39:25.180 --> 00:39:25.440
 See,

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.760
 here's what

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.120
 God was

00:39:26.120 --> 00:39:26.440
 doing.

00:39:27.620 --> 00:39:27.900
 God said,

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.080
 no,

00:39:28.120 --> 00:39:28.200
 no,

00:39:28.200 --> 00:39:28.340
 no,

00:39:28.400 --> 00:39:29.300
 not 32,000,

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:29.680
 10.

00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:33.240
 Not 10,300.

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.560
 Oh,

00:39:34.620 --> 00:39:35.400
 and just to

00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.060
 make sure that

00:39:36.060 --> 00:39:36.880
 you understand

00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.320
 this,

00:39:37.640 --> 00:39:38.280
 I'm not even

00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:38.660
 going to make

00:39:38.660 --> 00:39:39.400
 the 300 do

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:41.000
 anything because

00:39:41.000 --> 00:39:41.300
 I'm going to

00:39:41.300 --> 00:39:41.740
 do it all.

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.320
 I'm going to

00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:43.800
 do it all.

00:39:44.540 --> 00:39:44.940
 I'm going to

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.200
 do it with

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:45.780
 what seems

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.940
 useless and

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:47.560
 worthless.

00:39:47.680 --> 00:39:47.900
 I'm going to

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:48.300
 do it with

00:39:48.300 --> 00:39:49.200
 trumpets and

00:39:49.200 --> 00:39:49.980
 with jars and

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:51.780
 torches and

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:52.840
 watch what

00:39:52.840 --> 00:39:53.960
 God's going to

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:54.240
 do.

00:39:54.940 --> 00:39:55.800
 And here's the

00:39:55.800 --> 00:39:57.180
 point of this

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:58.640
 battle, the

00:39:58.640 --> 00:39:59.420
 point of our

00:39:59.420 --> 00:40:00.060
 lives, the

00:40:00.060 --> 00:40:01.420
 reason why you

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.180
 and I can

00:40:02.180 --> 00:40:03.020
 have confidence

00:40:03.020 --> 00:40:04.320
 confidence is

00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:04.740
 because the

00:40:04.740 --> 00:40:06.540
 confidence is

00:40:06.540 --> 00:40:07.060
 in God's

00:40:07.060 --> 00:40:07.400
 victory.

00:40:08.420 --> 00:40:09.380
 The confidence

00:40:09.380 --> 00:40:10.540
 is in what

00:40:10.540 --> 00:40:11.060
 God would

00:40:11.060 --> 00:40:11.320
 do.

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.140
 You see,

00:40:12.220 --> 00:40:12.460
 there could

00:40:12.460 --> 00:40:12.660
 have been

00:40:12.660 --> 00:40:13.120
 that one

00:40:13.120 --> 00:40:14.120
 guy, right?

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:14.460
 If there's

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.220
 300, there's

00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.480
 going to be

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:17.080
 that one that

00:40:17.080 --> 00:40:17.400
 says, hey,

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:17.820
 look at what

00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:19.040
 I did, right?

00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:19.960
 Look at what we

00:40:19.960 --> 00:40:20.560
 were able to

00:40:20.560 --> 00:40:20.900
 accomplish.

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.180
 I killed at

00:40:22.180 --> 00:40:22.620
 least 10

00:40:22.620 --> 00:40:23.040
 million of

00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:23.560
 them myself.

00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:24.760
 And God

00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:25.120
 says, no,

00:40:25.180 --> 00:40:25.440
 buddy, I'm

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:25.520
 going to

00:40:25.520 --> 00:40:25.860
 leave you on

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.500
 the sidelines

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:28.580
 as this is

00:40:28.580 --> 00:40:30.320
 what I do.

00:40:31.080 --> 00:40:32.320
 confidence in

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:34.140
 God's victory

00:40:34.140 --> 00:40:35.480
 time and

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:36.040
 time again.

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:37.400
 Church, I

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.520
 want to

00:40:37.520 --> 00:40:37.860
 close with

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.140
 this.

00:40:39.600 --> 00:40:40.180
 I feel like

00:40:40.180 --> 00:40:40.720
 for so many

00:40:40.720 --> 00:40:42.340
 of us, where

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.920
 we find

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.980
 ourselves in

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:45.200
 our life time

00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:45.640
 and time

00:40:45.640 --> 00:40:47.180
 again is

00:40:47.180 --> 00:40:47.780
 going, God,

00:40:48.500 --> 00:40:48.880
 man, I

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:50.000
 had 32,000,

00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:52.560
 but you

00:40:52.560 --> 00:40:52.840
 took it

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.160
 away.

00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:55.260
 And God,

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:55.600
 now I got

00:40:55.600 --> 00:40:56.100
 300.

00:40:57.040 --> 00:40:57.980
 And what am I

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.280
 going to do

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:58.800
 with this?

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:00.500
 And God's

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:00.880
 saying, no,

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.160
 no, no.

00:41:02.160 --> 00:41:02.880
 I just

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:03.540
 need you.

00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:05.420
 I need you

00:41:05.420 --> 00:41:06.620
 to trust

00:41:06.620 --> 00:41:08.100
 in me.

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.540
 Because it's

00:41:09.540 --> 00:41:10.180
 not what's

00:41:10.180 --> 00:41:10.560
 going to

00:41:10.560 --> 00:41:11.360
 happen in

00:41:11.360 --> 00:41:11.880
 the battle.

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:13.760
 It's knowing

00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:14.480
 that the war

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:14.980
 has already

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.560
 been won.

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:17.380
 Knowing that

00:41:17.380 --> 00:41:18.020
 whatever we

00:41:18.020 --> 00:41:19.900
 face doesn't

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.500
 take away

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.120
 from anything

00:41:21.120 --> 00:41:21.960
 of the assurance

00:41:21.960 --> 00:41:22.540
 of what God

00:41:22.540 --> 00:41:22.820
 has set

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.480
 before us.

00:41:24.120 --> 00:41:24.560
 That where

00:41:24.560 --> 00:41:25.640
 you and I

00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:26.700
 find ourselves

00:41:26.700 --> 00:41:27.100
 when we

00:41:27.100 --> 00:41:27.700
 are found

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:28.840
 in him

00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:29.560
 is that

00:41:29.560 --> 00:41:30.580
 we are

00:41:30.580 --> 00:41:31.480
 in the

00:41:31.480 --> 00:41:31.940
 victory

00:41:31.940 --> 00:41:33.320
 where we

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.640
 find

00:41:33.640 --> 00:41:34.140
 ourselves.

00:41:35.080 --> 00:41:35.440
 Let me ask

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.740
 you this

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:36.220
 this morning.

00:41:37.040 --> 00:41:37.740
 Where do

00:41:37.740 --> 00:41:38.740
 you find

00:41:38.740 --> 00:41:39.460
 yourself?

00:41:40.640 --> 00:41:41.120
 Spiritually

00:41:41.120 --> 00:41:41.560
 speaking,

00:41:41.660 --> 00:41:41.980
 where's your

00:41:41.980 --> 00:41:42.420
 confidence?

00:41:43.620 --> 00:41:44.020
 Do you

00:41:44.020 --> 00:41:44.540
 think and

00:41:44.540 --> 00:41:44.800
 do you

00:41:44.800 --> 00:41:45.300
 know or

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:45.520
 do you

00:41:45.520 --> 00:41:46.100
 find yourself

00:41:46.100 --> 00:41:46.640
 this morning

00:41:46.640 --> 00:41:47.460
 that you're

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:47.820
 like the

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:48.300
 enemy in

00:41:48.300 --> 00:41:48.800
 the camp

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:50.400
 standing in

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:51.060
 the wake

00:41:51.060 --> 00:41:51.260
 and in

00:41:51.260 --> 00:41:51.760
 the presence

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:52.160
 of what

00:41:52.160 --> 00:41:52.460
 God's

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:52.740
 going to

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:53.000
 do?

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.460
 Standing in

00:41:54.460 --> 00:41:54.820
 the wake

00:41:54.820 --> 00:41:55.060
 of the

00:41:55.060 --> 00:41:55.540
 destruction

00:41:55.540 --> 00:41:55.820
 that's

00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:56.020
 going to

00:41:56.020 --> 00:41:56.380
 come

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.880
 because

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.040
 you're

00:41:57.040 --> 00:41:57.120
 in

00:41:57.120 --> 00:41:57.240
 the

00:41:57.240 --> 00:41:57.480
 wrong

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.900
 camp?

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:58.960
 Let me tell

00:41:58.960 --> 00:41:59.120
 you the

00:41:59.120 --> 00:41:59.480
 hope that

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:00.020
 we have

00:42:00.020 --> 00:42:00.240
 and the

00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:00.580
 reminder

00:42:00.580 --> 00:42:00.880
 that we

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:01.180
 have

00:42:01.180 --> 00:42:01.360
 is in

00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:01.500
 the

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:01.940
 victory

00:42:01.940 --> 00:42:02.620
 that

00:42:02.620 --> 00:42:02.900
 God

00:42:02.900 --> 00:42:03.440
 made

00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:03.920
 through

00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.440
 Christ.

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.180
 That

00:42:05.180 --> 00:42:05.520
 Jesus

00:42:05.520 --> 00:42:06.040
 came and

00:42:06.040 --> 00:42:06.380
 lived the

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.620
 perfect

00:42:06.620 --> 00:42:07.040
 life

00:42:07.040 --> 00:42:07.260
 and

00:42:07.260 --> 00:42:08.120
 got on

00:42:08.120 --> 00:42:08.240
 the

00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:08.600
 cross

00:42:08.600 --> 00:42:08.780
 where

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:08.880
 he

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.100
 died

00:42:09.100 --> 00:42:09.240
 the

00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:09.500
 perfect

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:09.980
 death

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.680
 and was

00:42:10.680 --> 00:42:10.980
 buried

00:42:10.980 --> 00:42:11.360
 and three

00:42:11.360 --> 00:42:11.660
 days

00:42:11.660 --> 00:42:11.980
 later

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.600
 rose

00:42:12.600 --> 00:42:12.960
 again

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.200
 and the

00:42:13.200 --> 00:42:13.420
 victory

00:42:13.420 --> 00:42:13.900
 was won

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.420
 for us

00:42:14.420 --> 00:42:14.980
 and that

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.480
 you too

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.100
 can leave

00:42:16.100 --> 00:42:16.860
 that camp

00:42:16.860 --> 00:42:17.140
 and be

00:42:17.140 --> 00:42:17.540
 a part

00:42:17.540 --> 00:42:18.260
 of God's

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:18.640
 army

00:42:18.640 --> 00:42:19.200
 the children

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:19.860
 of God

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:20.480
 not through

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:21.180
 anything that

00:42:21.180 --> 00:42:21.520
 you can

00:42:21.520 --> 00:42:21.880
 do

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:23.060
 but through

00:42:23.060 --> 00:42:23.540
 the grace

00:42:23.540 --> 00:42:23.940
 and mercy

00:42:23.940 --> 00:42:24.440
 of God.

00:42:25.240 --> 00:42:25.700
 Do you

00:42:25.700 --> 00:42:26.340
 find yourself

00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:27.040
 like Gideon

00:42:27.040 --> 00:42:27.940
 hiding in

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.540
 a hole

00:42:28.540 --> 00:42:29.740
 in chapter

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:30.200
 six

00:42:30.200 --> 00:42:30.900
 hiding

00:42:30.900 --> 00:42:31.720
 some food

00:42:31.720 --> 00:42:32.160
 because you

00:42:32.160 --> 00:42:32.680
 don't have

00:42:32.680 --> 00:42:33.220
 the confidence

00:42:33.220 --> 00:42:33.840
 that's there

00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:34.720
 and today

00:42:34.720 --> 00:42:35.500
 as a follower

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.040
 of Christ

00:42:36.040 --> 00:42:36.540
 would you

00:42:36.540 --> 00:42:37.080
 say God

00:42:37.080 --> 00:42:37.720
 this is

00:42:37.720 --> 00:42:38.080
 where I

00:42:38.080 --> 00:42:38.760
 find myself

00:42:38.760 --> 00:42:39.620
 my job

00:42:39.620 --> 00:42:40.000
 is like

00:42:40.000 --> 00:42:40.320
 this

00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:41.100
 my marriage

00:42:41.100 --> 00:42:41.480
 is like

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:41.840
 this

00:42:41.840 --> 00:42:42.480
 my family

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.840
 life

00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:43.320
 is like

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:43.620
 this

00:42:43.620 --> 00:42:44.040
 Lord

00:42:44.040 --> 00:42:44.360
 and I'm

00:42:44.360 --> 00:42:44.540
 just

00:42:44.540 --> 00:42:44.800
 sitting

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.020
 here

00:42:45.020 --> 00:42:45.580
 spiritually

00:42:45.580 --> 00:42:46.000
 speaking

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:46.580
 hiding

00:42:46.580 --> 00:42:46.920
 away

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.340
 hiding

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:47.660
 away

00:42:47.660 --> 00:42:48.040
 hiding

00:42:48.040 --> 00:42:48.360
 away

00:42:48.360 --> 00:42:48.900
 and God

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.220
 said no

00:42:49.220 --> 00:42:49.380
 no

00:42:49.380 --> 00:42:49.520
 no

00:42:49.520 --> 00:42:49.580
 no

00:42:49.580 --> 00:42:49.880
 I

00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:50.320
 just

00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:50.600
 want

00:42:50.600 --> 00:42:50.700
 you

00:42:50.700 --> 00:42:50.840
 to

00:42:50.840 --> 00:42:51.180
 trust

00:42:51.180 --> 00:42:51.400
 in

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:51.680
 me

00:42:51.680 --> 00:42:52.280
 but God

00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:52.420
 it's

00:42:52.420 --> 00:42:52.680
 going to be

00:42:52.680 --> 00:42:53.140
 painful

00:42:53.140 --> 00:42:53.920
 I know

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.420
 but God

00:42:54.420 --> 00:42:54.520
 it's

00:42:54.520 --> 00:42:54.720
 going to be

00:42:54.720 --> 00:42:55.200
 suffering

00:42:55.200 --> 00:42:55.980
 I know

00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.560
 but I'm

00:42:56.560 --> 00:42:57.120
 magnified

00:42:57.120 --> 00:42:57.440
 and made

00:42:57.440 --> 00:42:57.720
 known

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:57.980
 in your

00:42:57.980 --> 00:42:58.320
 weakness

00:42:58.320 --> 00:42:58.740
 not in

00:42:58.740 --> 00:42:58.860
 your

00:42:58.860 --> 00:42:59.320
 strength

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:00.160
 so walk

00:43:00.160 --> 00:43:00.440
 through

00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:00.800
 this

00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.340
 I will

00:43:01.340 --> 00:43:01.920
 not leave

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:02.160
 you

00:43:02.160 --> 00:43:02.980
 or forsake

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.280
 you

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:04.740
 or do

00:43:04.740 --> 00:43:05.180
 you find

00:43:05.180 --> 00:43:05.680
 yourself

00:43:05.680 --> 00:43:07.260
 praise God

00:43:07.260 --> 00:43:07.800
 like Gideon

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:09.660
 right here

00:43:09.660 --> 00:43:10.700
 in chapter

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:11.140
 seven

00:43:11.140 --> 00:43:12.620
 all right

00:43:12.620 --> 00:43:12.940
 God

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:14.340
 I'll send

00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:15.080
 22,000

00:43:15.080 --> 00:43:15.360
 of them

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:15.700
 away

00:43:15.700 --> 00:43:17.340
 God

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:17.760
 I'll

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:18.280
 go down

00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:18.580
 to just

00:43:18.580 --> 00:43:19.140
 the 300

00:43:19.140 --> 00:43:20.480
 God

00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:20.800
 you want

00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:21.020
 me to

00:43:21.020 --> 00:43:21.260
 walk

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:21.500
 toward

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:21.720
 that

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:22.080
 camp

00:43:22.080 --> 00:43:23.000
 God

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.140
 I'm

00:43:23.140 --> 00:43:23.240
 gonna

00:43:23.240 --> 00:43:23.740
 walk

00:43:23.740 --> 00:43:23.960
 toward

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.160
 that

00:43:24.160 --> 00:43:24.540
 camp

00:43:24.540 --> 00:43:26.140
 God

00:43:26.140 --> 00:43:26.300
 you

00:43:26.300 --> 00:43:26.460
 want

00:43:26.460 --> 00:43:26.560
 me

00:43:26.560 --> 00:43:26.620
 to

00:43:26.620 --> 00:43:26.800
 take

00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:27.040
 them

00:43:27.040 --> 00:43:27.180
 and

00:43:27.180 --> 00:43:27.340
 just

00:43:27.340 --> 00:43:27.540
 do

00:43:27.540 --> 00:43:27.920
 trumpets

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.080
 and

00:43:28.080 --> 00:43:28.600
 torches

00:43:28.600 --> 00:43:28.780
 and

00:43:28.780 --> 00:43:29.160
 jars

00:43:29.160 --> 00:43:30.380
 God

00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:30.520
 I'm

00:43:30.520 --> 00:43:30.600
 gonna

00:43:30.600 --> 00:43:30.800
 do

00:43:30.800 --> 00:43:31.040
 it

00:43:31.040 --> 00:43:32.400
 not

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.660
 because

00:43:32.660 --> 00:43:32.800
 of

00:43:32.800 --> 00:43:32.900
 what

00:43:32.900 --> 00:43:33.080
 we're

00:43:33.080 --> 00:43:33.380
 capable

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:33.800
 of

00:43:33.800 --> 00:43:34.800
 but

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:35.040
 God

00:43:35.040 --> 00:43:35.280
 because

00:43:35.280 --> 00:43:35.400
 of

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:35.540
 what

00:43:35.540 --> 00:43:35.780
 you're

00:43:35.780 --> 00:43:36.020
 capable

00:43:36.020 --> 00:43:36.300
 of

00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:37.820
 that

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:38.000
 you

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.220
 praise

00:43:38.220 --> 00:43:38.420
 God

00:43:38.420 --> 00:43:38.600
 this

00:43:38.600 --> 00:43:38.900
 morning

00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.940
 let's

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:40.440
 glorify

00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:40.660
 him

00:43:40.660 --> 00:43:40.840
 with

00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:41.340
 it

00:43:41.340 --> 00:43:42.100
 God

00:43:42.100 --> 00:43:42.220
 I

00:43:42.220 --> 00:43:42.420
 come

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:42.540
 you

00:43:42.540 --> 00:43:42.700
 this

00:43:42.700 --> 00:43:42.960
 morning

00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:43.180
 I

00:43:43.180 --> 00:43:43.400
 thank

00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:43.620
 you

00:43:43.620 --> 00:43:44.280
 for

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:44.460
 who

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:44.620
 you

00:43:44.620 --> 00:43:44.860
 are

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.160
 Lord

00:43:45.160 --> 00:43:45.320
 and

00:43:45.320 --> 00:43:45.480
 for

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.680
 what

00:43:45.680 --> 00:43:45.900
 you've

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:46.160
 done

00:43:46.160 --> 00:43:47.400
 Lord

00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:47.500
 I

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:47.700
 thank

00:43:47.700 --> 00:43:47.820
 you

00:43:47.820 --> 00:43:47.960
 for

00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:48.360
 faith

00:43:48.360 --> 00:43:49.060
 given

00:43:49.060 --> 00:43:49.260
 to

00:43:49.260 --> 00:43:49.480
 us

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:49.780
 by

00:43:49.780 --> 00:43:50.160
 you

00:43:50.160 --> 00:43:51.260
 Lord

00:43:51.260 --> 00:43:51.380
 I

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:51.580
 thank

00:43:51.580 --> 00:43:51.680
 you

00:43:51.680 --> 00:43:51.840
 that

00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.040
 from

00:43:52.040 --> 00:43:52.220
 our

00:43:52.220 --> 00:43:52.560
 faith

00:43:52.560 --> 00:43:52.780
 we

00:43:52.780 --> 00:43:52.920
 can

00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:53.780
 have

00:43:53.780 --> 00:43:54.640
 confidence

00:43:54.640 --> 00:43:56.260
 confidence

00:43:56.260 --> 00:43:56.780
 that comes

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:56.940
 from

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.280
 weakness

00:43:57.280 --> 00:43:57.520
 that

00:43:57.520 --> 00:43:57.800
 Lord

00:43:57.800 --> 00:43:58.280
 you

00:43:58.280 --> 00:43:58.560
 take

00:43:58.560 --> 00:43:58.760
 the

00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:59.040
 weakest

00:43:59.060 --> 00:43:59.480
 parts

00:43:59.480 --> 00:43:59.620
 of

00:43:59.620 --> 00:43:59.840
 our

00:43:59.840 --> 00:44:00.240
 lives

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:00.380
 and

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:00.560
 you

00:44:00.560 --> 00:44:00.960
 use

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.220
 them

00:44:01.220 --> 00:44:01.600
 for

00:44:01.600 --> 00:44:01.780
 your

00:44:01.780 --> 00:44:02.300
 name

00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:02.460
 and

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:02.580
 for

00:44:02.580 --> 00:44:02.760
 your

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:03.260
 glory

00:44:03.260 --> 00:44:03.780
 God

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:03.920
 I

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:04.260
 thank

00:44:04.260 --> 00:44:04.400
 you

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:04.600
 that

00:44:04.600 --> 00:44:04.740
 in

00:44:04.740 --> 00:44:04.900
 your

00:44:04.900 --> 00:44:05.280
 kindness

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:05.500
 and

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:05.640
 your

00:44:05.640 --> 00:44:06.160
 grace

00:44:06.160 --> 00:44:06.580
 Lord

00:44:06.580 --> 00:44:06.720
 you

00:44:06.720 --> 00:44:07.000
 give

00:44:07.000 --> 00:44:07.180
 us

00:44:07.180 --> 00:44:07.780
 assurance

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:08.100
 from

00:44:08.100 --> 00:44:08.300
 your

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.680
 word

00:44:08.680 --> 00:44:09.040
 that

00:44:09.040 --> 00:44:09.160
 if

00:44:09.160 --> 00:44:09.300
 we'll

00:44:09.300 --> 00:44:09.480
 just

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:09.940
 believe

00:44:09.940 --> 00:44:10.180
 what

00:44:10.180 --> 00:44:10.300
 you

00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:10.720
 said

00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:11.140
 Lord

00:44:11.140 --> 00:44:11.300
 as

00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:11.420
 you

00:44:11.420 --> 00:44:11.820
 said

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:12.020
 to

00:44:12.020 --> 00:44:12.420
 Gideon

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.540
 and

00:44:12.540 --> 00:44:12.700
 he

00:44:12.700 --> 00:44:13.080
 heard

00:44:13.080 --> 00:44:13.460
 Lord

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:13.600
 you

00:44:13.600 --> 00:44:13.880
 say

00:44:13.880 --> 00:44:14.100
 through

00:44:14.100 --> 00:44:14.320
 us

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:14.520
 through

00:44:14.520 --> 00:44:15.080
 scripture

00:44:15.080 --> 00:44:16.240
 Lord

00:44:16.240 --> 00:44:16.360
 and

00:44:16.360 --> 00:44:16.480
 it

00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:16.600
 is

00:44:16.600 --> 00:44:16.880
 on

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:17.260
 us

00:44:17.260 --> 00:44:17.400
 for

00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:17.600
 our

00:44:17.600 --> 00:44:18.040
 faith

00:44:18.040 --> 00:44:18.240
 to

00:44:18.240 --> 00:44:18.620
 take

00:44:18.620 --> 00:44:18.740
 and

00:44:18.740 --> 00:44:19.280
 apply

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:19.460
 and

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:20.100
 trust

00:44:20.100 --> 00:44:20.360
 that

00:44:20.360 --> 00:44:20.480
 in

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:20.620
 our

00:44:20.620 --> 00:44:21.020
 life

00:44:21.020 --> 00:44:22.060
 because

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 Lord

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 of

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 knowing

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 and

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 having

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 the

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 confidence

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 that

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 you

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 and

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 you

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 alone

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 is

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 where

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 the

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 victory

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 lies

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 and

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 so

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 the

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 world

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 may

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 win

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 these

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 little

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 fights

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 we

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 may

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 even

00:44:34.560 --> 00:44:34.820
 feel

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 like

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 we've

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 lost

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 the

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 battles

00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:37.720
 but

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 the

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 war

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 has

00:44:38.680 --> 00:44:38.840
 been

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 won

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 by

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 you

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 and

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 by

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 you

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 alone

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 and

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 so

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 God

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 just

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 give

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 us

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 great

00:44:45.780 --> 00:44:46.400
 confidence

00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:46.820
 in

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:47.040
 you

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 make

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 us

00:44:48.240 --> 00:44:48.780
 men

00:44:48.780 --> 00:44:49.040
 and

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 women

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 and

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:50.400
 children

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 of

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 faith

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 who

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 walk

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 in

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 what

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 not

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 what

00:44:53.380 --> 00:44:53.540
 we

00:44:53.540 --> 00:44:53.860
 fully

00:44:53.860 --> 00:44:54.740
 understand

00:44:54.740 --> 00:44:55.980
 but

00:44:55.980 --> 00:44:56.200
 what

00:44:56.200 --> 00:44:56.420
 we

00:44:56.420 --> 00:44:57.040
 trust

00:44:57.040 --> 00:44:57.940
 in

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.400
 you

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:58.740
 and

00:44:58.740 --> 00:44:58.920
 in

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.400
 you

00:44:59.400 --> 00:45:00.240
 alone

00:45:00.240 --> 00:45:01.500
 for

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:01.720
 your

00:45:01.720 --> 00:45:02.160
 name

00:45:02.160 --> 00:45:03.280
 and

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:03.460
 for

00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:03.660
 your

00:45:03.660 --> 00:45:04.120
 glory

00:45:04.120 --> 00:45:09.760
 God

00:45:09.760 --> 00:45:12.300
 as

00:45:12.300 --> 00:45:12.480
 we're

00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:12.660
 in

00:45:12.660 --> 00:45:12.880
 this

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.300
 place

00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:13.460
 as

00:45:13.460 --> 00:45:13.640
 we're

00:45:13.640 --> 00:45:13.940
 gathered

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 in

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 homes

00:45:14.700 --> 00:45:17.820
 just

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.060
 speak

00:45:18.060 --> 00:45:18.200
 to

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 it's

00:45:22.660 --> 00:45:22.780
 in

00:45:22.780 --> 00:45:23.040
 Jesus

00:45:23.040 --> 00:45:23.180
 name

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 we

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:23.580
 pray

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