Jehoshaphat: His recovery So Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the mountains of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord
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Jehoshaphat: His serious mistakes Jehoshaphat had riches and honour in abundance; and by marriage he allied himself with Ahab (2 Chronicles 18:1). Jehoshaphat’s reign had such a bright start. He
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Jehoshaphat: King of Judah Now the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the former ways of his father David; he did not seek the Baals, but sought the God
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Ebenezer Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the Lord has helped us” (1 Samuel 7:12).
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Gideon: the Lord shall rule over you “I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the Lord shall rule over you” (Judges 8:23). Gideon’s life
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Gideon: earthen vessels Gideon put a trumpet into every man’s hand, with empty pitchers, and torches inside the pitchers (Judges 7:16). When Gideon visited the Midianites’ camp with his servant
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Gideon: a loaf of barley “This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel! Into his hand God has delivered Midian and
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Gideon: God uses our smallness to demonstrate His greatness “The people who are with you are too many” (Judges 7:2). Gideon prepared for battle the way generals always did, by
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Gideon: how many signs do we need? So Gideon said to God, “If You will save Israel by my hand as You have said…” (Judges 6:36). The story of Gideon
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Gideon: God’s work through him. Build an altar to the Lord your God (Judges 6:26). It is interesting to see the speed at which God works in the life of
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Comforted of God Precious in the sight of the Lord Is the death of His saints (Psalm 116:15). When Jacob thought Joseph had died, the Bible says, “He refused to
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Gideon: God’s work in him. Go in this might of yours, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you? (Judges 6:14). It
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