NOBODY’S PERFECT (SERIES) FACING LIFE’S CRISES JUDGES 6: 1 -16
WHAT IS A CRISIS? • FACING DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY AT THE SAME TIME!
HOW TO FACE A CRISIS: • • 1. 2. 3. 4. WHAT CAN I LEARN FROM THIS? HOW CAN I GROW FROM THIS? HOW CAN GOD BE GLORIFIED IN MY LIFE? WHAT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY?
WHO IS GIDEON? • AFTER EGYPT! • AFTER THE 40 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS • AFTER JOSHUA • DURING THE 400 YEARS OF THE JUDGES! • BEFORE KING SAUL AND KING DAVID
KEY VERSE OF THE BOOK OF JUDGES • “…EVERY MAN DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES. ” (JUDGES 21: 25)
GIDEON’S CRISIS! • “Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of Midian seven years. 2 And the power of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves dens which were in the mountains and caves and the strongholds… 4 So they (Midian) would camp against them and destroy the produce of the earth… as well as sheep, ox, and donkey… 5 they would come in like locusts, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to devastate it. 6 So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to the Lord. ” (Judges 6: 1 -6)
GIDEON’S CRISIS • 1. WE ARE IN TROUBLE! • “SO ISRAEL WAS BROUGHT VERY LOW BECAUSE OF MIDIAN… (JUDGES 6: 6)
GIDEON’S CRISIS • 2. WE NEED HELP! • “…AND THE SONS OF ISRAEL CRIED TO THE LORD…” • (JUDGES 6: 6)
GIDEON’S CRISIS • 3. WE ARE AFRAID! • “…MADE FOR THEMSELVES DENS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE CAVES…” (JUDGES 6: 2) • “…GIDEON WAS BEATING OUT WHEAT IN THE WINE PRESS…” (JUDGES 6: 11)
GIDEON’S CRISIS • 4. GOD IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND!! • “…IF HE IS WITH US, WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AND WHERE ARE HIS MIRACLES… THE LORD HAS ABANDONED US…” (JUDGES 6: 13)
II. GOD’S RESPONSE TO GIDEON’S CRISIS! • RESPONSE # 1: “GIDEON, YOU ARE THE ANSWER!” • “THE LORD IS WITH YOU, O VALIANT WARRIOR!” (JUDGES 6: 12) (O MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR!)
• RESPONSE #2: “GET UP AND GET GOING!” “BE RESPONSIBLE!” • “AND THE LORD LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID, “GO IN THIS YOUR STRENGTH AND DELIVER ISRAEL FROM THE HAND OF MIDIAN. HAVE NOT I SENT YOU!” (JUDGES 6: 14)
TRUTH FOR OUR LIVES TODAY #1. WHEN WE DISOBEY GOD WE CAN EXPECT TROUBLE TO COME TO OUR LIVES! “YOU HAVE NOT OBEYED ME…” (JUDGES 6: 10)
TRUTH FOR OUR LIVES TODAY • #2. GOD WANTS US TO FACE THE REALITIES OF OUR LIVES. • “…THEY MADE FOR THEMSELVES DENS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND CAVES… (JUDGES 6: 2)
TRUTH FOR OUR LIVES TODAY • #3. GOD SEES US FOR WHO WE ARE AND HE SEES US FOR WHO WE CAN BE! • • “…YOU VALIANT WARRIOR…” JUDGES 6: 12
TRUTH FOR OUR LIVES TODAY • #4. GOD CALLS EACH ONE OF US TO BE RESPONSIBLE! • “AND THE LORD LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID, ‘GO AND DELIVER ISRAEL. ’ (JUDGES 6: 14)
TRUTH FOR OUR LIVES TODAY • #5. GOD PROMISES BOTH HIS PRESENCE AND HIS HELP TO ALL OF US! • “SURELY I WILL BE WITH YOU AND YOU SHALL DEFEAT MIDIAN AS ONE MAN. ” (JUDGES 6: 16)
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