Daily Devotionals

Hall of Faith Week 9 Friday

Then Gideon said to God, "If you are truly going to use me to rescue Israel as you promised, prove it to me in this way. I will put a wool fleece on the threshing floor tonight. If the fleece is wet with dew in the morning, but the ground is dry, then I will know that you are going to ...

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Hall of Faith Week 9 Thursday

That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it.  Then build an altar to the Lord your God he...

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Hall of Faith Week 9 Wednesday

And Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and named it Yahweh-Shalom (which means “the Lord is peace”). The altar remains in Ophrah in the land of the clan of Abiezer to this day. Judges 6:24 Peace is such an interesting word. It is something tha...

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Hall of Faith Week 9 Tuesday

Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!” Judges 6:14 As human beings, we do not naturally like showing our weaknesses. Showing our weaknesses, we believe, makes ...

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Hall of Faith Week 9 Monday

The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!” Judges 6:12 It's amazing how a parent's presence instantly makes things better for a child. They can be crying, scared, mad, or sad, but things are instantly bette...

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Hall of Faith Week 8 Saturday

How much more do I need to say? It would take too long to recount the stories of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets. Hebrews 11:32 After everything that we know about Samson, it may be a little bit shocking to learn that...

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Hall of Faith Week 8 Friday

Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, an...

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Hall of Faith Week 8 Thursday

Then Samson put his hands on the two center pillars that held up the temple. Pushing against them with both hands, he prayed, “Let me die with the Philistines.” And the temple crashed down on the Philistine rulers and all the people. So, he killed more people when he died t...

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Hall of Faith Week 8 Wednesday

Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Romans 5:7-8 Sin ...

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Hall of Faith Week 8 Tuesday

It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, he has turned away and will not listen anymore. Isaiah 59:2 When I went to Israel several years ago, there was one piece of instruction my tour guides gave me that I took to heart: “Do not get separa...

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