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Challenge

Calling

Conquest

Challenge -

One step forward and two steps back.

Held down - can’t get ahead

Midian - Strife / contention

Amalek - oppressed- compromise & people pleasing

Judges 6:3 KJV 1900

And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

When Israel sowed Midian and Amalek stole.

Call -

Judges 6:12 KJV 1900

And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

Deal with ungodly beliefs -

See God for who He is.

Elijah -

1 Kings 18:21 KJV 1900

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Peter -

1 Kings 18:21 KJV 1900

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Peter -

John 6:68–69 KJV 1900

Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

See ourselves through God’s eyes.

Forget “Some Say” What Does “God Say”-

Matthew 16:16 KJV 1900

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Conquest - Taking Back What The Enemy Stole

Judges 7:20–22 KJV 1900

And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath.

Torches - be the light - be change agents

Midian - Strife / contention

Godliness with contentment

Amalek -

Uncompromising loyalty

Trumpets - Worship - A new old strategy.

2 Chronicles 20:21–22 KJV 1900

And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever. And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

2 Chronicles 20:20–21 KJV 1900

And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chronicles 20:21

2 Chronicles 20:20 KJV 1900

And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

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