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“Now it came about when the sons of Israel cried to the
Lord on account of Midian, that the Lord sent a prophet to the sons of Israel,
and he said to them, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘It was I who
brought you up from Egypt and brought you out from the house of slavery.
“’’I delivered you from the hands of the Egyptians and
from the hands of all your oppressors, and dispossessed them before you and
gave you their land, and I said to you, I am the Lord your God; you shall not
fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. But you have not obeyed Me.’
Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak
that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son, Gideon
was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the
Midianites.
“The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, ‘The
Lord is with you, O valiant warrior.’
Then Gideon said to him, ‘O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then
has all this happened to us? And where
are His miracles with our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord
bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the
Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.’
“The Lord looked at him and said, ‘Go in this your
strength and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?’
“He said to Him, ‘O Lord, how shall I deliver
Israel? Behold, my family is the least
in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.’ But the Lord said to him, ‘Surely I will be
with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man.’
Can you imagine being Gideon? He was faced with a world gone mad around him
because his people (the Israelites) had compromised the conditions of the
promises God had given them. They were reaping the consequences, but they knew
enough to call out to God for help.
Gideon was busily labouring to secure some wheat before the
enemy took it all and this angel comes to have a chat with him. He tells this youth that he will be the one to
deliver Israel from the enemy! And
although we are all familiar with the arguments that followed, in the end God
did deliver Israel through Gideon’s obedience.
It is a good reminder that when the world is going mad
around us, it is time to fall to our knees and ask for His guidance and then
wait upon His wisdom before acting, no matter how insignificant we may believe we are.
Take care with love, especially His, Darlene (who still
prays for you daily)
PS: Find my statement
of faith: https://especiallyhislove.blogspot.com
(where you will also find a series of
beginner Bible studies to share). You can easily find the WeakDay Devotion
online by doing a Google search for ‘WeakDay Devotion’. (Also, there is an android ‘Google
Blogger’ app you can download to read them on your phone. Not sure about Apple.). For the books, go to Amazon
books.
NEW PRAYER REQUESTS (any updates?)
Pray for those who have lost loved ones and for those searching
for them and those supporting them during this challenging time:
o
Mississippi
hurricanes, (over 26 dead so far)
o
Pennsylvania
chocolate factory explosion (7 dead,
9 missing),
•
Heidi – has
just lost her Dad and needs your prayers for strength and comfort, as she deals
with the practical issues and heartache of mourning her loss.
•
Denny
is having his surgery on 3 April. Please
pray for peace for him as he goes through the surgery and for his health carers
to have wisdom and pray the Lord encircles Marci,
his wife and my life-long friend, as she supports him.
•
Peter and Jill – Peter
has his exam and will require a procedure when he returns. Today, they fly to Perth for a family wedding.
Please continue to pray for travelling mercies.
•
Christine –
give her strength as she journeys to heart-healing and pray her husband gives
his heart to the Lord.
•
Jake –
A friend of my brother, living with COPD (emphysema) and heart problems. Please pray for his daughter, Tiffany and for other friends and health
carers to help him through his health journey.
•
Annette and Lyle – travelling mercies as they are overseas.
•
Wayne B – please pray for compassion for him as he deals
with the slow and sad ‘loss’ of his beloved wife, Lyn, (diagnosed with
FTD (frontal temporal dementia) three and a half years ago). She has been in care since May of 2020 but
recently has had a succession of falls and is now in a psycho-geriatric
facility. She still knows who he is but is no longer able to talk and screams
when she gets agitated.
•
Jen – lost her only sister and still needs
your prayers to get through this difficult time and maintain her health.
•
Demi and
John – one evening he went out his
backdoor to run an errand and was attacked by someone with a knife who stabbed
him several times (one pierced his heart).
He is recovering, but please pray for him and his wife as they pull
their lives together – that they might
find the Lord in all the chaos left behind.
•
Callilah-
a lost child. Pray the Lord captures her
heart.
•
Megan
(for emotional healing) and Scott,
her husband (for patience and wisdom) and wisdom for his sister, Clare, as she seeks to support them through
troubled times.
•
Sarah and Andrew – he has left his job and she has gone to work in
a new and exciting position. Pray for
this precious Christian couple that they focus on family balance to the glory
of the Lord.
•
Sue and Rob need prayers for wisdom and resolute spirits as
they deal with their adult nephew, Luke. They invited him to stay with them during a
difficult time in his life, but he refuses to leave now and is ungrateful and
disruptive. Pray for salvation for Luke
and that he accepts their request.
•
Bettina –
continue to pray for her as she grows into a new phase of her life in the
Lord. Pray each of her five married
daughters, their spouses and 17 grandchildren grow to love and follow the Lord
Jesus Christ.
•
Robin –
lost her beloved mother (was 93 years old), please pray for strength and
healing for her as she navigates through this time of mourning and for her
daughter who is comforting her during this time.
•
Family of Eric – Eric died suddenly at 52 leaving his
47-year-old wife and three girls (ages 16, 19 and 23). Pray the Lord brings strength to them as they
regroup into a new life. Pray for
trustworthy, honourable, Bible-based friends to continue to support them.
•
Peyton and
Carter- Grandchildren of Jeff and Rachael. Payton is their eldest granddaughter
and is now in her third year at college.
Carter is a senior in high school.
Both are exceptional students and love the Lord. Pray they are not distracted by worldly
things, that they continue to do well in their studies and that their love of
the Lord increases daily.
Pray for
those in full-time service
Pray the Lord uphold our Christian leaders – that they never compromise God’s Word and remain bold and courageous in the face of evil. Pray for their wisdom, safety, ingenuity, strength and for their families.
Pray for those with ongoing health concerns
Many of us have family, friends and loved ones with fragile health. Pray God takes special care with them and protects them in practical ways and that the Lord will have mercy on them during this challenging time.
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