All posts tagged: Gideon

The Strongman is just and Old Man


We are all afraid of something.When it come to dealing with the enemy if our soul, that ancient serpant. We sometimes think he is stronger, bigger and badder. How much of a game changer would it be to understand that the strongman is just an old man. What difference will it make in your approach to dealing with him, if you had an insider’s understanding about what he thinks about you? What matters most in spiritual warfare, is not what you think about your enemy, it’s what your enemy thinks about you. Here is a story that does just that God appeared to him and called him “a mighty man of valor.” In the same chapter, just a few verses between each other,mother Lord commissioned him to “go and deliver Israel in this might that is yours.” God also insisted that “I will be with you.” The Lord established a covenant with him. Yet Gideon did not believe and asked God on two separate occasions to either wet or dry a fleece. Even after the …

The Weakness of Great Men


The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor. Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you? 15 Statements About Gideon the Mighty Man of Valor. Judges 6 Sometimes great men are found in lowly places. See verse 11 Sometimes great men have a false sense of humility. See verses 12, 13 Sometimes great men doubt God and question His faithfulness. See verse 13 Sometimes great men fail to realize that it is only in their weakness that God shows up strong. See verse 15 Sometimes great men fail to realize that victory is only certain if God is in it. See verse 16 Sometimes great men don’t recognize their greatness. So they waste their time devoted to common and frivolous things. See verse 11, 14 Sometimes great men doubt their greatness even when repeatedly reminded. See verse 12 Sometimes great men lack perspective in difficult surroundings and circumstances. See verse 12 Sometimes great men just don’t have a clue of how to take next …