The Story - PowerPoint Presentation

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The StoryFinding Your Story in God’s Story“A Few Good Men and Women”

Series 1 - God Forms His PeopleSlide3

Review Chapter 7“The Battle Begins”Slide4
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Joshua 24:15-16 (NLT) 15  …choose today whom you will serve… 16  The people replied, “We would never abandon the LORD and serve other gods.Judges 2:10Slide6

Deuteronomy 6:4-7 (NLT)

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 “Listen, O Israel! The

LORD

is our God, the

LORD

alone.

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 And you must love the

LORD

your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength.

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 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today.

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 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Slide7

I. The Cycle of Sin Sin – people forget God and worship pagan idolsOppression – God removes his hand of protection and allows surrounding nations to oppress his peopleRepentance – the oppressed people return to God and cry out for help

Deliverance

– God orchestrates a deliveranceSlide8

Judges - Judges 2:16-19Slide9

II. Judge - DeliverersOppressing nations and the Judge delivererHebrews 11:32-33 (NLT) 32  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…

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 By faith these people overthrew kingdoms, ruled with justice, and received what God had promised them…Slide10

Deborah and the

codependent

commander Barak - Judges 4:4-9Slide11

The Lord to Barak – “I will give you

victory

over him.”

Barak to Deborah - “I will go, but only if you go

with

me.”Slide12

You will receive no

honor

in this venture

The

LORD

’s victory over

Sisera

will be at the hands of a

woman

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Gideon – the

doubting

wheat thresher - Judges 6-8

Mighty

hero

, the Lord is with youSlide15

How will I know? Show me a signThe consumed offeringThe wet fleeceThe dry fleeceThe Midianite’s

dream

and interpretation

The military

cuts

– or the Israelites will boast that they saved themselvesSlide16

Horns, jars, torches and a

shout

The Lord caused the

Midianites

warriors to fight against

themselvesSlide17

Samson the

pushover

– Judges 13-16Slide18
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Marries a Philistine woman – God at work in thisA riddle - Entice your husband to explain the riddle for us, or we will burn down your father’s house with you in itHe told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her naggingSlide20

Replay - In love with Delilah

He told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her

naggingSlide21
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Judges 21:25 (NLT) 25  In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.Proverbs 21:2 (NLT) 2  People may be right in their own eyes, but the LORD examines their heart. Slide23

III. Application of Deliverance

Sin

I’m chasing the wrong thing right now.

I have mixed up priorities.

I have an addiction or an addictive personality and it has captured me.

I keep mistreating other people.Slide24

Oppression

My relationship with God has been affected.

I am destroying my relationships with others.

It is affecting or will affect my physical and emotional health.

It is affecting or will affect me financially.Slide25

Repentance

I am not ready to come clean with God.

I am ready to come clean with God right now.Slide26

Deliverance

Out of a broken heart of repentance, God can deliver us

God keeps taking you backSlide27

1 John 1:5-9Not practicing truth – living in darknessConfess our sinForgiven and cleansedLiving in the light – fellowship with God and with one anotherSlide28