{"id":12988,"date":"2024-09-11T19:59:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nwbaptistks.org\/staging\/6703\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=12988"},"modified":"2024-09-11T19:59:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:59:23","slug":"moving-from-discouragement-to-purpose","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.nwbaptistks.org\/staging\/6703\/sermons\/moving-from-discouragement-to-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving from Discouragement to Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">September 11, 2024 Wed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Judges 6:1-13 (KJB)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>6&nbsp;<\/strong>And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the&nbsp;Lord: and the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>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;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the&nbsp;Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;because of the Midianites,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>That the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>And I said unto you, I am the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>And there came an angel of the&nbsp;Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>And the angel of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;appeared unto him, and said unto him, The&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><sup>13&nbsp;<\/sup>And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;bring us up from Egypt? but now the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 11, 2024 Wed. 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