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I.Deliverance and Victory:

It's one thing to talk about hope but what about when you're not feeling very hopeful?

“Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor."

And Gideon said to him, "Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, 'Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian."

Thoughts that try to steal our hope:

Thoughts that try to steal our hope:

• "Why is all this bad stuff happening?"

Thoughts that try to steal our hope:

• "Why is all this bad stuff happening?"
• "Does God do mighty things anymore?"

Thoughts that try to steal our hope:

• "Why is all this bad stuff happening?"
• "Does God do mighty things anymore?"
• "God has given up on me."

And the Lord turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?" And he said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house." And the Lord said to him, "But I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man."”
Judges 6:11-16

What is the might that Gideon possesses?

II.The King of Kings:

"Why is all this bad stuff happening?"

"Why is all this bad stuff happening?"

• The weight of rule would rest rightfully on Jesus shoulders not ours.

"Why is all this bad stuff happening?"

• The weight of rule would rest rightfully on Jesus shoulders not ours.
• A Wonderful Counsellor would rescue us from ourselves.

"Does God do mighty things anymore?"

"Does God do mighty things anymore?"

• A Mighty God is the only one big and strong enough to break through our darkness.

"Does God do mighty things anymore?"

• A Mighty God is the only one big and strong enough to break through our darkness.
• An Everlasting Father who opens the door and greets us as sons and daughters.

"Does God do mighty things anymore?"

• A Prince of Peace who can provide shelter over lives that have been intimately touched by a sin-broken world.

"Has God given up on me?"

"Has God given up on me?"

• Jesus rule and grace will never end or run out.

"Has God given up on me?"

• Jesus rule and grace will never end or run out.
• God’s zeal will make sure all of these promises find fulfillment.

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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”
1 Peter 1:3-5