*DAILY DEW 12TH/MARCH/2022* *Faith Series: Barak, steps out in Faith* (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *"And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:"* (Hebrews 11:32 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ Submitting to God The second part of Barak’s decision involved relying on God to deliver Sisera’s army—which was militarily stronger—into the hands of Israel (verses 3, 13, 15). And, since he insisted that Deborah come with him, he had to accept that Sisera would not die in battle but by the hand of a woman (verses 9, 22-23). Barak took his men into battle and saw God deliver Sisera’s army to Israel. No man was left besides Sisera (verses 15-16). Barak’s faith was shown in his willingness to follow God and not rely on Israel’s military strength. Verses 15-23 tell the story of how Jael, the wife of Heber, killed Sisera. Two important verses that show God’s prophecy fulfilled are verses 22-23. They read: “And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, ‘Come, I will show you the man whom you seek.’ And when he went into her tent, there lay Sisera, dead with the peg in his temple. So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel.” The lesson God alone delivered Sisera and his army into the hand of Israel, but the lesson of Barak’s faith is that God uses His people to do His will in the manner He sees fit. The prophecy He gave to Deborah was clear, and God was faithful to fulfill it. As His people, we submit to His will in faith, knowing that our reward is from Him and our faith is in part measured by our willingness to follow His instructions, no matter the challenge. _MEDITATION:_ *"Revisiting the definition of faith given in Hebrews 11:1—“faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”—we see that the decision and resulting action of Barak are a prime example of the impact of faith in the lives of God’s people. Barak believed Deborah was delivering God’s message, and he submitted himself to God’s ultimate faithfulness to fulfill His prophecy."* *#Kelli_Johnson* *#Saturday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Resounding_Testimonies* *#Guest_Message* *#Hello_March* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...

*DAILY DEW 11TH/MARCH/2022* *Faith Series: Barak, steps out in Faith* _Key Bible Text:_ *"One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam from the city of Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, *The LORD, the God of Israel, has given you this command: 'Take ten thousand men from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun and lead them to Mount Tabor. I will bring Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, to fight you at the Kishon River. He will have his chariots and soldiers, but I will give you victory over him.' "* (Judges 4:6-7 (GNB)) _Bible Insight:_ Few stories strengthen my faith more than those that require their hero to step out in faith despite the possible consequences, risking ridicule and likely receiving little or no praise. These stories highlight God’s strength and mind as being far higher and boundless than that of human beings. I find the story of Barak in the book of Judges to be an example of such an inspiring hero. Barak, who is mentioned in the Faith Chapter, displayed faith in God when Deborah prophesied of Sisera’s defeat and eventual death. It took great courage and faith in God for Barak to not only believe Deborah’s prophecy, but also lead his army into battle knowing another would be credited with Sisera’s death (Judges 4:6-9). Barak was faced with difficult decisions. 1.Believing The first part of Barak’s decision required him to trust Deborah and believe God’s will revealed through her. Deborah was a prophetess judging Israel, and the people came to her for judgment (verses 4-5). While I’m sure Deborah was a valued and trusted authority in Israel, it would be naïve to think that Israel in the time of the judges regularly entrusted decision making and military strategy to a woman. Yet, as is evident in Judges 4:5-6, the children of Israel came to Deborah, and when she summoned Barak, he, too, came to her and listened. He asked that she come with him into battle, and he trusted the message she delivered to him from God. _MEDITATION:_ *"Barak had faith God would instruct him through Deborah and fulfill what she prophesied—that God would deliver Sisera and his army to Israel."* *#Kelli_Johnson* *#Friday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Resounding_Testimonies* *#Guest_Message* *#Hello_March* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...

*DAILY DEW 10TH/MARCH/2022* *Faith Series: The Courage of Gideon* (IV) _Key Bible Text:_ *"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."* (2 Corinthians 4:7 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ 6. It takes a courageous faith to wield God’s weapons of warfare. Gideon’s army had very strange weapons - trumpets, jars and torches! - read Judges 7:16 and 19-22. But to gain the significance of this read 2 Corinthians 4:7 and 10:4 and Revelation 12:11. It is hard to lay down our arms and to trust only in the Lord! - but this is the thing that He is calling us to do, as we live for Him and as we serve Him. 7. It takes a courageous faith to go on with God after a great victory. It is a pity that we have to conclude our study with this point, but it is necessary that we do so - look up Judges 8:24-27. It is always a dangerous time for the child of God after a time of victory, success or achievement. If God has given you a mighty deliverance, look out and be on your guard, and take heed to the counsel of Ephesians 6:13-18. The place of great blessing is always the place of great danger, but it can also be the place where we step on to greater victories. As a quick review of the main points, Remember: 1. It takes a courageous faith to hear and obey the call of God. 2. It takes a courageous faith to throw down the altars of Baal. 3. It takes a courageous faith to build up the altars of the Lord. 4. It takes a courageous faith to ask God for a sign. 5. It takes a courageous faith to despise not the day of small things. _MEDITATION:_ *"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds"* -- 2 Corinthians 10:4 (KJV) *#Francis_Dixon* *#Thursday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Resounding_Testimonies* *#Guest_Message* *#Hello_March* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...

*DAILY DEW 9TH/MARCH/2022* *Faith Series: The Courage of Gideon* (III) _Key Bible Text:_ *"Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night."* (Judges 6:27 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ 3. It takes a courageous faith to build up the altars of the Lord. Gideon was not only told to break down the altars of Baal, but he was also commissioned to rebuild the altars of the Lord - see Judges 6:26. It takes faith to do that in days of apostasy. To cast worldliness, carnal methods and liberalism out of a church and to bring in an emphasis on prayer, the preaching of the gospel and the sovereignty of the Holy Spirit – this demands a courageous faith. To go to some of our schools, colleges and theological seminaries where the authority of the Bible is denied, and to do what Jude exhorts us to do, demands a courageous faith –- look up Jude 3. 4. It takes a courageous faith to ask God for a sign. Judges 6:36-40 are exciting verses. Was this evidence of Gideon’s lack of faith? No, for it required great faith to make such a proposal to the Lord, confident that He would perform the miracle. Gideon believed in miracles! 5. It takes a courageous faith to despise not the day of small things. The enemy was very powerful, and numerically it was far greater than Gideon’s army (Judges 6:5). Gideon had 32,000 men (Judges 7:3); but what a shock when God told him to reduce his forces (Judges 7:2-3); and then to reduce them still further! (Judges 7:4-7). What a drastic subtraction this was! Why was it necessary? Verse 2 gives the answer, and so does Zechariah 4:6 and 1 Corinthians 1:27. Lest Israel should be tempted afterwards to say, ’We gained the victory!’ God had to show manifestly that it was His victory and not theirs. He works in the same way today! _MEDITATION:_ *"Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts."* -- Zechariah 4:6 (KJV) *#Francis_Dixon* *#Wednesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Resounding_Testimonies* *#Guest_Message* *#Hello_March* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...

*DAILY DEW 8TH/MARCH/2022* *Faith Series: The Courage of Gideon* (II) _Key Bible Text:_ *"And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets."* (Hebrews 11:32 (KJV)) _Bible Insight:_ 2. It takes a courageous faith to throw down the altars of Baal. “Israel’s religious leaders were ‘Modernists’! They had turned away from the good old gospel of salvation by faith in the God who had brought Israel out of Egypt. They had said: ‘How do we know that Jehovah is the only real God? or that He is even the greatest of the gods? After all, we have never seen Him; nor has anybody else ever seen Him. How do we really know that our forefathers were right in what they said about Him? We have only their word for it. They were probably mistaken. Look at the magnificent temples and impressive gods of the surrounding nations. No wonder they despise our own inferior-looking religion. Their gods can be seen. There can be no doubting their reality. Why should we cling to the worn-old faith of yesterday? Give us modern gods and an up-to-date religion!’” (J. Sidlow Baxter). It certainly takes courage to break down the modern altars of Baal. It means being unpopular when we denounce apostasy, but fearless, courageous believers are needed who will say with Paul:- *"What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice."* (Philippians 1:18 (KJV)) _MEDITATION:_ *"For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death."* -- Philippians 1:19-20 (KJV) *#Francis_Dixon* *#Tuesday_wisdomforliving* *#Becoming_More_Like_Jesus* *#Year_of_Big_Favours* *#Daily_Dew_Devotional* *#Resounding_Testimonies* *#Guest_Message* *#Hello_March* ❤ Links To Visit: *FB Pages* https://www.facebook.com/DavidJoshuaEgbochuo/ https://www.facebook.com/thedavidgen/ https://www.facebook.com/THEREVIVALCORPS/ *Telegram Group:* https://t.me/joinchat/NzXQlVc9Hx7LfaRSnh9fHg *WhatsApp Group:* http://bit.ly/The_David_Generation Feel Free to Share with Friends. God bless you...