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Today we are going to be covering Gideon and 7 Steps To Conquering The Impossible… But there is a little reading involved first. I recommend you first go and read Judges 6 and 7. Then come back and read the rest.

So we are talking about Gideon. Gideon was called to bring the Israelites out of the bondage of the Midianites. Israel was under the bondage of Midian because Israel forsook and did evil in the sight of the Lord. The Midianites kept Israel in such a stat of oppression, the Israelites had to live in caves. And every time there seemed to be some hope of moving forward, the Midianites would come in and take all of the increase…

Have you ever felt like you were a slave? Maybe a slave to oppression, sin, depression and so on? Well that is no way to live! Jesus said He came to give life and life more abundant (John 10:10). When we aren’t living in that abundance, we need to NOT blame God, but take the time to seek the Lord and find out the cause of the bondage…

After reading through Judges 6 & 7, you will find these 7 Steps to Conquering the Impossible…

1. Vs 7:1 Rose Up Early.

Proverbs 8:17
“I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.”
There is a common thread you will find with many of the great men and women of God in the Bible, they all woke up early to seek and spend time with the Lord… This is also know “first fruit” principle.

There is nothing better than starting your day out right with your Savior and friend.

2. Vs. 6:39 Pray.

Eph. 6:18 tells us to pray with all prayer and supplication for the saints. We must always be in communication with God. Much of the war is won through prayer.

Now, Gideon was young in his walk with the Lord and you see him asking the Lord multiple times for a confirmation of what he thought the Lord told him. God did honor what Gideon asked, but there has to be a time of maturity where we are not always asking God for a confirmation. We need to learn to know the voice of God and then move in obedience.
There will be times were God will tell you to do something and there is no time to “throw out a fleece”, you must know you heard God and move.

Plus, the devil and do things to. It would be a shame to never really know if you heard God right and the devil do something that you thought was God confirming something. That could mess someone up for a LONG time.

3. Vs. 7:6 Hand to their mouth (Alert & Ready)

“and the number of those who lapped. Putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men. But all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.”

I find it interesting here about the difference between the 300 that were chosen and the ten thousand that went home…
From a battle strategic view, the 300 were in a position where they could remain alert and ready. While all the others were consumed with the water, the 300 could still drink of the water and keep an eye out for any potential threat.

1 Peter 5: 8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour” – Gird up the loins of your mind!

We must always be on guard and ready to war when the Lord calls us.

4. Vs. 7:7 The Lord Said Unto Gideon. (Hearing the Word of the Lord)

Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”

Just like in step #2, we must hear God in the matter at hand. If we try to go out Conquering something and declaring Romans 8:37 “I am more than a conqueror!”… But God never told you to do it, you are picking a fight with the enemy that God never gave you the backing to do. That’s big trouble!

5. Vs. 7:9 “Arise” (Take Action)

James 2:17 “Faith without works is dead” Or Faith without action/obedience is dead…

When God tells us to do something, we must do it! We can’t be lazy and expect God to hand everything over on a silver platter. Although, those times are nice, we must always act upon our faith. If God gives you a promise, you have to stand on His Word. You have to fight for it, you have to move forward believing it is so.

6. Vs. 7: 15 Worship.

Psalm 99:9
“Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.”

What an awesome privilege it is to worship our maker. Great victory is won in worship. You lose sight of yourself and come to a knowing just how big God is and how He really is the one in control.

Don’t ever forget to worship God along the way in battle and in times of peace.

7. Vs. 7:17 Israel listened to Gideon (Obedience)

1 Sam. 15:22 says, “to obey is better than sacrifice”
2 Cor. 10:5 talks about “…casting down every high things to the obedience of Christ.
There is protection in obedience. How do you expect to win the battle if you are living the way the enemy wants you to? You cannot win the battle living in compromise and giving the enemy a right to beat you up… It just doesn’t work.
Plus, the Bible says… “If you love Me, you will obey my commandments”
Shouldn’t we be able to say, “I love Jesus enough not to do that stupid thing!”

So as you are continuing to move forward in the Lord, I ask you what is your Midianite? What is the thing that is causing you not to do the 7 steps we just covered?

It is time to cast down all evil for the sake of our King and continue to advance the Kingdom for His glory.

Don’t ever give up! Go conquer the thing the Lord has told you to do!

As we celebrate the 4th of July and our Independence, I am reminded about how often we can take our freedom for granted. Blood was shed for our freedom and that shouldn’t be taken lightly.

I also have been thinking about the highest price that was paid for our freedom that many will not think about this July 4th… The freedom that Jesus purchased for us at Calvary. There was no greater cost and we must NEVER forget that!

So as you are out celebrating, don’t forget to thank the Lord for the freedom He purchased for you and don’t forget to walk in that freedom.

“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage”
Gal. 5:1

God bless you!

You can tell a lot about a person and the condition of their heart by the words they speak. I hate the fact that I have to write about this, this should be kinda a common sense thing for most mature Christians, but yet I see it plauging the Body of Christ.

You may think I am judgemental for what I am about to say, but I will back up everything with the Word of God…

If you wear the Name of Christ and walk this earth as a blood bought child of the Living God, you are His personal representitive, His ambassador. (2 Corinthians 5:20)

We are to represent Him in all areas of life, including the words we speak. I am sick and tired of hearing Christians cuss and talk perveted and think it’s okay! It’s NOT okay! You are a redeemed child of God, not a heathen!

It is NOT okay to be talking dirty or telling perverse jokes to your friends or co-workers.  It’s NOT okay to be cussing!

(Eph. 5:4 Amp.)

“Let there be no filthiness (obscenity, indecency) nor foolish and sinful (silly and corrupt) talk, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting or becoming; but instead voice your thankfulness [to God].”
We are representing God when we speak and when we talk like the heathen, how are we shinning light unto the world?

(Eph. 4:22, 29)

“That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts.”

“Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God’s favor) to those who hear it.”

It’s just simply not okay and by the verses listed above that should be more than enough proof. But let’s talk about what the root of the problem is. If you have a hard time controling your tougn, it really comes down to an issue of the heart. (Matt. 12:34)

“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”

So if cussing is a problem you have to look at your heart. A lot of it comes down to what you are allowing in…

Are you watching movies full of cussing and perverse talk? I just recently had a talk with a group of kids that lead worship for a local youth group… They were on their way to see a “no so good” movie and they knew it. Well, I had to say something. (I’ll spare you the conversation)  After talking with them I looked up the movie and one of the first things I found about the movie was it had over 165 “f” words! Hello! What are you allowing in you?

You can’t be watching, reading or listening to crap and think it wont effect you. It will!

We are called to be seperated from the world, we are supposed to act different than the rest of the world. Because if we are acting just like them, what would they see that they would want? You’re just like them…

Let’s make it a point to represent the Lord the way He deserves. The world doesn’t need to see a bunch of compromising cussing Christians. They are just waiting to see the real deal, the ones the walk in true power and purity of the King of kings and the Lord of lords!

Make what the Lord did at the Cross count in your life.

May I also add, you do have the right to tell others around you that they need to knock it off if they start cussing around you. Christ is in you, you should protect that.

Keep moving forward.

“Guest Post By Eren McKay”

How to pray as a Christian – are we truly depending on God or is our prayer life dwindling?

There is no way to truly live the Christian life without prayer.

Prayer is the essence of a Spirit filled life. Now I want to ask you a question and I want you to really think about it:
How many times have you prayed in the last month? Have you spent at least 10 minutes a day praying?
We need to apply God’s word to every aspect of our lives and meditate on encouraging inspirational Bible verses throughout our day.
Living the Christian life does not mean being “religious” — not at all.
But you will invite the Lord to be an integral part of your life.

1 Thessalonians 5:17
“Pray without ceasing.”

Each moment should be placed before Him and each decision should include Him.

What is a real Christian?

There are Christians who ONLY pray in church. They’re missing the whole point of living a Spirit filled life. The point of being a Christian is to depend on Christ. In fact that is what the word Christian means – a follower of Christ. Now how can we be following Christ if we never stop to talk to Him or listen to what He has to say? This is what prayer is essentially- communicating with God. It’s not a repetitive memorized mantra that we mindlessly say over and over again.

What are we saying to the Lord?

When we don’t spend time praying we are (without noticing it) declaring something to the Lord. We’re saying that we are capable of fulfilling His will in our lives and that we can do it —-without Him! How illogical is that? I can just hear you say: “I would never say that I can do things without God. I believe in God! I just wouldn’t say such a thing.”

There are 2 ways to say things to someone. You can say things with your words and you can say things with your actions. An action or a lack of an action can declare just as much (and even more) to someone than your words. If we spend hardly any time talking to God and trying to listen to what He has to say we are essentially saying that we don’t need Him.

Stop and think for a moment.

If your prayer life is not going full force – why is that? Do you trust your capacities more than you trust God? Do you think that you are capable to steer the boat (your life) without the Captain (God)? Or even worse have you placed yourself in His position of Captain?

Even though we would never declare this with our words the fact that we don’t pray is quietly declaring that we don’t need Him. That is precisely what our actions are saying.
Of course all of these things that I’m talking about don’t happen in our conscious mind- they happen subconsciously. I want to make it clear here that there is no finger pointing in this article. The Lord really compelled me to write this as a wake up call not as a guilt trip. I’m asking these questions so that the truth may come into your conscious mind if your prayer life has weakened, maybe you have shifted without noticing.

Who do we trust?

Taking the time to pray shows the Lord that we are not trusting our brain-power or capacities to achieve His goals in our lives. We may have all of those resources that He has given us but they are not what we lean upon. The Lord gives us the resources to do His will. And we must use these resources- but we must not place our faith in them. When we pray we are saying: “Lord I depend on you. I trust You. I need You.”

Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge him,
And he will make your paths straight.”

Sometimes without noticing things we end up depending on circumstances to achieve contentment and peace. The fact is that we need to apply biblical principles for spiritual Christian contentment to really happen in our lives. It’s so important to ask ourselves the honest truth. Doing this brings us back to Him. It aligns our minds to His Word. We need to let God lead and be authority over our lives. When we rest in Him, His peace takes over our hearts and we begin to experience what it is like to walk in the Spirit.

God wants to form an eternal bond with us.

We need to open our hearts and be sensitive to Him when He is talking to us. We can call upon God throughout the entire day. If we do this our relationship with Him will only grow.

Have you found your prayer life dwindling? Separate a special time each day to be just with Him. This is your quiet moment with the Holy God of the Universe. Talk to Him. Listen to His beautiful voice- He has so much to say to us. Do you want to listen? Is your heart burning with desire to hear the voice of the Almighty? Open your heart to hear Him speak to you.

Eren Mckay is a Christian wife and mom to 3 boys. She loves to write Sunday school Bible object lessons for children and encouraging others in their Christian walk.