After that whole generation had been gathered to their ancestors, another generation grew up, who knew neither the Lord nor what He had done for Israel.

Disobedience LEADS TO punishment, FOLLOWED BY repentance, which LEADS TO Deliverance!

Deborah was a woman of influence.

Now Deborah, a prophet, the wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time. She held court under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her to have their disputes decided.

Deborah had a close walk with the Lord.

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.

Gideon was a man of courage.

The angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites.

In the midst of The Story, God is going to move Gideon from fear to trust.

Where do you need God to move you from fear to trust?

When the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon, he said, ‘The LORD is with you, mighty warrior.”

The LORD answered, “I will be with you, and you will strike down all the Midianites.”

The LORD answered, “I will be with you…"

What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?