There is a Gideon in You!Just an ordinary fellow who after

standing in the presence of God is raised up to do extraordinary things.

NO ORDINARY FAMILY

1 Chorinthians 1:27

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God

chose the weak things of the world to shame the

strong.

Numbers 22:21-31

If God can use Balaam’s Donkey

God can use You!

Peter Drucker

“No institution can possibly survive if it needs geniuses or supermen to manage it. It must be organized in such a way as to be able to get along under a leadership composed of average human beings.”

Gideon’s Winepress

Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites.

Judges 6:11

A new, better story for Gideon

“The LORD is with you,mighty warrior.”

#1 Lesson…. Ever!

GOD SAYS…

You are not who you think or say you are.

You are not who others think and say

you are.

You are who God thinks and says you

are.

The Power of Presence

According to God, after being in God’s presence, we are

all mighty and strong, able to do all the great a

marvelous things that God has planned for us.

Romans 8:37

“…in all these things we are more than

conquerors through him who loved us.”

Judges 7:18b

‘For the LORD and for

Gideon!’

2 Possible Applications

1. We need a bigger GOD SIZED VISION.

2. We just need to GO AHEAD AND DO whatever it is that God is asking of us.

Look at your hands

What’s in your hands?

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Katherine Hershey

Ability to Teach

Make Disciple

sChildren

There is a Gideon in You!

It is time to let him or her out

Look at your hands

What’s in your hands?

? Deacon Ministry

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