Against All Odds
The Same Yesterday, Today & Forever. a.) If He ever healed, Hes still healing! !elivered!)
".) #assed a$ay $ith the last a%ostle. &hy $o'ld yo' "elieve that() Says so) &hen that $hi*h is %erfe*t is *ome. +i"le.) !o*tors! *.) He !elights in Im%ossi"le Odds!
Three Stories from the +i"le &here things loo,ed Im%ossi"le. -ive yo' .,eys/ to *oo%erating $ith -od in Im%ossi"le Sit'ations.
GIDEON - STUFF YOU GOTTA KNOW! 1. God Sees You Differently T !n You See Yourself. 0'dges 1)22321 4 .And there *ame an angel of the 5O6!, and sat 'nder an oa, $hi*h $as in O%hrah, that "elonged to 0oash of the *lan of A"ie7er. His son -ideon $as threshing $heat at the "ottom of a $ine%ress, to hide it from the 8idianites. And the angel of the 5O6! a%%eared 'nto him, and said 'nto him, The 5O6! is $ith thee, tho' "i# ty "!n of $!lour. And -ideon said 'nto him, Oh my 5ord, if the 5O6! "e $ith 's, $hy then is all this "efallen 's( and $here "e all his mira*les $hi*h o'r fathers told 's of, saying, !id not the 5O6! "ring 's '% from 9gy%t( "'t no$ the 5O6! hath forsa,en 's, and delivered 's into the hands of the 8idianites. F'll of :'estions) &hy is this ha%%ening( &heres -ods mira*les( Hes not doing His ;o"! Its -ods fa'lt! And the 5O6! loo,ed '%on him, and said, Go in t is t y "i# t and tho' shalt save Israel from the hand of the 8idianites) have not I sent thee( And he said 'nto him, Oh my 5ord, $here$ith shall I save Israel( "ehold, my family is %oor in 8anasseh, and I am the least in my father<s ho'se. And the 5O6! said 'nto him, S'rely I $ill "e $ith thee, and tho' shalt smite the 8idianites as one man./
%. Your &i"it!tions Are No &i"it!tions At All' Wit God. 5I8ITATIO=S) F'll of :'estions. 5imited >nderstanding. !oesnt have a *l'e ? Yo' dont need to! If yo' had any 'nderstanding ? Hed say dont lean to it!) He $asnt great, as the $orld *o'nts greatness. Im in a small family in a small tri"e, and Im the $ea,est one in it!) 8y strength is made %erfe*t. He $as afraid. Says so later on.) If yo're afraid? go do$n and listen. THO>-HT) @alor) +ravery isnt the a"sen*e of fear. Its *ontrolling yo'r fear and o"eying -od any$ay. The si7e of his army.
Yo' ,no$ the story) Starts o't $ith AB,CCC men. AF6AI! -O HO89) BB,CCC leave. -ot 2C,CCC. TOO 8A=Y) Ta,e Dem do$n for a drin,) Ones that la%. ACC left.) Against the HOST of the 8idianites) 2AE,CCC. 8eans theyre o'tn'm"ered FEC)2. Ines*a%a"le Gon*l'sion) -od doesnt need -ideon. Or an army. Or any $ea%ons. !efeated them $ith %ots.) 0'dges H)21 4 .And he divided the three h'ndred men into three *om%anies, and he %'t a tr'm%et in every man<s hand, $ith em%ty %it*hers, and lam%s $ithin the %it*hers./ -ave Dem a tr'm%et, and %it*her and a lam%. 5ets -o defeat the 8idianites! Hes the -od of Im%ossi"le Odds. -otta see ho$ the story ends.)
0'dges H)BC3BB 4 .And the three *om%anies "le$ the tr'm%ets, and "ra,e the %it*hers, and held the lam%s in their left hands, and the tr'm%ets in their right hands to "lo$ $ithal) and they *ried, The s$ord of the 5O6!, and of -ideon. And t ey stood e$ery "!n in is (l!)e ro'nd a"o't the *am%) and all the host ran, and *ried, and fled. And the three h'ndred "le$ the tr'm%ets, !nd t e &O*D set e$ery "!n+s s,ord !#!inst is fello,' e$en t rou# out !ll t e ost) and the host fled to +ethshittah in Iererath, and to the "order of A"elmeholah, 'nto Ta""ath./
DA-ID. STUFF YOU GOTTA SEE 2 Sam'el 2H)232C 4 .=o$ the #hilistines gathered together their armies to "attle, and $ere #!t ered to#et er !t S o) o , $hi*h /elon#et to 0ud! , and %it*hed "et$een Sho*hoh and A7e,ah, in 9%hesdammim. And Sa'l and the men of Israel $ere gathered together, and %it*hed "y the valley of 9lah, and set the "attle in array against the #hilistines. And the #hilistines stood on a mo'ntain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mo'ntain on the other side) and there $as a valley "et$een them. And there $ent o't a ) !"(ion o't of the *am% of the #hilistines, named Goli!t , of -ath, $hose height $as siJ *'"its and a s%an. -oliath) To stri% na,ed and lead into *a%tivity. And he had an helmet of "rass '%on his head, and he $as armed $ith a *oat of mailK and the $eight of the *oat $as five tho'sand she,els of "rass. And he had greaves of "rass '%on his legs, and a target of "rass "et$een his sho'lders. And the staff of his s%ear $as li,e a $eaver<s "eamK and his s%ear<s head $eighed siJ h'ndred she,els of iron) and one "earing a shield $ent "efore him. And he stood and *ried 'nto the armies of Israel, and said 'nto them, &hy are ye *ome o't to set yo'r "attle in array( am not I a #hilistine, and ye servants to Sa'l( *hoose yo' a man for yo', and let him *ome do$n to me. If he "e a"le to fight $ith me, and to ,ill me, then $ill $e "e yo'r servants) "'t if I %revail against him, and ,ill him, then shall ye "e o'r servants, and serve 's. And the #hilistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this dayK give me a man, that $e may fight together./ St'ff Yo' -otta See) 9very"ody O't There Sa$ the -iants Si7e. Im%ressed.) FAGT) Yo' *ant defeat $hat im%resses yo'. .-reat & mighty are yo'./ !avid sa$ some st'ff that no"ody else o't there sa$. 2. He sa$ the -reatness of -od. B. He Sa$ -od In His Gorner. A. He Sa$ His @i*tory & The 9nemys !efeat.
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