“In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.” – Judges 21:25

“Show me, then, a professed Christian who does not see and insist on the need for ongoing repentance, and I will show you a stunted soul for whom God is not as yet the Holy One in the full biblical sense.” – J. I. Packer

“This is what the LORD,

Judges 6:7-10

Introduction:

the God of Israel, says:

1. I brought you up out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery
2. I snatched you from the power of Egypt and from the hand of all your oppressors.
3. I drove them from before you and gave them your land.
4. I said to you, ‘I am the LORD your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.’

End:

But you have not listened to me.”

“‘But may they who love you be like the sun when it rises in its strength.'” – Judges 5:31

“Picture a piece of embroidery placed between you and God, with the right side up toward God. Man sees the loose, frayed ends; but God sees the pattern.” – Corrie ten Boom