theGATHERING

“God, IF You’ll then I’ll…”

Have you ever tried to put God into your program? You may know what God has already said. You may have memorized it in your heart, but you’re still questioning what God wants you to do. The same was true for Gideon. Consider the similarities–an encounter with God, obedience to the command, and being clothed [...]

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What’s in your backyard?

“The Lord is with you; Oh Valiant warrior” and “Go in this your strength and deliver… have I not sent you” haunted Gideon. The task – Huge The risk – Insurmountable The companions – FEW How can someone go from being a fearful man in hiding, one who questions God’s faithfulness, to a man who [...]

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Paralyzed, Problems, and the Presence

Inadequacy Discouragement Insignificance Constantly being beat down everywhere you turn? Weak, faltering, doubting, faith-less? The children of Israel had lived in bondage for a total of 43 years. The cycle of sin continues, each time the progression of captivity and oppression intensifying. Within the worst oppression Israel has experienced, a strange hero with staggering faith [...]

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the song

We’re commissioned by the king. There is a task. There is a cause. Yet, there are millions that are sitting on the sidelines. There are times in life when we stand back and look at the way that we’re responding to the command of the Lord of Hosts. It’s easy for our service to fall [...]

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a few good men

The times were dark. There arose a generation that did not know the Lord nor the mighty things that He had done for Israel. In other words, an entire generation lived in the lap of luxoury without really understanding who it was that brought them there or the great things God had accomplished despite all [...]

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Dying to be Free

Freedom. Liberation. Independence. They’re available to you. Yet, we often find ourselves stuck in a cycle of sin. We engage in sin, apathetic to what we know the result will be, and then it eventually leads to bondage. We sit in shame for a few moments, hours, days, or years… and then we cry out [...]

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