Welcome to the Daily Blade. The Word of God is described as the sword of the spirit, the primary

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and Kyle Thompson, and they stand ready to equip men for the fight. Let's sharpen up.

Hi, guys, all week we've looked at different passages of scripture that revealed to us

and remind us Christian men that we were born for battle. So we looked at some Pauline letter.

We looked at one Pauline letter. We looked at, uh, or actually it was a couple of Pauline letters.

There you go. I'm trying to remember my own week, guys. We also looked at the Psalm of David,

and today we're in the book of judges chapter six. There you go. I'm trying to remember my own week, guys. We also looked at the Psalm of David, and today we're in the book of Judges, Chapter 6. So this is where we were introduced or are introduced to a coward turned conqueror, and that's Gideon. So the story of Gideon starts

in West Manasana near the Sea of Galilee, and during this period, the Israelites had turned

away from God, and for that, God delivered them into the hands of theirilee. And during this period, the Israelites had turned away from God.

And for that, God delivered them into the hands of their enemies, the Medianites. So the Medianites ravaged the land. You know, they massively impoverished Israelites. And finally, the Israelites turned away from the pagan gods that they had been worshipping and turned to the real God to help. So God's answer to them was, well, it's going to come from an unlikely source, but here's

Gideon, okay?

So we first meet Gideon while he is threshing wheat in a wine press.

Now, if you just heard me say that, that part could be easily skipped over, okay?

But here's why it's important.

Threshing wheat was a process that normally took place above ground because the wind was actually used to help with the method of separation.

However, Gideon was so afraid of the Midianites and what they might do to him that he is actually performing this action in a wine press,

which is underground, okay? So in other words, he's hiding like a little coward. And this is when,

you know, all the things change for Gideon. We go to Judges 6, verse 12. When the angel of the Lord

appeared to Gideon, he said, the Lord is with you, mighty warrior.

Now, obviously, this is kind of ironic because Gideon is actually hiding, right? He's scared.

But God was calling him a mighty warrior. I mean, this is just so unbelievably important.

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