Gideon Part I: The Weakling

The Chosen People

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🗓️ 2 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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# 129 - Gideon Part I: The Weakling - In this episode of The Chosen People, Gideon hides from his enemies—and from his calling—when God meets him with an unexpected name: "mighty warrior." In this episode, we follow Gideon's journey from fear to obedience as he begins to realize that God's strength is made perfect in his weakness.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-up Episode 129 of The Chosen People is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Today's opening prayer is inspired by 2 Corinthians 12:9, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.5	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.3	Previously on the chosen people.
0:07.3	Before the breaker of chains came,
0:10.4	the Lord would send lesser heroes,
0:13.1	fractured and broken images of the deliverer to come.
0:17.4	You all call me the Lord's Man.
0:20.7	You praise me for my courage, and you have responded to my call.
0:25.4	But make no mistake, brothers.
0:27.5	We are all the Lord's men.
0:30.1	Brothers, people of Israel, hear me.
0:33.5	Follow after me.
0:34.9	For the Lord has given your enemies the Mobites into your hand. Do not fear.
0:40.4	Have I not commanded you? Be strong! Be courageous! For the Lord is with me!
0:51.3	Rise, you men of Israel, up, arise!
0:56.0	For this is the day in which the Lord has given Cicero into your hand.
1:01.0	Do not fear them!
1:03.0	Does not the Lord go before you?
1:06.0	Fight not for victory, but from it!
1:09.0	You are the chosen people. Step into your destiny. They would
1:15.7	be imperfect vessels in God's hands, crafted to lead Israel out of itself-inflicted destruction. The crisp breeze of autumn swept through the fields of Israel.
1:36.3	It was the season of harvest and the air hummed with the sounds of rejoicing.
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