How God Uses Ordinary People: Knowing God’s Voice, Daily Bible Study, Daily Devotional

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Hearing Jesus: Daily Affirmations & Bible Study Podcast

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🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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How God Uses Ordinary People: Knowing God’s Voice, Daily Bible Study, Daily Devotional In this episode, Rachael explores the story of Deborah and Jael from the Book of Judges, highlighting how God uses unexpected people and ordinary tools to achieve divine victory. The narrative focuses on Jael, a woman who, despite not being a soldier or an Israelite, plays a crucial role in delivering Israel from oppression. Rachael emphasizes themes of courage, obedience, and the importance of being available to God’s calling, regardless of one’s qualifications or societal status. The episode encourages listeners to recognize their potential to be used by God in significant ways, even when they feel small or unqualified. This podcast devotional is a companion to Knowing God’s Voice, Grab Your Printed Copy Here! Show Information: ☆Have a question for Rachael? Ask it here: Ask Rachael a Question ☆Join Rachael for Bible Study Live in Rome this fall: BibleStudyLive.org ☆Join Rachael for Knowing Jesus Live this October: Knowing Jesus Live ☆Get Ad-Free Episodes, Bonus Content, and more here: ⁠ patreon.com/HearingJesus⁠ ☆To Learn More About Sponsoring a Child, check out Compassion International here: ➤ Sponsor a Child ☆Schedule Spiritual Direction or Life Coaching with Rachael here: One on One Session ☆If you would like to give to Hearing Jesus and financially support the podcast, you can do so here ! ➤ Give Here ☆Connect further with Rachael ! ☆Facebook ➤https://www.facebook.com/SheHears.org/ ☆Instagram ➤ https://www.instagram.com/rachael.d.groll/ ☆Website ➤ Hearing Jesus ☆Shop Christian Resources ➤ https://www.rachaelgroll.com/resources ☆Coaching/Spiritual Direction ➤ https://www.rachaelgroll.com/coaching Takeaways God often uses unexpected people and tools to fulfill His plans. JL's story illustrates that courage can come from unlikely sources. Obedience to God can lead to significant breakthroughs. It's not about your qualifications, but your willingness to act. God's victory can come through ordinary actions and tools. The importance of being available to God’s calling. Even those who feel unseen can have a profound impact. God's engagement in our battles is active and powerful. Victory often comes through faithfulness in small moments. Recognizing God's voice is essential for responding in faith. Chapters 00:00 God's Unexpected Tools 09:18 The Role of JL in Deliverance 17:13 Courage and Obedience in the Ordinary Bible, Bible Study, Devotions, Devotional, Daily Devotional, Prayer, Jesus, God, Holy Spirit, Spiritual Growth, hearing God’s voice, Hearing God, Hearing Jesus, Praying, Pray, God’s Word, Scriptures Hearing Jesus, Knowing God's Voice, Female Prophets, Bible Study, Spiritual Growth, Christian Podcast, Faith Journey, Obedience, God's Communication, Personal Reflections, prophecy, faith, surrender, spiritual gifts, women's ministry, Christian podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.5	Hey friends. I'm Rachel Grohl and I'm your host for the Hearing Jesus Podcast, where I help you to know God and to make him known.
1:12.8	Have you ever looked at your circumstances and thought, there's no way God could use this?
1:19.3	Maybe what you have feels too small. Maybe you feel like you're too unlikely. But God has this habit of flipping the script.
1:30.8	And he uses unexpected people and unexpected tools to bring about his plans.
1:37.8	In today's episode, we're continuing the story of Deborah in judges. And this part,
1:43.2	it's anything but ordinary. There's a tent peg, a courageous
1:47.7	woman named J.L, and a divine victory that came in a really unconventional way. What we're about to
1:54.4	see is how God works through what we might call weakness and how he invites us to participate
1:59.6	in his plans, even when we feel unqualified.
2:03.5	So if you've ever wondered whether God could use someone like you, then this episode is for you.
2:09.9	So we're going to start off by reading Judges Chapter 4 verses 11 through 24. I'm reading from the ESV
2:16.1	today. I want to just let you know, parts of
2:21.1	scripture sometimes are hard to read. Just a little bit of a trigger warning there is a murder
2:25.1	that takes place in today's episode that we're going to be talking about. Just brace yourself for that.
2:29.4	So starting at verse 11, we're in Judges chapter 4. Now, Heber, the Kenite, had separated from the kenites the descendants of hobab the father
2:36.9	love moses and pitched his tent as far away as the oak in zananim which is near kadesh when cister was told that barak the son of abanoam had gone up to mount tabor
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