Gideon (Judges 6) #2

Perhaps he wasn't listening

Angel (Jesus?) said I will be with you' (slide)

Moses

Isaac

Jacob

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Joshua

In the Bible, whenever God had a big job

'I will be with you'

I have heard it (and H)

Daughter poorly

X everything will be OK

X she doesn't have meningitis

Gideon 'lack of faith'?

Perhaps - Hebrews?

Why pray when you can spend all night worrying?

x terrible to seek confirmation

Just because you have an idea, doesn't nec. it's from God

Money

virus (more than Midianites)

family/relationships

Adrian Plass -if I see 12 juggling circus midgets

Test ideas

Bible/other Christians/prayer

Gideon was told God was with him (clothed by the spirit)

children's education

In OT HS blessed people for specific purposes

Since J HS is available all the time

J said behold I shall be with you until the end of the age

and that's a promise for you and for me

Gideon was going to have to be obedient in the face of logic - so God was patient

Gideon worried about Israel

Disciples