Judges 6-8, Psalm 72
Judges 7:9-11 (NLT)
“That night the Lord said, ‘Get up! Go down into the Midianite camp, for I have given you victory over them! But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah. Listen to what the Midianites are saying, and you will be greatly encouraged. Then you will be eager to attack.’”
In Judges 7:9–11, the Lord told Gideon to go down and spy on the camp of the Midianites so that he could be encouraged. The Lord knew Gideon had doubts about whether his army of only 300 men could defeat the Midianites. One Bible commentary I read noted that there were about 400 Midianite soldiers for every one soldier in Gideon’s army. Although the Lord had already promised Gideon victory, He also understood Gideon’s fear and uncertainty. Father-God knew Gideon needed encouragement in the natural so that he could move forward with confidence.
These verses remind me that the Lord knows everything about us, including our fears and doubts. Father-God wanted to encourage Gideon and give him assurance before the battle, even though the situation looked impossible from a human perspective. Earlier, Gideon had already shown the Lord that he struggled with doubt. He asked for signs to confirm that he had truly been called to lead Israel into battle against the Midianites, and the Lord patiently gave him the confirmation he needed.
I love these verses because they remind me that when the Lord calls someone, He is patient with their doubts. I once assumed that when Father-God called me to something, my doubts would immediately disappear. But I later realized that was not the case. Like Gideon, I found myself questioning whether I was the right person for what the Lord had asked me to do. I did not ask for miracles the way Gideon did, but I often prayed for the confidence to take the next step.
With each step of obedience, the Lord strengthened my confidence. As I moved forward in faith, my fears gradually subsided. Looking back, I can see that I succeeded not because I was fearless, but because the Lord was with me the entire time.
If these verses resonate with you — if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who patiently strengthens those He calls to fulfill His purposes — this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Monday, March 16, 2026
Day 71 Bible Readings for March 14 - Judges 5:26-27 (NLT)
Judges 4-5, Psalm 71
Judges 5:26-27 (NLT)
“Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg, and with her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head. With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples. He sank, he fell, he lay still at her feet. And where he sank, there he died.”
In Judges 5:26–27, Deborah the prophet sings about what Jael did to Sisera, the commander of the Canaanite army. Deborah had received a word from the Lord and told Barak, the son of Abinoam from Kedesh, to go into battle against Sisera, assuring him that the Lord would deliver Sisera into his hand. Barak, however, insisted that Deborah go with him into battle. Because of this, Deborah received another word from the Lord that a woman would defeat Sisera instead of Barak.
Barak defeated Sisera’s army in battle, but Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. Jael welcomed him into her tent, but while he slept, she drove a tent peg through his temple, and he died.
These verses remind me that the Lord can use anyone to accomplish His purposes. Father-God’s use of Jael was unexpected because she was not a descendant of Abraham, and because she broke a cultural expectation of hospitality by killing a guest whom her husband had made peace with. The Lord’s justice came in an unexpected way, reminding believers to trust in Father-God’s timing and methods.
I experienced something similar in a previous job where I had a supervisor who treated employees poorly. During that time, I often prayed to the Lord to rescue me from the situation. Eventually the Lord answered my prayer, and through a company restructuring I was transferred to a different supervisor.
Several years later, although I did not witness it personally, I learned that this supervisor was escorted from the building by security and was not even allowed to remove the photographs of her children from the wall. Hearing about what happened shocked me and made me realize that the Lord’s justice often arrives in ways we do not expect. It also reminded me that God’s timing is not the same as our timing.
If these verses resonate with you — if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who brings justice in ways we may not anticipate — this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Judges 5:26-27 (NLT)
“Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg, and with her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head. With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples. He sank, he fell, he lay still at her feet. And where he sank, there he died.”
In Judges 5:26–27, Deborah the prophet sings about what Jael did to Sisera, the commander of the Canaanite army. Deborah had received a word from the Lord and told Barak, the son of Abinoam from Kedesh, to go into battle against Sisera, assuring him that the Lord would deliver Sisera into his hand. Barak, however, insisted that Deborah go with him into battle. Because of this, Deborah received another word from the Lord that a woman would defeat Sisera instead of Barak.
Barak defeated Sisera’s army in battle, but Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite. Jael welcomed him into her tent, but while he slept, she drove a tent peg through his temple, and he died.
These verses remind me that the Lord can use anyone to accomplish His purposes. Father-God’s use of Jael was unexpected because she was not a descendant of Abraham, and because she broke a cultural expectation of hospitality by killing a guest whom her husband had made peace with. The Lord’s justice came in an unexpected way, reminding believers to trust in Father-God’s timing and methods.
I experienced something similar in a previous job where I had a supervisor who treated employees poorly. During that time, I often prayed to the Lord to rescue me from the situation. Eventually the Lord answered my prayer, and through a company restructuring I was transferred to a different supervisor.
Several years later, although I did not witness it personally, I learned that this supervisor was escorted from the building by security and was not even allowed to remove the photographs of her children from the wall. Hearing about what happened shocked me and made me realize that the Lord’s justice often arrives in ways we do not expect. It also reminded me that God’s timing is not the same as our timing.
If these verses resonate with you — if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who brings justice in ways we may not anticipate — this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Friday, March 13, 2026
Day 70 Bible Readings - Judges 2:2-3 (NLT)
Judges 1-3, Psalm 70
Judges 2:2-3 (NLT)
“For your part, you were not to make any covenants with the people living in this land; instead, you were to destroy their altars. But you disobeyed my command. Why did you do this? So now I declare that I will no longer drive out the people living in your land. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a constant temptation to you.”
In Judges 2:2–3, the Angel of the Lord tells the descendants of Abraham that they had disobeyed Father-God’s command to avoid alliances that could lead them into idolatry. Instead, they made covenants with the Canaanites and failed to destroy their altars. Because of this disobedience, the Lord decided that He would no longer drive out the Canaanites for them in the same miraculous way He had before. The Canaanites would remain in the land as a constant problem, becoming both a source of harassment and a temptation for the people.
One Bible commentary I read noted that the Lord requires partnership from believers in a covenant relationship. While Father-God sometimes delivers people from problems miraculously, more often He expects His people to take action as part of that partnership. The descendants of Abraham could have continued driving out the Canaanites themselves, but it seems they stopped fighting when the task became too difficult. Another commentary pointed out that some believers hope the Lord will do the work of maturing their faith for them. But spiritual growth usually requires effort and vigilance from us as well. The Lord partners with His people, but believers must remain committed to that covenant.
I have seen this pattern in my own life, particularly in my relationship with money. At one point, I prayed for the Lord to help me earn more so that I could tithe more and give to ministries I cared about. Father-God helped me succeed in that goal, but I slowly became so focused on making money that I lost sight of why I had pursued it in the first place. The pursuit itself became exciting and gratifying to my ego, and before long I found myself drifting away from the Lord.
My church attendance became irregular, and my relationship with the Lord weakened. As I moved further away from Him, stress and worry began to take over my life. I became afraid of losing everything I had gained financially, and my focus shifted entirely to maintaining that success rather than nurturing my relationship with God.
Eventually I realized what had happened. I repented, asked the Lord for forgiveness, and slowly began rebuilding my relationship with Him. As I returned to that relationship, the stress and fear that had consumed me began to fade. Today I have less anxiety about money, and I no longer live in constant fear of not having enough.
If these verses resonate with you — if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who invites you into a partnership that brings peace and purpose — this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Judges 2:2-3 (NLT)
“For your part, you were not to make any covenants with the people living in this land; instead, you were to destroy their altars. But you disobeyed my command. Why did you do this? So now I declare that I will no longer drive out the people living in your land. They will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a constant temptation to you.”
In Judges 2:2–3, the Angel of the Lord tells the descendants of Abraham that they had disobeyed Father-God’s command to avoid alliances that could lead them into idolatry. Instead, they made covenants with the Canaanites and failed to destroy their altars. Because of this disobedience, the Lord decided that He would no longer drive out the Canaanites for them in the same miraculous way He had before. The Canaanites would remain in the land as a constant problem, becoming both a source of harassment and a temptation for the people.
One Bible commentary I read noted that the Lord requires partnership from believers in a covenant relationship. While Father-God sometimes delivers people from problems miraculously, more often He expects His people to take action as part of that partnership. The descendants of Abraham could have continued driving out the Canaanites themselves, but it seems they stopped fighting when the task became too difficult. Another commentary pointed out that some believers hope the Lord will do the work of maturing their faith for them. But spiritual growth usually requires effort and vigilance from us as well. The Lord partners with His people, but believers must remain committed to that covenant.
I have seen this pattern in my own life, particularly in my relationship with money. At one point, I prayed for the Lord to help me earn more so that I could tithe more and give to ministries I cared about. Father-God helped me succeed in that goal, but I slowly became so focused on making money that I lost sight of why I had pursued it in the first place. The pursuit itself became exciting and gratifying to my ego, and before long I found myself drifting away from the Lord.
My church attendance became irregular, and my relationship with the Lord weakened. As I moved further away from Him, stress and worry began to take over my life. I became afraid of losing everything I had gained financially, and my focus shifted entirely to maintaining that success rather than nurturing my relationship with God.
Eventually I realized what had happened. I repented, asked the Lord for forgiveness, and slowly began rebuilding my relationship with Him. As I returned to that relationship, the stress and fear that had consumed me began to fade. Today I have less anxiety about money, and I no longer live in constant fear of not having enough.
If these verses resonate with you — if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who invites you into a partnership that brings peace and purpose — this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Day 69 Bible Readings - Joshua 24:14-15 (NLT)
Joshua 22-24, Psalm 69
Joshua 24:14-15 (NLT)
“So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone. But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”
In Joshua 24:14–15, Joshua challenges the people to serve the Lord exclusively. He tells them they must put away the gods their ancestors once worshiped. Joshua reminds the people that in a covenant relationship there is no coercion. They must make a conscious choice to enter into that covenant and serve the Lord. Surrounded by foreign gods, the people needed to remain vigilant and committed to Father-God. Joshua also highlights that the decision to serve the Lord affects not only the present generation but also those who come after them.
These verses remind me that being in a covenant relationship with the Lord requires a conscious choice each day. A believer must remain in that relationship by choice, not simply out of habit or tradition. I have observed in my own life that for a time I remained in relationship with the Lord mainly because of my Christian upbringing and habit. Even after I became born again, I did not immediately realize that choosing the Lord is something that must be renewed daily.
Whenever my relationship with the Lord became something I followed out of habit rather than intentional choice, I experienced a sense of discontent. But when I made it a daily practice to consciously choose the Lord and remain in covenant with Him, I experienced peace. When you love the Lord, obedience becomes a privilege rather than a burden. As my life became more aligned with the Lord’s plan, I began to see His guidance more clearly, and the Holy Spirit helped me navigate problems with wisdom and direction.
If these verses resonate with you — if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who invites you into a living covenant relationship that brings peace and purpose — this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
Joshua 24:14-15 (NLT)
“So fear the Lord and serve him wholeheartedly. Put away forever the idols your ancestors worshiped when they lived beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Serve the Lord alone. But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”
In Joshua 24:14–15, Joshua challenges the people to serve the Lord exclusively. He tells them they must put away the gods their ancestors once worshiped. Joshua reminds the people that in a covenant relationship there is no coercion. They must make a conscious choice to enter into that covenant and serve the Lord. Surrounded by foreign gods, the people needed to remain vigilant and committed to Father-God. Joshua also highlights that the decision to serve the Lord affects not only the present generation but also those who come after them.
These verses remind me that being in a covenant relationship with the Lord requires a conscious choice each day. A believer must remain in that relationship by choice, not simply out of habit or tradition. I have observed in my own life that for a time I remained in relationship with the Lord mainly because of my Christian upbringing and habit. Even after I became born again, I did not immediately realize that choosing the Lord is something that must be renewed daily.
Whenever my relationship with the Lord became something I followed out of habit rather than intentional choice, I experienced a sense of discontent. But when I made it a daily practice to consciously choose the Lord and remain in covenant with Him, I experienced peace. When you love the Lord, obedience becomes a privilege rather than a burden. As my life became more aligned with the Lord’s plan, I began to see His guidance more clearly, and the Holy Spirit helped me navigate problems with wisdom and direction.
If these verses resonate with you — if you feel drawn to place your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who invites you into a living covenant relationship that brings peace and purpose — this may be your moment. Open your heart to Him. Speak to Him in prayer. Tell Him you trust Him and desire to walk with Him. He is faithful, and He will meet you exactly where you are.
Heavenly Father, I give You my life. Please forgive me for all my sins and wash me clean through the blood of Jesus. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead, and I confess with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. I receive Your forgiveness and the gift of salvation. Thank You, Lord—I am saved, I am forgiven, I am clean, and I am made new in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you prayed this prayer, welcome to the family of Father-God! I encourage you to find and join a Holy Spirit–filled, full-Gospel, Bible-based church where you can grow in your faith and experience the Lord’s love, signs, wonders, and miracles in your life.
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