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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Usually we think of methods of intake as falling into four categories – hearing the Word taught by our pastors and teachers (Jeremiah 3:15), reading the Bible ourselves (Deuteronomy 17:19), studying the Scriptures intently (Proverbs 2:1-5), and memorizing key passages (Psalm 119:11). All of these methods are needed for a balanced intake of the Word… [But] we must do more than hear, read, study, or memorize Scripture. We must [also] meditate on it (Joshua 1:8).
Jerry Bridges

Here, then, is the crucial question which we have been leading up to. Have we ever opened our door to Christ? Have we ever invited Him in? This was exactly the question which I needed to have put to me. For, intellectually speaking, I had believed in Jesus all my life, on the other side of the door. I had regularly struggled to say my prayers through the key-hole. I had even pushed pennies under the door in a vain attempt to pacify Him. I had been baptized, yes and confirmed as well. I went to church, read my Bible, had high ideals, and tried to be good and do good. But all the time, often without realizing it, I was holding Christ at arm’s length, and keeping Him outside. I knew that to open the door might have momentous consequences. I am profoundly grateful to Him for enabling me to open the door. Looking back now over more than fifty years, I realize that that simple step has changed the entire direction, course and quality of my life.
John Stott

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    JUDGES

    JUDGES, Extraordinary

    1. Raised up to deliver Israel # Jud 2:16
    2. Upheld and strengthened by God # Jud 2:18
    3. Remarkable for their faith # Heb 11:32
    4. NAMES OF 4a) Othniel

      # Jud 3:9,10

    4b) Ehud # Jud 3:15 4c) Shamgar # Jud 3:31 4d) Deborah # Jud 4:4 4e) Gideon # Jud 6:11 4f) Abimelech # Jud 9:6 4g) Tola # Jud 10:1 4h) Jair # Jud 10:3 4i) Jephthah # Jud 11:1 4j) Ibzan # Jud 12:8 4k) Elon # Jud 12:11 4l) Abdon # Jud 12:13 4m) Samson # Jud 13:24,25 16:31 4n) Eli # 1Sa 4:18 4o) Samuel # 1Sa 7:6,15-17 5) During four hundred and fifty years # Ac 13:20 6) Not without intermission # Jud 17:6 18:1 19:1 21:25 7) The office of, not always for life, or hereditary # Jud 8:23,29 8) Israel not permanently or spiritually benefitted by # Jud 2:17-19

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