Judges ⁽²¹⁾

Passage Read: Judges 18-21 Meditation Verse: 19:25 There is so much carnage in these last chapters of Judges, not just war, but rape and idolatry. It's like Israel has learned nothing. How far they have fallen! These are not the times or the practices to…

Passage Read: Judges 14-17 Meditation Verses: 16:30-31 What was God thinking when He chose Samson as judge? Was Israel so clueless at this point that Samson was the best He could find? God uses him and blesses him with great strength, but he is no…

Passage Read: Judges 10-13 Meditation Verse: 10:16 The Israelites had sinned against the Lord again, abandoning Him to worship the idols of the nations around them. So the Lord allowed the Ammonites and Philistines to oppress them eighteen years! The Israelites suffered bitterly because of…

Passage Read: Judges 6-9 Meditation Verse: 9:57 The Lord hears the curses we proclaim against others, especially if they have done evil in God's sight. Abimelech killed his brothers and so Gideon's line was almost completely wiped out. But one son survived and cursed Abimelech…

Passage Read: Judges 2-5 Meditation Verses: 2:12-15 How could a generation arise that didn't know the Lord? Because they dwelt among people who worshiped other gods, and those gods didn't demand obedience, but only gifts, and allowed and encouraged fleshly desires be satisfied in worship…