Philippians 4:6-7 (TPT) Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Love, No Matter What the Race Outcome #2 = My wisdom becomes something people desire to HappinessFebruary is All About 22-23, My 2020 Character have. May 9-10, 2020 Judges 4:5 (GNB) Great character is a: She would sit under the Palm of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites would go to her for judgement. Calm faith during a critical crisis. Outcome #3 = My confidence is unshakable when God is at the Judges 4:3-4 (NLT) center. Sisera, who had 900 chariots, ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help. Judges 4:6-7 (NLT) Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam, who lived in Kedesh in the that time. land of Naphtali. She said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, commands you: Call out 10,000 warriors from the tribes of Naphtali and Courageous leadership during overwhelming opposition. Zebulun at Mount Tabor. And I will call out Sisera, commander of Jabin’s army, along with his chariots and warriors, to the Kishon River. There I will Judges 4:8 (NLT) give you victory over him.” Barak told her, “I will go, but only if you go with me.” Outcome #4 = My leadership makes everyone around the best Complete commitment to God’s glory during testosterone-filled version of themselves. battles Judges 4:10-14 (NLT) Judges 4:9 (NLT) …Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day the Lord will “Very well,” she replied, “I will go with you. But you will receive no honor give you victory over Sisera, for the Lord is marching ahead of you.” So in this venture, for the Lord’s victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a Barak led his 10,000 warriors down the slopes of Mount Tabor into battle. woman.” So Deborah went to Barak to Kedesh. Outcome #5 = My victories surpass my personal capabilities and Deborah’s character produces happy outcomes: human understanding. Outcome #1 = My life is peaceful, even when the world is falling Judges 4:15-16 (NLT) apart. When Barak attacked, the Lord threw Sisera and all his chariots and warriors into a panic. Sisera leaped down from his chariot and escaped on Judges 4:1-4 (NLT) foot. Then Barak chased the chariots and the enemy army all the way to After Ehud’s death, the Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. So Harosheth-haggoyim, killing all of Sisera’s warriors. Not a single one was the Lord turned them over to King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite king. The left alive. commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-haggoyim. Sisera who had 900 chariots, ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites for Outcome #6 = My influence inspires others to greatness. twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help. Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at that time. Judges 4:18-24 (NLT) Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come into my tent, sir. Come in. Don’t be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a blanket. “Please give me some water,” he said. “I’m thirsty.” So she gave him some milk from a leather bag and covered him again. “Stand at the door of the tent,” he told her. “If anybody comes and asks you if there is anyone here, say no.” But when Sisera fell asleep from exhaustion, Jael quietly crept up to him with a hammer and tent peg in her hand. Then she drove the tent peg through his temple and into the ground, and so he died. When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. She said, “Come, and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he followed her into the tent and found Sisera lying there dead, with the tent peg through his temple. So on that day Israel saw God defeat Jabin, the Canaanite king. And from that time on Israel became stronger and stronger against King Jabin until they finally destroyed him. Judges 5:31 (NLT) “Lord, may all your enemies die like Sisera! But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!” Then there was peace in the land for forty years. Philippians 4:6-7 (TPT) Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. Outcome #2 = My ___________________ becomes something people Love, No Matter What the Race desire to have. HappinessFebruary is All About 22-23, My 2020 Character May 9-10, 2020 Judges 4:5 (GNB) She would sit under the Palm of Deborah, between Ramah and Bethel in Great character is a: the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites would go to her for judgement. ______________________________ during a critical crisis. Outcome #3 = My _____________________ is unshakable when God is at the center. Judges 4:3-4 (NLT) Sisera, who had 900 chariots, ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites for Judges 4:6-7 (NLT) twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help. One day she sent for Barak son of Abinoam, who lived in Kedesh in the Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel land of Naphtali. She said to him, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, at that time. commands you: Call out 10,000 warriors from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun at Mount Tabor. And I will call out Sisera, commander of Jabin’s ___________________________________________ during army, along with his chariots and warriors, to the Kishon River. There I will overwhelming opposition. give you victory over him.” Judges 4:8 (NLT) Outcome #4 = My __________________________ makes everyone Barak told her, “I will go, but only if you go with me.” around the best version of themselves. __________________________________________ to God’s Judges 4:10-14 (NLT) glory during testosterone-filled battles …Then Deborah said to Barak, “Get ready! This is the day the Lord will give you victory over Sisera, for the Lord is marching ahead of you.” So Judges 4:9 (NLT) Barak led his 10,000 warriors down the slopes of Mount Tabor into battle. “Very well,” she replied, “I will go with you. But you will receive no honor in this venture, for the Lord’s victory over Sisera will be at the hands of a Outcome #5 = My ______________________ surpass my personal woman.” So Deborah went to Barak to Kedesh. capabilities and human understanding. Deborah’s character produces happy outcomes: Judges 4:15-16 (NLT) When Barak attacked, the Lord threw Sisera and all his chariots and Outcome #1 = My life is _______________________, even when the warriors into a panic. Sisera leaped down from his chariot and escaped on world is falling apart. foot. Then Barak chased the chariots and the enemy army all the way to Harosheth-haggoyim, killing all of Sisera’s warriors. Not a single one was Judges 4:1-4 (NLT) left alive. After Ehud’s death, the Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight. So the Lord turned them over to King Jabin of Hazor, a Canaanite king. The Outcome #6 = My _____________________ inspires others to commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-haggoyim. greatness. Sisera who had 900 chariots, ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help. Deborah, the wife of Lappidoth, was a prophet who was judging Israel at that time. Judges 4:18-24 (NLT) Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, “Come into my tent, sir. Come in. Don’t be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a blanket. “Please give me some water,” he said. “I’m thirsty.” So she gave him some milk from a leather bag and covered him again. “Stand at the door of the tent,” he told her. “If anybody comes and asks you if there is anyone here, say no.” But when Sisera fell asleep from exhaustion, Jael quietly crept up to him with a hammer and tent peg in her hand. Then she drove the tent peg through his temple and into the ground, and so he died. When Barak came looking for Sisera, Jael went out to meet him. She said, “Come, and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he followed her into the tent and found Sisera lying there dead, with the tent peg through his temple. So on that day Israel saw God defeat Jabin, the Canaanite king. And from that time on Israel became stronger and stronger against King Jabin until they finally destroyed him. Judges 5:31 (NLT) “Lord, may all your enemies die like Sisera! But may those who love you rise like the sun in all its power!” Then there was peace in the land for forty years.