Ehud

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Ehud

• Courage Ehud risked death by planning to kill
  Eglon.
• Trust Ehud executed his plan calmly under
  pressure (318-26).
• Shrewdness Ehud realized that the only way to
  win was by working alone Eglon had at least
  10,000 troops (329)!
• Spiritual leadership Ehud invited others to act
  based on faith in God (327-29).
• Humility Ehud gave God credit (328).

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To think about

• Courage is being willing to trust God even if
  there seems to be no way out and no one who will
  join you.
• Wisdom is to seek for solutions from God that
  require me to trust, but also act.

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Acting on faith when we dont know the ending

• (Hebrews 111) Now faith is being sure of what
  we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
• (Hebrews 117-8) By faith Noah, when warned
  about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an
  ark to save his family.8 By faith Abraham,
  when called to go to a place he would later
  receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even
  though he did not know where he was going.

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Faith Issues to think about

• Courage is being willing to trust God even if
  there seems to be no way out and no one who will
  join you.
• Wisdom is to seek for solutions from God that
  require me to trust, but also act.
• Spiritual leadership is asking others to actively
  trust God with you.

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Shamgar- the ox goad
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Shamgar

• Faith Shamgar trusted God to help him overcome
  extreme odds defeating 600 Philistines.
• Creativity Shamgar used an unconventional weapon
  to battle the Philistines.
• Courage in a time of fear Shamgar fought when
  others wouldnt even travel roads in fear of
  attack (Judges 56).

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To think about

• Faith is trusting that God can use me differently
  than He uses others.
• Courage is facing fears instead of hiding from
  them.
• (Psalms 563-4) When I am afraid, I will trust
  in you. 4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I
  trust I will not be afraid. What can mortal man
  do to me?