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1. Thanks for joining me today for “A Little Walk with God.” I’m your host Richard Agee.
2. Topic Introduction with headline.
3. Scripture
   1. Judges 6:24
   2. So Gideon built an altar to the Lord there and called it The Lord Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
4. Devotional
   1. Jehovah-Shalom, The Lord is peace
   2. The story surrounding this verse is anything but one of peace
      1. Midianites raided the Israelites at will
      2. Stole their crops, livestock
      3. Left them in poverty with just enough to sustain life until the next harvest
      4. Gideon threshed grain in a winepress to hide from the raiders
   3. God chose him to lead an army against these marauders
      1. A war would start that would cost countless lives
      2. Gideon built an altar and called God, Jehovah-Shalom, the Lord is peace
      3. Seems contradictory
   4. Why could Gideon call God, Jehovah-Shalom?
      1. Brought peace to his own heart
         1. Warrior that came to the winepress wasn’t there to take the grain
         2. Didn’t die when he discovered it was an angel
         3. Discovered purpose for his life
      2. Saw future peace for Israel
         1. God had a plan to rescue His people
         2. God would defeat their oppressors
         3. God would bring peace to His land
   5. Can you call God, Jehovah-Shalom?
      1. What is causing turmoil in your life?
      2. What seems too big to conquer?
      3. What enemies seem to stand at the door about to break in?
      4. God is bigger. God has a plan. God is almighty and conquers all.
      5. Then God brings peace to the troubled heart.
      6. He brings victory through impossible situations.
      7. God gives peace when peace seems beyond hope
   6. Examine your life today. Remember we serve Jehovah-Shalom, the Lord is peace. He can bring peace to you today no matter what you might be facing.
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