Archive for July 7th, 2009
When is the last time you prayed for the ability, desire, and opportunity to lead? (77-2)
Over the next days, the book of Judges will be the source material for these daily leadership devotionals. The book of Judges received its name from the leaders who God gave temporary responsibility for the nation of Israel from the time of Joshua until the beginning of the monarchy. The period of the Judges was about 200 years. Read the book of Judges.
The United States is just over 200 years old, to get a picture of the challenge Israel faced, imagine the USA without a central leader. Not only would each state make their own decisions and determine how to apply the known laws but more likely each county or, as we saw with some of the feuds between families in various parts of the country in the early 1900s (i.e. the Hatfields and the McCoys), probably each family group.
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