Right now we're going to hear another powerful Sunday message and our prayer is that you are encouraged and empowered to love God, love people and make disciples no matter where you are.

We've been in a series called By Faith, and we've been looking at Hebrews 11.

And some people say that Hebrews 11 is the chapter of the great hall of faith.

Some people say that Hebrews 11 is the chapter of the legends of faith.

But really, it is about ordinary people who simply believed in an extraordinary God.

And because they did so, they saw the power of God move in their lives.

Over the past few months or weeks or however long we've been in the series for a while, if you've been following us, we've been hearing about some great men of faith and some great women of faith.

Right now, we're going to hear another powerful Sunday message, and our prayer is that you are encouraged and empowered to love God, love people, and make disciples no matter where you are.

Is anybody thankful for Jesus in this house today? Is anybody grateful for the Lord today? If you are grateful for the Lord today, would you give Him a shout of praise? Would you give Him a shout of praise? We're not here to praise any man or any woman.

We're here to lift up the name of Jesus.

Let's give Him the glory and the praise that He deserves.

Hallelujah.

Thank you, Lord.

Thank you, God, that you are in this place.

we

meet Gideon.

Judges 6, 11 to 16.

Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abizer.

I hope I said all of those right.

Gideon, son of Joash, was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites.

The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, Mighty hero, the Lord is with you.

of abandoning us.

Amen.

Thank you, Ed.

It was exactly two days after I gave my life to Jesus that I was asked to pray my very first prayer in front of somebody.

That somebody was Pastor Mitch.

In our very first new believers session, she put me on the spot and she told me to pray.

I thought, is this lady for real? I've only been a believer for 48 hours.

I don't even know how to pray.

Have you been waiting