Defying The Odds #1 – Regular to Remarkable 

Defying The Odds #1 – Regular to Remarkable 
Pastor Blake Hanson | 3.23.25 

God is an expert at taking what is and turning it into the . 

Judges 6:1–2 (NLT)

1 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. So the Lord handed them over to the Midianites for seven years. 

2 The Midianites were so cruel that the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.

Disobedience to God leads to in our own lives. 

Proverbs 14:12 (NLT)

12 There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

TO MOVE FROM REGULAR TO REMARKABLE… 

1. and cry out to God. 

Judges 6:7–10 (NLT) 

7 When they cried out to the Lord because of Midian, 

8 the Lord sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of slavery in Egypt. 

9 I rescued you from the Egyptians and from all who oppressed you. I drove out your enemies and gave you their land. 

10 I told you, ‘I am the Lord your God. You must not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you now live.’ But you have not listened to me.”

Ecclesiastes 12:13 (NIV)

13 Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.

2. See myself as sees me. 

Judges 6:11–12 (NLT) 

11 Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer. Gideon son of Joash was threshing wheat at the bottom of a winepress to hide the grain from the Midianites. 

12The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, “Mighty hero, the Lord is with you!”

Judges 6:14–15 (NLT) 

14Then the Lord turned to him and said, “Go with the strength you have, and rescue Israel from the Midianites. I am sending you!” 

15“But Lord,” Gideon replied, “how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the whole tribe of Manasseh, and I am the least in my entire family!”

1 Samuel 16:7 (NIV)

7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

3. Seek .  

Listen to who into your life. 

Judges 6:17–18 (NLT)

17 Gideon replied, “If you are truly going to help me, show me a sign to prove that it is really the Lord speaking to me. 

18 Don’t go away until I come back and bring my offering to you.” He answered, “I will stay here until you return.”

Find others to with you. 

Judges 6:25 (NLT)

25 That night the Lord said to Gideon, “Take the second bull from your father’s herd, the one that is seven years old. Pull down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole standing beside it.

Judges 6:27 (NLT)

27 So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had commanded. But he did it at night because he was afraid of the other members of his father’s household and the people of the town.

Judges 6:30–31 (NLT)

30 “Bring out your son,” the men of the town demanded of Joash. “He must die for destroying the altar of Baal and for cutting down the Asherah pole.” 

31But Joash shouted to the mob that confronted him, “Why are you defending Baal? Will you argue his case? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal truly is a god, let him defend himself and destroy the one who broke down his altar!”

Keep God in all you do. 

Judges 6:39–40 (NLT)

39 Then Gideon said to God, “Please don’t be angry with me, but let me make one more request. Let me use the fleece for one more test. This time let the fleece remain dry while the ground around it is wet with dew.” 

40 So that night God did as Gideon asked. The fleece was dry in the morning, but the ground was covered with dew.

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