1. Introduction:

God cares deeply for us, He cares for our faith. We must be willing to use the authority Jesus has given us to work with God, knowing for sure that we are doing things that are pleasing to Him. God wants to find vessels for co-laborers throughout the ages, more great figures like Paul, Samuel, and Moses. There is not enough time to serve in this era, and a great revival will be brought to the whole earth in the future. We are those who work with God, we are the vessels God uses for revival. God is always looking for a vessel, and God will choose vessels in every age. Our God works with people. God first created all things in the universe and then created man, so that man can work. God wants to work with man to govern this earth and make it greatly prosper.

In my heart, there is such a longing, I am the vessel God is looking for, and I am willing to pay all the price. I know deeply that God is looking for a small group of people in this era to bring revival to the whole earth, and we hope that we are the ones. Deep down in my heart, I believe that we are the ones who are promoting the revival of the whole earth.

Restore the gospel preached by the Apostle Paul in the beginning, the church of Jesus Christ. God once greatly used Martin Luther and others, and we long to be like them. From story of Jehovah and Gideon's sword, God wants to share with us the joy and fruit of victory. Someone once asked me how I could confirm that God had chosen me, because I deeply believe in my heart that if we are willing to believe, God is also willing to use us. The future is to be created with faith.

2. Scripture

When Gideon and his hundred men reached the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guard, they blew the trumpets and broke the jars that were in their hands. The three companies blew the trumpets and shattered the jars. Grasping the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing, they shouted, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!” Each man held his position around the camp as all the Midianites ran, crying out as they fled. When the three hundred trumpets sounded, the Lord caused the men throughout the camp to turn on each other with their swords. The army fled as far as Beth Shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath. Israelites from Naphtali, Asher and all Manasseh were called out, and they pursued the Midianites. (Judges 7:19-23)

3. Prayer

Today, You are going to raise up Gideon's army among us. We want this generation to be saved. We believe that You will raise us up, You will magnify us, You will make us a great nation, and a blessing to all nations! God's will is to use us. The future is accomplished by faith. Those who have faith are the ones who possess blessings.

4. Background

The background of this passage is that the Israelites again did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so God caused the Midianites to attack the Israelites. God performed salvation among us, and God sent a prophet to help them. Now many Christians are being oppressed by the devil. Never forsake God again, Jehovah is our God, if we turn back to God, God will turn back to us.

5. We Need to See the People of the Whole Earth Being Oppressed by the Devil

Now we can see the sick, and some Christians only introduce doctors. Once an pastor's wife had cancer, and then introduced a doctor. However, an examination revealed that it could not be cured. Start seeing our opportunity to bless people, and start knowing how many people on the whole earth need blessings. God works with people, and we are the vessels God is looking for.

Once a sister could not get healing and happiness in her church in Canada. Then she found our church's website, listened to my sermons, and became addicted. She kept listening and listening, and then contacted me online. I had a feeling that she must have many diseases. After asking, she indeed had many. So I started leading her to do healing and deliverance.

Many Christians do what is evil in the eyes of Jehovah. We do healing and deliverance not to pursue miracles, but to establish correct theological concepts. Our theological concepts are in accordance with the Bible. Service must be connected to the Bible.

Such a simple disease, behind which is only a very small demon, cannot be released in some people. There are still many Christians all over the world who are being oppressed by the devil. They do not know that it is the devil's lies and oppression, and even think that such oppression is normal. They are very eager for God to save them, but they cannot see a church like ours.

If you encounter financial difficulties or have physical illnesses, then I tell you, you are in the oppression of the devil. You are blessed to come among us. We are solving such problems, and you are not far from liberation, and victory is in sight. Why are you in such a situation? Because you do not believe that God intends to release you.

Many of us are bilingual, and are good at both Mandarin and English. If we can use our languages to serve and liberate the people of the whole earth, that would be a great opportunity.

6. Gideon's Three Confusions

If God is with us, why do these oppressive things happen to us? Why did God choose Gideon, because he had three confusions:

“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.” (Judges 6:13)

These three confusions are the confusions before revival. Many years ago, I also had these confusions. If you start to have these confusions inside, you are Gideon in God's eyes. God wants to choose you and speak to you personally.

The Lord turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel out of Midian’s hand. Am I not sending you?” (Judges 6:14)

These three confusions are the power in your hands. Today, the arm of the Lord has never been shortened. Jehovah will say to us, Go and save the Israelites, I will give you the power. When we have such confusions, God will give us answers.

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7. Although We Are Poor and Small, God Wants to Be with Us

I once asked God, God, has your mighty arm been shortened? Why can't I see your wonderful deeds? Where are they? God appeared to me in a vision, and I saw many of God's faithful servants coming to my office. God said, these people are here to see you. I said to God, I am building a small and poor church. May your good will be fulfilled in me. I am willing to be a vessel that you can use for you.

At that time, I was very much like Gideon. I loved God very much, and I also believed that God would accomplish wonderful and miraculous things. At that time in Singapore, I led my brothers and sisters to fast and pray every public holiday, asking God for 120 elite soldiers, because at that time I did not dare to ask for 300 elite soldiers. I did not know when I could see the day of God's revival.

I read Rick Joyner's The Final Quest, which talked about the era of revival in South Wales. I asked God, When will such revival come to us? A few years ago, I read a book The Sacred Challenge, God, when will revival come to us like it wrote in the book. Many people look down on us. Thank God, God is looking for Gideon and Samuel in this era. Today, the remaining 300 swords of Gideon are all God's elite soldiers. Today is the day we accept God.

I used to teach in a university, building a church while working. At that time, I thought that cooking the most delicious food and giving it to people would make them come to church. As a result, we made a mistake. Can eating, drinking and having fun build a church? Can eating, drinking and having fun bring a great revival? No, doing what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, I retreated from my job and was besieged on all sides. I thank God that God did not abandon me, and began to turn back to God.

8. Establishing a Fiery Altar

Gideon went in and prepared a young goat, and with an ephah of flour he made unleavened bread. The meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a jar, and brought them to him under the oak and presented them. And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, and put them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And he did so. Then the angel of the Lord reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. And the angel of the Lord vanished from his sight. Now Gideon perceived that he was the angel of the Lord. And Gideon said, “Alas, O Lord God! For now I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face.” But the Lord said to him, “Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die.” Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites. (Judges 6:19-24)

I once asked a pastor how to build a glorious church for God. The pastor said to pray more. Another pastor said that if two percent of the people came to church to pray, there would be revival. A year passed in the blink of an eye. Even if I am the only one left, I must pray for revival. To this day, there are prayers in the morning, noon, and evening. There are prayer meetings every day. Has it delayed studies? Has it delayed work? No, God wants to be with us. Even if we are poor and small, God will surely turn us into Gideon's sword. God will bestow grace in our midst.

I said to God, even if I am the only one, I will persevere in prayer. I persevered like this for a year, and everyone in the church became elite soldiers of the church. God accepted the sacrifice we offered. We prayed every day without delaying work and study. The brothers and sisters of the church became more and more prosperous in the spirit and their spiritual abilities became stronger and stronger. Thank God! Until today, when I look back on the road I have traveled, I find that many people are blessed because of us, because God is with us. Yesterday, a businessman came to me and said that he suddenly made more than 100,000. I said, why is this money so easy to make? He said, because God is with me! Working with God will turn around our health and financial situation!

9. Gideon Begins to Demolish the Altars of Our Idols

That night the Lord said to him, “Take your father's bull, and the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it and build an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold in the proper order, and take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah that you shall cut down.”(Judges 6:25-26)

When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built. And they said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” And after they had inquired and searched, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.” Then the men of the town said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has broken down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it.”(Judges 6:28-30)

We must have this courage to begin to tear down the worldly, idolatrous thoughts and intentions in our hearts. Today we are still alive here. Baal is not God. Our God is God. When we demolish idols, we do not die, because only God can save us. Only God is the answer to some of our problems.

10. God Will Raise Up Three Hundred Elite Soldiers

Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home and hurry away from Mount Gilead.’” Then 22,000 of the people returned, and 10,000 remained.(Judges 7:3)

And there were three hundred men who lapped, putting their hands to their mouths. And all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water. And the Lord said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let all the others go every man to his home.” So the people took provisions in their hands and their trumpets. And he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men.(Judges 7:6-8)

It is not better to have more, but it is better to be refined and united. We are not a loose church. We must prepare to fight this spiritual battle. Either transform or leave! Now no one is afraid. God wants these three hundred people to use those who are faithful, united, have Mingding Destiny, and are not afraid. We must constantly raise our requirements, turn around the desolate situation of this era, become mighty warriors of God, and become elite soldiers of Jesus Christ. We must begin to become such people. Nothing is impossible with God. Our God can do wonderful things. If God can lead the Israelites out of Egypt, then He can also manifest His wonderful power among us.

Our God can do miraculous things. Wonderful deeds are manifested in our midst. A few days ago, I prayed for a famous person, and the demons on them spoke to me and said: You dare not come to us. Even demons are afraid of us. God wants to make our name great, and begin to shout the sword of Jehovah and Gideon. Our God is with us, and God is looking for vessels. We are people who work with Him, and God is turning around the situation of the whole era. We are the sword in Gideon's hand. The day of victory is coming. I see God's work on us. The day when God avenges us is coming, and the revival of the church is coming. Begin to prepare for the second coming of the Lord Jesus. God will avenge us, and the whole earth will be greatly turned upside down, and the enemies will kill each other. Our prayerful ministry will bring great revival.