The Lord replied, “Did I not rescue you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, 12the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites? When they oppressed you, you cried out to me for help, and I rescued you. 13Yet you have abandoned me and served other gods. So I will not rescue you anymore. 14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen! Let them rescue you in your hour of distress!”

In those days Israel had no king; all the people did whatever seemed right in their own eyes.

Lord God my Father,

I place my life with you and trust you to lead me to freedom. Rescue me from my past and allow me to live for today with your plan on my heart. Protect your interest in me.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

So it has become a custom in Israel 40for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daughter.

Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, saying, “Lord, please let the man of God come back to us again and give us more instructions about this son who is to be born.”

But his wife said, “If the Lord were going to kill us, he wouldn’t have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He wouldn’t have appeared to us and told us this wonderful thing and done these miracles.”

But Samson told his father, “Get her for me! She looks good to me.” 4His father and mother didn’t realize the Lord was at work in this, creating an opportunity to work against the Philistines, who ruled over Israel at that time.

Lord God my Father,

May I commit to follow you without reservation, trusting your plan even when I can’t understand it. Help me to come together with my wife and become a team together for your glory. Soften my heart so all decisions come from you.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

“You have too many warriors with you. If I let all of you fight the Midianites, the Israelites will boast to me that they saved themselves by their own strength. 

Lord God my Father,

Keep me close and open my heart to your will and desire for me. Give me victory over the enemy and protect me in your power.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen