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

 Then the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help.

Lord God my Father,

Help me to live in your peace and not fall to temptation.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

Every time Israel went out to battle, the Lord fought against them, causing them to be defeated, just as he had warned. And the people were in great distress.

Lord God my Father,

Help me to learn how to surrender my battles to your care, Give me your peace to shape my heart properly.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn away from the Lord or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings or peace offerings, may the Lord himself punish us.

But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.”

Lord God my Father,

Make me aware of any areas of my life I have not completely surrendered to you, I have my struggles, take them from me and make me into your servant, soften the heart of my family to your will as well.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

For my part, I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God. 9So that day Moses solemnly promised me, ‘The land of Canaan on which you were just walking will be your grant of land and that of your descendants forever, because you wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.’

I am eighty-five years old. 11I am as strong now as I was when Moses sent me on that journey, and I can still travel and fight as well as I could then. 

Lord God my Father,

Free me from my desire that is different than yours, Remove the excuses I use to hole me back from your work.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

And Joshua did as he was told, carefully obeying all the commands that the Lord had given to Moses.

Lord God my Father,

Make my thoughts clear with your desire so my actions will follow only your direction for me.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

The one who has stolen what was set apart for destruction will himself be burned with fire, along with everything he has, for he has broken the covenant of the Lord and has done a horrible thing in Israel.”

I wanted them so much that I took them. They are hidden in the ground beneath my tent,

So the Israelites examined their food, but they did not consult the Lord. 

Lord God my Father,

Give me power over temptation, Keep me in your will. Keep me close so I may seek your will above my own.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen

But the Lord said to Joshua, “I have given you Jericho, its king, and all its strong warriors.

“Do not take any of the things set apart for destruction, or you yourselves will be completely destroyed, and you will bring trouble on the camp of Israel. 

So the Lord was with Joshua, and his reputation spread throughout the land.

Lord God my Father,

May I hear your blessing louder than my selfish, small desire. May I follow your directions you lay on my heart and gain your reputation and not my own.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen