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Judges 2–4; 6–8; 13–16: The Lord Raised Up a Deliverer

Come Follow Me · Week 22 · May 25–May 31, 2026 · Judges 2:16, 4:14, 7:2-7, 16:17

Meet the unlikely heroes God raised up — Deborah, Gideon, and Samson — and learn how He delivers His people

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Family discussion questions

Use these around the dinner table, in Sunday School, or for companionship study — each comes from this week's chapters.

  1. When have you felt totally inadequate for a task but God came through anyway? What did that experience teach you?
  2. Why does God sometimes remove our advantages before He works His miracles?
  3. Why would God intentionally make things harder for Gideon's army? When has God done something similar in your life?
  4. How do you balance working hard with trusting that God is the real source of your success?
  5. The word 'nevertheless' is powerful here. What does it tell you about God's character that He delivers people DESPITE their failures?
  6. What's the most unusual way God has solved a problem in your life?
  7. Why do you think God chose such a strange battle plan? What was He teaching?
  8. What can we learn from the fact that God chose Deborah — a woman — to lead Israel in a time when that was extremely unusual?

Sample questions from this week's game

You're like Gideon — God has given you a task, but then He starts removing your advantages. Your team shrinks, your resources dwindle, and the odds get worse. Based on Judges 7, what should you do?

Judges 7:2-7

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Trust that God's power is made perfect when human strength isn't enough — Gideon's story teaches one of the most counterintuitive principles in scripture: God sometimes weakens our position on purpose so His strength can shine through. When we feel inadequate, that might be exactly where God wants us — dependent on Him rather than ourselves.

True or False: God reduced Gideon's army from 32,000 to just 300 men so Israel wouldn't take credit for the victory themselves.

Judges 7:2

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True — True! God told Gideon, 'The people that are with thee are too many... lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.' God wanted Israel to know that the victory was His, not theirs. He does the same in our lives — sometimes He removes our advantages so we learn to rely on Him.

Read the lesson

This week covers Judges 2:16, 4:14, 7:2-7, 16:17. Read the chapters at churchofjesuschrist.org.

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