Judges: Cycles of Destruction and Deliverance
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What does Judges have to do with everyday family discipleship?
In this week’s episode of The Wholehearted Households Podcast, host Helen Lee introduces us to the book of Judges, sharing her own experience of “revenge bedtime procrastination” and relating to how we, like the Israelites, can get ourselves stuck in self-sabotaging cycles.
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Our Bible spotlight focuses on how God, in his compassion, sends judges to deliver his people from their destructive behavior. Yet, after a period of peace and rest, the Israelites eventually settle back into their sinful ways, and the cycle repeats itself—ultimately illustrating their need for a new and better King.
Then, our discipleship nugget equips you to guide your family through a time of confession: first by explaining the need to confess our sins, then by modeling how to do so, and finally by asking God for to receive his merciful pardon and peace.
Finally, our spiritual practice invites you into the practice of self-examination, in which, in the presence of God's love, we reflect on where we have sinned and how we can offer these places up to God for forgiveness, healing, and transformation.
Wherever you listen, may you and your family be blessed by this episode as you seek to follow Jesus with your whole heart.
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Resources from the episode
This week’s Bible spotlight is adapted from Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church (https://www.ivpress.com/tell-her-story?utm_medium=ivp_whp&utm_source=IVPWHP) by Nijay Gupta.
This prayers from this week’s discipleship nugget are adapted from The 1662
