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<strong>Think</strong> Like Deborah<br />

before you” (Judges 4:14). And so the battle<br />

lines were drawn.<br />

Barak and his troops gathered alongside<br />

the Tabor Mountain. Before that, Sisera,<br />

Captain of the Canaan army had gathered<br />

his troops and chariots in the Kishon Valley<br />

(called Wadi), a dry riverbed. But it wouldn’t<br />

be dry for very long.<br />

Faith Can Move Mountains<br />

We see that Deborah moved into action<br />

based upon her faith, trusting in the Word<br />

she had heard from the LORD. However,<br />

given the crisis at hand, and the mighty<br />

army that was against them, was this really<br />

a job for a woman?<br />

What gave her the boldness to forcefully<br />

COMMAND her captain to act, and act now?<br />

And how did she think it was prudent for her<br />

captain to take with him a scrappy bunch of<br />

untrained fighters from the tribe of Naphtali<br />

and Nebulin? From where did this prophetess<br />

learn this great faith? Before we delve<br />

further into Deborah’s fierce bravery, let’s get<br />

a grasp of what we mean by faith, what it is,<br />

and how to create a lattice work around it.<br />

Based on Deborah’s example, we can<br />

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