1. Jesus says He is distressed over a certain baptism and division will follow Him. People want to know about degrees of sinners, but Jesus blows apart all ideas of Karma. And a woman is healed on the Sabbath, but the rulers of the synagogue find it impossible to rejoice.
  2. Gideon gets some reassurance from an interpretation of a very strange dream. He and his reduced force go into battle with trumpets and jars. Why are all these victories so lopsided and how does Isaiah talk about this battle when speaking of the coming Christ?
  3. Anxiety, big barns, and the folly of assuring your own soul.
  4. Psalm 13 is a story of sorrow and joy, confession and absolution, it declares that God has answered all our trouble.
  5. Psalm 55 instructs us to call out to God and look to His sure promises when sin and darkness assails us.
  6. Is there any assurance when it doesn't feel like God is with you?
  7. The Psalmist speaks about how God delivers the poor and needy.
  8. Psalm 38 shows a confession of sin that seeks and trusts in God alone forgiveness.
  9. In Psalm 22, we see our pain and suffering imputed to Christ on the cross as he confesses the words of the Psalm.
  10. Crumbling and forsaken, a cry goes out to God.
  11. Psalm 31 delivers the promise that God is our deliverer and steadfast refuge.
  12. Contending with false gods, fleeces, and a new nickname are all in store for Gideon.