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The Warrior – Master Trainers Manual
Copyright © 2010 Art Hobba
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
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Praise for Our Textbook
“Called to War will most assuredly be compared with Wild at Heart, Healing the Masculine Soul and
Raising a Modern Day Knight. Art Hobba’s resourcefulness takes new ground earning inclusion in this
unique fellowship of unabashed Servant Warriors. Men-of-God, saddle up; you have been Called to
War!”
-- Marc Stein, President, Gospel Light Worldwide
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"Called to War is a critical book for men in our time…a "War Manual" that teaches a man, step-bystep, how to stop playing defense and then begin to prevail against the gates of Hell in his job...his
marriage…his parenting...and in his friendships"
-- Frank Pastore
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“American Christian men in these troubled times require antidotes to extricate us from ignoble
material ends. Art Hobba’s experience with a church crisis in 2007 and his studies in Gideon—is a
profound work of God—that is the “medicine” for men’s souls—perhaps even for salvation from death.
-- Sam Jackson, World Vision
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“I am a man and love being one because of what this book talks about. This is a powerful book. If
you read it, pray to the God mentioned in it, and take the next steps Art Hobba recommends, you will
be a changed man. And, while you are at it, put on your seatbelt right now . . . because you will
surely need it. The ride you are about to take will take you over terrain you’ve never be on.
-- Supervisor, Pacific Coast & Valleys District, The Foursquare Churches
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“Every man needs to be exposed to this book. We are at war and Called to War is a refreshingly
honest analysis of our war with Satan, our enemy, and shares with us how to deal with the struggles
we as men face. Then it shows us how to win!” It is time that the church demands that we become the
men that God has called us to be. Read this book, recognize your enemy, put on your armor, and get
into the battle.”
-- Kent Humphreys, Ambassador, and Former President, FCCI /Christ@Work
“This book is so needed by men today. It helped me realize how much I needed to stop standing
alone against the spiritual battles I face, and lock shields with a few good men. Read it…it will
strengthen you as a husband, father and as a man… ‘So others may live!’”
-- Dr. Terry Schroeder, Head Coach Men’s USA Water Polo, Beijing Olympics 2008
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Triple Silver Medalist, Member, NCAA Champion, Water Polo Hall of Fame
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“Called to War is a poetically inspiring, yet substantial book critical for men in our time. It awakened
in me a passion to become who I want to be verses who I am.
-- Ted Bagley, Vice President of Human Resources, Amgen
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“You’re tired, hurting, and convinced you’re alone. Your wife doesn’t understand what you’re going
through and your children have become a burden. Work is drudgery laced with fear of losing your
paycheck. Your glances at other women have become lustful stares and you can’t wait until work is
over so you can have a drink. You’ve lost your way. Then along comes a book that extends its hand
to you and wraps you in the armor of God…protecting you with the shield of faith. Suddenly, you
awaken the Warrior within!
-- Dave Tofanelli, Vice President, WellPoint-Anthem, Professor of Business, California Lutheran
University
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“As a Christian therapist I see men every week who have lost their way due to a false masculinity that
abdicates their role as a servant-warrior who loves and protects his wife and children. Called to War
is not about macho, but about freedom. Art takes a man through the journey of Gideon from a fearful
farmer, to mighty warrior. Men can be freed from the very false and often toxic armor we put on for
self protection, and learn a new openness before God and other men. Men who read this book will
discover their divine destiny and the courage, in Christ’s armor, to fight and win, their spiritual battles.”
-- Rick Blackmon, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary
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“Called to War has taken the Core 300 training plan to other churches so that other churches may
enjoy the fruits of inspiring men to engage His Kingdom through the local church.
“Rise-Up!” Your church will never be the same!”
-- Larry Carignan, President Carignan Construction, Elder, Calvary Community Church
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Table of Contents
Session 1: Alone, Hiding and Disqualified Judges 6 ..... 17
Session 2: Blood on the Floor ....................................... 48
Session 3: A Primer on Spiritual Warfare ..................... 60
Session 4: From Fearful Farmer to Baal Buster .......... 84
Session 5: From Asherah to Ashes ............................... 106
Session 6: Blowing Your Own Horn ............................. 132
Session 7: Twelve Strategies for Defensive Warfare 158
Session 8: Putting on the Body Armor ......................... 176
Session 9: Total Annihilation ....................................... 196
Session 10: The Armor of God Coin Conveyance Ceremony and
Celebration ...................................................................... 214
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Preface
Warrior Master Trainer Manual
Welcome to the adventure of leading a movement of
the
Holy Spirit upon men in these last days. This is not a
program…we have enough of those already. This
Master
Trainer Manual is designed to be the primary teaching resource to the leading teacher, along
with the PowerPoint presentation, for leading newly recruited Warrior-disciples through the
Core 300 Warrior course.
The textbook, “Called to War,” compliments this spiritual boot camp experience and will be
read in parallel at home per “Core Conditioning” assignments at the end of each section.
Each class session is approximately 90 minutes in length, including prayer and praise, about
30-35 minutes of teaching and 20-25 minutes of table discussion, followed with closing
prayer by the men at each table.
The real transformation that has been so yearned for by men, yet so rarely experienced,
occurs at each table as every man, week by week, emerges into a circle of openness and
trust with his tablemates. Here men find, many for the first time, the community of what it
means to be with, and love, “one another”.
How to use this Manual
This course is a 19-week semester. Experience has shown that each chapter should be
used to cover two separate weeks for best and lasting results, except for the concluding
Chapter 10, which is the Coin Conveyance ceremony. You choose where in each chapter to
stop based on the natural flow of your teaching style and, more importantly, the sense of how
God is moving at the tables. The chapter teaching moves in tandem with the PowerPoint
presentation. The corresponding pages of both the Squad Leader Manual (for table leaders),
and the Warrior Field Manual (for squad members) follow the PowerPoint content and
lecture.
NOTE: This course has been tested in a variety of Christian Churches and taught
during weekday evening session, Saturday morning session, and the classic Sunday
school session. All venues are workable, however a minimum of 75-90 minutes is
needed for each session; the mid-week evening sessions have been the most popular
gathering times for men.
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Forward
Welcome to the Core 300! You have just embarked upon one of the most exciting, life
changing adventures of your life. In this Squad Study Manual are oft hidden Biblical secrets
to unlocking a sustainable walk of victory in your life as a Core Disciple of Jesus Christ.
The Warrior Course takes the new Recruit back to the time of 1300 B.C. where a young man,
Gideon, was alone, hiding in his winepress, and sifting wheat. Because of seven
consecutive years of intense oppression by the Midianite hordes, Gideon, like most adults of
his time, felt incredibly disqualified for authentic service to God. God greets him at his farm
by saying “The LORD is with you, mighty warrior” (Judges 6:12).
This greeting is for you and me. “Mighty Warrior”
We are at a time in human history like no other. In America, the church of Jesus Christ is on
her heels. We are at war but have hunkered down to play feeble defense against the powers
of humanism, culture, sensuality, and demonic attack. In Europe, the condition is much
worse and represents a future shadow of what the church in America will become – unless
we act.
Many men in church today are disengaged, hiding in the grandstands and making small, if
any, contributions towards advancing the Kingdom of God. However, the condition is much
worse for men. Yet, like at no other time in history, Paul teaches us in 2 Corinthians 10,
beginning in verse three;
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“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the
weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down
strongholds”. (New King James Version)
And Jesus came to declare war on the kingdom of darkness and saw it as a key assignment
from the Father…to usher in the powerful healing, deliverance and salvation of the Kingdom
of God.
The rest is up to you. You can move through this teaching and discussion material as a
classic “Bible Study” and gain little, or you can open your heart to the transforming power of
God’s Word and get out of the stands and into the Arena for God. This is the pace where we
will learn to play offense in this war and take new ground personally and for those we love
and care about. I pray that you choose to live in the Arena for the rest of your life on earth!
Art Hobba,
Founder, Core 300 Men’s Ministries
So That Others May Live (SOML)!
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“That day, 50 men came forward, six or seven men at a time . . . the feeling in the room was
pregnant with purpose, yet electrified with anticipation.
Brothers in Arms watched as each new Warrior came forward to the conveyance line.
They were to be received by ordinary men, now leaders, who had joined the battle months
earlier.
The recruits had all seen this beautiful Warrior Challenge Coin, engraved in brilliant gold and
hand painted with each piece of Armor of God.
Now, it would be theirs.
That day, 50 men came forward, six or seven men at a time, table by table, led by their
Squad Leader. As each squad came and stood in line, the other 130 men remained seated
in honored silence, quietly praying for the recipients.
As the weighty medallion was pressed into his hand by a traditional military handshake, the
words of the Oath of Conveyance were spoken: “Walk worthy,” charged the leader… “So
others may live”, responded each new warrior. In the embrace that followed, moist eyes
met one another as they moved through the line.
They knew, as they walked back to join their Squad that night that their life would never be
the same.”
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Introduction to Core 300: The Warrior
“Out of the Stands and Into the Arena”
Core 300 is a movement that calls Christian men as disciples…children of God who are
committed to be Christ’s emissaries and army on earth. We yearn to see the release of the
Kingdom of God on earth for God’s glory and mankind’s benefit. His Word clearly has
equipped us for victory in battle, and this battle takes place in the Arena of this present life.
Our Mission Statement:
“Boldly calling men out of the stands and into the arena,
bonded in authentic community with other men, trained as
warrior-disciples and servant leaders, to rescue those in
need...all through the power and for the glory of Jesus
Christ.”
Premise: We live in a fallen, foreign world. I John 5:19 teaches us that “We know that we
are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one”. (New King James
Version)
What is this “Arena” God has called us to? Jesus’ gives us a clue in his first recorded
sermon after descending from forty days of fasting, prayer, temptation, and spiritual warfare
with the Devil. In his first brief message, he underscores the nature of his Kingdom that was
beginning its divine invasion upon this fallen planet.
“So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was,
He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was
handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found
the place where it was written:
“The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed; To proclaim the acceptable year of the
LORD.”
Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the
eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to
them, ‘Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing’”.
(Luke 4:16-21 New King James Version)
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Jesus’ first act of public ministry is to declare war on the evil forces of darkness, human
suffering, and carnal bondage. Herein he defined the arena we are also called to. His defeat
of the Adversary in the battle on the mountaintop of temptation is followed by this formal
declaration of war. His mission is to announce the advent of the Kingdom of God and his
ministry is focused to this end. He affirms his role in John 18:37:
"You are a king, then!" said Pilate. Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a
king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to
the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me. "
And in Matthew 10:34, Jesus states “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace
to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword”. In fact the word “sword”
occurs in scripture 448 times…almost as many times as the combined uses of
“worship”, “praise”, and “glorify” (485).
Jesus asserts that the inevitable intersection of Christ’s coming is conflict. A clash between
Christ and the Antichrist, between light and darkness, between truth and lies, good and evil,
sickness and health, and between bondage and freedom. He poured his life into twelve men,
and a handful of women, who walked with him for three years. They established the first
outposts of the Kingdom of his dear son and the mission of Christ is now reached the four
corners of the world. Jesus is still calling us today to be His warriors and ambassadors to
bring about the entry of his Kingdom into the world in which we live. The conflict between
light and darkness rages on until he comes again, and the church has been endowed with all
of the authority of the risen King of Kings!
Yet as God’s Warriors we cannot fight this battle alone. To fight against the forces of evil we
must 1) Work Together, and 2) Put on God’s Full Armor of Protection (Ephesians 6:1118).
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Warrior Boot Camp - Year One
As in any military service it all starts with basic training, so it is with God’s army, whether you
are a new recruit, or a seasoned veteran. The Core 300 movement involves Warrior training,
and is designed to prepare you for battle to fight against the forces that have been arrayed
against God for thousands of years. This Warrior Squad Study Manual is intended to help
align you with the servant-leadership role you were created for and to establish you as a
victorious disciple of Jesus Christ.
We begin with the first few sessions that break down the walls of self deception and isolation
that we have built up over the past years. The second half of the training sessions is
designed to build you up into a Mighty Warrior. Our meeting process follows this typical
agenda:
Warriors Worshiping Together:
As our hero, Gideon, consistently responded to God with worship, we begin each session in
worship.
"God is the first priority of the church. Not people. Not ministry. Not growth. Not
success. God and God alone occupies the place of ultimate and absolute priority in
the church. Worship is about the priority of God in our affections. To worship God
aright is to give Him our first, best love…In true worship, love is the supreme affection,
and God is the exclusive object of our greatest love1”.
We are called to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with
all your mind and with all your strength" (Mark 12:30). Our response to that love is by
declaring, out loud our deepest adoration and highest exaltation of who he is. This is the
heart, action, and fountainhead of worship. It also serves as an open invitation and a
promise. The Bible teaches us that God “enthroned upon the praises of Israel2” . Praise is
an invitation for him to come and be “enthroned” with us, his people. The promise is that he
will come and be with us as our honored guest!
Warriors in training - (preparing for battle):
Each topic session will contain a key point outline to the weekly study, from which the
students will fill in the blanks in their manuals, revealing the important content related to the
truths about how God is calling us “Out of the Stands and Into the Arena”.
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Bruce Leafblad, Professor of Music and Worship, Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary of Forth Worth, Texas
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Psalm 22:3
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After each teaching, the Squad Leader will guide you through discussion questions that are
designed to connect you, not only with Christ, but with one another, by calling each other to
greater accountability and partnership so as to become more like Jesus.
The Priest – Year Two
This course focuses on the next dimension of ministry to others and battle in the spiritual
realm. After a man finds victory in his personal wars…and walks in Christ, and is equipped
and trained as a disciple-warrior that is closely connected to his 911’s and tablemates, he is
ready to extend his service to those at hand; his wife (if married), children, grandchildren and
other family members. In addition, the godly man is called to bring the Priesthood of Christ
into his daily life at work and in his community. This is also often where a man becomes both
a mentor to another man as well as finds a mentor for himself.
The King – Year Three
The final discipleship course in the series trains and releases the man as a leader of other
men and as a servant leader who knows how to lead like Jesus led. We also study both
positive and negative leaders in Scripture and history. Of course 911’s and table work are
critical for what has become a lifestyle of authenticity and locking of shields as we
intentionally take new ground for the Kingdom of God. This extends our influence yet another
dimension and embarks the man upon his adventurous journey as a world changer for God’s
glory! The diagram below illustrates the three year process:
Redeeming History…
History…one man at a time
Transform the World
Leading Many
Sphere of Influence
Freedom and
Self Leadership
The
Warrior
The
Priest
The
King
Deployment
Level
Three
Deployment
Level Two
Deployment
Level One
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FINAL NOTE:
Streamed videos (www.core300.org/videos) have been produced for your preview along 5-7
minute “Chalk Talks” (http://core300.org/chalktalks.org/) before each session. Men need to
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ante-up to high levels of commitment to retain the integrity of the course and the trust at the
table. Per the “Traits of a Core Warrior” agreement, (pg. 30) men who are absent for more
than three classes are disqualified from graduation or receiving their coin. If they miss 1-2
more (max) and make up all sessions by video, you may choose to extend extra grace. The
Squad Leader should shepherd the participation levels at his table from start to finish. Let’s
have “No Man Left Behind,” while upholding an “all in” attitude and culture for everyone in the
class.
Warriors working together at the table:
Trained Squad leaders will help facilitate quality times of interaction around your table. An
important rule is, “whatever is said at the table, stays at the table.” A key component of love
is “cover over a multitude of sins.” We will learn to love, care for and protect one another
through the weeks and months ahead. Many relationships that have developed at the tables
n the past have continued on for years of warm and mutually accountable friendships.
In Exodus 17, when Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had commanded, “Aaron and
Hur went to the top of the hill. As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were
winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses'
hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held
his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till
sunset. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.” The Israelites worked
together to defeat the Amalekites.
In Ancient Roman warfare, a turtle-like formation was commonly used by the Roman Legions
during battles, particularly in sieges, where they locked shields together on the sides and
above their heads in protection for one another. As we will discover, Gideon, who, in judges 6
was found by God hiding, alone in the winepress, did not feel that he was worthy of living a
successful life in service to God. So it is, with each of us. God calls us out of hiding in the
grandstands and into the arena of serving Him; but we cannot go it alone. He is calling each
of us to work together to advance his Kingdom on earth. As Warriors, we will find our God
given gifts and talents, to serve faithfully in his army.
The military code of “No man left behind” is another part of the Core 300 culture. As we learn
to be authentic with one another and walk through life together, sharing prayer needs and
celebrating breakthroughs and victories, a bond will form that has a built-in code of
commitment…to not allow your brother to be left behind in battle. We will grow to love each
other and we, if taken down, will carry each other as well.
Warriors praying together:
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12, through the wisdom of Solomon, teaches us that “Two are better than
one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him
up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up! …Though one may be
overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken
(NKJV).”
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Jesus also taught His disciples about praying together as there is power in group prayer. In
Matthew 18:19-20 Jesus said “whenever two of you on earth agree about anything you pray
for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three come together in
my name, I am there with them. That’s the power of praying with other warriors! We must be
consistently praying with others on a regular basis. By praying together, you’ll find that it is
another form of worshiping our heavenly Father.
During this course, you will be asked to pray for each fellow warrior at your table on a daily
basis. Prayer requests and praise reports are a vital element to helping your Brothers in
Christ to be victorious in their spiritual battles. Additionally it is recommended to partner with
several close Brothers who each of you can call upon 24/7 to “pray for one another” (James
5:16); “bear one another’s burdens” (Galatians 6:2); “encourage one another” (1
Thessalonians 5:11) “comfort one another” (1 Thessalonians 4:18); simply to be there for
your brother!
Dressed for Battle
In the middle of our exposition on Judges six and seven, and as we walk through the deeper
details found in the textbook “Called to War,” we turn to understand and deploy the Armor of
God as described in the New Testament. Paul warns us in Ephesians 6:11 to be prepared for
battle. He calls for us to “Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against
the devil's schemes”. Without the girdle of Truth, the breastplate of righteousness, our feet
fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace, the shield of faith, the helmet
of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, we cannot withstand the powers of darkness or gain
the victory through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Warriors releasing the captives:
We are all human, and fall at times. As with any battle, captives are taken by the enemy.
Consequently, in this post-modernistic society, where the battle between good and evil
rages, some believers have been taken captive by ignorance, by their own passions, by
philosophy’s of the world system or by demonic deception.
The Warrior series is designed to establish freedom as a lifestyle for you and equip you to
lovingly be used by God to reach and release those captives for Christ.
Core Conditioning
The textbook for this class is Called to War: Out of the Stands, into the Arena, by Art
Hobba. The class teaching and table discussions will parallel the book content so it is
important to keep current with you reading. Each week you will also be assigned additional
reading which may include questions to reflect on your growth as a warrior for Christ; Bible
verses to read, or other challenges to prepare you for God’s army.
Conveyance Ceremony
After session eighteen, we will gather together, by Squad (table) and be presented with a
beautiful Core 300 Armor of God coin. This treasured Talisman will be carried by each
Warrior every day as a symbol of being alert and equipped in God’s armor at all times.
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The Core 300 Armor of God Coin
NOTE: There are many opportunities for your “Warriors” to fill in the blanks in their “Warrior
Field Manuals.” However, we have found that they may get lost and not know which page
they should be on as you refer to the blanks. To help you to orient them, we have added
black boxes like this:
Manual -- P. XX
This is for you to guide them to the correct page and should help them stay focused on the
discussion.
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SESSION 1:
ALONE, HIDING AND
DISQUALIFIED
Judges 6
THE WARRIOR
MASTER TRAINERS MANUAL
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Before you get started:
The first “Session” of the Warrior Course is generally an “event,” most often either a
breakfast or dinner. Whoever the main speaker will be is up to you, obviously, but It is a good
idea to have a Master of Ceremonies (preferably your Senior Pastor, Discipleship Pastor or
some other key leader) to get things started. He should welcome the men from the platform,
give breakfast instructions, point out where the restrooms are, etc. (In case you haven’t
already done so, be sure to review the Sample Warrior Kickoff Presentation PDF file on
your Launch Kit Information CD. Review “Sample Kickoff Agenda.”)
At about thirty minutes after breakfast is started, we recommend that you (or the MC)
introduce the main speaker. However, before he comes up to speak, be sure to show the
7-minute clip from the movie Gladiator, scene 15. You might say, once you’ve told them who
the speaker is, “I’d like to now direct your attention to the screen.” Once the clip is completed,
the speaker is at the podium when the lights come up.
Session 1 – Part I
Introduction – By Emcee
Objective
The objective of this session is to introduce you to the concepts of the Warrior
course.
Our Mission
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READ the Mission Statement on the slide
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THE
WARRIOR
“Out of the Stands
and Into the Arena”
Introduction
Our Mission
“OUT OF THE STANDS…
STANDS…
INTO THE ARENA”
ARENA”
“Boldly calling men out of the
stands and into the arena,
bonded in authentic community
with other believers,
trained as warrior-disciples
and servant leaders,
to rescue those in need...
all through the power
and for the glory
of Jesus Christ.”
The Warrior
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READ the bullet points on the slide
Our Talisman (The Core 300 Coin)
After the last session, we will gather together by Squad (table) and be presented with a
beautiful Core 300 Armor of God coin. Each Warrior will carry this treasured Talisman every
day as a symbol of being alert and equipped in God’s armor, at all times.
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READ Ephesians 6:11-18
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PASS the Coin around so each attendee gets to hold it
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Our Talisman
The Core 300 Coin
Squad Rules
The military code of “No man left behind” is another part of the Core 300 culture. As we learn
to be authentic with one another and walk through life together, sharing prayer needs and
celebrating breakthroughs and victories, a bond will form that has a built-in code of
commitment…to not allow your brother to be left behind in battle. We will grow to love each
other and we, if taken down, will carry each other as well.
Squad Rules
§ Creating a SAFE place
§ Sticking to the same GROUP
§ Looking for AUTHENTICITY
§ Table-flow INCLUDES everyone
§ Committing to CONFIDENTIALITY
“What is said at the table, stays at the table”
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SHARE authenticity
 INSURE
confidentiality
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Creating a
MANUAL -- P. 1-12
SAFE place
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Sticking to the same GROUP
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Looking for
AUTHENTICITY
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Table flow
INCLUDES
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Committing to CONFIDENTIALITY
everyone
Show Gladiator Clip (Scene XV)
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INTRODUCE the Battle of Carthage clip below
Gladiator
Scene XV
The Battle of Carthage (Gladiator Clip): The film is loosely based on real events circa 2nd
century BC. In the clip from the movie Gladiator, General Maximus Decimus Meridius,
favorite of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius who is betrayed and murdered by his unhinged son,
Commodus (Phoenix). Captured and enslaved along the outer fringes of the Roman Empire,
Maximus rises through the ranks of the gladiatorial arena to avenge the murder of his family
and his Emperor. The Gladiator scene demonstrates the power of “working” together.
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PREVIEW the scene and end it with his sword held high to the cheers of the
crowd on his white horse
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SOLICIT feedback from the group
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Why Did Some Men Live and Some Die?
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DISCUSS the topic of why some die and some don’t
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EMPHASIZE what it means to “work together”
Why Did Some Men live
and some Die?
MANUAL -- P. 1-13
Why Did Gladiators Lock Shields?
Why Did Gladiators Lock Shields?
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OFFENSIVE
Strength
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Defensive
PROTECTION
§
The men outside the
circle were KILLED
or wounded
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The unique thing that Maximus’ leadership did with the Gladiators was to move the
men side by side to lock shields for both OFFENSIVE strength and defensive
PROTECTION.

The men outside the circle were KILLED or wounded.

RE-EMPHASIZE “working together”

READ the Mark Twain quote below:
“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. Except a
creature be part coward, it is not a compliment to say it is brave.”
Why are Men a Strategic Priority with God?

READ the bullet points on
the slide
MANUAL -- P. 1-13
 If a father and mother both attend church regularly, 75%
remain in their faith.
of the children will
 If a father regularly attends church and the mother does not, 67% of their
children’s will remain in the church.
 When a father does not attend church, and the mother attends regularly, 39% of
the children remain in the church.3

ASK the men their opinion on why the percentages are so drastic when it comes
to a “man”
3
Source: Volume 2 of Population Studies No. 31, The Demographic Characteristics of
National Minorities in Certain European States, published by the Council of Europe
Directorate General III, Social Cohesion, Strasbourg, January 2000
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Why are Men a Strategic Priority with God?
üIf a father and mother both attend church regularly, 75%
of the children will remain in their faith.
üIf a father regularly attends church and the mother does
not, 67% of their children’s will remain in the church.
ü When a father does not attend church, and the mother
attends regularly, 39% of the children remain in the
church.
Source: Volume 2 of Population Studies No. 31, The Demographic Characteristics of
National Minorities in Certain European States, published by the Council of Europe
Directorate General III, Social Cohesion, Strasbourg, January 2000
 READ the quote below:
“To subjugate the enemy’s army without doing battle is the highest of excellence.”
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War

READ the bullet points on the slides

DISCUSS what these statistics mean
The Problem
§
Post-modern world presents an irrelevant church.
§
Men are less than 40% of churchgoers . . . but much less involved
than women.
§
70% of Christian men sin with pornography once per month or
more.
§
Pedophilia is an $17 Billion Industry
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The Problem
§
Fatherlessness is pandemic with 41% US births to unwed mothers
§
Post-modern world represents an antagonistic media and
government.
§
Divorce claims 50% of Christian marriages . . . same as the world.
§
American churches are shrinking . . . growing churches are growing
by “transfer” growth.
§
One (1) out of 10 young men remain in the church after age 20.
What are the “Stands?”
What are the “Stands?”
“The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the
power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved
in it, the more disastrous is his isolation. Sin wants to remain
unknown. It shuns the light. In confession, the light of the gospel
breaks into the darkness and seclusion of the heart. The sin must
be brought into the light. The unexpressed must be openly spoken
and acknowledged. All that is secret and hidden is made manifest.
It is a hard struggle until the sin is openly admitted. But God
breaks gates of brass and bars of iron.”
– Dietrich Bonhoeffer

READ the quote on the slide

ASK: “What are the “stands” in life?”

ASK: “Where are the stands?”
What is the “Arena?”
What is this “Arena” God has called us to? Jesus’ gives us a clue in his first recorded sermon
after descending from forty days of fasting, prayer, temptation, and spiritual warfare with the
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Devil. In his first brief message, he underscores the nature of his Kingdom that was
beginning its divine invasion upon this fallen planet.

READ Luke 4:16-21 (NKJV) below

ASK: What is the “arena” in life?
Luke 4:16-31
“So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He
went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. And He was handed the
book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it
was written: “The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because He has anointed Me to preach the
gospel to the poor; He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the
captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; To
proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD”. Then He closed the book, and gave it back to
the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on
Him. And He began to say to them, ‘Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing’”. (New
King James Version)
Where is the “Arena?”

READ Hebrews 12:1-4 below (or on the slide)

ASK: “Where is the arena?”
Where is the “Arena?”
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great
cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that
hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us
run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
– Hebrews 12:1-4
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Hebrews 12:1
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off
everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance
the race marked out for us.”
YAHWEH: The God of War
MANUAL -- P. 1-15

The LORD is a WARRIOR; the LORD is His
name.

One-third of the Bible was written in the context of WAR or BATTLE.

DISCUSS the question . . . “Why War?”

READ the scriptures on the slide
Job 39:19-25
“Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder? Can you
frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror. He rejoices in his strength; He
gallops into the clash of arms. He mocks at fear, and is not afraid; nor does he turn back
from the sword. The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and javelin. He devours
the distance with fierceness and rage; nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has
sounded. At the blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, the
thunder of captains and shouting of war”. (New King James Version)
YAHWEH: The God of War
“The LORD is a WARRIOR; the LORD is His Name”
– Exodus 15:3
“The Lord will go forth like a warrior,
He will rouse His zeal like a man of war.
He will utter a shout, yes He will raise a war cry.
He will prevail against His enemies.”
- Isaiah 42:13
“Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder?
Can you frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror. He
rejoices in his strength; He gallops into the clash of arms. He mocks at fear, and
is not afraid; Nor does he turn back from the sword. The quiver rattles against
him, the glittering spear and javelin. He devours the distance with fierceness
and rage; nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded. At the
blast of the trumpet he says, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle from afar, the thunder of
captains and shouting of war.”
- Job 39:19-25
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We are at War!
MANUAL -- P. 1-15

DISCUSS why we are at war

READ each bullet point and corresponding scripture reference

STATE that one-third of the Bible was written in the context of war
1. Adam DISENGAGED in the garden. (Genesis 3:6-9
2. We’ve been playing defense and not OFFENSE
3. Warfare makes us STRONG (I Peter 5:8-10)
We are at war!
1. Adam DISENGAGED in the garden.
Genesis 3:6-9
2. We’ve been playing defense and not OFFENSE.
3.
Warfare makes us STRONG.
I Peter 5:8-10
I Am Gideon
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
ASK the groups to go to Judges 6:1-10 in their Bible

READ the scripture on the slide
I Am Gideon
(Judges 6:16:1-10)
Again the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD, and for seven years
he gave them into the hands of the Midianites. Because the power of
Midian was so oppressive, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves
in mountain clefts, caves and strongholds. Whenever the Israelites
planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites and other eastern peoples
invaded the country. They camped on the land and ruined the crops all
the way to Gaza and did not spare a living thing for Israel . . . they
invaded the land to ravage it. Midian so impoverished the Israelites that
they cried out to the LORD for help. When the Israelites cried to the
LORD because of Midian, he sent them a prophet, who said, "This is
what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I brought you up out of Egypt,
out of the land of slavery. I snatched you from the power of Egypt and
from the hand of all your oppressors. I drove them from before you and
gave you their land. I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; do not
worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.' But you have
not listened to me.“

A Citizen in a Republic

ASK the participants to read the speech by Theodore Roosevelt in
their Warrior Field Manual (see below):
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CITIZENSHIP IN A REPUBLIC
"The Man in the Arena"
Speech at the Sorbonne
Paris, France
April 23, 1910
By Theodore Roosevelt
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or
where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is
actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives
valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error
and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great
enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best
knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least
fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who
neither know victory nor defeat.
Shame on the man of cultivated taste who permits refinement to develop into fastidiousness
that unfits him for doing the rough work of a workaday world. “Among the free peoples who
govern themselves there is but a small field of usefulness open for the men of cloistered life
who shrink from contact with their fellows. Still less room is there for those who deride or
slight what is done by those who actually bear the brunt of the day; nor yet for those others
who always profess that they would like to take action, if only the conditions of life were not
exactly what they actually are. The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the
pages of history, whether he be a cynic, or fop, or voluptuary. There is little use for the being
whose tepid soul knows nothing of great and generous emotion, of the high pride, the stern
belief, the lofty enthusiasm, of the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder. Well for
these men if they succeed; well also, though not so well, if they fail, given only that they have
nobly ventured, and have put forth all their heart and strength. It is war-worn Hotspur, spent
with hard fighting, he of the many errors and valiant end, over whose memory we love to
linger, not over the memory of the young lord who ‘but for the vile guns would have been a
soldier’”.
A Citizen in a Republic
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Traits of a CORE Disciple

ASK the participants locate the Mission Statement at the front of
their Warrior Field Manual

DESCRIBE the Traits of a CORE Disciple by re-reading the
Mission Statement

READ the traits on the slide

ENCOURAGE each warrior to join the Core 300 Facebook and to
visit the www.core300.org website and register there

ENCOURAGE the warriors to read the text “Called to War”
Chapters 1-2

DESCRIBE and ASSIGN the Core Conditioning


ENCOURAGE the warriors to pray for each at their table daily
CLOSE in prayer

THANK the Warriors for their participation
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Core Conditioning


ASK the men to complete the Master Contact Form and the Core
Traits Form and hand it in to their Squad Leader
 SHARE any prayer request at your table and pray
for one another before you leave
Core Conditioning
§
Read through Chapter 1 of “Called to War.”
§
Read Judges Chapter 6
§
Email or call each of your Squad members
and encourage them.
Traits of a CORE Disciple
NON NEGOTIABLE TRAITS
§ Regular study in God’s Word
§ Maintain a daily prayer life
§ Available to increased levels of action and service for Christ
§ Willingness to embrace the Core mission statement
§ Actively growing in spiritual leadership
OTHER IMPORTANT TRAITS
§ Commitment to your home church
§ Serving others in some capacity
THINGS EXPECTED OF THE CORE MEN
§ Do the “Core Conditioning”
§ Participate in all Warrior training sessions (85%)
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END OF SESSION


SHARE any prayer request at your table and pray for one another
before you leave
THE
WARRIOR
“Out of the Stands
and Into the Arena”
Session 1
“Alone, Hiding, and
Disqualified”
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Session 1- Part II – Alone, Hiding, and Disqualified
In this session we are going to dig in to the character and attributes of Gideon and his
situation, as well as discuss the universal conditions of men. God, in his wisdom and
foreknowledge, had decided to seek out a young man. God proclaims the good news that
He is with him, and then, incredulously, calls him a “mighty warrior”.
God does not make bad choices. He did not with Gideon, and He did not with you. We are
often tempted to “pedastal-ize” Bible heroes. We far too often do the same with our pastors,
priests, worship leaders, or elders. Historical men and women, especially those who
participated in God’s miraculous activities, are touchstones of inspiration for us. Too often,
however, they become so highly revered that we unconsciously detach ourselves from the
very real possibility that they are there to call us to similar, or even greater, actions of faith
and sacrifice.
“Your playing small does not serve the world” – Marianne Williamson
Review


DISCUSS any issues they may have about the material so far
Review
§ The “Arena”
§ Lessons from Gladiator
§ God is a Warrior
§ He calls us to the same role

Let’s Get Started
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
OPEN the session in prayer

READ the bullet points on the slide and have the men do each task
Let’s Get Started . . .
§ Write your name in your Warrior Field
Manual.
§ Form a “Squad.”
§ Fill out each other’s sign-in sheets.
§ Share with your Squad circle why you
are here NOW.
Top Reasons We Respect Chuck Norris


ASK the group to share some they may have heard
Listed below is the personal “code of honor’ that Chuck Norris lives by and teaches to his
martial arts students:
1. I will develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways.
2. I will forget the mistakes of the past and press on to greater achievements.
3. I will continually work at developing love, happiness, and loyalty in my family.
4. I will look for the good in all people and make them feel worthwhile.
5. If I have nothing good to say about a person, I will say nothing.
6. I will always be as enthusiastic about the success of others as I am about my own.
7. I will maintain an attitude of open-mindedness.
8. I will maintain respect for those in authority and demonstrate this respect at all times.
9. I will always remain loyal to my God, my country, family and my friends.
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10. I will remain highly goal-oriented throughout my life because that positive attitude
helps my family, my country, and myself.
Top Reasons we
Respect “Chuck Norris”
Norris”
•
Chuck Norris counted to infinity . . . twice.
•
Some boys wear superman pajamas. Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas.
•
Chuck Norris does not wear a watch . . . he decides what time it is.
•
Chuck Norris played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun . . . and won.
•
Chuck Norris can slam a Revolving Door.
•
The original title for “Alien vs. Predator” was “Alien and Predator vs Chuck
Norris.” The film was cancelled shortly after going into pre-production. No one
would pay nine dollars to see a movie fourteen seconds long.
Scene I: Southern Israel (1100 B.C.)

MANUAL -- P. 1-16
COMMUNITY = Abiezrite (Heb) “Father who helps”.
A village of Manasseh, SE Israel with the Jordan River as their eastern border; an
agrarian and impoverished people with a survival mentality, they were fearful, hiding,
and brokenhearted

Seven years of DEPRESSION.

Cultural EROSION of the Word of God.
Judges 17:6 “Every man did what was RIGHT in his own eyes.”

Religion Polytheistic culture, superstitious.
1) Baal was in charge of rain, fertility, crops, and livestock. Archeological diggings
found under these ‘High Places’ were the place of regular CHILD SACRIFICE.
2) Ashtoreth was Baal's “wife”, their principal goddess. She was the
personification of the reproductive principle in nature. Priestesses were temple
prostitutes. Worship consisted in extravagant orgies;
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3) Yahweh was the God of Creation, Battle and Deliverance
Scene I: Southern Israel (1100 BC)
§ COMMUNITY – Abiezrite = (Heb) ‘Father who helps’
§ Seven Years of DEPRESSION
§ Cultural EROSION of the Word of God
§ Judges 17:6 – “Every man was RIGHT in his own eyes.”
§ Religion – Polytheistic culture, superstitious
§ Ba’al – in charge of weather (fertility, crops, livestock)
§ Ashtoreth – Ba’al’s wife (their principal goddess)
§ High Places – place of regular CHILD SACRIFICE
§ Yahweh – God of Creation, Battle and Deliverance
4)
Cast of Players
MANUAL -- P. 1-17
Midianites were camel-riding nomads who attacked the Israelites when the harvest was ripe,
“like grasshoppers”. You can think of them as an “organized mob”, They were used by God
to discipline Israel.

Midianites: Invaded the land to RAVAGE it.

Angel of the Lord: A CHRISTOPHENE.

Gideon: (Hebrew) - “one who cuts down.”

INTRODUCE Gideon as a Farmer, Husband and Father

Ba’al: In charge of the rain, fertility, crops, and livestock.

Astoreth: Ba’al’s “wife” and their principal “goddess”. She was the personification of
the reproductive principle in nature. Priestesses were temple prostitutes. Worship
consisted of extravagant orgies.
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Cast of Players
§ MIDIANITES: Invaded the land to RAVAGE it
§ ANGEL OF THE LORD: A CHRISTOPHENE
§ GIDEON: Hebrew – “One who cuts down”
§ Farmer
§ Husband
§ Father
§ Son

DESCRIBE the 1st of the universal conditions of men
1. Gideon was ALONE in the winepress.

Cynicism and Unbelief: v13

Pride: Posturing, We have an image to maintain

Competition: Winning, Man Show, Extreme Sports

Power: Who is in charge here? . . . Certainly not you!

Fear: Being found out. Inadequate; Quiet desperation

COMPARE Gideon to “today’s” man
To counter-act this first condition - Ecclesiastes 4:8-12

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The power of TEAM, or jointly laboring together for a common goal (v 8-9)

The power to RESCUE another if he falls in the company of another man (v10)

The warm Hearth of FELLOWSHIP gained by being close to your brother (v11)
Three Universal
Conditions of Men
1.
GIDEON was ALONE in the winepress - Ecclesiastes 4:8-12
§
The Power of a TEAM
§
The Power to RESCUE another if he falls
§
The Warm Hearth of FELLOWSHIP gained
Three Universal Conditions of Men
MANUAL -- P. 2-23
Three Universal
Conditions of Men
2.
GIDEON was HIDING from the Midianites - Genesis 3:8-10
§
When the wicked arise (Proverbs 28:12)
§
We cannot hide from God (Psalms 139:7-8)
§
Conscious sinning is practical ATHEISM
§
Most of us hide in our WORK

DESCRIBE the 2nd of the universal conditions of men
2. Gideon was HIDING from the Midianites. (Genesis 3:8-10)

When the wicked arise (Proverbs 28:12).
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
We cannot hide from God (Psalms 139:7-8).

Conscious sinning is PRACTICAL Atheism.

Some shrink as an excuse for humility.

Most of us HIDE in our work.
Table Talk

INSURE that each individual is in a group
 EMPHASIZE that each person should have the opportunity to
provide input to these questions

EMPHASIZE the need to be sensitive to each response to give
each person the courage to be transparent

TURN it over to the “Table Leaders” and give the Warriors 15-20
minutes to discuss


ASK one or two tables to summarize and share their responses
Table Talk
1. Why are men more “loners” than women?
2. Why do men feel compelled to continually “hide?”
3. What are YOU most prone to hide from?
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I Am Gideon



I Am Gideon
(Judges 6:136:13-15)
"But sir," Gideon replied, "if the LORD is with us, why has all this
happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our fathers told us
about when they said, 'Did not the LORD bring us up out of Egypt?'
But now the LORD has abandoned us and put us into the hand of
Midian."
The LORD turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and
save Israel out of Midian's hand. Am I not sending you?"
"But Lord," Gideon asked, "how can I save Israel? My clan is
the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my family.“
MANUAL -- P. 2-24

DESCRIBE the 3rd of the universal conditions of men
3. Gideon felt DISQUALIFIED to serve God. (Judges 6:14-15)

DISCUSS the seasons or moments of shame and how it makes
you feel that you are unloved . . . and maybe even abhorrent to
our Father
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Three Universal
Conditions of Men
3.
GIDEON felt DISQUALIFIED to serve God
§
Judges 6:14-15
-
Guilty?
-
Shame
-
God is not good to me because I am un-lovely
MANUAL -- P. 2-24


a. We have bad THEOLOGY. (Hebrews 4:15 –16)
b. “I will remember your sins no more.” (Isaiah 43:24-25)
c. The WOUND.
William Manchester, author of The Last Lion, a biography of Sir Winston
Churchill . . . “Randolph actually disliked his son”.
The father’s harshness had hurt young Winston as a boy.
Churchill later wrote of his childhood:
”My father wouldn’t listen to me or consider anything I said. There was no
companionship with him possible and I tried so hard and so often. He was so
self-centered no one else existed for him . . . he treated me as if I had been a
fool; barked at me whenever I questioned him. I owe everything to my mother;
to my father, nothing.”

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ASK the men to share a story of their father (or mother) where
he/she was harsh or abusive and what it meant to them. If possible,
then balance this event with a story of where he/she was affirming,
tender or unusually understanding
d. The Spirit of REJECTION.
e. The Spirit of ADOPTION. (Romans 8:15 and Galatians 4:4-7)
NOTE: Though Sonship / Adoption becomes active at the experience of initial
salvation it is often overlooked, untaught or incapable of being received “on
earth” in real time, until a later stage in our lives. Sometimes it never occurs
until after we die and go to glory.
f. God does not make bad CHOICES.
Three Universal
Conditions of Men
3.
GIDEON felt DISQUALIFIED
A) We have bad THEOLOGY (Hebrews 4:15-16)
B) “I will remember your sins no more.”
C) The WOUND
D) The Spirit of REJECTION
E) The Spirit of ADOPTION
F) God does not make bad CHOICES
Gideon was Alone

RE-READ Judges 6:13-15

ADDRESS the issue of “isolation”
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Gideon was Alone
(Judges 6:136:13-15)
The “Armor“ of Isolation:
- Cynicism and Unbelief (v13)
- Pride
- Competition
- Power
- Fear
Table Talk

INSURE that each individual is in a group
 EMPHASIZE that each person should have the opportunity to
provide input to these questions

EMPHASIZE the need to be sensitive to each response to give
each person the courage to be transparent

TURN it over to the “Table Leaders” and give the Warriors 15-20
minutes to discuss

ASK one or two tables to summarize and share their responses
Table Talk
1. How do you think the “wound” may have
affected you . . . or may still be affecting you
today?
2. What kinds of ‘Armor’ do men wear? What
about you?
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Core Conditioning
 READ the bullet points on the slide
 SHARE any prayer request at your table and pray for one another
before you leave
Core Conditioning
1) Read Judges 6 again
2) Pray for your Tablemates every day
3) Read the text Introduction through Chapter 2
END OF SESSION


SHARE any prayer request at your table and pray for one another
before you leave
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