CFTN | Week of September 10th | www.cftn.com | Dr. Michael Maiden

I Chronicles 12:8-15 8 Some Gadites joined David at the strong-hold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for battle, who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as gazelles on the mountains: 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the sec-ond, Eliab the third, 10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, 11 At-tai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, 12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, 13 Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbanai the eleventh. 14 These were from the sons of Gad, captains of the army; the least was over a hundred, and

the greatest was over a thousand. 15 These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

1. MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR

Ephesians 6:10-12 10 Finally, my breth-ren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the dark-ness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wick-edness in the heavenly places.

2. MEN TRAINED FOR BATTLE

Ephesians 4:11-12 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ

3. WHO COULD HANDLE A SHIELD AND SPEAR

II Timothy 3:16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doc-trine, for reproof, for cor-rection, for instruction in righteousness

4. FACES WERE LIKE THE FACES OF LIONS

Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Romans 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than con-querors through Him who loved us.

5. SWIFT AS GAZELLES ON THE MOUNTAINS

Joel 2:25 “So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, The crawling lo-cust, The consuming lo-cust, And the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you.

6. CROSSED THE JORDAN WHEN IT OVERFLOWED ITS BANKS

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

I John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have over-come them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Mark 9:23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

7. PUT TO FLIGHT ALL THOSE IN THE VALLEYS

I Samuel 30:6 Now David was greatly distressed, for the peo-ple spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daugh-ters. But David strength-ened himself in the Lord his God.

Isaiah 40:31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.