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Identity Restored • Monday, August 17, 2026

Gideon: Two Pictures of the Same Man

The angel found Gideon hiding in a winepress and called him a mighty man of valor. Gideon looked around as if to say, "Are you talking to me?" He could…

Daily Advantage DevotionalMonday, August 17, 2026Apostle G.G. Church-Hill
Scripture"The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor" (Judges 6:12)

The angel found Gideon hiding in a winepress and called him a mighty man of valor. Gideon looked around as if to say, "Are you talking to me?" He could only see who he had been: the least in his father's house. Heaven saw a deliverer. For a long time, the wrong picture won.

Two pictures exist of you too: the one you carry, and the one heaven speaks. Learn to trust the second one.

Declaration

I trust heaven's report of me over my own low estimation. I am who God calls me, not who I have believed myself to be.