The Left-Handed and the Least

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Text: Judges 3:12-15a; Judges 6:11-16

Scripture Reading: Psalm 121:7-8 “The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever.” (NLT)

#1–The Book of Judges—12 Sin Cycles

The Oppressors: Moabites; Midianites; Mesopotamians; Philistines; Canaanites; Ammonites; Amalekites.

The Judges: Othniel; Ehud; Shamgar; Deborah; Gideon; Tola; Jair; Jephthah; and Samson.

#2–Ehud—The Left-Handed

          Judges 3:12-15a

Overlooked because he was left-handed in a right-handed world BUT because he was “overlooked”………..

Moabites—King Eglon

#3–Gideon—The Least

          Judges 6:11-16

          Hiding; threshing wheat in a wine press.

Midianites & Amalekites—formed an alliance to oppress God’s people.

The Angel of the Lord—

#4–What do these two stories mean for us?

2 Corinthians 12:9 “And He [God] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.”

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