• How do you fight a GIANT? #5

    Big and proud falls hard and loud! Goliath was heavily weighted down with bronze, iron and arrogance; He had “the look” but David had the hook. With a sling and a stone, the giant was hit with force. “The Philistine fell facedown on the ground.” (1 Sam. 17:48-58) We can finally proclaim “I am done with you…. Lies, you have to go. This battle is the Lord’s!” Be deliberate. Get tired of the standoff and find your boldness. Don’t talk yourself out of better days by letting your mind run wild about all the things you could lose while trying to win. David knew if he did not kill his…

  • How do you fight a GIANT? #4

    When others can’t see you as a champion, you’re gonna need to believe in yourself. Choose to approach your giant as a conqueror. (Rom. 8:35-37) Get a mental picture of what it will be like to put to death a giant of: poverty, evil, lust, harm, distress, or any other kind. Imagine yourself partaking of every good thing you’ve ever wanted. Those who fight giants have a reward waiting for them! Has there been an undefeated, generational giant, conquering and parading itself around your family like a champion? The enemy can win all day long, all year long…until he comes up against someone on the Lord’s side. Goliath was known…

  • How do you fight a GIANT? #3

    Goliath was David’s GIANT. What is yours? You may be looking around at all the capable looking people standing near the giant that threatens your life and theirs. Maybe for a moment, you wish someone else would take care of it. Yet, you’re unable to shake the piercing nudge inside that it is not their giant to slay. (1 Samuel 1:26) Our background has something to do with the kind of giant we come up against in the future. David became a king but look what he fought as a shepherd: A lion and a bear (1 Samuel 17: 34-36). Lions, commonly known as “the king of beasts,” symbolize Kingly…

  • How do you fight a GIANT? #2

    God did not reserve strength just for all the big and tall people. David had giant faith and a gigantic boldness on the inside, though he was not a large man. His own size didn’t hinder his purpose and nothing else should limit him either. (1 Samuel 16:6-7) When others see us, they think they see the extent of who we are but it is our inner qualities that can bear a huge fight and wage a winning war with a giant. When people saw David coming, they were not afraid, horrified or rattled. They weren’t dismayed at all. On the other hand, Goliath’s size and his words terrified Saul…

  • How do you fight a GIANT?

    Are you tired of a king-size problem overshadowing you each day? Maybe this thing is causing distress for your family more so lately…bringing intimidation and declaration that sounds, well, BIG. Undesirable and down right terrible, it just keeps showing up! “Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel…” (1 Sam. 17:8) He was a giant, influential warrior of the Philistines. Assembled at Sokah in Judah, the Philistines had gathered their forces for war. Saul and the Israelites assembled also, camped in the Valley of Elah and drew up their battle line to meet the Philistines. “The Philistines occupied one hill and the Israelites another, with the valley between them.”…