After Gods Own Heart

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Hows Your Giant?

• After Gods Own Heart

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Giants in the valley
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• (1 Sam 173-11) The Philistines occupied one
  hill and the Israelites another, with the valley
  between them...

Hows Your Giant?
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Giants in the valley

• (1 Sam 173-11) A champion named Goliath, who
  was from Gath, came out of the Philistine camp.
  He was over nine feet tall

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Giants in the valley

• (1 Sam 173-11) He had a bronze helmet on his
  head and wore a coat of scale armor of bronze
  weighing five thousand shekels on his legs he
  wore bronze greaves, and a bronze javelin was
  slung on his back

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Giants in the valley
(1 Sam 173-11)

• (1 Sam 173-11) His spear shaft was like a
  weaver's rod, and its iron point weighed six
  hundred shekels. His shield bearer went ahead of
  him.

(Rom 116) I am not ashamed of the gospel,
because it is the power of God for the salvation
of everyone who believes.
(2 Tim 17) For God did not give us a spirit of
fear, but a spirit of power, of love and of a
sound mind
Giant 1 intimidation
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Giants in the valley

• (1 Sam 173-11) Goliath stood and shouted to
  the ranks of Israel, "Why do you come out and
  line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and
  are you not the servants of Saul? Choose a man
  and have him come down to me

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Giants in the valley

• (1 Sam 173-11) If he is able to fight and kill
  me, we will become your subjects but if I
  overcome him and kill him, you will become our
  subjects and serve us."

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Giants in the valley

• (1 Sam 173-11) Then the Philistine said, "This
  day I defy the ranks of Israel! Give me a man and
  let us fight each other." ...

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Giants in the valley
(1 Sam 173-11)

• (1 Sam 173-11) On hearing the Philistine's
  words, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed
  and terrified.

(1 Cor 1224-26) God has combined the members of
the bodyso that there should be no division in
the body, but that its parts should have equal
concern for each other...
(1 Cor 1224-26) If one part suffers, every
part suffers with it if one part is honored,
every part rejoices with it.
Giant 2 isolation
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Giants in the valley

• (1 Sam 1712-20) Now David was the son of an
  Ephrathite named Jesse, who was from Bethlehem in
  Judah. Jesse had eight sons, and in Saul's time
  he was old and well advanced in years

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Giants in the valley

• (1 Sam 1712-20) Jesse's three oldest sons had
  followed Saul to the war The firstborn was
  Eliab the second, Abinadab and the third,
  Shammah. David was the youngest...

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Giants in the valley
Giants called Disappointment

• (1 Sam 1712-20) The three oldest followed
  Saul, but David went back and forth from Saul to
  tend his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

(1 Sam 1712-20)
Giant 3 inactivity
(Gal 68-9) The one who sows to please his
sinful nature, from that nature will reap
destruction the one who sows to please the
Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life...
(Gal 68-9) Let us not become weary in doing
good, for at the proper time we will reap a
harvest if we do not give up.
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Giants called Disappointment

• (1 Sam 1712-20) For forty days the Philistine
  came forward every morning and evening and took
  his stand...

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Giants called Disappointment

• (1 Sam 1712-20) Now Jesse said to his son
  David, "Take this ephah of roasted grain and
  these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and
  hurry to their camp

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Giants called Disappointment

• (1 Sam 1712-20) Take along these ten cheeses
  to the commander of their unit. See how your
  brothers are and bring back some assurance from
  them. They are with Saul and all the men of
  Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against
  the Philistines"

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Giants called Disappointment
Giant

• (1 Sam 1712-20) Early in the morning David
  left the flock with a shepherd, loaded up and set
  out, as Jesse had directed. He reached the camp
  as the army was going out to its battle
  positions, shouting the war cry.

(1 Sam 1712-20)
Giants right at Home
(James 21, 8-9) But if you show favoritism,
you sin and are convicted by the law as
lawbreakers.
(James 21, 8-9) My brothers, as believers in
our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show
favoritism
(1 Tim 521) I charge you, in the sight of God
and Christ Jesus and the elect angelsdo nothing
out of favoritism.
(James 21, 8-9) If you really keep the royal
law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as
yourself," you are doing right
Giant 4 inequity
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Giants right at Home

• (1 Sam 1726-31) David asked the men standing
  near him, "What will be done for the man who
  kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace
  from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine
  that he should defy the armies of the living
  God?"

Giants right at Home
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Giants right at Home

• (1 Sam 1726-31) When Eliab, David's oldest
  brother, heard him speaking with the men, he
  burned with anger at him and asked

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Giants right at Home

• (1 Sam 1726-31) "Why have you come down here?
  And with whom did you leave those few sheep in
  the desert?

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Giants right at Home

• (1 Sam 1726-31) "I know how conceited you are
  and how wicked your heart is you came down only
  to watch the battle."

Giant 5 injustice
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Giants right at Home

• (1 Sam 1726-31) "Now what have I done?" said
  David. "Can't I even speak?"

(Isa 5417) "No weapon forged against you will
prevail, and you will refute every tongue that
accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants
of the LORD, and this is their vindication from
Me," declares the LORD.
Giant 5 injustice
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• What G ants
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• to conquer?