Dealing With Giant Trouble In 2017

INTRO –GOD-LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST –COMFORTER AND KEEPER HOLY SPIRIT

VERY BRIEFLY THIS MORNING/AFTERNOON I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOUR ATTENTION

TO THE 1ST SAMUEL 17 CHP VERSES 32-40

1 Samuel 17:32-40 (NKJV)

32 Then David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."

33 And Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are a youth, and he a man of war from his youth."

34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep his father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock,

35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard, and struck and killed it.

36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God."

37 Moreover David said, "The LORD, who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you!"

38 So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail.

39 David fastened his sword to his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to Saul, "I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them." So David took them off.

40 Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag, in a pouch which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the Philistine.

(THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF) GOD

WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS

I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

(DEALING WITH GAINT TROUBLE 2017

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

IT IS THROUGH THE LENES OF OBSERVATION

THAT I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE STILL SOME GIANTS LIVING IN THE YEAR OF 2017

AND THESE GIANTS CAN HAVE A VARIETY OF NAMES –BUT IF YOU WILL ALLOW ME TO NAME A FEW

THE GIANT NAME COULD BE BACK BITING ,GOSSIP OR SLANDER

THE NAME COULD EVEN BE –SUNDAY MORNING STANDOUT /BUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE CLASS OR CHRISTIAN EDUCATION DROP OUT

AND IT`S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND

THAT WHEN WE ALLOW THESES GIANTS TO MANIFEST THEMSELVES IN OUR LIVES

THEY HINDER OUR TESTIMONY OF BEING A CHRISTIAN

BUT I`VE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT GOD LEAVES ON THE RECORD SOME BIBICAL INSTRUCTION AS TO HOW TO DEAL WITH GIANT TROUBLE IN 2017

WELL THE TEXT BEFORE US IS CENTERED AROUND

THE YOUNGEST SON OF A MAN FROM BETHELEHEM JUDEA NAME JESSIE

OUR BACK DROP IS OUT ON THE BATTLE FIELD BETWEEN TWO MOUNTIAN RIDGES

ON ONE MOUNTIAN RIDGE STOOD THE ARMY OF ISRAEL

AND ON THE OTHER MOUNTIAN RIDGE STOOD THE ARMY OF THE PHILISTINES

AND EVERY DAY THERE WOULD BE A GIANT NAME GOLIATH

WHO WOULD PROCLAIM WORDS OF IMTIMADATION AGAINST THE ARMY OF ISRAEL

AND THE RECORD REVEALS THAT HE DID THIS FOR 40 DAYS

BUT ON THE FORIETH DAY –DAVID WHO WAS TENDING TO HIS FATHER SHEEPS WAS SUMMON BY HIS FATHER JESSIE

JESSIE TOLD DAVID I WANT YOU TO TAKE PROVISION TO YOUR 3 ELDEST BROTHERS WHO ARE ENLISTED IN THE ISRAEL ARMY

BUT NOT ONLY DO I WANT YOU TO TAKE PROVISION BUT I WANT YOU TO RECEIVE FROM YOUR BROTHERS THERE PLEDGE

THE WORD PLEDGE SIMPLY MEANS –A MESSAGE OR LETTER ARE EVEN A LOT OF HAIR

WHICH SIMPLY MEANS THAT ALL JESSIE WANTED TO KNOW WAS HIS 3 ELDEST SONS STILL ALIVE

BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT

BUT I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT HOW TO DEAL WITH GIANT TROUBLE 2017

VERY BRIEFLY I WANT TO LIFT UP 7 WORDS THAT WILL GIVE US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO DEAL WITH GIANT TROUBLE 2017

WELL THE 1ST WORD IS RECOGNIZE

BECAUSE IF YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH GIANT TROUBLE 2017

YOU FRIST HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE A GIANT WHEN YOU SEE ONE

YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

GOLIATH IS FROM THE PROVODINCE GATH

AND GATH SIMPLY MEANS WINE PRESS

HE `S FROM AND AREA THAT GENERALLY PUT A SQUEEZE ON YOU

THE NAME GOLIATH MEANS TO REVEAL OR EXPOSE

AND SINCE HE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PHILLISTINES