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  • Alan Tison avatar

    Characteristics Of A Giant Killer Series

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Apr 30, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 27,924 views

    Life would be easy if our call was not a call to faith and courage. David had heard from Samuel he was going to be the next king, but it was not long before he discovered it would not be a simple life of living in a palace and giving orders – No, soon he

    Life would be easy if our call was not a call to faith and courage. David had heard from Samuel he was going to be the next king, but it was not long before he discovered it would not be a simple life of living in a palace and giving orders – No, soon he would be facing giants Giant Statements ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Reflections Of A Biblical Friendship Series

    Contributed by Alan Tison on Apr 30, 2007
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    Best friends are very important. Best friends are our confidants. They are our counselors. They are our PR persons. They back us up when others are against us. No problem is ever as dark when you have a friend to face it with you. Especially when that pe

    I begin tonight with a question, “Who would you call your best friend?” For some of us, it is our spouse. For others of us, a sibling is our best friend. For others, a childhood friend whom we still communicate with today holds the title of being our “best friend.” Best friends are very important. ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Babatunmishe Oke avatar

    How To Become God's Champion

    Contributed by Babatunmishe Oke on Mar 19, 2008
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    Features the main characteristics of God’s champions using the example of David

    WHO WILL BECOME GOD’S CHAMPION? 1 Samuel 17 A champion of God has certain characteristics. THE MAJOR ONE IS THAT A CHAMPION OF GOD IS READY TO STAND AGAINST THE ARMIES OF THE ENEMIES OF GOD (Matthew 11:12). 1. They usually don’t have any enabling physical attributes. They seldom have the ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Test Of Success

    Contributed by Ben Mandrell on Apr 8, 2008
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    The key to success, from the eyes of David,the leader of all leaders.

    Days of David: The Test of Success 1 Samuel 18:5-16 Englewood Baptist Church Sunday morning, April 6,2008 On Sunday nights, we have been peering into the life of David, the man after God’s own heart who was called to lead the nation of Israel in their most glorious era of history.God had given ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Slay Your Giants

    Contributed by Steve Malone on Nov 15, 2007
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     | 8,281 views

    A message that looks at the grandaddy of all upsets and uncovers several truths that will help us slay the gaints that are standing in the way of us being all God wants us to be.

    How To Slay Your Giants IN - February of 1980 I was in the Navy living in Saratoga Springs New York. 90 miles away in Lake Placid a group of 12 American amateur hockey players took the ice to face the toughest and best hockey team in the world, Russia’s national team. It was the Olympic games and ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    What To Do When You've Been Stabbed In The Back Series

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Oct 16, 2006
    based on 27 ratings
     | 25,014 views

    David as a model in his relationship with Saul on what to do when someone mistreats you.

    I’ve titled the sermon, “when you are stabbed in the back” because it’s a fact of life that at some point in your life someone is going to stab you in the back, take advantage of you, cheat you, rob you, or do you wrong in some way. A “friend” might gossip about you, sharing your deepest darkest ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    Godliness, Manhood And Leadership, Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Dean O'bryan on Mar 5, 2008
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     | 6,515 views

    Second message from a conference for college-age men on what it means to be a man, God’s man and God’s leader.

    Part 2 (Evening session) This morning we talked about our predicament as men; primarily we centered on two issues. One issue is what we face because of our inheritance from Adam in the sin nature and Adam’s abdication. The other is a bunch of cultural baggage from which we have an extremely ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Facing Your Giants

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 21, 2007
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     | 29,661 views

    Five smooth stones were in the bag, and a sling prepared to put them in motion. Each of those stones could represent a character quality that David had which helped him defeat a giant. Link included to formatted text, audio and video, and PowerPoint.

    Facing Your Giants I Samuel 17 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/FacingYourGiants.html We all know this story of David and Goliath…how God used a brave young man full of faith to face a huge hulk of a human for God and His people, Israel. With sling in hand, he chose 5 smooth stones from a brook ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall

    Contributed by Jonathan Russell on Jun 29, 2007
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    Finding the lessons for our lives from David’s encounter with Goliah

    Notice three people involved in this text, and the lessons we learn from them... 1. Goliath Goliath represents the enemy we face Goliath teaches us three important truths: A. Our enemy is bigger than we are (v. 1-7) B. Our enemy will challenge us (v. 8-16) C. Our enemy will taunt and threaten us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Kill A Giant: Part 2 Series

    Contributed by Timothy Brown on Jul 2, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,121 views

    This sermon is a continuation on how we as believers face oppositional giants with biblical principles and strategies.

    “Facing Giants” I Samuel 18:5-9 How to Kill a Giant: Part 2 or How to Handle Haters (Use a Can of Raid) Introduction: Giants. We must face them. Yet, we need not face them alone. Max Lucado’s book, Facing Giants, takes a profound look at the life of David and digs deeply into the defeats he ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    How To Overcome A Jealous Spirit

    Contributed by Fred Smith on Jul 13, 2007
    based on 29 ratings
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    A sermon dealing with the danger of succumbing to a spirit of jealousy

    Saul was very angry; this refrain galled him. “They have credited David with tens of thousands,” he thought, “but me with only thousands. What more can he get but the kingdom?” And from that time on Saul kept a jealous eye on David...In everything [Da-vid] did he had great success, because the ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Defeating Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Greg Addison on Jul 17, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 15,135 views

    David defeating Goliath is a uiversal lesson that teaches all of us how to defeat our worst enemies - Satan, sin, and self.

    Defeating your Enemies INTRODUCTION Most great heroes are defined by the enemies that they defeat. Just listen to the name of these heroes and see if their enemies do not come readily to mind: Batman (Joker, Penguin, Riddler); Superman (Lex Luthor); Flash Gordon (Ming the Merciless). The list ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Part One: "Fear" (Awakening The Warrior Spirit) Series

    Contributed by Chris Kratzer on Feb 9, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,917 views

    How to deal with fear successfully so it brings out the best in you and not the worst.

    Dealing with Difficult Emotions Series: Part One: Fear (Awakening the Warrior Spirit) This morning, I’m starting a new series where we are going to look at what God teaches about dealing with difficult emotions, emotions like sadness, anger, jealousy, and several others. And this morning I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Overcoming The Fear Factor

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Sep 28, 2007
     | 1,900 views

    There is an "x" factor thorughout history, and in our lives, whose presence is the difference between success and failure, blessing and cursing, life and death.

    Passage: 1 Samuel 17:1-58 Intro: A favorite sermon style at this church is when PJ does math!! 1. don’t worry, I checked it all out with the coach of the State champion Math Counts team. 2. going to look at this familiar story of David and Goliath, but add this mathematical twist. 3. ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical Free

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    Hanging In There Through Misunderstanding Series

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Oct 8, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,868 views

    Everyone has been misunderstood at one time or another. This sermon seeks to help us to "Hang in there" when that happens.

    1 Samuel 18:5-9, Psalm 140 Few things are more difficult to live with than being misunderstood. Sometimes it’s downright unbearable. When you are misunderstood, you have no defense. And have you noticed that when you are misunderstood, no matter how hard you try to correct the misunderstanding, it ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist