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  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Facing Your Giants

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 21, 2007
    based on 136 ratings
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    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

  • Don Hawks avatar

    David And Goliath Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,446 views

    With God’s help it is possible to take on all the giants of life that I face.

    (Answers to Blanks at end of outline) INTRODUCTION: • The story of David and Goliath illustrates how to take on the giants in your life. • These favorite Bible stories we have been reading and discussing are more than just children’s stories; they have powerful messages for all of us in our ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Fran Van Hoven avatar

    Defeating Giants

    Contributed by Fran Van Hoven on Jun 25, 2007
    based on 9 ratings
     | 20,308 views

    We’ve all been to the place where we’ve had to deal with giants; giants like worry, doubt, fear, anxiety, depression. Whatever it has been, we’ve wandered through those dry valleys looking for answers, and sometimes we come up empty. We f

    DEFEATING GIANTS Students involved in a research project at the University of Illinois called 2000 homes at random between midnight and 2 A.M. on a Friday night in the city of Chicago to see if parents knew where their children were. In 75% of the homes called, a child answered and didn’t ...read more

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    Denomination: Assembly Of God

  • Gene Gregory avatar

    Defeating The Giants In Life

    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Sep 24, 2006
    based on 19 ratings
     | 7,751 views

    This sermon addresses the qualities necessary in overcoming difficulties in life.

    DEFEATING THE GIANTS IN LIFE - Read 1 Samuel 17:1-52 This is a passage, an account; most of you are very familiar with, the account of David and Goliath. There are several items I would like you to notice with me as we look at this passage. First, I would like you to notice that difficulties ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ian Lyall avatar

    David And Goliath

    Contributed by Ian Lyall on Sep 27, 2006
    based on 15 ratings
     | 19,118 views

    The contest between David and Goliath is a type of the battle between the Believer and Satan. David was prepared to go out on a limb for God. Are we?

    We all know well the story of David and Goliath; it’s one we grew up with from Sunday School. It’s a story which catches a popular vein. It’s the story of the underdog winning, winning against the seeming odds. We probably all have some feeling for the underdog, say in a sporting event, and enjoy ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Matthew Stoll avatar

    Overcoming The Giants In Our Life Series

    Contributed by Matthew Stoll on Oct 16, 2006
    based on 13 ratings
     | 35,213 views

    Facing up to our giants and stepping out in faith, believing God will help us overcome them.

    Have you ever faced something so big, a problem, a trial, a difficulty, that it seemed impossible to overcome, insurmountable. It was/is your giant. No not literally a 9½ foot tall person. Your giant may be a sickness (like cancer), depression, worry, fear, an addiction, a habit, an attitude, a ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Buddy Baird avatar

    Who Am I?

    Contributed by Buddy Baird on Oct 16, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,157 views

    Insights into how we can realize that we are special in the sight of God.

    WHO AM I? TEXT: 1 Samuel 17.32-37 INTRODUCTION: If you are a parent, then you most likely seen a movie called “Toy Story.” One of the main characters is a cowboy named “Woody.” In “Toy Story 2,” Woody is kidnapped by the owner of a toy store, who intends on selling him to a toy museum. Upon ...read more

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    Denomination: Church Of God

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    The Evil Champion

    Contributed by Ronnie Smith on Oct 23, 2006
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,695 views

    1 Samuel 17:8 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able

    THE EVIL CHAMPION I Samuel 17: 24 When the Israelites saw the man, they all ran from him in great fear. 25 Now the Israelites had been saying, "Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jonathan Russell avatar

    The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall

    Contributed by Jonathan Russell on Jun 29, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,618 views

    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

  • Timothy Brown avatar

    How To Kill A Giant: Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Timothy Brown on Jul 2, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 5,071 views

    The purpose of this sermon is to equip persons with biblical strategies and principals when facing giants or opposition in life.

    “Facing Giants” I Samuel 17:47-51 How to Kill a Giant or A Giant Killer (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 suffered, and ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Jimmy Stewart avatar

    This Is War

    Contributed by Jimmy Stewart on Jul 6, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,719 views

    We are not playing games with the devil; this is a series of battles in an ongoing spiritual war.

    This Is War 1 Samuel 17:1-3, 11, 29 We read in the text about the infamous confrontation of the Israelites and the Philistines. You need to know that this was one of several battles that transpired in a seemingly perpetual war between the Israelites and the Philistines. On this particular ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Defeating Your Enemies Series

    Contributed by Greg Addison on Jul 17, 2007
    based on 8 ratings
     | 15,442 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

  • Sherry Proskine avatar

    Overcoming Your Giants

    Contributed by Sherry Proskine on Jul 23, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 8,900 views

    To overcome a battle, we need to understand whose battle it is.

    Overcoming Your Giants Opening; Illustration: Mama eagles are caring loving creatures. Somewhere along the line the mama eagle decides it’s time the baby eagles learn to fly. She takes the little eagle out of the next and flies up as high as she can go. At this point, she drops the fledgling, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • David Johnston avatar

    A Declaration Of Independence

    Contributed by David Johnston on Jul 25, 2007
     | 6,007 views

    Are you not sick and tired of what the devil has done to you? Are you willing to sit there until you die? The devil is fighting the Church! It’s time to make A Declaration of Independence and fight back!

    A Declaration of War 1 Sam. 17:40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

  • Brian Bill avatar

    Handling Your Fears Series

    Contributed by Brian Bill on Apr 15, 2007
    based on 84 ratings
     | 48,585 views

    Go down into the valley and employ these seven tactics in order to slay your giants.

    Handling Your Fears 1 Samuel 17 Rev. Brian Bill www.pontiacbible.org 4/15/07 I read this week that at least 322 unique phobias have been identified. Phobia comes from the Greek word for fear, and refers to a panic that is completely out of proportion to the perceived threat behind it. Extreme ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist