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  • Ian Lyall avatar

    Out On A Limb For God

    Contributed by Ian Lyall on Sep 13, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 6,369 views

    Like David in the OT, the Christian will face the opposition of Satan, and is called to go out on a limb for God.

    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

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    Overcoming The Fear Factor

    Contributed by Jon Mackinney on Sep 28, 2007
     | 1,883 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

  • Levi Wright avatar

    I Need To Slaying Some Giants In My Life

    Contributed by Levi Wright on Oct 6, 2007
    based on 48 ratings
     | 24,016 views

    Sometime, Life its self will either bring or is bringing some giants into our lives that will shape us, mold us, make us or break us as we try and make a stand for the LORD.

    Banner of Praise Ministries Reverend Dr. Levi Howard Wright, Pastor& Founder “I Need To Slaying Some Giants in Our Life” 1 Samuel 17:1-30 Ephe 6:10-18 Introduction Turn to your neighbor and look them in the eye and say.... “I Need To Slay Some Giants In My Life.” In our text today, we see ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Facing Your Giants

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 21, 2007
    based on 136 ratings
     | 29,613 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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    David And Goliath Series

    Contributed by Don Hawks on Jun 22, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 11,030 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
     | 19,975 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

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    The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall

    Contributed by Jonathan Russell on Jun 29, 2007
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     | 3,455 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

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    How To Kill A Giant: Part 1 Series

    Contributed by Timothy Brown on Jul 2, 2007
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,914 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

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    This Is War

    Contributed by Jimmy Stewart on Jul 6, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,476 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
     | 15,075 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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    Overcoming Your Giants

    Contributed by Sherry Proskine on Jul 23, 2007
    based on 17 ratings
     | 8,726 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

  • Babatunmishe Oke avatar

    How To Become God's Champion

    Contributed by Babatunmishe Oke on Mar 19, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 30,113 views

    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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    Be Not Dismayed, A Funeral Homily

    Contributed by R. David Reynolds on Jan 1, 2008
    based on 11 ratings
     | 15,706 views

    The theme of this funeral homily is that in the midst of death we as Christian Disciples do not loose our courage, our hope, our faith, or our joy because we know Jesus will never leave us nor forsake us but will always take care of us.

    Be Not Dismayed, A Funeral Homily --I Samuel 17:1-11, 46-47; Deuteronomy 31:7-8; Isaiah 41:10; John 14:18 We have heard the reading of our primary text for the funeral homily for our departed sister Barbara Jean Bluff, and perhaps many of you are wondering “How does the story of David’s battle ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Jeremy Poling avatar

    Kill The Lion Kill The Bear Save The Lamb

    Contributed by Jeremy Poling on Jan 15, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 14,387 views

    Winning battles

    Kill The Lion Kill the Bear Save the Lamb 1Sa 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem. 1Sa 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 1Sa 17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    The Five Stones

    Contributed by Ed Wood on Jun 28, 2008
    based on 6 ratings
     | 5,992 views

    A message on how we can defeat our enemy following the example of David.

    THE FIVE STONES 1 Samuel 17:38-51 INTRO: We are all familiar with the story of how little David, who was just a young lad, went to battle against Goliath, a giant in the land in those days, and how David, armed with only a sling and five stones, defeated this ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist