D AVID AND G OLIATH

F OR G OD HAS NOT GIVEN US A _________, BUT OF _____ AND OF ___ AND OF A ________. 2 T IMOTHY 1:7 NKJV SOUND MIND LOVE SPIRIT OF FEARPOWER

A CHAMPION NAMED G OLIATH, WHO WAS FROM G ATH, CAME OUT OF THE P HILISTINE CAMP. H E WAS OVER NINE FEET TALL.

H E HAD A BRONZE HELMET ON HIS HEAD AND WORE A COAT OF SCALE ARMOR OF BRONZE WEIGHING 125 POUNDS ; ON HIS LEGS HE WORE BRONZE GREAVES, AND A BRONZE JAVELIN WAS SLUNG ON HIS BACK.

H IS SPEAR SHAFT WAS LIKE A WEAVER ' S ROD, AND ITS IRON POINT WEIGHED FIFTEEN POUNDS. H IS SHIELD BEARER WENT AHEAD OF HIM. 1 S AMUEL 17:4-7

T HEN THE P HILISTINE SAID, "T HIS DAY I ___ THE RANKS OF I SRAEL ! G IVE ME A MAN AND LET US FIGHT EACH OTHER.” DEFY

O N HEARING THE P HILISTINE ' S WORDS, S AUL AND ALL THE I SRAELITES WERE ______ AND ______. 1 S AM. 17:10-11 DISMAYED TERRIFIED

W HAT ’ S Y OUR G OLIATH ?

B ATTLE S TRATEGIES

A S (D AVID ) WAS TALKING WITH ( HIS BROTHERS ), G OLIATH, THE P HILISTINE CHAMPION FROM G ATH, STEPPED OUT FROM HIS LINES AND SHOUTED HIS USUAL DEFIANCE, AND __________. 1 S AMUEL 17:23 D AVID HEARD IT

1. ____ T HE L IES H EAR … SO YOU CAN REMEMBER AND RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE LIES

____ T HE T RUTH K NOW

“W HO IS THIS UNCIRCUMCISED P HILISTINE THAT HE SHOULD DEFY THE ________________?" 1 S AMUEL 17:26 B ARMIES OF THE LIVING G OD

D AVID SAID TO S AUL, "L ET NO ONE LOSE HEART ON ACCOUNT OF THIS P HILISTINE ; YOUR SERVANT WILL GO AND FIGHT HIM." 1 S AMUEL 17:32

2. D ON ’ T L ISTEN T O _______. N AYSAYERS

S AUL REPLIED, "Y OU ARE NOT ABLE TO GO OUT AGAINST THIS P HILISTINE AND FIGHT HIM ; YOU ARE ONLY A BOY, AND HE HAS BEEN A FIGHTING MAN FROM HIS YOUTH." 1 S AMEUL 17:33

_______ Y OUR G OD S TORIES R EMEMBER

[A ND D AVID SAID ] “T HE L ORD WHO ______ ME FROM THE PAW OF THE LION AND THE PAW OF THE BEAR ___ _____ ME FROM THE HAND OF THIS P HILISTINE.” 1 S AMUEL 17:37 DELIVER DELIVERED WILL

H E [G OLIATH ] LOOKED D AVID OVER AND SAW THAT HE WAS ONLY A BOY, RUDDY AND HANDSOME, AND HE DESPISED HIM. H E SAID TO D AVID, "A M I A DOG, THAT YOU COME AT ME WITH STICKS ?”

A ND THE P HILISTINE CURSED D AVID BY HIS GODS. "C OME HERE," HE SAID, " AND I' LL GIVE YOUR FLESH TO THE BIRDS OF THE AIR AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD !" 1 S AMUEL 17:43-44

3. D ON ’ T F OCUS O N T HE ____. F OCUS O N ___. G OD G IANT D ON ’ T COMPARE THE GIANT TO YOURSELF ; COMPARE THE GIANT TO G OD.

D AVID SAID TO THE P HILISTINE, "Y OU COME AGAINST ME WITH SWORD AND SPEAR AND JAVELIN, BUT I COME AGAINST ______________ __________, THE _______ ___________, WHOM YOU HAVE DEFIED. YOU IN THE NAME OF THE ARMIES OF I SRAEL G OD OF THE LORD A LMIGHTY

T HIS DAY ______ WILL HAND YOU OVER TO ME, AND I' LL STRIKE YOU DOWN AND CUT OFF YOUR HEAD. T ODAY I WILL GIVE THE CARCASSES OF THE P HILISTINE ARMY TO THE BIRDS OF THE AIR AND THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH, THE LORD

AND THE WHOLE WORLD WILL KNOW THAT THERE IS A G OD IN I SRAEL.” 1 S AMUEL 17:45-46

VICTORY

T HEN IT HAPPENED …(1 S AMUEL 17:48) … SO WHOLE WORLD WILL KNOW THAT THERE IS A G OD WHO REIGNS IN YOUR LIFE