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So according to Pew Research, 
they did a survey of the most 

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recognized Bible story for 
Americans. 

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And you won't want to guess. 
So they're like 1 and 2 are like

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high up there, and three is like
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And then four through 10 are 
pretty close together. 

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There are two stories that are, 
I guess, the most well known for

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Americans and anyone to know. 
Guess you said Genesis of that. 

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That's kind of. 
There's a lot of stories in 

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Genesis, but you revelation. 
No terrible guesses. 

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OK. 
OK. 

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I want to say no, no, there's no
wrong answer, but those are 

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wrong answers. 
OK. 

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Noah's ark. close. close. 
David and glide. 

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Thank you. 
Yeah, yes, yeah. 

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He's not cheating. 
We've been announcing the 

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passage for the whole week. 
So yes, today's survey is on 

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David and Goliath and that that 
is wonderful guest. 

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Yes, yes, the other the other 
well known story is Moses. 

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I'm thinking a lot of movies 
made about Moses, 10 

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commandments and and stuff. 
So OK, someone in the first 

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service said Judas Iscariot 
betraying Jesus. 

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I'm like that one, he, he 
betrayed Jesus and then he 

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killed himself. 
Like, I don't know if that's the

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the children's story we grew up 
hearing. 

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So, yeah, all right, good. 
Some bad answers. 

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But yeah, a lot of good answers.
Good, good, good. 

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So in this crowd, I would say 
it's closer to 100%. 

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We all know the story of David 
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And whether it's the Pew 
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guys, you know, like, OK, David 
and Glass, we know the story. 

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What do you think is the point 
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What is the moral of the story? 
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that the majority of us would 
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It's about bravery. 
It's about facing and overcoming

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giants in your life. 
You know, be like David, have 

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courage and face your giants and
overcome it. 

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Many would say that is the moral
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disagreeing. 
Yeah, it is about all of that. 

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But here's the problem of just 
leaving it there because courage

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just doesn't appear out of 
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You can't just go home and say I
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today. 
I'm going to face all my giants 

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today because where does that 
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So today, yeah, beyond what 
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think the more important 
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from this story. 
Where did Davis faith, where did

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his faith come from? 
I think that's more important. 

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So that's the question we want 
to answer today. 

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Where does real faith come from?
Where does real faith come from 

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#1 Real faith is formed in the 
small moments. 

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It's formed in the small moments
before the big moment. 

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See, David's faith was there 
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Goliath. 
Now let's turn to First Samuel 

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chapter 17, and let's read three
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a little bit later. 
Three to 10. 

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This is the battle of Israel 
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The Philistines were standing on
the hill on one hill, and the 

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Israelites were standing on 
another hill with the ravine 

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between them. 
Then a champion named Goliath 

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from Gath came out from the 
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He was 9 feet 9 inches tall and 
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bronze scale armor that weighed 
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There was bronze armor in his 
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was flung between his shoulders.
His spear shaft was like a 

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weaver's beam, and the iron 
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lbs. 
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walking in front of him. 
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the Israelite battle formations.
Why do you come out to line up 

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in battle formation? 
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Philistine and are you not 
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Choose one of your men and have 
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If he wins in a fight against me
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servants. 
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kill him, then you will be our 
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Philistine said I defy the ranks
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Send me a man so we could fight 
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Let's stop there. 
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that we read, it's really about 
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They had no faith because 
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He's over 9 feet tall. 
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plus his, his javelin and all 
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he's carrying. 
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that several times he had a 
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of bronze, bronze on the shin, 
his bronze helmet. 

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time it's been around. 
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away from bronze because bronze 
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They were transitioning to iron.
But why does Goliath wear these 

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older, heavier bronze armor? 
125 lbs. 

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Why? 
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He's making a statement. 
I'm wearing the old school armor

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because I can. 
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scale armor. 
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technology in his gear. 
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challenging them to a fight. 
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of the Philistines and Goliath 
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representative to fight this 
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In ancient battles you watch on 
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then they all start screaming. 
Boom, right? 

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That's the battle scene. 
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like if you guys watch the movie
Troy or Brad Pitt, it's like, uh

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huh, one-on-one winner take all.
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and he's demanding you guys send
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And for the original audience, 
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battle or if you're hearing the 
story in part of the original 

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audience, there is there should 
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Because in Chapter 9 we read 
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of Saul. 
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impressive than any other. 
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than anyone else. 
Israel had their own giant King 

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Saul giant versus giant. 
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why Israel, like Israel has no 
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so scared. 
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Israel heard these words from 
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courage and were terrified. 
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no faith in the Israelite camp. 
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response. 
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32 and that that we just skipped
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essentially explains why David 
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David's dad, Jesse, sends David 
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He's a, he's a DoorDash delivery
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He's just dropping off food for 
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And then he gets there and he's 
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What was this giant talking 
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God? 
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King Saul in verse 32. 
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He's still 16 at this point. 
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anyone be discouraged by him, 
your servant will go and fight 

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this Philistine. 
The 16 year old says I don't be 

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scared because I will fight this
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was no faith and they were 
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First 32 says I will fight this 
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will take him on. 
They're literally opposite 

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responses. 
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a giant, but David sees God. 
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could do. 
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do. 
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how is only David seeing this? 
How is only David able to 

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respond this way? 
Where does this faith come from?

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Where do you get this? 
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For a while, Maddie stopped kind
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him? 
When he would look, they would 

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look at me and my wife. 
They're like, where does this 

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height come from? 
On 5-6 is five nights. 

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So he's like, you know, are you 
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Like what's going on here? 
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And there's this like, question.
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that I'm his dad. 
Like outside of church, it could

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be where does it come from? 
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like, where does his bravery 
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He didn't have any faith in God,
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And then he just brings it out 
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It didn't come in that moment. 
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People think they could always 
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they need it. 
But great moments and faith come

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from ordinary moments. 
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They don't just announce 
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They come when you're at work. 
They come during normal life. 

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They come when you're delivering
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The biggest trial of David's 
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came. 
The biggest moment of faith came

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to David when he was literally 
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The scary truth is that when 
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late to conjure up this faith 
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When crisis comes, it reveals 
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David's faith didn't just appear
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up to that moment. 
His faith was shaped and formed 

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by God little by little. 
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ordinary moments when he was 
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and shaping him little by 
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So when the big moment came, he 
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And David, your servant will go 
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and Saw, of course, he's like, 
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3337 should be the next slide. 
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fight this Philistine. 
You're just a youth and he's 

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been a warrior ever since he was
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David answered. 
Saul, your servant has been 

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tending his father's sheep. 
Whenever a lion or a bear came 

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and carried off a lamb from the 
flock, I went after it, struck 

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it down and rescued the lamb 
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If it reared up against me, I 
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it down and kill it. 
Your servant has killed lions 

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and bears. 
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will be like one of them, for he
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living God. 
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rescued me from the paw of the 
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will rescue me from the hand of 
this Philistine. 

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Saul said to David, Go, and may 
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He had smaller occasions for 
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David grew his faith by trusting
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We need to be trained in daily 
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We need to be in the Word of 
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The Bible doesn't just give us 
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Romans 12/12 says be transformed
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Psalm 123 says the blessed is a 
person who meditates on the law 

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of the Lord day and night and 
becomes like a tree planted by 

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water. 
When you spend time in the in 

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God's word, reading and 
meditating, reflecting, it 

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renews your mind, it shapes you 
and forms you. 

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When you spend time with God's 
word, it says here you're like a

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tree planted by streams of 
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You're you know how to find 
renewal strength from God and 

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God starts shaping little by 
little what you believe, what 

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you value, how you interpret 
situations instead of I'm 

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doomed. 
It's all it's time to trust in 

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God more. 
God starts to change your 

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perspective and ultimately God 
changes what you do changes your

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heart, changes your actions. 
So I can't focus enough how 

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important it is to spend time 
with God on the daily. 

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We provide explore devotionals 
in the back for you. 

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You don't have to use those, you
can use your own. 

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You can find whatever you like 
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The point is, I want you guys to
interact with the word of God 

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and start practicing the little 
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Ah, I, I did a quiet time and 
then it's about loving difficult

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people, loving your enemies. 
Tomorrow I'm going to go to work

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and I'm going to be kind. 
I'm going to show grace and 

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kindness to that Co worker that 
I can't get along with. 

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You and your wife and your 
husband got in a little argument

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and I'm you know what? 
I'm going to practice what I 

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just read. 
I'm going to forgive. 

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I'm going to pay back not with 
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want to pay back with love and 
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The little moments when David 
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me from the lion of the bear 
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It was not just it was not hype,
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time. 
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it started with foxes and 
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He had to trust God to fend off 
little animals. 

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I guess coyotes are not that 
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mean. 
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the lions and the barons. 
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in God facing 9 foot giant. 
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see Psalm 23 is not what he 
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reflects back to the shepherd 
days in his youth. 

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And you see what he was 
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You see what he was wrestling 
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I don't think we have it, but 
I'll read it. 

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And it's such a, it's a passage 
that most of us have heard. 

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Oh, just kidding, it is up 
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The Lord is my shepherd. 
I have what I need. 

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He lets me lie down in green 
pastures. 

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He leads me beside quiet waters.
He renews my life. 

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He leads me along the right path
for his name's sake. 

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Even when I go through the 
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danger, for you are with me. 
Your rod and your staff, they 

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comfort me. 
Prepare a table before me in the

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presence of my enemies. 
You anoint my head with oil. 

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My cup overflows. 
Only goodness and faithful love 

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will pursue me all the days of 
my life. 

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And I will dwell in the House of
the Lord as long as I live. 

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Could we go to the slide before 
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I'm sorry. 
Psalm. 

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The The first page of Psalm. 
First verses of Psalm. 

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Yeah. 
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contentment. 
He was a lowly shepherd, 

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remember, His brothers were 
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things. 
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lowliest of jobs. 
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While I'm shepherd and I learned
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learned contentment. 
I have what I need. 

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I'm the Lotus of the totem pole,
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Even though I go through the 
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know. 
Coolio made this line famous in 

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a song, and actually many people
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Bible, but it was actually King 
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Coolio, but he learned. 
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danger, trust in danger, trust 
God during danger. 

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And he closes Psalm 23 saying my
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He experienced God's love 
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He knew what it meant to be 
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I want us to people who love 
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and practice it. 
You know what? 

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I'm going to obey this. 
I read this in my quiet time 

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today. 
I want to obey this at work. 

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I want to obey this in my 
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I'm going to see some friends 
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I want to obey this. 
The little moments count. 

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It is shaping you and forming 
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And when crisis comes, you'll be
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People think when you date, it's
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and it is. 
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times for small obediences so 
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crisis comes, and I promise you 
crisis will come, marriage will 

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get hard. 
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we obey, we follow God's Word, 
and you'll be able to follow 

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God's ways in crisis again. 
You can't just ignore God's 

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ways, dating and marriage and 
suddenly you're in crisis and 

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suddenly you're going to be good
Christians. 

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No, start now, start now. 
All right, Where does real faith

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come from #2 Real faith depends.
And who your faith is in real 

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faith depends on the object of 
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It is not the strength of your 
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It is the object of your faith. 
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Now this is the actual battle. 
This is David versus Goliath. 

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All right, giant, 9 foot giant 
versus teenage David verse 44. 

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Come here, the Philistine called
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And now I'll give your flesh to 
the birds of the sky and the 

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wild beasts. 
David said to the Philistine. 

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You come against me with the 
sword, spear and javelin, but I 

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come against you in the name of 
the Lord of armies, the God of 

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the ranks of Israel. 
You have defined him. 

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Today the Lord will hand you 
over to me. 

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Today I will strike you down. 
Remove your head. 

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Give the corpses of the 
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the sky and the wild creatures 
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Then all the world will know 
that Israel has a gun, and this 

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whole assembly will know that it
is not by sword or spear that 

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the Lord saves. 
For the battle is the Lord. 

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He will hand you over to us in. 
The Philistine started forward 

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to attack him. 
David ran quickly to the battle 

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line to meet the Philistine. 
David put his hand in the bag, 

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took out a stone slung It hit 
the Philistine on his forehead. 

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The stone sank into his forehead
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He fell face down to the ground.
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with the sling and a stone. 
David overpowered the Philistine

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and killed him without having a 
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David ran and stood over him. 
He grabbed the Philistine sword,

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pulled it out from his sheaf, 
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Then he cut off his head and the
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was dead. 
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You go 1 slide back. 
The real issue here, the real 

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lesson here was not that all. 
David is so strong. 

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He's so skilled. 
David Pheasant I want everyone 

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to know that the battle is the 
Lord's. 

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I'm going to defeat you with 
this toy because I want everyone

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to know that God won this 
victory. 

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There aren't really three big 
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We see saw the guy with no 
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characters who have a lot of 
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One of them is David, other 
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Goliath verse 44, He's very 
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He has faith. 
Come here, Philistine called to 

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David and I will give you flesh,
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sky and the wild beasts. 
He said I ain't going to tear 

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you up and your remains will be 
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He's confident. 
Goliath represents the world's 

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version of faith and courage. 
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He has faith. 
He is confident. 

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He is brave. 
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It's himself. 
I'm the biggest. 

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I'm the strongest. 
I have the best armor. 

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I have the latest technology. 
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That is the world's version of 
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Faith in yourself. 
See, Goliath had all the 

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ingredients necessary to 
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resources. 
We talk about self esteem and 

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you know, visualizing success. 
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Goliath had. 
You're so confident, high self 

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esteem, visualizing success. 
I will tear you apart, but when 

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your faith comes from within, it
will eventually fail. 

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Saul faith came from within as 
well. 

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Saul was confident in his 
battles until he met Goliath, 

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until he met somebody bigger and
stronger than him. 

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Goliath looks like he was doing 
great until he meets somebody 

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anointed by God. 
If you believe in your 

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abilities, your looks, your 
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you'll be great until you're 
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Think about it. 
You could have everything, but 

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suddenly your health can fail. 
Someone better than you can 

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replace you. 
Times are changing fast. 

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Your abilities might become 
outdated. 

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Your skills might be no longer 
applicable in this new world. 

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The world is unpredictable. 
Who knew COVID would happen? 

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You know, we had the we had 
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great time of men just 
encouraging one another, praying

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for each other. 
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me, Pastor Tim, you know, 
because of AI, we might not we 

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might not need pastors in the 
few years. 

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I said, thank you very much. 
Appreciate. 

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I'm glad I'm here and never come
to men's retreat again. 

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No, I, I didn't say that. 
I just thought it, but I didn't 

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understand that long. 
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And it's kind of true. 
Like what if they like there was

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like AI is so advanced that they
could preach tournaments and you

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know what the with the voice and
then they could do counseling 

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and, and pretty much everything 
I do AI could do. 

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But it's possible, it is 
possible that all our skills 

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that we're so proud of could be 
replaced. 

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If your confidence comes from 
your abilities, what are you 

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going to do when your skills no 
longer matter? 

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Then what are you? 
Then who are you? 

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The world is so unpredictable, 
it's crazy. 

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Remember I shared about the 
company behind us in all sense, 

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right? 
Innovative. 

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Like they make sensors and 
innovate and then they combine 

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the innocence, right? 
They've been around for 24 

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years. 
We get a new president. 

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Four months later, they're out 
of business. 

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Trump cuts their funding and 
they're just gone like that. 

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I, I talked to the owner, he was
so upset. 

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And then before they move out, 
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It's innocence, right? 
He, he scrapes the 1st 2 letters

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of his company's name. 
And now when you look at the 

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name, it says no sense. 
His last bit of, you know, 

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rebellion before, you know, no 
sense because he says that he 

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makes no sense. 
This world has no sense. 

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We're doing great. 
And like that, we're out of 

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business. 
When your source of faith, your 

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bravery, your confidence when it
comes from within, it could only

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take you so far. 
But here we see the source of 

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Davis faith. 
In verse 45 it says you come 

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against me with the world's 
version of faith and confidence.

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You come with me with sword, 
spear and javelin and 125 lbs of

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it. 
But I, I, yours is the world's 

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version. 
But I have truth, faith. 

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But I come against you in the 
name of the Lord of armies, the 

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God of the ranks of Israel. 
Today the Lord will hand you 

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over to me. 
All the world will know that 

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Israel has a God, David says. 
My source is different. 

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The source of my faith, my trust
is in God, not my own ability. 

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But it says the battle belongs 
to the Lord. 

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The real issue is not how much 
faith you have or how little of 

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it. 
It's what is your faith in. 

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A lot of times we have strong 
faith in the wrong things. 

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The Bible teaches us. 
Even Jesus says, hey, your 

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faith, mustard seed is OK. 
Little faith in a good thing. 

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Little faith in in our our God 
is OK. 

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It's better than big faith and 
the wrong thing. 

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So we don't trust. 
We don't have to trust in our 

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confidence. 
We don't have to trust in our 

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experience and resources or how 
much control we have in our 

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lives. 
We trust in the King of kings. 

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Trust the God who is the Lord of
all armies. 

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As long as your trust comes from
within, it's fine until you run 

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into a giant, until you run into
a Goliath in your life. 

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Then what are you going to do? 
Then you become like Saul in 

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verse 11. 
You become afraid. 

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You become terrified because the
problem is too big. 

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The obstacle cannot overcome. 
But if your faith isn't God, you

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can stand even everything, even 
when everything falls apart, 

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because we come in the name of 
the Lord, the Lord of armies for

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the battle is the Lord's. 
Like I said in the beginning, I 

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don't want you to go home today 
and like, OK, I got to become 

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like David. 
What's the real story here? 

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The real story is that the 
Israelites needed a 

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representative and they couldn't
find one they needed. 

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They needed a representative 
rescued them from that 

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situation. 
They couldn't defeat Goliath and

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they were just waiting for 
representative. 

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They're hoping Saul was. 
They thought Saul was, but they 

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realized, man, we have no 
representative, but God sends 

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David, teenager David to become 
the Israel's representative and 

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rescue them from Goliath. 
We are the Israelites in the 

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story. 
We are sinners in need of being 

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saved, and we cannot defeat the 
Goliaths in our lives on our 

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own. 
We need a representative, and 

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God sends mankind a 
representative to fight our 

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vital battles, to defeat sin, 
defeat death. 

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That's what we're celebrating 
next week. 

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God sends Jesus as a 
representative, and he 

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accomplishes everything that we 
couldn't. 

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God sends us a rescue, a rescuer
to rescue us out of our sin, to 

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rescue us out of death, to 
rescue us from the Goliath. 

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So when we have troubles in 
life, what are we to do? 

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Return to our representative. 
He's already fought the good 

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fight. 
He's already lived the perfect 

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life. 
So when God sees you, he doesn't

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see your sin, He doesn't see 
your failures. 

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He sees what Jesus did for you. 
He sees righteousness. 

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And with that power, that story,
because the gospel, with that 

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gospel power, we could face 
anything in this life because 

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God is in our side. 
What is real faith? 

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Main point? 
Real faith is shaped by ordinary

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moments and rests in the power 
of God. 

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Let's take time to pray.