Tonight we're going to look at a familiar passage, very familiar passage, 1 Samuel chapter number 17. 1 Samuel chapter number 17. We're going to talk about a character in the Bible that we are all, I'm sure, familiar with, and that is the character David. David. Now, believe it or not, that's actually my middle name. My name is Elijah David, my brother is Ezekiel Daniel. And I'm thankful for the name that I have, the names that I have, and I always found it fascinating as a kid. It's always more exciting to read about the characters in the Bible that had your name. And the Bible's a good place to find names for your kids. There's good names there. There's a lot of people in our church that have biblical names. We've got Jonathan and Nathan. And there's some names in the Bible that I've wondered if anybody ever tried to name their kid that, names I wouldn't really use, you know, like Judas and Jezebel and Bathsheba. There's others that I probably wouldn't use. And there's others that I wouldn't use for other reasons. I mean, can you imagine? Come on, Abednego. You know, grab your brothers Shadrach and Meshach, let's go. And I figure if there were three brothers that had those names, they'd probably grow up and be firefighters. But I appreciate that there are certain names, certain names in the Bible that are hard to pronounce. And Elijah's not that bad. I'm very thankful, thankful for my name. But I'm thankful for the story that is here of David in 1 Samuel chapter 17. There's so much you can unpack from the life of David. But in particular, I think we're going to pull out probably the most commonly known portion of David's life. I mean, every kid, even people that don't really go to church, I've heard people on the news media that probably live very ungodly lives and don't spend a lot of time in the Bible. refer to the idea of a David and Goliath situation. Or refer to some sort of the story of David and Goliath. Most people know this story. So it's nothing new. But I believe there are some very important and at least impactful for me things that we can and should learn from this story. 1 Samuel 17. We're going to start down in v. 45. Verse 45, it says, Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield. But I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand, and I will smite thee and take thine head from thee, and I will give the carcass of the hosts of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel." And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and He will give you into our hands. And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag and took thence a stone, and sling it and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone and smote the Philistine and slew him, but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of the sheaf thereof and slew him and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled." Let's pray. Lord, I pray tonight that You would speak through this very common, this very well-known passage and portion of Your Word, Lord. We know these aren't just stories. This is true. This is Your Word. I pray that You teach us through this Word. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen. Christians oftentimes and usually are willing to do small tasks for God. Oftentimes, a token service for the Lord is something that seems manageable. That seems doable. But what about the times when God asks you to do something that seems impossible? When God asks you, say, hey, this is where I want you to go, and this is what I want you to overcome, and this is the task that I have for you at hand, and it's so much bigger than you are. The fact is, God asks us to do that often. The task of being a good husband. Not just a good husband, but a godly husband or a godly wife. The task of raising our children for the Lord. The task of winning the lost, going into all the world to preach the gospel to every creature. Ministry? There are so many giants that we're going to face. So what happens when we face those giants? And I want to look tonight at the simple topic of overcoming giants. Jeremiah 33, verse 3, another very common passage. It says, "...call unto Me, and I will answer thee." This is God talking. He says, "...call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not." The answer starts with calling on the Lord. It is God who enabled Samson to defeat the Philistines with the jawbone of a donkey. I'm very much a guy, right? So growing up, my parents would tell you, I loved sports. I loved rough and tumble. I loved things and stories like this. Samson grabbed the jawbone of a donkey and killed a thousand of the Philistines. A thousand people in the enemy army against the Lord. David taking a sling and taking down the giant, and they come tumbling down. It was God who gave them that strength. It was God who enabled Jonathan and his armor-bearer to do the great task of attacking a strong Philistine garrison. It was God who surrounded His prophet Elisha with an invisible army so that he could say in 2 Kings 6, verse 16, fear not, for they that be with us are more than be with them. At times, when we look around us, it seems like those against us, or the task at hand, or maybe a temptation, is so much bigger than what we've got on our side. But if we're walking with God, if we're on our knees like we ought to be and relying on Him, leaning on Him, not leaning on our own understanding, but leaning on Christ, what we've got on our side is so much greater. than on the other side of the battlefield. In this sermon this evening, this message, we see David as a shepherd boy who is willing to take on an enemy who literally was a giant. Estimates have David about 15 years old on this battlefield. I'm going to look at a few points tonight about overcoming giants. The first one, the first thing I want to look at is the challenge and the cause. The challenge and the cause. Today's Christians face a myriad of challenges in our world. Instead of confronting these challenges, oftentimes we find ourselves trying to ignore them and hoping they'll just go away. Right? That maybe if I just don't look at the problem, it'll go away. It's like if you're trying to make sure to keep on the household chores, and there's a couple things that just seem like it doesn't just never end, it always increases. That is laundry and dishes. Laundry and dishes. And man, I can go through, and every day I'm using dishes, and I'm eating my breakfast, and I'm eating a snack maybe, and I'm eating lunch, and I'm eating dinner, and those dishes start piling up. I can ignore it. I can say, hey, I'm just not going to go into the kitchen part of our house, and I'm just going to send dishes back and get dishes full of food back from the kitchen. I'm going to ignore it and hope it goes away. I can tell you it doesn't work that way. And I can tell you the mountain of laundry is a lot harder than one basket at a time. Especially when I'm ready for bed, I'm in bed, I'm half asleep, and my wife decides it's time to fold laundry. That happened last night, by the way. Oh man, dumps the laundry on the bed. I'm already under the covers. You can't ignore a problem and expect for it to go away or expect that someone else will take care of it. In 1 Samuel 17 v. 29, we see that David personally confronted the challenge as he asked the rhetorical question, is there not a cause? And so many times on a spiritual side of things, Christians, we see the mountain it seems like of work that has to be done. Hey, there are so many doors to be knocked on, so many people to be reached. We have missionaries, and I love that we're a church that supports missionaries, and sending out our own missionaries to the mission field. But how many mission fields are yet to be touched with the Gospel? How many, not just millions, but billions of people don't know Christ? It's not going to go away just by ignoring it. You've got to look and confront that cause. Say, is there not a cause? Is there not a job to do? It doesn't matter if it's bigger than me. It's my job. I've got to stand up. It's my Lord's cause. You see that David was willing to take on this challenge in 1 Samuel 17 v. 26-28. It says, And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to this man that killeth him. And Eliab..." Eliab, not Elijah. Eliab. This is his older brother. "...heard when he spake unto the men, and Eliab's anger was kindled against David. And he said, Why camest thou down hither? And with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and naughtiness of heart." for thou art come down that thou mayest see the battle." In this passage, we see that David was first willing to speak up against the challenge, but also that he was then willing to act to defeat this giant. Notice that there's an entire army of seasoned men, of older men. He's just a teenager, but he's here. He's surrounded by the armies of Israel. His brothers are members of the armies of Israel. They're more experienced than him. He's just a young shepherd boy who, as it talks about here, takes care of a few sheep in the wilderness. Yet David, the youngest boy on the battlefield, took the first action to defeat Goliath. His heart was stirred as he heard the blasphemy and defiance issuing from the mouth of this Philistine. He could not resist stating what was in his heart. What shall be done to the man that killeth? this Philistine and take away this reproach from Israel for who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defile the armies of the living God. Today God's people need to survey the home, our church, our workplace and community and look for the challenges that the Lord has for us to defeat. If we're not overcoming things in our lives for Christ, it's probably because we're ignoring them. You see, I don't really have big things to overcome in my life. I don't have things that I'm begging God to give me victory over. Well, are we perfect? No. Which means we've just decided we're not going to mess with some things. We're not going to open that closet and root out that sin. We're going to leave it alone. Today more than ever, we need those who will stand up for Jesus and take on the challenge head on. David was also zealous for the cause. 1 Samuel 17, verse 28-29, And Eliab, his elder brother, heard when he spake unto the men, and Eliab's anger was kindled against David. And he said, Why camest thou down hither, and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and thy naughtiness of thine heart, for thou art come down, that thou mightest see the battle. And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? David's older brother, I'm sure, is probably embarrassed seeing David come here. His little brother coming and saying, hey, what are you guys doing hiding? Why aren't you out there? I'll go. While the lion's back here shaking in his boots. David's response is, what have I done? Is there not a cause? Is what I just said not correct? Is this not worth standing up for? That's the exciting thing about when people truly have a zeal, an enthusiasm, and a passion, and a fervor for Christ. And in the Old Testament, it's like Jehu and others who said, hey, I've got some zeal to enact what God has me to do. I think of the fervor of one of David's mighty men who the Bible says he claimed to his sword so strongly that at the end of the battle, they couldn't get his hand off of it. 2 Kings 10 v. 16, it says, Jehu said, Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord. Come with me and see my... He says, hey, there's a job to do. God's calling us to do something. It might look bigger than us, but it's not bigger than Him. And if you want to be part of it, come with me and see my zeal for God. In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul said about Epaphras. I'm not pronouncing that right. Colossians 4, verse 13, For I bear him record that he hath a great zeal for you. When the Lord Jesus Christ forcibly expelled the money changers from the temple, His disciples remember that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. It's thought-provoking to ask ourselves, do we truly have that zeal, that fervor to help further the work of God? The zeal to help the people of God? The zeal to see people come to Christ for salvation? The zeal and excitement and fervor and drive to make sure that we have the families that God wants us to have? And we have the pure minds and hearts that God wants us to have? And that we overcome the sin that has no business in our hearts? One of the greatest sources of zeal is the recognition of the fact that God's arm will never fail us. With that assurance, we should understand that we can do all things through Christ. All things through Christ. Philippians chapter 4. And therefore, we should serve Him with gladness. Psalm 100. And with wholeheartedness. Colossians chapter 3. As Christians today, we must be passionate and zealous to defend our God and to share His love. The world passionately promotes its sinful vices. And they'll shove it in your faces, and if you say, no, I don't want anything to do with it, they'll scream at you. It's time for Christians to shine our light and share our zeal with those who are lost in this dark world. Talk about zeal. There's a lot of people probably that aren't in church tonight, but are at home on a couch watching a Super Bowl. By the way, this Super Bowl isn't worth watching. Both teams are terrible. Our president's there, so I guess it might be worth watching. Man, I'll get worked up for a ballgame. I've been worked up for a ballgame. Not as often sitting in front of a ballgame as being part of it. But man, when I was involved in sports, oh, you couldn't stop me. And in the middle of a wrestling match, the coach would have you, when it was your turn to pick whether you're going to start a round up, down, or defer, he always says, start down, because I know you can get up, and you're going to get points. And everything inside of you is just poised. You're trained to be poised that as soon as that whistle blows, you're exploding. And there's that kinetic energy built up. And there should be some energy and some explosion. You say, hey, hey, it's time to go door knocking. Let's go. There should be some excitement and some fervor and some energy around the work of God. Saying, I know it's big and impossible and insurmountable, But I've got God on my side. Come see my zeal for the Lord. Point number two. Point number one was the challenge and the cause. Point number two was the courage and the confidence. David had courage, first of all, in God's presence. 1 Samuel 17, verse 34-37 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. I mean, it's pretty descriptive there. He grabbed the lion's beard and took him out. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear, And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. God said, Moreover, the Lord hath delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear. He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee. David at this point is 15. So he's a younger teenager. when God was with him when a lion came, and God was with him when a bear came. He knew what it was. He knew it was the Lord who enabled him to perform these deeds. And he was unashamed to testify of that before King Saul. David showed courage in God's presence as he confronted Goliath in the battlefield. He declared he was there in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel. Notice, although the army's Israel had the same God as David, they cowered at Goliath's threats while David stood boldly and attacked the giant. Whether we're boldly facing our giants in our lives or not is not dependent on whether or not God is able and God is there. It's on whether or not we're going to put our trust in the fact that God is able and God is there, and have courage in God's presence. All throughout the pages of Scripture, we find exhortations to be of good courage. We have a great need of courageous Christians I believe a greater need than we ever have of having courageous Christians who say, hey, I'm going to get up and I'm going to make sure I live a right life, not a life that kind of is right with God, but kind of fits in with the world as well. No, we're going to stand firm on the Word of God in the old time ways, in this old time Bible, and we're going to go win the lost for Christ. Courageous Christians who don't mind going to a door to door to door and being mocked at the doors And having doors slammed in their face to say hey that doesn't stop my zeal why because I have my courage that he's with me This type of courage was exemplified in the life of the prophet Elisha. Elisha was in Dothan when the Assyrian army laid siege to the city in their effort to take him captive. They were after the man of God here. They were after the prophet Elisha. The people of the city, and even Elisha's own servant, were terrified. As they look out and they see the Syrian armies out there that were great and mighty and they were imposing and they were huge. But one man was not afraid. A man of God who knew and took confidence in God's protection. Elisha prayed that his servant would be able to see the horses and chariots of fire that were actually surrounding that army that was surrounding them. 2 Kings 6, verse 17, "...And Elisha prayed and said, Lord, I pray Thee, open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha." Those who thought they were trapped. Then there was Elisha who said, in fact, it's the enemy of God who's trapped. We can look at our problems and we can look at giants that we face in our lives, and if it's just me versus that giant, I'm cooked. I'm toast. But the fact is, if we put our face in Christ, we say, hey, my courage is in the fact that I'm not alone. I have God's presence with me. And that enemy is compassed about As we ask the Lord to open our eyes to His presence in our lives, we will find the courage to do what He would have us to do, just as David did. The presence of God brings unspeakable peace to a Christian's life. It is a source of comfort in times of trials, but in our daily battle against the world, in our fight against Argolias, the presence of God gives us in movable courage. In movable courage. Not in ourselves. Not that we've got this. But in the fact that no matter how big it is, God is bigger. David had courage in God's presence. He also had confidence in God's power. 1 Samuel 17, verse 45, where we started there. Then said David to the Philistine, thou comest to me with a sword and with a spear and with a shield, but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel whom thou hast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee unto mine hand and I will smite thee and take thine head from thee and I will give the carcass to the hosts of the Philistines this day, unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know there is a God in Israel." And with full confidence that the God that preserved him from the lion and the bear was going to show up and preserve him as he faced this giant Goliath, the Bible says he ran. He ran. He says, Thou comest to me with sword and with spear, Goliath. I come to you in the name of the Lord. He recognizes there's power. The world talks about the power of positive thinking and confidence in self. This confidence is sadly misplaced. Psalm 118 verse 8 says, It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. No matter how great they are, there's no man out there that we should put our confidence in. We should put our confidence in Christ. David drew his confidence, his sustenance, his strength from the Creator, not from himself. Although the Apostle Paul had not penned Philippians 4 yet, David certainly lived out the principles of being strengthened by Christ and able to do all things. David would joyfully have echoed Paul's words in 1 Corinthians 15 and 2 Corinthians 2, verse 14, when he says, but thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Now thanks be unto God which always causes us to triumph in Christ and maketh manifest the Savior of His knowledge by us in every place. Oftentimes we see men who are used of God, attesting to the fact that they believed God. The Apostle Paul in Acts 27, verse 25, Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer, for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. David and Paul and others throughout the annals of history put their confidence and dependence in the power of God. Although we would consider these great men, they understood their own strength would fail them. You say, oh, the great Apostle Paul? Yes. He put his confidence in God's power both to will and to do of His good pleasure. One of my favorite preachers and people to read about is a man by the name of George Mueller. George Mueller was a man of faith and prayer. In an obedience to God, he opened an orphanage for the homeless children of Bristol, England. Without promised funds for the children's provision, one morning in the early days of the orphanage, the cobwebs were bare and the money was all gone. As the children came to the breakfast table, Mueller was confident that God would provide. With the children seated at an empty table, he prayed for their daily bread and thanked the Lord for the meal that they were about to eat while sitting in front of empty plates. As soon as he finished praying, there was a knock at the door. Mr. Mueller opened the door to see a local baker on his doorstep. The baker explained, he says, I woke up in the middle of the night and felt that the Lord would have me to bake some bread for your finance. And he spent the rest of the night and the morning hours baking enough bread for all the children to eat and more. Mueller gratefully took the bread and thanked the man and shut the door. And as he started to walk back to the table, he heard another knock at the door. And he hurried back to find a milkman standing there. He said, the wheel of my cart just broke. I need to empty the cart so I can repair the wheel. Perhaps the children can use some extra milk this morning. The milkman offered less than 10 minutes after Mueller had thanked the Lord for the food that they didn't have. God provided more than enough food for every single child. Hey, and the God of the century that George Muller lived in, and the God of Paul, and the God of David, it's the same God that we serve today. And He can do the impossible for us. He's done the impossible for us before. He still hears our prayers. And He still moves on our behalf. We looked at the fact that point number one, had the challenge and the cause. Point number two is the courage and the confidence. And point number three, and lastly, and I'm done, there was the conflict and the conquest. It is a wonderful thing to win victory, but we have to understand there's no victory without the conflict. There's no victory without the conflict. Look first here under the conflict and the conquest. David used God's weapons in this conflict. If you remember the story, if you remember, as he's saying, is there not a cause? I will go and face this giant. Well, then they take him up and Saul heard word. He said, well, to save face, I need to get this young man up here. And he brought him up to Saul's tent and he said, well, at least take my armor. And if you remember the history here in the Word of God, Saul was a pretty tall man. David's a young teenager. Saul was one who said of him that he stood head and shoulders above everyone else. So if it was the comparison, it would be like me trying to put on Mr. James' brother Lamborn's armor. It'd be pretty comical. And I'd walk in there, and I'd try to step into the armor, and it wouldn't work. It wouldn't work. And David said, look, it's okay. I have the Lord. Keep your armor. Keep your sword. The Philistine comes at me with sword and spear. Oh, man, you can read in this passage, and we don't have time to get into the specifics about how big and massive the armor and even the spear itself. He had someone that was just designated to carry Goliath's shield. It was so huge. David says, I'm just going to take my shepherd's stick. I'm going to go down with a little bag, and I'm going to get five smooth stones. And I've got my sling. I see the face of a well-trained giant of a warrior. Yeah, but I'm not going by myself. I'm not going by myself. David's weapons were his shepherd's staff, his shepherd's bag, and his shepherd's sling. All that was necessary for the five smooth stones he gathered from the brook. He had used these before and found them to be tried and tested and true. I tell you that the world is always going to feed us new and flashy and fun and more exciting ways to face our problems and to try to defeat our Goliaths. But I tell you that tried and true Word of God. The old time ways with the presence of God is the only way you're going to defeat your Goliath. Now picture the scene of an armored and armed giant over 9 feet tall. He'd make Brother James look short. With an armor bearer and a spear. The spearhead was like 40 pounds. Just the armor that he wore weighed more than I do. That's saying a lot. Then there's a teenage boy on the other side with no armor. No shield. Seemingly inadequate weaponry. And Saul had told David, the heart but a youth. But David's confidence was in the right place. If God was for him, who could be against him? Romans 8, verse 31, if God be for us, who can be against us? David knew his weapons. We also need to know our weapon. If we're going to face our Goliaths and overcome giants in our lives, And we've got to really get to know the weapon that we carry with us, and that is the Word of God. The Word of God is what the Lord used to combat Satan when Satan tried to tempt Him in Matthew 4 and Luke 4. It is quick. It's alive. It's powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. God's Word is the weapon that has the power to change people's eternal destiny and our daily lives. However, Christians fail to use this weapon on a daily basis. God calls us to not just read, but to meditate on his word. Psalm chapter 1 verse 2 says, but his delights is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And God calls us to share His Word with the world. Mark 16, verse 15, And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. I found an interesting story about a missionary in Zimbabwe who's passing out New Testaments throughout a town. And one man insisted that if he took the New Testament, he would only tear out the pages and roll them up and use them to smoke cigarettes. The missionary said, I'll agree to give you one under one condition. He says, you've got to read the page before you roll it up. Almost two decades later, the missionary again crossed paths with the cigarette roller, but this time this man was giving his Christian testimony in a Christian church meeting. He told the missionary who had given him the New Testament under that condition that he would read each page before he smoked. He said, hey, after I smoked Matthew, Mark, and Luke, I started into that book of John. And I got saved. And I became a full-time evangelist of the Gospel. Hey, it's powerful. Often times we try to become polished in how we try to convince somebody to come to Christ. Just really get to know the weapon, which is the Word of God. That person says, they'll never get saved. This room is full of people who'd never get saved. David gave God the glory in the conquest. 1 Samuel 17, verses 46 and 47. "'This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand, and I will smite thee and take thine head from thee, and I will give the carcass of the host of the Philistines this day into the fowls of the air and the wild beasts of the earth.' that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and He will give you unto His hands." One of the most important and powerful passages and phrases in Scripture is David's statement to Goliath here. He says, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Hey, does Pocatello know? Does your workplace know? Young people, does your classroom know? Does your family know? What David did at this time and place, he did because he knew that there was a cause. Because he wanted everybody everywhere to know the name of the champion that day. David's proclamation that the battle is the Lord's is as true today as it was then. With that, David ran to meet the advancing Philistine and unleashed one stone from his sling. God guided that stone to the perfect place where that giant didn't have armor, right in his forehead. And the giant fell at David's feet. Instead of beating his chest and proclaiming his own skill and craftsmanship and might, David gave God the glory for the victory. As Christians, we need to make sure that we're giving God the glory for all that He does. All that He does. The credit for souls being saved doesn't belong to us. It belongs to God. The credit for the talents that God uses in our lives belongs to God. It does not belong to us. As the battle is the Lord's, so is the victory and the praise. Jesus reminded His disciples of this truth. John 15, verse 5 says, Without Me ye can do nothing. Nothing. So why are we trying to do it without Him? And why when He gives us victory are we trying to take the glory? David understood this when he stated, Psalm 118 v. 23, this is the Lord's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes. Just as David gave God the glory for slaying his giant, we must deflect praise we receive for God's blessings back to God. Back to God. 1 Samuel 17 begins with a giant Goliath holding his head high in pride and blasphemy. And it ends with him in defeat and God getting the glory. And that's a picture of what God wants in each and every one of our lives. God wants us to live victorious lives. Not lives burdened down by things we cannot overcome, but lives of victory through Christ in overcoming giants. Let's pray. Dear Lord, thank You for this day. Thank You for Your Word. Thank You for common stories like this. that have such an important, important message for each and every one of us. God, I pray, Lord, we all have giants in our lives. We all have things that we face that are too big for us. I pray that we wouldn't just keep ignoring them. That we would face them and we'd see victory in our lives through Your strength and Your power. Courageously with zeal and vigor, marching forward for You. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.