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Facing Our Giants

 Pastor Tom Lundeen

Giants are problems/obstacles that loom large over us, often produce , and paralyze us moving forward.

 encounters giants in their life.

What most of us don’t realize is that before David ever faced Goliath, he had to face at least  other giants that all of us will also face. 

1. Paralyzing  

Sometimes it seems like circumstances, or even , hold us back from our dream or shatter our hope (note 1 Samuel 16:13).

Note 1 Samuel 16:14-23

Note 1 Samuel 17:12-15

Note 1 Samuel 17: 17-19

Sometimes even people who really love you or know better can interrupt/delay God’s  for your life.

2. Shattering Disappointments

Note 1 Samuel 17:8-11

Goliath created an  of fear, anxiety, and hopelessness in Israel. And we live in a time where if we allow it, we are constantly  by negativity and hopelessness.

Everyone had already decided that Goliath was  and they were in a no-win situation.

Why?

Who they were  to (note 1 Samuel 17:16).

While there wasn’t cable news and social media in 1 Samuel 17...the army of Israel was experiencing for the first time in this  setting what a 24 hour news cycle, cable news, and social media can do to people who are consumed with  messages and sights day after day…

David has to navigate the grip of defeatism, fear, and negativity that had been  as the status quo, as the conventional wisdom.

The reality is conventional wisdom isn’t always .

The status quo is not always God’s .

What’s your giant?:

• So who are you  to?
• If you’re listening, reading, and watching negative, fearful,  , and angry people, guess what…?
• These things are all far more contagious than any .
• David had to face 2 giants before he ever came face-to-face with Goliath, and he was able to deal with both of them because of whose plan he , and because of whose  he listened to (note 1 Samuel 17:26b, 37).
• So who are you trusting?
• Who are you listening to?

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