Goliath\u2019s ancestors were Israel\u2019s long-standing enemies. When Joshua entered the Promised Land, he annihilated them all\u2014except for a few isolated pockets like the area where Goliath eventually came from. Why is that important to note? Because if you don\u2019t kill the enemy, he\u2019ll rise to fight you again. Maybe you\u2019re wrestling with issues your parents and grandparents grappled with; things like addiction, marriage problems, anger, worry and depression. <\/p>\n
David put \u2018five\u2026 stones from a stream\u2026 into his shepherd\u2019s bag\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Samuel\u00a017:40\u00a0NLT) because he didn\u2019t know how many he\u2019d need to complete the job. Goliath had four brothers, after all. There are certain \u2018stones\u2019 you need to conquer the giants in your life. <\/p>\n
(1) Be relentless.<\/i> It may take more than a day, a month, or even a year to see results. But with God\u2019s help you\u2019ll win if you persevere. <\/p>\n
(2) Get God involved.<\/i> God\u2019s priority is His reputation, and David\u2019s objective was to defend it by declaring, \u2018There is a God in Israel.\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Samuel\u00a017:46\u00a0NLT) <\/p>\n
(3) Keep praying and believing God for victory. \u2018Pray in the Spirit at all times.\u2019<\/i> (Ephesians\u00a06:18\u00a0NLT) Rehearsing your hurts won\u2019t heal them and cataloguing your problems won\u2019t solve them. But prayer will. <\/p>\n
(4) Recall your earlier victories.<\/i> David announced, \u2018The Lord who rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine.\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Samuel\u00a017:37\u00a0NLT) When you\u2019re afraid of the future, call to mind God\u2019s past faithfulness: \u2018Remember the wonders He has performed, His miracles, and the rulings He has given.\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Chronicles\u00a016:12\u00a0NLT) With God\u2019s help you can conquer the giants in your life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Goliath\u2019s ancestors were Israel\u2019s long-standing enemies. When Joshua entered the Promised Land, he annihilated them all\u2014except for a few isolated pockets like the area where Goliath eventually came from. Why is that important to note? Because if you don\u2019t kill the enemy, he\u2019ll rise to fight you again. Maybe you\u2019re wrestling with issues your parents […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}