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Speaker 1: Life Audio.

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Speaker 2: Hello, and thank you for listening to your Daily Bible Verse,

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Speaker 2: the podcast that examines one verse EA to day to

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Speaker 2: learn more about God and his will for us. I'm

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Speaker 2: your host, Jessica Vinrokel, and after this short word from

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Speaker 2: our sponsor, we'll dive into today's Bible verse. Verse Samuel

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Speaker 2: chapter seventeen, verse fifty verst. Samuel Chapter seventeen, verse fifty

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Speaker 2: is today's Bible verse, and it says, so David triumphed

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Speaker 2: over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, without

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Speaker 2: a sword in his hand. He struck down the Philistine

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Speaker 2: and killed him. Have you ever noticed that some victories

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Speaker 2: seem easy and others seem reredibly hard, or maybe you

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Speaker 2: seem to be fighting the same battle again and then

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Speaker 2: again once more. Procrastination is one of the battles I

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Speaker 2: fight and lose with all too much frequency. I've watched

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Speaker 2: videos to help me understand why I procrastinate, which have

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Speaker 2: been informative but not the winning key. I've prayed about it,

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Speaker 2: but honestly that didn't really make much of a difference.

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Speaker 2: Then I've tried to do lists, and I actually feel

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Speaker 2: really guilty when I didn't check everything off my list.

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Speaker 2: And it just added on to my procrastination problem. You see,

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Speaker 2: none of those were the keys to my victory, and

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Speaker 2: it became a battle I fought over and over, and

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Speaker 2: I lost again and again until the Lord showed me

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Speaker 2: a different strategy and I finally gained the victory. So

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Speaker 2: to better understand how victory can come in unexpected ways,

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Speaker 2: let's take a look at a pivotal moment in Scripture. First,

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Speaker 2: Samuel tells the moment when the battle between the Israelites

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Speaker 2: and the Philistines turned, and then highlights the victory that

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Speaker 2: came without a sword. It reveals how God's power often

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Speaker 2: works through unexpected means. David's victory over Goliath was a

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Speaker 2: result of his faith in God that had already been

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Speaker 2: tested and proven in his life. This biblical story offers

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Speaker 2: insight into the nature of true victory, which then leads

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Speaker 2: us to reflect on our own spiritual journey. Victories can

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Speaker 2: reveal a tested and proven faith in our life. They

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Speaker 2: often answer how deep our passion is for God, his

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Speaker 2: honor and reputation in our lives. The thing with victories

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Speaker 2: is that they are not meant to be one in

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Speaker 2: our strength and strategy, but in God's Proverbs chapter three,

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Speaker 2: five and six reminds us to trust in the Lord

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Speaker 2: with all our heart, to lean not on our understanding,

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Speaker 2: but to acknowledge God in all our ways, so that

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Speaker 2: we go in the way he directs. David's faith's stood

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Speaker 2: out even when those around him doubted his ability to

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Speaker 2: face Goliath. It didn't make sense to King Saul or

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Speaker 2: to David's brothers for this armor less least in the

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Speaker 2: family shepherd boy, to face Goliath on the battlefield. Goliath

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Speaker 2: was the Philistines great champion. Historians suggest he was between

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Speaker 2: eight and nine feet tall, and his armor and weapons

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Speaker 2: weighed anywhere from one hundred and fifty to two hundred pounds.

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Speaker 2: That's just what he was carrying on his body. He

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Speaker 2: was beyond average, and frankly, he managed to defeat the

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Speaker 2: Israelites on fear alone until a little brother showed up.

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Speaker 2: What set David apart was his perspective, shaped by his

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Speaker 2: experiences as a shepherd. He had the faith not to

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Speaker 2: just talk a good talk, not to just renounce Goliath's accusations,

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Speaker 2: but he took action. Hid's job in the hillsides, protecting

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Speaker 2: his sheep from lions and bears. Prepared him for this victory.

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Speaker 2: He fought those beasts in close quarters and didn't hesitate

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Speaker 2: His faith compelled him to act, and there were five

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Speaker 2: key elements that contributed to David's victory. Number One, he

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Speaker 2: allowed a deep passion for God to fill his heart

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Speaker 2: with a desire for the Lord's presence and power. Two,

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Speaker 2: he held God's honor and reputation in high esteem. You

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Speaker 2: see there, David recognized that Goliath was defying God, not

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Speaker 2: just the Israelites. Third, David had experienced God's miraculous rescue

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Speaker 2: from the lion and bear, and this created a strong

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Speaker 2: confidence in God's power. Four, David didn't trust in himself

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Speaker 2: but in God to win the victory. And Fifth, the

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Speaker 2: spirit of God came on here in amazing power, just

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Speaker 2: as David faced to Giant. We too encounter seemingly insurmountable

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Speaker 2: challenges in our own lives. Rejection is one of those giants,

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Speaker 2: and my book Reframing Rejection how looking through a different

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Speaker 2: lens changes everything helps give you the tools you need

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Speaker 2: to conquer it. We can overcome unsurmountable problems when we

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Speaker 2: exercise faith like David and depend on the Holy Spirit's power.

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Speaker 2: Then our lives can be characterized by God's passion, power,

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Speaker 2: and presence. David's focus was always on God's honor and faithfulness,

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Speaker 2: which guided his actions in the battles he faced. He

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Speaker 2: referred to God's honor and applied his faith in God

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Speaker 2: to his current situation. He used the same tools for

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Speaker 2: this battle as he did for past battles with the

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Speaker 2: beasts attacking his sheep. Sometimes in our day to day

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Speaker 2: lives we overlook tried and true approaches when we face

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Speaker 2: new challenges, but David's story reminds us to trust to

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Speaker 2: what God has given us. Fasting was the key to

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Speaker 2: my victory over procrastination. Through focusing on God rather than

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Speaker 2: my failure, the Holy Spirit showed me how to have victory.

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Speaker 2: As we conclude today, remember that victory is possible for

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Speaker 2: anyone who follows David's example and trusts in God. You

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Speaker 2: don't have to be a victim to the giants in

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Speaker 2: your life. Follow David's example and grow a passion for God.

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Speaker 2: Develop a deep concern for God's honor and reputation. Let

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Speaker 2: the memories of past victories encourage confidence in your today. Battles.

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Speaker 2: Then let go of trusting self and turn your trust

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Speaker 2: toward God and allow the power of the Holy Spirit

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Speaker 2: to flow through your life. If you are encouraged by

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Speaker 2: this podcast, reach out to me through my website Welcomegrace

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Speaker 2: dot com. I would love to hear from you today.

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Speaker 2: Instead of running from your giant, ask God to help

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Speaker 2: you face it in His strength. Let's pray, Heavenly Father,

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Speaker 2: thank you so very much that you give us everything

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Speaker 2: that we need to face our challenges, great and small. Lord,

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Speaker 2: Sometimes we face giants in our lives. Lord, let this

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Speaker 2: account of David and the Goliath strengthen our hearts. Encourage

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Speaker 2: us to stand firm, to trust You, and to walk

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Speaker 2: by faith, to take action to defeat our giants. Based

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Speaker 2: on faith in you, God will love you. We give

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Speaker 2: you glory and honor and praise, and we cannot wait

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Speaker 2: to see how you work in our lives to win

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Speaker 2: the victory we desperately long for. In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.

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