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Speaker 1: the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of

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Speaker 1: the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defiled first Samuel

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Speaker 1: seventeen forty five. Dear Lord, when the problems and challenges

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Speaker 1: Who are these individuals that think they can stop the

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Speaker 1: you two have given me my unique and special gifting

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Speaker 1: my faith and trust in You God, with my feet

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Speaker 1: give it all I have and let my faith and

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Speaker 1: works fly. As they collide with the enemy in front

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Speaker 1: has no choice but to fall. I decree that all

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Speaker 1: This is my truth. This is my declaration in Jesus name. Amen.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for making prayer a priority in your day.

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Speaker 2: David and Goliath. In our last story, we learned about

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Speaker 2: God's plan to choose a new king, a king with

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Speaker 2: a pure heart that seeks after him. David, a young

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Speaker 2: shepherd boy no older than seventeen, was anointed king over

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Speaker 2: Israel by Samuel. David did not know that he was

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Speaker 2: anointed king, for only Samuel and God knew. However, from

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Speaker 2: that day forward, everything else would change. Now we will

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Speaker 3: Hello, I'm pastor Jack Graham, with today's episode of the

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Speaker 3: Bible in a Year podcast. In our previous episode, we

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Speaker 3: heard how Samuel went to the home of Jesse, and

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Speaker 3: after passing every one of Jesse's older, stronger sons, God

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Speaker 3: told Samuel that David was the young shepherd boy who

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Speaker 3: to play the heart for Saul, to soothe the king,

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Speaker 3: to calm his soul that was tormented by the departure

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Speaker 3: of God's presence in his life. Today, we'll see how

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Speaker 3: David steps up to boldly face and defeat a Philistine giant.

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Speaker 3: David's confidence isn't in his own strength, but in God's

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Speaker 2: The Israelites and the Philistines stood poised for battle on

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Speaker 3: the Lord Jesus Christ, who would one day slay the

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Speaker 3: David was now, of course, a hero to the people,

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Speaker 3: and his legend would only grow. We'll hear more of

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Speaker 3: help us always to remember that the battle is your battle,

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Speaker 3: that we have in the Lord Jesus Christ. May we also,

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