WEBVTT - I Know How This Story Ends

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Stephen Ferdick.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the pastor of Elevation Church and this is our podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted to thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 1>Hope this inspires you. Hope it builds your faith.

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<v Speaker 2>Hope it gives your perspective to see God is moving

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<v Speaker 2>in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>Enjoy the message.

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<v Speaker 2>First Samuel, chapter seventeen, verse fifty. Just one scripture today

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<v Speaker 2>that I want to share with you.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's a good one.

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<v Speaker 2>It says in One Samuel seventeen, verse fifty, So David

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<v Speaker 2>triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone,

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<v Speaker 2>without a sword in his hand. He struck down the

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<v Speaker 2>Philistine and killed him.

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<v Speaker 3>There's power in the mighty name of Jesus. Every war

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<v Speaker 3>he wages, he will win.

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<v Speaker 2>So David triumphed over the Philistine, and I'm not backing

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<v Speaker 2>down from any giant with a sling and.

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<v Speaker 1>A stone, without a sword in his hand.

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<v Speaker 2>He struck down the Philistine and killed him. Would you

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<v Speaker 2>look at your neighbor and sing my sermon title, Tell

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<v Speaker 2>him I know how this storys Come on, tell your

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<v Speaker 2>other neighbor the safet one.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell them I know how this story. Father. We thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for your word.

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<v Speaker 2>The power of it, and that he who began a

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<v Speaker 2>good work is faithful to complete it.

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<v Speaker 1>In Jesus' name.

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<v Speaker 2>Amen, you may take your seat, God bless you.

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<v Speaker 1>I know how this story ends.

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<v Speaker 2>Because Holly and I have a rule in our marriage

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<v Speaker 2>that when she's telling me a story, if it's a

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<v Speaker 2>negative story, then I need her to tell me the

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<v Speaker 2>ending before she gives me the details, because sometimes she

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<v Speaker 2>tells expanded stories.

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<v Speaker 1>You like, I said that that was real.

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<v Speaker 2>PC, How I said that that was really cautious. How

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<v Speaker 2>I said that she tells She tells stories and puts

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<v Speaker 2>in all the deleted scenes it's the director's cut. But

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<v Speaker 2>sometimes I just need to know when she says today

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<v Speaker 2>was a terrible day, I need to know how this ends.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Oh, how how was your day? Oh? And

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<v Speaker 1>then she starts with breakfast.

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<v Speaker 2>But I need to know, like, well, how much does

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<v Speaker 2>it cost at the end of it, Like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>is it seven thousand dollars or do we both have

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<v Speaker 2>to go to the kids' school this time or just

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<v Speaker 2>one of us. I need to know how this ends,

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<v Speaker 2>or I'll just get lost in the middle. It's different

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<v Speaker 2>when you know how it ends. If you tell me

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<v Speaker 2>how it ends, you know, don't worry, it's not that bad.

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<v Speaker 2>We got it all worked out well. Then I can

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<v Speaker 2>find follow you on all of the twists. But I

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<v Speaker 2>just need to know how it ends. I need to

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<v Speaker 2>know that this is going to be all right. I

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<v Speaker 2>need to know that it's not fatal. I need to

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<v Speaker 2>know that they didn't quit. You just had a bad meeting.

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<v Speaker 2>Because she'll be telling me something about something at the office,

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<v Speaker 2>and she'll she'll want to put it. You know, she

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<v Speaker 2>has good storytelling technique, and she's a great storyteller, but

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<v Speaker 2>that works against us in marital communication because I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>looking for suspense and drama.

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<v Speaker 1>I just need the bottom line.

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<v Speaker 2>She's be like, oh, I had a meeting with so

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<v Speaker 2>and so today it went terrible, And I'm thinking, like,

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<v Speaker 2>we are they moving back to Nebraska where their famili's from.

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<v Speaker 1>Do we have to replace them on staff?

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<v Speaker 2>But just tell me how it ends, and then you

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<v Speaker 2>can get me all the details. Then you can tell

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<v Speaker 2>me that eggs were on sale when you went back

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<v Speaker 2>home on the way to the thing, and then the

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<v Speaker 2>thing with the thing, and then the car cut off,

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<v Speaker 2>but then it cut back on and it's not in

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<v Speaker 2>the shop. Just tell me how it ends, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I can listen to the story. I want to show

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<v Speaker 2>you something real quick. This is a picture from our

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<v Speaker 2>summer vacation a few weeks ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Just a picture of some family time that we had. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>See that's how it ended. I don't know. Can they

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<v Speaker 1>see it at the campuses? Yeah, that's how it ended.

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<v Speaker 2>That's how it ended, with Graham smilet, with everybody breathing,

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<v Speaker 2>with Elijah making some questionable sign with his hand.

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<v Speaker 1>Notice there is only one or.

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<v Speaker 2>There were two when we set out and embarked on

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<v Speaker 2>this family adventure.

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<v Speaker 1>But it ends like this.

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<v Speaker 2>Thankfully for me, as I've already mentioned, I have a

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<v Speaker 2>great wife who when she saw us struggling on the kayak,

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<v Speaker 2>because contrary to my knowledge, sand bars are temporary.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't just stay there.

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<v Speaker 2>The sandbar that is there one minute might be gone

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<v Speaker 2>in thirty minutes. There's this thing called the tides. You

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<v Speaker 2>think I would know this stuff. You would think you

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<v Speaker 2>would drag the kayak further than just the very edge

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<v Speaker 2>of the sandbar before you walked all the way out

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<v Speaker 2>to the middle of it to have a family memory.

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<v Speaker 2>But thank God for my wife because when she saw

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<v Speaker 2>us struggling, when the tide came in.

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<v Speaker 1>How many notes?

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<v Speaker 2>When God gives you a great wife? When she sees

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<v Speaker 2>you struggling, she picks up the iPhone and records it.

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<v Speaker 2>So check out this video she took real quick from

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<v Speaker 2>the shore.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, here's the boys paddleled to this sandbar.

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<v Speaker 2>But the tiling is coming in minutes away from floating,

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<v Speaker 2>no minutes, and they're not even they don't know when

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<v Speaker 2>they're honey, who worried about it?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh there's Graham.

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<v Speaker 2>He's running every.

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<v Speaker 1>Floating Yep, that's Graham running. How could I love you

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<v Speaker 1>like that?

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<v Speaker 4>You're stuck?

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<v Speaker 1>So, you know, Graham said it best.

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<v Speaker 2>He said when we got back and we were telling

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<v Speaker 2>everybody what had happened, he said.

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<v Speaker 1>That could have ended a whole.

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<v Speaker 2>Lot different, you know, because you obviously have the leisure

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<v Speaker 2>of laughter because you know how it ends. I mean, well, hey, pastor,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's pretty funny. Actually the monoculars. You're dry

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<v Speaker 2>now you're not dead, because it's different when you know

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<v Speaker 2>how it ends. But if the man on the jet

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<v Speaker 2>ski hadn't come by, it could.

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<v Speaker 1>Have ended This is what Graham said.

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<v Speaker 2>It could have ended a whole lot different. Or if

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<v Speaker 2>he wouldn't have had southern hospitality to go get my

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<v Speaker 2>kayak and.

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<v Speaker 1>Bring it back to me with his jet ski. It

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<v Speaker 1>could have ended. Look at somebody say, it could have

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<v Speaker 1>ended a whole lot different. How many know there's some

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<v Speaker 1>things in your life that could have ended a whole

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<v Speaker 1>lot different.

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<v Speaker 2>That drunk driver swerved right into your lane, but some

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<v Speaker 2>kind of angel'll just pull that car back over. It

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<v Speaker 2>could have ended a whole lot different. Come on, you

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<v Speaker 2>know I'm right about it. If you had got stopped

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<v Speaker 2>by the police at the wrong time when you were

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<v Speaker 2>in college, it could have ended a.

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<v Speaker 1>Whole lot different. Some of us.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that we never did anything wrong. We just

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<v Speaker 2>didn't get caught. If we would have been at the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong place at the wrong time, it could have ended

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<v Speaker 2>a whole lot different.

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<v Speaker 1>Polisher Halo.

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<v Speaker 2>If you want, I'm gonna turn to the heathen section.

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<v Speaker 2>This where the heathens sit it could have ended. Come on,

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<v Speaker 2>stand up and testify if it could have ended if

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<v Speaker 2>it had not been for the Lord on my side,

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<v Speaker 2>you better give him praise right now before he pulls

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<v Speaker 2>up your search history.

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<v Speaker 1>It could have ended all whole You know I'm right.

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<v Speaker 2>Tell somebody you know that preacher is right. So it's

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<v Speaker 2>funny now. And when I read David and Goliath as

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<v Speaker 2>my text, there's some Bible nerds sitting out there, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>watching online, going like.

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<v Speaker 4>A really, David and Goliath, all the stories in the Bible,

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<v Speaker 4>you want to pick this one. Oh boy, already know

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<v Speaker 4>this one.

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<v Speaker 1>David kills Goliath. The lie. It goes down every time

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<v Speaker 1>you read it.

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<v Speaker 4>I already know about the sling shot in the stone.

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<v Speaker 4>He had five smooth stones, buddy old ne no one.

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<v Speaker 4>The giant king had a big heavy helmet, Jesse. He

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<v Speaker 4>called David, said take this bread down to your brother's

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<v Speaker 4>jack on them. And Baby got down there and golith

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<v Speaker 4>was shoone and David heard it, and Baby said you

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<v Speaker 4>want no smoke, and day the grab his sleigh and

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<v Speaker 4>it threw a stone at the giant, and the giant

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<v Speaker 4>went down.

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<v Speaker 1>I already know how this story ends.

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<v Speaker 2>So since you already know how it ends, let me

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<v Speaker 2>suggest something to you. David never read first Samuel seventeen,

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<v Speaker 2>verse fifty.

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<v Speaker 1>It's different when you know how it ends, so we

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<v Speaker 1>can shout.

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<v Speaker 2>But David was shaking, shaking in his sandals, holding his slang, trembling,

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<v Speaker 2>wondering how this ends, wondering will this jet ski get

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<v Speaker 2>my kayak? Wondering preaching to somebody today. And you have

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<v Speaker 2>not read for Samuel seventeen fifty yet about this situation

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<v Speaker 2>in your life, and you are still looking at a

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<v Speaker 2>giant that is bigger than you. And since we know

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<v Speaker 2>how David's story ends, I want to spend just a

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<v Speaker 2>few moments today thinking about how it could have ended,

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<v Speaker 2>because it could have ended whole.

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<v Speaker 1>Lot different.

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<v Speaker 2>Had I had I gone to that one school and

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<v Speaker 2>married that other girl. How many No, it could have

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<v Speaker 2>ended a whole lot worse for Holly.

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<v Speaker 1>She could have missed the whole buffet. But now think

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<v Speaker 1>about it.

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<v Speaker 2>If David makes some different decisions, the story ends a

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<v Speaker 2>whole lot different. And see, God is writing your story

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<v Speaker 2>right now, for your family, right now, for this season

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<v Speaker 2>of your life, right now. And although we know that

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<v Speaker 2>Goliath goes down, David has to do it in the

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<v Speaker 2>face of uncertainty. And yet, no matter how many sermons

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<v Speaker 2>you hear about David defeating Goliath, you must recognize that

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<v Speaker 2>there were three things that David had to face before

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<v Speaker 2>he even.

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<v Speaker 1>Ever got to Goliath.

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<v Speaker 2>And if any of these three things had gone differently,

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<v Speaker 2>It could have been a whole lot different. If David

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<v Speaker 2>had been a typical teenager when his father came in said,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he's only seventeen when he kills Goliath. And

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<v Speaker 2>if he had had a response to Jesse's instruction when

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<v Speaker 2>Jesse said, I want you to run these snacks down

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<v Speaker 2>to your brothers.

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<v Speaker 1>If David had rolled his eyes, you know, God, Dad

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<v Speaker 1>seriously like a future king. Dad.

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<v Speaker 2>Samuel has already annointed David. He already knows he has

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<v Speaker 2>a great future.

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<v Speaker 1>But now if.

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<v Speaker 2>David refuses to be faithful in his present because he's

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<v Speaker 2>too focused on his future, this story ends a lot different.

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<v Speaker 1>How many you heard this story of David and Goliath

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<v Speaker 1>raise your hand? Yeah? No, Because it's even a sports analogy.

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<v Speaker 1>People use it in the NBA, the NFL. It's an

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<v Speaker 1>archetypal story.

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<v Speaker 2>It's so famous, is so wonderful, it's so fun to preach.

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<v Speaker 2>I bet I've preached it fifty times, at least fifty times.

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<v Speaker 1>In this one church.

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<v Speaker 2>But watch how the story could have gone. It could

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<v Speaker 2>have been a whole lot different. Jesse wakes David up

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<v Speaker 2>one morning, he says, I got a task for you.

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<v Speaker 2>I want you to run this cheese and bread down

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<v Speaker 2>to your brothers on the battle lines. They're in the

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<v Speaker 2>Valley of Ela fighting with Saul. David wakes up slowly.

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<v Speaker 2>David rolls his eyes. David checks his phone. David post

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<v Speaker 2>on his Instagram story the fake account, the one that

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<v Speaker 2>Jesse doesn't follow, and David puts that on Instagram.

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<v Speaker 1>God, my dad makes me sick. This is ridiculous. God

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<v Speaker 1>hate my parents. I hate my life.

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<v Speaker 2>David goes to the battle line, but he gets there

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<v Speaker 2>forty five minutes late. He gets there after Goliath came

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<v Speaker 2>out to shout his usual defiance.

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<v Speaker 1>He didn't know Goliath was on the battle line. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what day God wants to use you.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know what converse is going to turn things around.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know what moment is going to be holy.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know when a bush is going to burst

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<v Speaker 2>into flames and spontaneously combust with the presence of God

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<v Speaker 2>and the direction for the next step of your life.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't know this. But if you don't show up,

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<v Speaker 2>watch this and do the ordinary with a good attitude,

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<v Speaker 2>it could have ended a whole lot different. Do you

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<v Speaker 2>really think they would have taught us this Bible story

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<v Speaker 2>in Bible School in Sunday School. If the story went

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<v Speaker 2>like this, Jesse woke up David, David got up, David

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<v Speaker 2>went down to the battle lines with the bad attitude,

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<v Speaker 2>dropped off the food, threw it at his brothers, and

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<v Speaker 2>went back home. And yet it could have ended like that.

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<v Speaker 2>That could have been the very end of the story.

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<v Speaker 2>It could have ended a whole. It could have ended

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<v Speaker 2>with David. It could have ended with this David feeling

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<v Speaker 2>slighted because he was asked to do something that he

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<v Speaker 2>deemed in significant. You know who I am, Dad, Really,

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<v Speaker 2>you're asking me to be a delivery boy to take

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<v Speaker 2>this food down to my brothers.

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<v Speaker 1>You're serious, right now, God Dad?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, Oh okay, Oh go.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm not gonna run to the battle lines, and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gonna have my eyes open for up.

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<v Speaker 5>To Oh okay, i'll go, but I don't have to

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<v Speaker 5>like it. Okay, I'll go to church, but I'm not

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<v Speaker 5>lifting my hands. That's what the weird people do.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh okay, i'll go, but we're leaving early. That parking

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<v Speaker 2>lot gets crazy and I want to be at the

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<v Speaker 2>restaurant before the Methodist church.

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<v Speaker 1>Lesson.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Okay, could have been a hole, come on, work

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<v Speaker 2>with me with a value. It could have been Ah,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't even have to buy a vow, just say it.

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<v Speaker 2>It could have been a whole lot different. I'm David.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not door dash what you think. I am uber eats,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not dropping nothing off. My name is David. Say

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<v Speaker 2>my name David King, David Crown, David Samuel.

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<v Speaker 1>Put the oil on my had David.

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<v Speaker 2>It could have been a whole lot different if David

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<v Speaker 2>had tripped over the ordinary. So here's what I'm learning

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<v Speaker 2>is that opportunity presents itself as ordinary. There is not

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<v Speaker 2>going to be you know, I want to kill my goliath.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to breakthrough in my life. I want to whatever.

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<v Speaker 4>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>We use goliath to mean anything, by the way, in church,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're new here, Goliath could mean anything. It could

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<v Speaker 2>mean we want a good parking space. It could mean

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<v Speaker 2>we want a healing in our body. It could mean

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<v Speaker 2>we want to stop beating so many chips. Goliath can

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<v Speaker 2>mean almost anything. In this particular instance, it means anything

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<v Speaker 2>that opposes the purpose of God. He was standing against

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<v Speaker 2>the people of God, opposed the purpose of God, defying

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<v Speaker 2>the armies, of the Living God. That's what Goliath was

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<v Speaker 2>and it usually won't be physical. But before David ever

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<v Speaker 2>got to the real battle, he had to face the ordinary.

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<v Speaker 2>There's not going to be one conversation with your kids

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<v Speaker 2>that is going to change their life. It is going

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<v Speaker 2>to be picking them up and dropping them off and

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<v Speaker 2>trying to get them to say more than three words

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<v Speaker 2>to you at a time.

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<v Speaker 1>That is going to change their life.

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<v Speaker 2>Is three words on top of three words on top

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<v Speaker 2>of three words on top of three words on top

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<v Speaker 2>of three words. You are not going to take your

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<v Speaker 2>son on one trip to Ireland and reenact Braveheart or

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<v Speaker 2>Scotland or wherever that overrated movie happen, and he's going

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<v Speaker 2>to come.

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<v Speaker 1>Back shouting freedom and he's a warrior now.

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<v Speaker 2>For Jesus Christ, it's not going to be one trip

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<v Speaker 2>when he turned sixteen. It's going to be many trips.

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<v Speaker 2>It's going to be many, back and forth, back and forth.

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<v Speaker 2>And David went back and forth and back and forth

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<v Speaker 2>and back and forth.

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<v Speaker 1>See, we know how the story ends. David didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>He didn't even know there was a giant in the

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<v Speaker 2>Valley of elaw Not when he sets out that day,

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<v Speaker 2>and if he refuses to do the ordinary. It could

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<v Speaker 2>have been a whole lot different. What a boring story

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<v Speaker 2>this would have been. David's dad said, go, David went,

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<v Speaker 2>did it with a bad attitude, came home, slept for

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<v Speaker 2>eight hours. Could have been a whole lot different if

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<v Speaker 2>David had been typical. So then he gets there right,

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<v Speaker 2>he does the ordinary. In fact, the Bible says this

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<v Speaker 2>is amazing. He ran to the battle lines. He left

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<v Speaker 2>his things with the keeper of supplies. He's very responsible.

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<v Speaker 2>He runs to the battle lines. So he's there in

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<v Speaker 2>position with the attitude to see the opportunity.

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<v Speaker 1>And when he hears Goliath shouting.

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<v Speaker 2>See if Dad goes down like most of us go

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<v Speaker 2>around and just gets through his day, he's not gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be in the frame of mind to seize the opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>And even when he gets there and gives the brothers

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<v Speaker 2>the food that he brought for them, one of his

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<v Speaker 2>brothers has such a bad attitude with him that the

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<v Speaker 2>second thing that David had to deal with before he

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<v Speaker 2>even got to the real opponent, was of fence. Now

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<v Speaker 2>I want to show you this. It's very powerful. How

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<v Speaker 2>some of us are fighting the wrong battle. We are

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<v Speaker 2>fighting a preliminary battle and missing the real one because

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<v Speaker 2>when David gets there, he's like, what's up, guys? You know,

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<v Speaker 2>David is that dude. He's like, hey, guys, what did

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<v Speaker 2>I miss? And they're like, it's not then new man.

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<v Speaker 2>This dude is nine foot two. He keeps coming out

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<v Speaker 2>every day and keeps saying the same thing. He keeps

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<v Speaker 2>telling us, send your best man, I'll kill him and

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<v Speaker 2>you will be our slaves. But we can't do anything

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<v Speaker 2>with him because I mean, look at him, Look how

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<v Speaker 2>big he is.

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<v Speaker 1>And David's like, look how big he is. One country

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<v Speaker 1>preacher said this.

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<v Speaker 2>He said the rest of the army saw Goliath and

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<v Speaker 2>said he's too big to kill. David looked at Goliath

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<v Speaker 2>and said he's too big to miss.

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<v Speaker 1>I wonder what's your perspective today. I'm preaching for fifteen people.

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<v Speaker 2>God said, this challenge in front of you is an

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<v Speaker 2>indication of the power within you. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. David's like, so what do I get if I

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<v Speaker 1>kill him? It's like, well, Saul said, like at first

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<v Speaker 1>he was like, does anybody want to fight him?

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<v Speaker 2>But it's been forty days now, and so Saul keeps

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<v Speaker 2>opping the ante like the airlines do when they got

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<v Speaker 2>to overbook flight. You know, we need two volunteers, from

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<v Speaker 2>the kindness of your heart to give up your seat.

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<v Speaker 2>We need two volunteers. We'll give you two hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna need you two volunteers. We'll give you five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred dollar. We need two volunteers. We'll give you a

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<v Speaker 2>thousand dollars voucher for travel. The more desperate they get,

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<v Speaker 2>the more the reward becomes. Now you can only use

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<v Speaker 2>thee thousand dollars every seventeen Thanksgiving on this voucher, and

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<v Speaker 2>blackout dates apply. But now Saul has gotten so desperate

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<v Speaker 2>he got to the point where he says, look, I'll

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<v Speaker 2>give you my daughter in marriage the hot one, and

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<v Speaker 2>you don't have to pay taxes. So David's like, for real,

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<v Speaker 2>Now somebody verified this. Now here's the difference. Here's the difference.

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<v Speaker 2>It could have been a whole lot different. But David

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<v Speaker 2>hadn't been out there forty days, and he hadn't gotten

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<v Speaker 2>used to the dysfunction, and he hadn't got used to

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<v Speaker 2>standing there defeated in a dead block, and so he

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<v Speaker 2>comes up and to them, Goliath just sounds normal. But

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<v Speaker 2>to David it sounds different. Wait a minute, he's not

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to talk like that. You know, you can get

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<v Speaker 2>comfortable in your dysfunction when you've been in it long enough,

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<v Speaker 2>when all your sick friends are lying around in five

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<v Speaker 2>covered colonnades, it can.

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<v Speaker 1>Be easy for you to start making excuses. And David

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<v Speaker 1>was like, hold on, So he said, what about God?

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<v Speaker 1>And I get what if A kill him?

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<v Speaker 2>I love this though, because this is what always happens

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<v Speaker 2>when God is trying to do something in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>The enemy will always present another enemy that is not

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<v Speaker 2>the real enemy, to keep you distracted from fighting the

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<v Speaker 2>one that you're called to defeat. In David's case, it

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<v Speaker 2>was his brother, his big brother. His name kind of

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<v Speaker 2>sounds like Goliath, but it's not Eliab.

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<v Speaker 1>He was tall.

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<v Speaker 2>For a minute, Samuel thought he was supposed to be

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<v Speaker 2>the king Becausaul was tall. And he saw in Samuel

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<v Speaker 2>saw in Eliab what he had seen in Saul, which

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<v Speaker 2>is height, not heart. And God said, don't look at

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<v Speaker 2>his height, look at his heart. Stop judging your situation externally.

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<v Speaker 2>It's what's inside the counts. It's what's inside the counts.

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<v Speaker 2>And a live starts judging David's motives. He's like, look

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<v Speaker 2>at this. In verse twenty eight, he goes, why have

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<v Speaker 2>you come down here? And with whom did you leave

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<v Speaker 2>those few sheep? Now, all of these things David had

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<v Speaker 2>taken care of. He's a very responsible young man. But really,

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<v Speaker 2>what's happening here is I believe the enemy is trying

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<v Speaker 2>to trigger David to get him to fight the wrong person.

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<v Speaker 2>Because watch, if he stands here and argues with his brother,

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<v Speaker 2>he will never even see his enemy.

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<v Speaker 1>This might be the whole sermon for somebody. Now just

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<v Speaker 1>look straight ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're married, sometimes you're fighting against what you're supposed

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<v Speaker 2>to be fighting for, and you have to call a

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<v Speaker 2>time out. Sometimes you have to sometimes be like, wait

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<v Speaker 2>a minute, you're not my enemy. Wait a minute, you're

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<v Speaker 2>you're You're not who I'm supposed to be fighting. And

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<v Speaker 2>if David gets caught up fighting Eliab, he never sees Goliath.

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<v Speaker 2>If he gets distracted, some of us are defeated simply

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<v Speaker 2>because we're distracted.

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<v Speaker 1>Now you know how the story ends, but think about

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<v Speaker 1>how it could have ended.

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<v Speaker 2>David for the next two hours defends himself to Elia.

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<v Speaker 2>I was the other day checking on some Instagram post

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<v Speaker 2>seeing if they were touching people's lives. You know, I

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<v Speaker 2>would like to say that I always do it with

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<v Speaker 2>a pure heart, But sometimes I'll scroll to look for

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<v Speaker 2>people who say mean things to me, and that's a dysfunction.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not saved all the way yet I am saved.

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<v Speaker 2>I was saying a big saved. This is the part

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<v Speaker 2>that's in progress. Sometimes I'd just like to imagine the response.

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<v Speaker 2>I could say, you know what the Spear of the

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<v Speaker 2>Lord told me the other day. First of all, it's

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<v Speaker 2>one out of three hundred people who say something negative.

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<v Speaker 1>That's number one. Number two.

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<v Speaker 2>If you would invest a fraction of the energy into

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<v Speaker 2>blessing people that you put into defending yourself, you would

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<v Speaker 2>be Mother Teresa, you would be Saint Paul. You could

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<v Speaker 2>change the world if you would stop trying to defend yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm coming right for you because some of us

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<v Speaker 2>trip over an offense, and so we never defeat the

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<v Speaker 2>real opponent, because we stand and argue with Eliab and

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<v Speaker 2>we never even get to Goliah.

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<v Speaker 1>You that's so powerful.

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<v Speaker 2>It could have had a whole different ending. It could

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<v Speaker 2>have been a whole lot different. And I bet in Jackie,

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<v Speaker 2>you wouldn't have taught me that Bible story in Sunday School.

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<v Speaker 2>If David had stood there and argued with Eliab, now

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<v Speaker 2>here's the thing that's practical about this. Some of you

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<v Speaker 2>are fighting Eliab today, and because you're fighting Eliab, Goliath

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<v Speaker 2>continues to go unchallenged in your life. You know you're

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<v Speaker 2>fighting Eliab if you're still blaming people.

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<v Speaker 1>David did this move that.

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<v Speaker 2>I want to learn how to do when I realize

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<v Speaker 2>I'm fighting the wrong enemy, when I realize I'm fighting

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<v Speaker 2>something outside when I really need to be dealing with

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<v Speaker 2>something inside. When I realize I'm trying to control how

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<v Speaker 2>other people are versus trying to have self control the

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<v Speaker 2>fruit of the.

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<v Speaker 1>Spirit for myself. This is a word today. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a word today.

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<v Speaker 2>It said that David did something very strategic, and this

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<v Speaker 2>is like the turning point of the story. It said

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<v Speaker 2>in verse thirty that when Eliab was going back and

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<v Speaker 2>forth in David, David hit him real quick with an insult,

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<v Speaker 2>just to let him know I'm not a punk. And

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<v Speaker 2>then after he said what he had to say, watch

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<v Speaker 2>what he did. David turned and asks somebody else.

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<v Speaker 1>And watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>When he turns away from Eliab. It positions him to

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<v Speaker 2>face Goliath. So whoever is for, you'll never even get

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<v Speaker 2>to Goliath. You will never even get to the insecurity

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<v Speaker 2>that is causing the issue if you keep blaming the

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<v Speaker 2>people who are bringing it out for you to look at.

0:27:39.800 --> 0:27:43.399
<v Speaker 2>Eliab wasn't the giant. Eliab wasn't the enemy. Eliab was

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<v Speaker 2>his brother that he was supposed to fight for. So

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<v Speaker 2>now we've watched David two different alternate endings. If he

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<v Speaker 2>argues with Eliab, then he misses Goliath. If he doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>obey his father in a simple thing, then he misses Goliath.

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<v Speaker 2>It Graham was so prophetic. He said it could have

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<v Speaker 2>ended oh lot different. I was so mad at my

0:28:10.200 --> 0:28:14.040
<v Speaker 2>mom for forgiving my dad. I didn't think he deserved it.

0:28:15.680 --> 0:28:17.640
<v Speaker 2>What would that funeral have been like if she had

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<v Speaker 2>listened to me rather than listening to God, If we

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<v Speaker 2>weren't even on speaking terms when he died, it could

0:28:24.400 --> 0:28:30.160
<v Speaker 2>have ended up. And I only bring it up because

0:28:31.359 --> 0:28:35.480
<v Speaker 2>every story in this room is still being written and

0:28:35.560 --> 0:28:38.479
<v Speaker 2>sometimes you think you know how it ends. But what

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<v Speaker 2>if it's not over yet? What if it's not over yet?

0:28:46.600 --> 0:28:48.720
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna preach it through that little facade that you

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<v Speaker 2>have right Now, what if it's not over yet. What

0:28:53.240 --> 0:28:55.720
<v Speaker 2>if you've wasted a lot of time. But what if

0:28:55.760 --> 0:28:58.840
<v Speaker 2>God really is able to redeem the years that the

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<v Speaker 2>locusts have eaten. What if it's not over yet. I'm

0:29:01.880 --> 0:29:04.840
<v Speaker 2>just posing a question. What if it's not over yet?

0:29:05.720 --> 0:29:08.720
<v Speaker 2>What if your best days are not behind you? What

0:29:08.840 --> 0:29:12.160
<v Speaker 2>if the devil is a liar? What if everything that

0:29:12.240 --> 0:29:15.880
<v Speaker 2>you have been through can serve a greater purpose. What

0:29:16.000 --> 0:29:20.360
<v Speaker 2>if a generational curse was being broken through your battle?

0:29:20.800 --> 0:29:23.400
<v Speaker 2>What if God brought you to the Valley of Elah

0:29:23.680 --> 0:29:26.520
<v Speaker 2>because he's the God of a turnaround, the God.

0:29:26.320 --> 0:29:28.400
<v Speaker 1>Of a second chance, the God.

0:29:28.200 --> 0:29:31.600
<v Speaker 2>Of a new beginning, and the God of a new Indeed.

0:29:39.160 --> 0:29:41.840
<v Speaker 1>Mary and Martha said, I know how this story is.

0:29:43.280 --> 0:29:45.800
<v Speaker 2>But one thing they didn't know is that Jesus doesn't

0:29:45.840 --> 0:29:51.160
<v Speaker 2>provide resurrection. He is resurrection. So if he's on the scene,

0:29:51.240 --> 0:29:54.600
<v Speaker 2>watch this. When David showed up, he said, I come

0:29:54.640 --> 0:29:57.240
<v Speaker 2>against you in the name of the Lord.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, one more thing I gotta show you, y'all. Calm down.

0:30:08.760 --> 0:30:12.120
<v Speaker 2>It's a Bible study, not a football game. There's not

0:30:12.160 --> 0:30:15.600
<v Speaker 2>a basketball game. There's nothing to be excited about in here.

0:30:15.920 --> 0:30:18.520
<v Speaker 2>It's not like the blood of Jesus is enough for you.

0:30:18.880 --> 0:30:21.920
<v Speaker 2>It's not like depression is defeated. It's not like the

0:30:22.000 --> 0:30:24.000
<v Speaker 2>devil has to back up when.

0:30:23.840 --> 0:30:26.040
<v Speaker 1>You call on the name of your God.

0:30:26.320 --> 0:30:28.840
<v Speaker 2>It's not like worship can push back darkness.

0:30:29.280 --> 0:30:31.440
<v Speaker 1>It's not like praise can break shade.

0:30:40.640 --> 0:30:44.960
<v Speaker 2>No'all sit down, because now he has to go through Saul,

0:30:47.240 --> 0:30:51.080
<v Speaker 2>the one that should have been celebrating him, the one

0:30:51.080 --> 0:30:53.440
<v Speaker 2>that should have been supporting him.

0:30:53.720 --> 0:30:55.520
<v Speaker 1>David kills Goliath.

0:30:55.600 --> 0:30:58.000
<v Speaker 2>Stop being so boring when you read the Bible. The

0:30:58.240 --> 0:31:05.680
<v Speaker 2>Bibles boring or bored, read it better. This thing could

0:31:05.720 --> 0:31:08.960
<v Speaker 2>have had so many endings. It could have ended when

0:31:09.000 --> 0:31:12.400
<v Speaker 2>David had a bad attitude toward the ordinary. It could

0:31:12.400 --> 0:31:15.000
<v Speaker 2>have ended when David was fighting against who he was

0:31:15.000 --> 0:31:16.200
<v Speaker 2>supposed to be fighting for.

0:31:16.400 --> 0:31:18.880
<v Speaker 1>He could have got offended. It could have ended with ordinary.

0:31:19.000 --> 0:31:21.040
<v Speaker 1>It could have ended with the fence. And it could have.

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<v Speaker 2>Ended with only do you know only the spirit of

0:31:26.880 --> 0:31:32.320
<v Speaker 2>lack and limitation? Do you know only what Saul said

0:31:32.320 --> 0:31:36.760
<v Speaker 2>to David. David was like showing Saul his resume. He's like,

0:31:37.520 --> 0:31:40.560
<v Speaker 2>I'm pretty good at beating stuff that's bigger than me.

0:31:41.960 --> 0:31:44.960
<v Speaker 2>I beat a lion one time, I beat a beer

0:31:46.640 --> 0:31:55.800
<v Speaker 2>put me in coach and Saul said, you're only a boy.

0:31:56.440 --> 0:32:01.800
<v Speaker 2>I wonder what you're only in your own mind. Remember,

0:32:01.800 --> 0:32:04.480
<v Speaker 2>Saul wasn't the enemy. Saul was supposed to be a friend.

0:32:05.240 --> 0:32:06.880
<v Speaker 2>You ever had something inside of you turn.

0:32:06.720 --> 0:32:12.080
<v Speaker 1>On you, You're only I had it. This week.

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<v Speaker 2>I was thinking that I'm just a preacher because I

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<v Speaker 2>was thinking how really influencing culture is done.

0:32:18.560 --> 0:32:21.640
<v Speaker 1>Through rappers and fashion and others.

0:32:21.640 --> 0:32:24.160
<v Speaker 2>And I was thinking about changing a generation, and I

0:32:24.160 --> 0:32:28.520
<v Speaker 2>felt discouraged about it, like I'm only a preacher. But

0:32:28.560 --> 0:32:30.520
<v Speaker 2>there's this one verse that always comes up when I

0:32:30.520 --> 0:32:33.520
<v Speaker 2>think that way. And God told Jeremiah one time, he said,

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<v Speaker 2>do not say I am only.

0:32:37.760 --> 0:32:38.640
<v Speaker 1>Well, I was thinking about that.

0:32:38.720 --> 0:32:40.760
<v Speaker 2>I know this isn't exactly what the text means, but

0:32:41.360 --> 0:32:43.320
<v Speaker 2>I was thinking, how God's name is I am. So

0:32:43.400 --> 0:32:46.880
<v Speaker 2>when you say I am only, and you're supposed to

0:32:46.920 --> 0:32:50.640
<v Speaker 2>take God's name, you mess up the name that he

0:32:50.680 --> 0:32:53.800
<v Speaker 2>gave you by diminishing it in your own sight.

0:32:53.880 --> 0:32:57.040
<v Speaker 1>I am only. Do not say I am only. Do

0:32:57.160 --> 0:33:00.280
<v Speaker 1>not say I am only. I'm only a boy.

0:33:01.200 --> 0:33:04.000
<v Speaker 2>But David said, no, no, no, I've never faced this

0:33:04.120 --> 0:33:04.880
<v Speaker 2>giant before.

0:33:06.840 --> 0:33:10.640
<v Speaker 1>Get ready to shout. But I brought the same god

0:33:10.720 --> 0:33:11.280
<v Speaker 1>to this.

0:33:11.200 --> 0:33:18.280
<v Speaker 2>Valley that I brought to the last valley, because the

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<v Speaker 2>only reason I'm preaching it is because you're standing in

0:33:21.360 --> 0:33:24.280
<v Speaker 2>front of something. Right now, You've never seen this before,

0:33:25.160 --> 0:33:27.560
<v Speaker 2>But David said, here's the common pattern I've noticed.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I dropped the lion, I dropped the bear.

0:33:32.840 --> 0:33:37.320
<v Speaker 2>It only stands to reason that if the lion didn't

0:33:37.360 --> 0:33:41.120
<v Speaker 2>stand a chance, if the bear didn't stand a chance

0:33:41.960 --> 0:33:47.920
<v Speaker 2>because they opposed my father's business, if this giant opposes

0:33:48.040 --> 0:33:53.400
<v Speaker 2>the purpose of God, I predict and upset victory over

0:33:53.560 --> 0:33:57.360
<v Speaker 2>everything in your life that is thicker than you that

0:33:57.560 --> 0:33:59.520
<v Speaker 2>opposes the purpose of God.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you come on.

0:34:01.640 --> 0:34:04.600
<v Speaker 2>He's the god of a turnaround.

0:34:07.120 --> 0:34:12.560
<v Speaker 1>So I know. Somebody said, I know how this story

0:34:12.760 --> 0:34:21.239
<v Speaker 1>ends because I know who wrote it. I know who

0:34:21.280 --> 0:34:21.759
<v Speaker 1>wrote it.

0:34:22.680 --> 0:34:26.360
<v Speaker 2>He is the author and the prefector of my faith.

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<v Speaker 2>She looked at me last week and on our date night,

0:34:32.000 --> 0:34:34.920
<v Speaker 2>and this movie was gonna have a nice ending. But

0:34:34.960 --> 0:34:38.719
<v Speaker 2>then she remembered that the writer of this particular.

0:34:38.560 --> 0:34:43.600
<v Speaker 1>Movie is noted for everybody dying in the end. And

0:34:43.640 --> 0:34:45.200
<v Speaker 1>she looked at me, Now, I want you to get

0:34:45.200 --> 0:34:45.800
<v Speaker 1>this when I say it.

0:34:45.840 --> 0:34:50.560
<v Speaker 2>Okay, she said, it can't be over I just remembered

0:34:50.560 --> 0:34:57.880
<v Speaker 2>who wrote it. Come on, you know it's a word

0:34:57.920 --> 0:35:01.439
<v Speaker 2>for you. You know there's some things because we tell

0:35:01.440 --> 0:35:05.759
<v Speaker 2>our selves these stories. But if God wrote it, it's

0:35:05.880 --> 0:35:09.480
<v Speaker 2>not over till we win. It's not over until the

0:35:09.560 --> 0:35:14.640
<v Speaker 2>light over comes the darkness. Come on, my Robie, come on, Caston,

0:35:15.000 --> 0:35:16.719
<v Speaker 2>Come on, Balaton.

0:35:16.640 --> 0:35:26.480
<v Speaker 1>It's not over. It could have been a.

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<v Speaker 2>Whole different story, and I want to suggest that maybe

0:35:32.440 --> 0:35:36.359
<v Speaker 2>it still can be, because I.

0:35:36.320 --> 0:35:38.440
<v Speaker 1>Know in church we talk a lot about new beginnings.

0:35:39.719 --> 0:35:40.800
<v Speaker 1>What about new endings?

0:35:44.400 --> 0:35:47.040
<v Speaker 2>What about putting two more periods behind that one that

0:35:47.080 --> 0:35:50.200
<v Speaker 2>you thought ended the sentence and making it an ellipses?

0:35:50.640 --> 0:35:55.840
<v Speaker 2>What about new endings? What about to be continued? What

0:35:55.920 --> 0:36:01.560
<v Speaker 2>about the third day? What about Sunday morning? What about Jesus?

0:36:03.280 --> 0:36:05.120
<v Speaker 2>I know how the story ends, so when I see

0:36:05.160 --> 0:36:06.360
<v Speaker 2>him on the cross, I'm not worried.

0:36:06.400 --> 0:36:07.920
<v Speaker 1>The disciples didn't know that.

0:36:07.960 --> 0:36:11.239
<v Speaker 2>This is the challenge to know how the story ends,

0:36:11.280 --> 0:36:13.000
<v Speaker 2>even when you don't know how it's gonna get. There

0:36:15.320 --> 0:36:19.120
<v Speaker 2>might not be a straight line, it might not be perfect,

0:36:19.160 --> 0:36:21.600
<v Speaker 2>it might not look like somebody else's situation. You get

0:36:21.640 --> 0:36:23.399
<v Speaker 2>in the worst trouble of your life trying to wear

0:36:23.440 --> 0:36:28.320
<v Speaker 2>Saul's armor, trying to fight like everybody else fights.

0:36:28.360 --> 0:36:29.400
<v Speaker 1>Yours might be messier.

0:36:30.400 --> 0:36:32.360
<v Speaker 2>Can I say something for somebody that God put.

0:36:32.160 --> 0:36:32.720
<v Speaker 1>On my heart?

0:36:33.120 --> 0:36:39.759
<v Speaker 2>Yours might look laughable. I'm only high school educated. Good

0:36:39.800 --> 0:36:42.200
<v Speaker 2>God's gonna get that much more glory because you didn't

0:36:42.239 --> 0:36:43.520
<v Speaker 2>have a college degree.

0:36:44.640 --> 0:36:46.960
<v Speaker 1>Now when people look at you, they're gonna have to know.

0:36:47.360 --> 0:36:50.400
<v Speaker 1>It had to be God. I know your GPA.

0:36:50.480 --> 0:36:54.160
<v Speaker 2>It had to be God, God's purpose advances. I know

0:36:54.280 --> 0:36:58.520
<v Speaker 2>your GPA. You weren't smart enough, good enough, pretty enough.

0:36:58.680 --> 0:37:01.920
<v Speaker 2>You didn't pray enough, do the right things. It could

0:37:01.920 --> 0:37:05.440
<v Speaker 2>have been a whole different story, but the grace of

0:37:05.600 --> 0:37:08.439
<v Speaker 2>God stepped in just in the nick of time.

0:37:18.000 --> 0:37:20.520
<v Speaker 1>Spoiler alert, Goliath goes down.

0:37:25.160 --> 0:37:32.640
<v Speaker 2>Plot twist. Goliath goes down and guess what, that's not

0:37:32.719 --> 0:37:35.600
<v Speaker 2>how the story ends. I'm sorry.

0:37:37.160 --> 0:37:41.320
<v Speaker 1>I know it looks great on the flannel graph. David's

0:37:41.320 --> 0:37:42.279
<v Speaker 1>awfully cute with a.

0:37:42.200 --> 0:37:45.759
<v Speaker 2>Slingshot, especially especially when it's one that you pull back,

0:37:46.120 --> 0:37:49.040
<v Speaker 2>you know, like it's a spitball, like it's God's like

0:37:49.120 --> 0:37:51.560
<v Speaker 2>it's a spirit spiritual spitball.

0:37:51.600 --> 0:37:52.040
<v Speaker 1>Boom.

0:37:52.200 --> 0:37:54.680
<v Speaker 2>You know, I know it's the it's the cartoon version,

0:37:54.800 --> 0:37:58.479
<v Speaker 2>here's the grown up version. You're ready David never read

0:37:58.680 --> 0:38:02.080
<v Speaker 2>for Samuel seventeen fifty Most of us never read for

0:38:02.160 --> 0:38:08.120
<v Speaker 2>Samuel seventeen fifty one. All apologies to all the children's

0:38:08.120 --> 0:38:11.040
<v Speaker 2>Bible teachers, but you don't really know how the story

0:38:11.120 --> 0:38:14.239
<v Speaker 2>ended because David, when he hit Goliath with the rock

0:38:14.360 --> 0:38:20.719
<v Speaker 2>is stunned him. But then David had something else that

0:38:20.760 --> 0:38:24.240
<v Speaker 2>he had to do, in the spirit of Mortal Kombat,

0:38:24.239 --> 0:38:34.920
<v Speaker 2>look at your neighbor and say, finish him. The Bible

0:38:35.000 --> 0:38:38.239
<v Speaker 2>says that after he knocked him down, because some of

0:38:38.320 --> 0:38:40.640
<v Speaker 2>us are content just to stun our enemy. Do you

0:38:40.719 --> 0:38:43.720
<v Speaker 2>know what I'm saying, Just to come into church, feel

0:38:43.760 --> 0:38:46.719
<v Speaker 2>good for a few hours, get a little word, go home,

0:38:46.800 --> 0:38:49.520
<v Speaker 2>forget about it. Go right back into the same stuff,

0:38:49.760 --> 0:38:52.440
<v Speaker 2>go right back into the same cycle, go right back

0:38:52.480 --> 0:38:55.040
<v Speaker 2>into the same death block, go right back into the

0:38:55.080 --> 0:38:57.160
<v Speaker 2>same pretending, go right back into.

0:38:57.000 --> 0:38:59.520
<v Speaker 1>The same image. But David said something. He said something.

0:38:59.680 --> 0:39:00.680
<v Speaker 1>He says something. He said.

0:39:01.360 --> 0:39:07.959
<v Speaker 2>I didn't just come down here to bring cheese and bread. See,

0:39:07.960 --> 0:39:12.319
<v Speaker 2>I always thought that David was the delivery boy. But

0:39:12.440 --> 0:39:17.719
<v Speaker 2>it turns out that the way the story is, David

0:39:18.280 --> 0:39:19.439
<v Speaker 2>wasn't the delivery boy.

0:39:20.640 --> 0:39:26.880
<v Speaker 1>Goliath was. So now I'm gonna preach us home, you're ready.

0:39:27.600 --> 0:39:31.360
<v Speaker 2>What did Goliath have that David needed that David didn't

0:39:31.440 --> 0:39:32.359
<v Speaker 2>know that he would need.

0:39:33.080 --> 0:39:34.520
<v Speaker 1>It's right in verse fifty.

0:39:34.880 --> 0:39:37.680
<v Speaker 2>It's right in verse fifty is said he came to

0:39:37.760 --> 0:39:39.480
<v Speaker 2>the battle without.

0:39:39.120 --> 0:39:40.320
<v Speaker 1>A sword in his hand.

0:39:40.880 --> 0:39:44.680
<v Speaker 2>Spoiler alert, he left with one who was carrying it

0:39:45.080 --> 0:39:48.600
<v Speaker 2>his enemy. I declare, Come on, y'all, I'm trying to

0:39:48.640 --> 0:39:53.399
<v Speaker 2>be good, but I declare, I know how this story is.

0:39:55.080 --> 0:40:01.319
<v Speaker 2>Goliath has got your sword. Goliath has got your and

0:40:01.440 --> 0:40:04.480
<v Speaker 2>if you want to see the victory, you're going to

0:40:04.600 --> 0:40:07.200
<v Speaker 2>have to defeat what's standing in front of you.

0:40:07.520 --> 0:40:09.479
<v Speaker 1>But you don't have to do it on your own.

0:40:15.600 --> 0:40:20.760
<v Speaker 2>Come on, let's start something out all over the whole Church, University, City, Blakeney.

0:40:20.880 --> 0:40:23.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm on every single warrior, every.

0:40:23.360 --> 0:40:28.040
<v Speaker 2>Single worshiper, to declare, I know how this story is.

0:40:29.200 --> 0:40:32.399
<v Speaker 2>Tell the person next to you, I know how your

0:40:32.560 --> 0:40:33.279
<v Speaker 2>story is.

0:40:34.400 --> 0:40:38.080
<v Speaker 1>Tell them your story. It's with glory.

0:40:39.120 --> 0:40:42.359
<v Speaker 2>God's gonna get the glory out of every situation in

0:40:42.400 --> 0:40:42.920
<v Speaker 2>your life.

0:40:54.400 --> 0:40:55.239
<v Speaker 1>I know how it is.

0:40:58.760 --> 0:41:00.920
<v Speaker 2>Some jet ski is gonna bring need the kayak. I

0:41:00.920 --> 0:41:07.879
<v Speaker 2>don't know who God's got in the water, but even now, somehow,

0:41:08.760 --> 0:41:11.960
<v Speaker 2>the sister said to Jesus, God will give you what

0:41:12.000 --> 0:41:12.359
<v Speaker 2>you want.

0:41:15.120 --> 0:41:22.560
<v Speaker 1>So David stands over the giant. I always read it.

0:41:21.880 --> 0:41:24.680
<v Speaker 2>As being the final sequence in the battle, that after

0:41:24.719 --> 0:41:28.000
<v Speaker 2>he knocked him down, he looked at the verse.

0:41:28.560 --> 0:41:31.320
<v Speaker 1>He took the sword from the scabbard.

0:41:32.560 --> 0:41:37.239
<v Speaker 2>Anybody ever said scabbard in the last ten years, he

0:41:37.280 --> 0:41:41.760
<v Speaker 2>took the sword. Little things like that keep me preaching,

0:41:41.840 --> 0:41:47.840
<v Speaker 2>you know. And after he killed him, he's already dead.

0:41:48.760 --> 0:41:52.279
<v Speaker 2>He cut off his head. Why'd he do it for

0:41:52.360 --> 0:41:59.839
<v Speaker 2>a trophy? Because this wouldn't be his last giant Now,

0:42:00.440 --> 0:42:04.040
<v Speaker 2>I always thought that the story was over when David

0:42:04.040 --> 0:42:07.799
<v Speaker 2>cut off his head. How much more savage can you be?

0:42:09.200 --> 0:42:13.520
<v Speaker 2>The head is off the giants now. But that's not

0:42:13.560 --> 0:42:16.360
<v Speaker 2>how the story ends. See, we only think we know

0:42:16.400 --> 0:42:18.960
<v Speaker 2>how it ends. You tell your story. You're like and

0:42:19.000 --> 0:42:21.200
<v Speaker 2>then I got a divorce. That's not the end of

0:42:21.239 --> 0:42:24.879
<v Speaker 2>your story. That's not the last time you can love

0:42:24.960 --> 0:42:29.480
<v Speaker 2>or be loved. That's not the end of your story.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, they were doing pretty good and then they

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<v Speaker 2>did this. That's not the end of the story. That's

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<v Speaker 2>just character development. It can't be over because I know

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<v Speaker 2>who wrote it. I said, it can't be over because

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<v Speaker 2>I know who wrote it. It's not the end of

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<v Speaker 2>my story. I know how this story ends. Oh, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>leaving this battlefield. I'm not leaving him the hand. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>leaving with the sword. I'm leaving with a lesson. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>leaving with a testimony. I'm leaving with a brighter day

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<v Speaker 2>on my mind. I'm leaving with a new praise in

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<v Speaker 2>my spirit. I'm leaving with the prophecy. I'm leaving with

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<v Speaker 2>a word from God. You know what's so crazy is

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<v Speaker 2>that the whole point of the story has nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>do with David to begin with.

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<v Speaker 1>It says that after Goliath died that all of the Philistines.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you see it, When they saw that their hero

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<v Speaker 2>was dead, they turned and ran. Your story is not

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<v Speaker 2>even about you. What you're going through right now might

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<v Speaker 2>not even be about you. You know how many people

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<v Speaker 2>I've seen come out of grief and released their greatest

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<v Speaker 2>gift from their greatest grief.

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<v Speaker 1>Goliath has got your sword. Goliath has got your sword.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna be sitting across from somebody who needs it

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<v Speaker 2>in five years and telling them I've been right there

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<v Speaker 2>in the battle.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's what I've found out.

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<v Speaker 2>The sword that came to kill you is gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>the one that God uses to deliver you, and he

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<v Speaker 2>killed Goliath.

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<v Speaker 1>With his own sword. Your giant has got your sword.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's not how the story ends, cuts off his hand,

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<v Speaker 2>sends the sword to the temple at Knob, which was

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<v Speaker 2>where a Hemelect was the superintendent.

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<v Speaker 1>A little while later, David goes back to Saul's palace.

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<v Speaker 2>Saul starts going absolutely crazy, trying to kill David. David

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<v Speaker 2>has to run from Saul. Remember now, Goliath was not

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<v Speaker 2>the last giant that David would face. You don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to stay stuck in just one victory of your life,

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<v Speaker 2>The Bible says.

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<v Speaker 1>He leads us from glory to glory, from strength to strength.

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<v Speaker 1>Stand up. I'm trying to close. I'm trying so hard.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't leave, but.

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<v Speaker 2>Stand up and clap your hands. If you know this

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<v Speaker 2>is not my last one. This is not my last victory.

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<v Speaker 2>I come against.

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<v Speaker 1>Midlife crisis in the name of the Lord. There's more

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<v Speaker 1>for you to do. You have a legacy to pass on.

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<v Speaker 2>You're gonna make a bigger difference in your future days.

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<v Speaker 1>Your latter days shall be greater. Zan No this story

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<v Speaker 1>your soun so okay, hang on a second.

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<v Speaker 2>So David runs down to the temple right he's running

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<v Speaker 2>from Saw. He's already killed Goliath, and he has to

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<v Speaker 2>leave so quickly that he doesn't have a sword.

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<v Speaker 1>He runs to the temple attendant. He says, hey, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I need a weapon.

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<v Speaker 2>How many of you need a weapon to fight something

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<v Speaker 2>in your life today? You need a strategy, you need

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<v Speaker 2>an insight. Come on, you need a breakthrough you to

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<v Speaker 2>turn on? All right, David said to a Himlek, don't

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<v Speaker 2>you have a spear or a sword here? I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>brought my sword or any other weapon because the king's

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<v Speaker 2>business was urgent. Priest said, man, I'm sorry, David, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean I got one sword. It's the sword of Goliath,

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<v Speaker 2>the Philistine, at least it used to be until you

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<v Speaker 2>killed him. But now, the very weapon that you took

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<v Speaker 2>from your enemy, the very strength you gained from the

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<v Speaker 2>thing you survived, the sword of Goliath, the word that

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<v Speaker 2>God spoke over your life. How many no, his word

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<v Speaker 2>is a sword is sharper than any double edged sword

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<v Speaker 2>he Brews four to twelve. The sword of Goliath, who

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<v Speaker 2>you killed in the valley of elaw is here is

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<v Speaker 2>wrapped in a cloth. The Ephi, if you want it,

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<v Speaker 2>take it. There is no sword here but that one.

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<v Speaker 2>And David said, there is none like it.

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<v Speaker 1>Give it to me. He started with a sling, he

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<v Speaker 1>ended with a sword.

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<v Speaker 2>And the difference was the enemy that he was willing

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<v Speaker 2>to confront.

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<v Speaker 4>And I know.

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<v Speaker 1>How this Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, I don't know exactly how long this story's going

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<v Speaker 2>to take, and I don't know all the details of.

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<v Speaker 3>It, but I know how this story is.

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<v Speaker 2>We got the drop on David. We read verse fifty.

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<v Speaker 2>We got the drop on David. We've been to the

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<v Speaker 2>empty tomb. We got the drop on David. We know

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<v Speaker 2>how this story is is. I know that the sufferings

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<v Speaker 2>of this present time are not worthy.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you hear me preaching to you right there in

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<v Speaker 1>your living room? Do you hear me preaching to you

0:48:03.600 --> 0:48:06.400
<v Speaker 1>right there in your kitchen? You hear me preaching to you.

0:48:06.400 --> 0:48:09.080
<v Speaker 2>You're in a hospital room with a loved one right now,

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<v Speaker 2>with the God of all healing, Jehovah Rufica is in

0:48:12.680 --> 0:48:13.880
<v Speaker 2>the hospital.

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<v Speaker 1>Room with you. I know how this story I love.

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<v Speaker 2>I know no weapon that is formed against me south rossword. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>the Bible doesn't say that the weapon won't be formed.

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<v Speaker 2>It just says that it won't work. So watch this.

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<v Speaker 2>The weapon was formed by my enemy. Isaiah fifty four

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<v Speaker 2>seventeen is on the screen right now. The weapon was

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<v Speaker 2>formed by the hand of my enemy. What you're going

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<v Speaker 2>through it might not have been from the hand of God.

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<v Speaker 2>But you got to read verse sixteen to understand verse seventeen.

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<v Speaker 2>Because verse sixteen, God says, behold, I have created the

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<v Speaker 2>blacksmith who made the weapon.

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<v Speaker 1>So God said.

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<v Speaker 2>The enemy might have formed the weapon, but I formed

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy. And there is nothing that an enemy can

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<v Speaker 2>bring against you.

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<v Speaker 1>Come on, there is nothing. Get your.

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<v Speaker 2>Get your hands, get a fake. Yes, come on, Goliath.

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<v Speaker 1>You come against me with the decent.

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<v Speaker 2>You come against me with anxiety. But sup in the name,

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