WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SLIP,
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YOU MAY THINK NOBODY NOTICES IT,
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BUT THERE IS ONE WHO WATCHES.
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AND THERE ARE POWERS THAT ARE
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ALIGNED TOGETHER AND THE DEVIL
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WILL MAKE SURE THAT WHEN HE
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COMES TO ATTACK THAT YOU WON'T
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HAVE YOUR
DEFENSES ALL THE WAY UP.
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BUT THE MOST POWERFUL THING OR
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INFLUENCE THAT YOU CAN HAVE
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ON YOUR SIDE IS GOD.
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?  PRAISE THE LORD,
LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ?
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WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN
DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM,
IF YOU TRUST IN HIM.
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?  HE'S WORTHY OF THE
PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY. ?
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YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT
ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF
GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP.
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?  HE'S WORTHY OF
ALL, ALL THE PRAISE. ?
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1 SAMUEL, CHAPTER 17 AND I
WILL BEGIN READING WITH VERSE 2.
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HERE IS WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS,
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LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY.
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FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE
ARE COME BELIEVING THAT WHEN
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WE OPEN THE WORD OF GOD,
THERE IS POWER THERE FOR US.
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WE FACE SO MANY CHALLENGES,
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WE FACE SO MANY
TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS,
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BUT WE BELIEVE
THAT IF GOD BE FOR US,
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NO ONE CAN
SUCCESSFULLY STAND AGAINST US.
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AND SO WE ARE
COME IN THAT BELIEF,
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TRUSTING THAT WHEN OUR
HEARTS ARE MET TOGETHER
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WITH GOD'S HEART, THAT
THERE IS A BLESSING FOR US.
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NOW WE ASK FATHER
AS WE OPEN THY WORD,
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THERE MIGHT BE
MORE THAN HUMAN WISDOM.
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IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.
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IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT WHAT
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YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS
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STORY, YOU WILL BE AMAZED.
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I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN
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YOU STUDY THE WORD OF
GOD, YOU CAN NOT SPEED READ IT,
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YOU'VE GOT TO LET
IT SINK IN SLOWLY.
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G.K. CHESTERTON
HAS BEEN QUOTED TO SAY:
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"THAT IF YOU LOOK AT A THING
FOR 999 TIMES, YOU ARE SAFE.
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BUT IF YOU LOOK AT
IT FOR THE 1000TH TIME,
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YOU ARE IN DANGER OF SEEING
IT ALL OVER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST
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TIME." COME WITH ME IF YOU DARE
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AND LOOK AT THIS FOR WHAT
MIGHT BE A THOUSANDTH TIME.
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THERE IS A
CHALLENGE AGAINST ISRAEL.
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THE CHALLENGE COMES
BECAUSE GOD HAS ALREADY SMITTEN
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THIS ARMY THAT
RISES AGAINST ITS PEOPLE.
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THE PHILISTINES HAD
COME TO ATTACK ISRAEL
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WHILE SAMUEL WAS
OFFERING BURNT OFFERINGS,
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AND GOD WAS NOT PLEASED NO
MATTER WHAT TIME THEY WOULD HAVE
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ATTACKED, BUT CERTAINLY
NOT WHEN THEY WERE AT WORSHIP.
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AND SO GOD THUNDERED AT THEM
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AND GOD SMOTE THEM
WITH HIS MIGHTY ARM.
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AND THEIR PRIDE WAS HURT
AND THEIR NATIONAL FEELING
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FOR WHO THEY WERE WAS SO REDUCED
THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD TO DO
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
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NOW THEY DARE NOT
GO TO FIGHT AGAIN,
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BECAUSE THEY HAD LEARNED
THAT EVEN IF THEY HAD ENOUGH
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SOLDIERS, THAT WHEN GOD IS ON
THE SIDE OF AN ARMY, THE NUMBERS
DON'T COUNT ANYMORE.
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THERE ARE SOME OF THE HISTORIANS
WHO LOOK AT THE STORY AND SAY
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THAT THERE WERE MORE IN
THE ISRAELITE ARMY THAN IN THE
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PHILISTINE ARMY, BUT YOU
AND I KNOW THAT DOESN'T COUNT
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BECAUSE ONE PLUS
GOD IS A MAJORITY !
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BUT HERE IS THEIR STRATEGEM.
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THEY SAY, "HOW CAN WE FIGHT
THESE PEOPLE WITHOUT HAVING
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TO RISK TAKING OUR
ARMY AGAINST THEIRS ?"
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NOW THERE ARE SOME SUBTLE
DIFFERENCES THAT HAD OCCURRED.
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YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT
WHILE YOU ARE ON GOD'S SIDE
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AND WHILE GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE,
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THERE IS AN EXTRA
LEVEL OF PROTECTION.
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WHEN YOU STEP AWAY FROM GOD,
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AND LET ME SUGGEST THAT
THAT'S THE WAY IT HAPPENS;
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YOU CAN LOOK ALL THE
WAY THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD
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AND YOU MAY FIND THE
WORDS IN THE KING JAMES VERSION
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SOUNDING LIKE GOD
WILL STEP AWAY FROM YOU,
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BUT THE FACT IS THAT GOD DOES
NOT ABANDON US, WE ABANDON HIM.
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YET, PEOPLE WILL
ABANDON GOD AND THEN SAY,
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"WHY HAS GOD FORSAKEN ME ?"
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THE PEOPLE OF GOD HAD
FOUND THEMSELVES WITH A LEADER
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WHO HAD PUSHED OUT OF HIS LIFE,
THE POWER OF GOD IN HIS HEART.
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SO MUCH SO THAT SAMUEL
HAD BEEN ALIENATED FROM HIM
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AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
DID NOT HAVE THE CONTROL,
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THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WITH ONE
WHO WOULD BE THE LEADER OF GOD'S
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PEOPLE. AND GUESS WHAT ?
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THE NEWS BEGAN TO TRAVEL THAT
SAMUEL AND SAUL WERE NOT AS
CLOSE AS THEY ONCE WERE.
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NOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO
SEE THERE IS THAT EVEN THOSE
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WHO DID NOT CLAIM
TO WORSHIP GOD JEHOVAH,
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KNEW THAT THE POWER OF
ISRAEL WAS NOT WITH SAUL ALONE,
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IT WAS WITH SAUL
AND THE MAN OF GOD.
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AND SO LONG AS SAUL
WAS TOGETHER WITH SAMUEL,
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THEY SAID "YOU HAD
BETTER STAY AWAY FROM HIM."
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BUT WHEN THE MAN OF GOD
WAS NOT INVOLVED ANYMORE,
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THEN EVEN THOSE IN THE
PHILISTINE CAMP BEGAN TO SAY,
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"IF WE WERE EVER GOING TO
ATTACK, THE TIME MIGHT BE NOW."
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YOU MAY NOT THINK
SO, BUT SATAN AND OTHERS
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LOOK TO SEE HOW YOUR
RELATIONSHIP IS GOING WITH GOD.
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WHEN YOU'RE IN THE WORD,
WHEN YOU'RE SINGING THE SONGS OF
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ZION, THE DEVIL
DOESN'T WANT TO BOTHER YOU.
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HE KNOWS THAT HIS PROBLEM
IS NOT YOU, HIS PROBLEM IS GOD.
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THE TEXT THAT WE HAVE
BEEN REPEATING ALL WEEK LONG
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FROM ROMANS CHAPTER 8 AND VERSE
31 IS WELL KNOWN TO THE DEVIL.
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HE DOESN'T WANT TO ATTACK
YOU WHEN YOU ARE ON GOD'S SIDE,
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WHEN GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE,
BECAUSE HE KNOWS HE CAN'T WIN.
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BUT HE HAS LEARNED TO WATCH US,
TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH GOD.
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WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SLIP, YOU
MAY THINK NOBODY NOTICES IT,
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BUT THERE IS ONE WHO WATCHES.
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AND THERE ARE POWERS
THAT ARE ALIGNED TOGETHER
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AND THE DEVIL WILL MAKE SURE
THAT WHEN HE COMES TO ATTACK
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THAT YOU WON'T HAVE
YOUR DEFENSES ALL THE WAY UP.
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I'VE COME TO BELIEVE THAT
THE MOST POWERFUL PROTECTION
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THAT YOU CAN HAVE IS
NOT A LOCK OR AN ALARM,
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NOT FRIENDS OR CREDIT CARDS,
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NOT BANK
ACCOUNTS, OR CARS OR HOUSES.
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BUT THE MOST POWERFUL THING OR
INFLUENCE THAT YOU CAN HAVE ON
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YOUR SIDE IS GOD. STRIP ME OF
EVERYTHING, BUT DON'T TAKE GOD
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FROM ME. BECAUSE IF I DON'T HAVE
ANYTHING ELSE, AND I'VE GOT GOD,
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I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
GOD WILL SUPPLY OUR NEEDS.
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WHAT DO YOU SAY ?
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SO THEY WATCHED AND WHEN THEY
DETERMINED THAT SAMUEL WAS BEING
ALIENATED FROM SAUL,
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THEY MADE AN
INCURSION INTO THE LAND OF JUDAH
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AND THEY ARE ON THE LAND
THAT BELONGS TO JUDAH RIGHT NOW.
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AT SHOCHOH, THE
PHILISTINES ARE ON THE TERRITORY
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THAT GOD GAVE TO
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
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NOW YOU SAY, "WHAT
ARE THEY DOING THERE ?"
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THEY GOT THERE BECAUSE OF
THE WEAKNESS OF THE CONNECTION
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BETWEEN GOD'S
PEOPLE AND GOD'S POWER.
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AND IF YOU HAVE
A PROBLEM JUST NOW,
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I WOULD SUGGEST THAT
YOU OUGHT TO EXAMINE IT
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BECAUSE GOD DOES NOT
FAIL, BUT WE OFTEN FAIL.
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SO NOW THEY FIND
THEIR WAY TO SHOCHOH,
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THEY FIND A DEFENSIBLE
POSITION ON A MOUNTAIN.
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ISRAEL'S ARMY FINDS A DEFENSIBLE
POSITION ON THE OTHER SIDE ON A
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MOUNTAIN. AND NOW THEY
MAKE A PREPOSTEROUS SUGGESTION:
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"INSTEAD OF OUR ARMY'S FIGHTING,
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LET'S LET TWO PEOPLE FIGHT
AND LET THE ARMIES BE SAFE,
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SO THAT IF YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
WINS, WE'LL SERVE YOU.
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BUT IF OUR REPRESENTATIVE
WINS, YOU SERVE US."
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THIS THEY SAY WITH A
LITTLE SMIRK ON THEIR FACES
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FOR THEY KNOW WHO IT
IS THAT THEY WILL SEND.
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THEY HAVE, HIDING NO DOUBT
BEHIND THEIR LINES, A SON OF
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ANAK. ONE WHO IS PERHAPS REPUTED
ACCORDING TO SOME SCHOLARS,
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FOR TAKING THE LIVES OF MANY
REPUTABLE, POWERFUL CHRISTIANS,
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I SHOULD NOT
USE THAT WORD THERE,
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I SHOULD SAY
THOSE ON GOD'S SIDE.
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BUT THEY SAY, "LET'S HIDE
HIM UNTIL THEY CUT THE DEAL."
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I DON'T KNOW WHETHER ISRAEL
BOUGHT THE DEAL, BECAUSE IT'S
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RIDICULOUS. WHY IN THE WORLD
WOULD YOU LET TWO PEOPLE FIGHT
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AND LET THAT BE THE END OF IT ?
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OF COURSE, THAT WOULD BE
WONDERFUL IF WE DID IT NOW.
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IF WE COULD SEND ONE
PERSON FROM THIS COUNTRY
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AND ONE PERSON FROM ANOTHER ONE,
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IT WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING;
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ONLY THING ABOUT IT
IS, IT DOESN'T WORK.
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IN FACT, WHEN
YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
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AFTER GOLIATH IS DEAD,
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DOES ANYBODY FROM THE PHILISTINE
ARMY COME OVER AND SAY,
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"OK, ALL RIGHT,
YOU WON, HANDCUFF US,
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WELL THERE WERE NO HANDCUFFS,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
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IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
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WHEN THEIR CHAMPION WAS
DEFEATED, THEY TOOK OFF.
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IT'S A PREPOSTEROUS SUGGESTION.
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SO NOW, WHEN THEY
THINK THE DEAL MIGHT BE CUT,
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THEY BRING THIS
LUMBERING CREATURE, GOLIATH.
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SOME PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT GOLIATH
MAY HAVE BEEN PRACTICALLY 12
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FEET TALL. I'VE READ
SOME SCHOLARS WHO SAY 9.
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ALLOW ME IF YOU
WILL, TO TAKE THE 12.
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MANUTE BOL AND
GHEORGHE MURESAN ARE 7'7".
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HAVE YOU SEEN
THEM ON THE COURT ?
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THEY MAKE EVERYONE
ELSE LOOK LIKE A PYGMY.
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I HAVE NEPER BEEN IMPRESSED
NECESSARILY WITH THE PHYSICALITY
OF MANUTE BOL WHEN HE PLAYED,
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BUT ONE THING YOU HAD
TO GIVE HIM: HE WAS TALL.
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HE PRACTICALLY JUST WENT OVER
AND PUT THE BALL IN THE HOOP,
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AND MURESAN THE SAME.
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BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEBODY
ON THE FLOOR AT A NBA GAME
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WHO IS HALF AGAIN TALLER THAN
MANUTE BOL OR GHEORGHE MURESAN ?
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SO HE JUST. . .
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WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE
IS RUNNING DOWN COURT,
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ALL HE'S GOT TO DO IS. . .
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12 FEET TALL.
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SO, HAVE YOU GOT
HIM IN YOUR HEAD NOW ?
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TAKE HIM OUT OF HISTORY AND
BRING HIM UP AND PUT HIM ON THE
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COURT. AND YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN TO
A COUPLE OF GAMES AND I'VE BEEN
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AMAZED. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE
GAMES ON TELEVISION, ALL THOSE
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GUYS LOOK SHORT. I WENT TO A
RESTAURANT ONE NIGHT, AND THERE
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THEY WERE. YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M
PRETTY TALL MOST OF THE TIME,
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BUT THE SHORTEST
ONE OF THEM STOOD UP
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AND I WAS
LOOKING AT HIM LIKE THIS,
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AND THEN THE
REST OF THEM UNFOLDED.
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IN FACT, I
WOULDN'T EVEN TALK TO THEM !
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IT WAS RIDICULOUS.
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"HOW ARE YOU SIR ?"
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BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE
LIKE THEM WHO WOULD HAVE MADE
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THEM FEEL LIKE ME. BECAUSE IF
GOLIATH HAD EVER PUT ON A
UNIFORM FOR ANY NBA TEAM,
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YOU COULD HAVE
CALLED THE SEASON OFF.
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AND IT IS THIS GIANT OF A MAN,
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WHOSE ARMOR
PROBABLY WEIGHED 110 POUNDS.
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THE HEAD OF HIS
SPEAR, SAYS ONE SCHOLAR,
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PROBABLY WEIGHED 13 POUNDS
AND IT WAS LIKE A WEAVER'S BEAM,
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LIKE PART OF A
MACHINE THAT MADE CLOTH.
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AND NOW HE COMES OUT
IN THE MIDST OF A WEAK AND
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STRANGELY
AMBIVALENT TIME FOR ISRAEL --
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WHEN SAUL HAS ALIENATED
THE REAL POWER, WHICH IS GOD.
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SO THE
PROTECTION IS REALLY GONE.
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THE PROBLEM IS NOT GOLIATH;
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THE PROBLEM IS THE CONNECTION.
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NOW YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND THAT !
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BECAUSE THERE
ARE PEOPLE WHO THINK,
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"OH, MY PROBLEMS."
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FRIEND OF MINE, IF
GOD IS ON YOUR SIDE,
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WHO CARES ABOUT THE
SIZE OF THE PROBLEM ?
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GOD IS ALWAYS
BIGGER THAN THE PROBLEM.
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THE PROBLEM IS
NEVER THE PROBLEM;
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THE PROBLEM IS THE CONNECTIONS.
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IF GOD BE FOR US,
WHO CAN BE AGAINST US ?
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SO HERE COMES THIS GIANT AT
THE WRONG TIME IN THE HISTORY OF
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ISRAEL. NOW, I HAVE BEEN THERE.
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I'VE WALKED IN
THE PAGES OF THE BIBLE
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AND HIS VOICE HAS
TO SOUND DIFFERENT
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BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE
WHO ARE BIG, HAVE BIG VOICES.
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CAN YOU IMAGINE IN THE
MORNING, WAKING UP TO THIS ?
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"ISRAEL, REAL,
REAL, REAL (echo sound).
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WHERE IS YOU CHAMPION,
PION, PION ?"(echo sound)
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NOW, YOU DON'T HEAR THAT MOST
PLACES, BUT I HAVE ADDED THAT
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FOR EFFECT. ONE MOUNTAIN HERE,
ONE MOUNTAIN THERE, A VALLEY IN
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BETWEEN. TELL ME
THERE WAS NO ECHO.
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HAD TO BE.
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SO NOT ONLY DO YOU
HAVE TO HEAR HIS VOICE ONCE;
00:15:52.60\00:15:54.46
YOU HAVE TO HEAR IT
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.
00:15:54.46\00:15:58.06
"SEND ME SOMEONE, ONE, ONE."
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AND EVERY MORNING AND
EVERY EVENING THIS SON OF ANAK
00:16:04.16\00:16:09.10
COMES OUT WITH HIS ARMOR.
00:16:09.10\00:16:10.96
ONE HISTORIAN SSYS THAT HIS
HEADDRESS ALONE WAS PROBABLY
00:16:10.96\00:16:15.30
MADE OF PRECIOUS METAL LIKE THE
SCALES OF A FISH ON HIS HEAD.
00:16:15.30\00:16:20.10
AND HE WOULD COME
OUT GLISTENING IN THE SUN
00:16:20.10\00:16:22.90
AND COME DOWN FAR ENOUGH
TO ENVIGOR THEM TO COME FROM
00:16:22.90\00:16:26.13
THEIR POSITION AND SAY "SEND ME
SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY, SOMEBODY."
00:16:26.13\00:16:33.40
AND ISRAEL
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
00:16:33.40\00:16:35.56
NOW IF GOD HAD BEEN
CHERISHED AMONG THEM,
00:16:35.56\00:16:41.30
THE TALLEST AMONG
THE ISRAELITES WAS SAUL.
00:16:41.30\00:16:49.10
THE KING STOOD HEAD AND
SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST.
00:16:49.10\00:16:54.16
BUT INSTEAD OF GOING OUT
HIMSELF, HE GIVES AN OFFER,
00:16:54.16\00:16:58.80
"HERE'S WHAT I'LL DO
FOR YOU IF YOU GO OUT."
00:16:58.80\00:17:01.56
IN FACT, EVEN JONATHAN, WHO AT
OTHER TIMES PLAYED THE PART OF
00:17:01.56\00:17:07.26
THE HERO, MIGHT HAVE
BEEN THE ONE TO GO OUT.
00:17:07.26\00:17:08.96
BUT IT JUST APPEARS THAT
THIS WAS NOT GOD'S TIME TO CALL
00:17:08.96\00:17:12.96
JONATHAN. THIS WAS THE TIME FOR
DAVID, OR ELSE JONATHAN MIGHT
HAVE RISEN TO THE OCCASION.
00:17:12.96\00:17:17.40
BUT NOW THE KING, WHO IS THE
TALLEST ONE ON ISRAEL'S SIDE,
00:17:17.40\00:17:21.96
WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE
TALL MAN FROM THE PHILISTINES.
00:17:21.96\00:17:25.83
WHEN THE FACT IS
THAT IT IS NOT YOUR SIZE;
00:17:25.83\00:17:29.36
IT IS YOUR GOD THAT COUNTS.
00:17:29.36\00:17:32.40
SO DON'T TELL ME
ABOUT YOUR BILLS;
00:17:32.40\00:17:37.56
DON'T TELL ME ABOUT
YOUR FAMILY PROBLEMS;
00:17:37.56\00:17:40.36
DON'T TELL ME THAT THEY ARE SO
COMPLICATED THAT YOU ARE
DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE IS.
00:17:40.36\00:17:44.93
IF GOD BE FOR YOU, YOUR PROBLEMS
CANNOT STAND AGAINST YOU !
00:17:44.93\00:17:51.00
SAUL COULD HAVE TOLD HIS ARMY,
00:17:51.00\00:17:53.03
"YOU PRAY, AND I'LL GO."
00:17:53.03\00:17:57.13
"BUT KING SAUL, YOU'RE
NOT AS TALL AS HE IS !"
00:17:57.13\00:18:00.40
"WELL WHO CARES ?
00:18:00.40\00:18:02.13
HE DOESN'T HAVE A
GOD LIKE I'VE GOT."
00:18:02.13\00:18:05.43
IN FACT, IF YOU READ PART OF
MOSES' SONG, IN DEUTERONOMY 32
AND VERSE 30, THE BIBLE SAYS,
00:18:05.43\00:18:12.26
"THAT ONE CAN CHASE A THOUSAND,
AND TWO CAN PUT 10,000 TO
00:18:12.26\00:18:17.36
FLIGHT."
BECAUSE GOD IS OUR ROCK.
00:18:17.36\00:18:20.90
HE'S A ROCK OF OUR PROTECTION.
00:18:20.90\00:18:23.50
HE'S A ROCK IN A WEARY LAND.
00:18:23.50\00:18:25.76
AND IF GOD IS YOUR ROCK,
NOTHING CAN STAND AGAINST YOU !
00:18:25.76\00:18:31.23
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO
AROUND TIPPING THROUGH LIFE,
00:18:31.23\00:18:34.33
NOTHING GETS ON MY NERVES
MORE THAN CHRISTIANS TIPPING.
00:18:34.33\00:18:40.33
"I DON'T KNOW, THE ECONOMY."
00:18:40.33\00:18:44.53
I'VE NEVER
TRUSTED IN THE ECONOMY.
00:18:44.53\00:18:46.93
WALL STREET DIPPED THE OTHER
DAY, AND EVERYBODY GOT EXCITED.
00:18:46.93\00:18:51.63
I DIDN'T GET EXCITED.
00:18:51.63\00:18:53.70
WE ARE NOT
CONTROLLED BY DOW JONES,
00:18:53.70\00:18:55.66
OR THE NIKKI OR THE HAMSING.
00:18:55.66\00:18:58.40
WE ARE CONTROLLED
BY THE HAND OF GOD.
00:18:58.40\00:19:04.90
IT IS NOT MR.GREENSPAN
WHO CONTROLS THE EBB AND FLOW
00:19:04.90\00:19:09.56
OF THE MONETARY
SYSTEM, IT IS GOD.
00:19:09.56\00:19:13.00
GOD SAYS THE SILVER
AND THE GOLD ARE MINE !
00:19:13.00\00:19:17.80
IN FACT, GOD IS SO POWERFUL THAT
HE COUNTS HIS COWS BY HILLS
INSTEAD OF BY INDIVIDUAL COWS.
00:19:17.80\00:19:23.50
THE CATTLE ON A
THOUSAND HILLS BELONG TO ME,
00:19:23.50\00:19:25.96
AND IF I WAS HUNGRY
I WOULDN'T TELL YOU.
00:19:25.96\00:19:28.80
YOU'RE SITTING UP HERE
WORRYING ABOUT THE ECONOMY.
00:19:28.80\00:19:32.93
WELL, I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
INVESTED IN THE STOCK MARKET TO
00:19:32.93\00:19:35.70
WORRY ABOUT IT. BUT IF I
DID, GOD CAN CONTROL THE STOCK
00:19:35.70\00:19:40.03
MARKET. IT IS GOD AND HE
ALONE THAT HAS THIS CONTROL.
00:19:40.03\00:19:44.00
SO WHY DO YOU GET SO DISTURBED ?
00:19:44.00\00:19:45.90
IT BOTHERS ME.
00:19:45.90\00:19:47.76
ISRAEL IS OVER HERE -- "WELL,
WHAT SHOULD WE DO, WE DON'T
00:19:47.76\00:19:52.53
KNOW." WRINGING THEIR HANDS.
00:19:52.53\00:19:54.40
YOU'VE GOT THE MOST POWERFUL
BEING IN THE UNIVERSE ON YOUR
00:19:54.40\00:19:59.46
SIDE. "I DON'T KNOW,
WHAT DO YOU THINK SAUL ?"
00:19:59.46\00:20:02.90
WELL, SAUL DOESN'T KNOW, BUT
IT'S NOT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE
00:20:02.90\00:20:05.40
POWER, IT'S BECAUSE
HE'S CUT HIMSELF OFF.
00:20:05.40\00:20:08.60
AND SO, THEY'RE
WONDERING WHAT TO DO.
00:20:08.60\00:20:10.50
NOW YOU REMEMBER THAT DAVID WAS
NOT FOUND FIRST KEEPING SHEEP.
00:20:10.50\00:20:19.03
WE FIND DAVID FIRST
IN THE TEMPLE WITH MUSIC.
00:20:19.03\00:20:24.66
HE IS THERE
MINISTERING IN THE TEMPLE.
00:20:24.66\00:20:27.46
I WONDER, WAS ANY SIBLING
RIVALRY AMONG THE SONS OF JESSE
00:20:27.46\00:20:36.33
? ELIAB, ABINADAB, AND SHAMMAH;
WERE THEY, THE OLDER BROTHERS,
00:20:36.33\00:20:42.73
A LITTLE JEALOUS
WHEN GOD SELECTED DAVID,
00:20:42.73\00:20:45.90
THE YOUNGER BROTHER TO GO
AND MINISTER IN THE TEMPLE ?
00:20:45.90\00:20:49.46
WERE THEY A LITTLE DISTURBED
WHEN THE STORIES BEGAN TO
00:20:49.46\00:20:52.83
LEAK OUT THAT DAVID
COULD GO AND PLAY HIS HARP;
00:20:52.83\00:20:57.86
AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF
GOD WOULD COME BACK TO SAUL ?
00:20:57.86\00:21:01.70
SAUL AT TIMES BECAME
ALMOST LIKE A MADMAN.
00:21:01.70\00:21:06.10
BUT THE SWEET SPIRIT OF DAVID
AND HIS MUSIC THAT CAME FROM GOD
00:21:06.10\00:21:10.36
WOULD BRING THE
HEART OF SAUL BACK TO GOD.
00:21:10.36\00:21:14.13
AND WHEN DAVID LEFT, HE DID
NOT LEAVE BECAUSE HE WAS CHASED,
00:21:14.13\00:21:17.76
HE WENT BACK TO BETHLEHEM
BECAUSE HIS FATHER WAS OLD
00:21:17.76\00:21:20.46
AND SOMEBODY
NEEDED TO TEND THE SHEEP.
00:21:20.46\00:21:22.46
BUT HE CAME BACK TO SHOW THAT
EVEN THOUGHT YOU'VE BEEN LIFTED
00:21:22.46\00:21:26.73
HIGH, YOU OUGHT TO STAY
HUMBLE WHEN YOU'RE HIGH.
00:21:26.73\00:21:31.60
THERE'S A LESSON
THERE ISN'T THERE ?
00:21:31.60\00:21:33.50
SOME OF US, IF WE HAD
BEEN GIVEN A JOB IN THE TEMPLE,
00:21:33.50\00:21:35.96
WE WOULD HAVE NEVER
GONE BACK TO THE SHEEP.
00:21:35.96\00:21:38.86
"WELL FATHER, YOU KNOW I
DON'T WANT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL,
00:21:38.86\00:21:43.23
BUT I'M IN THE
TEMPLE NOW, AND YOU KNOW,
00:21:43.23\00:21:48.93
IT'S NOT THAT I COULDN'T DO
IT, BUT I JUST NEED TO GIVE MY
00:21:48.93\00:21:53.23
ATTENTION TO THE
TEMPLE AND NOT TO THE SHEEP."
00:21:53.23\00:21:57.90
SO, HE MIGHT HAVE
GOTTEN FULL OF PRIDE,
00:21:57.90\00:22:00.90
BUT INSTEAD HE TURNS HIS MIND
TOWARDS WHATEVER GOD ASKS HIM TO
00:22:00.90\00:22:05.63
DO, AND HE GOES BACK HOME TO HIS
FATHER AND HE TAKES CARE OF THE
00:22:05.63\00:22:09.03
SHEEP. SO WHILE THE BATTLE
IS GOING ON OVER IN SHOKO,
00:22:09.03\00:22:13.10
DAVID IS AT HOME AT BETHLEHEM,
AND THERE HE IS KEEPING SHEEP.
00:22:13.10\00:22:18.26
NOW IF YOU THINK THAT
GOD CAN'T MAKE THIS HAPPEN,
00:22:18.26\00:22:22.60
YOU KNOW, IF YOU AND I
COULD HAVE BEEN IN A HELICOPTER;
00:22:22.60\00:22:26.40
THERE WERE NONE, BUT SUPPOSE WE
COULD HAVE BEEN IN A HELICOPTER
00:22:26.40\00:22:31.26
AND LOOKED DOWN. OVER
HERE, AT THE EDGE OF BETHLEHEM
00:22:31.26\00:22:34.26
THERE IS THE SOLUTION TO
THE PROBLEM, KEEPING SHEEP.
00:22:34.26\00:22:38.16
AND OVER HERE, IN A
VALLEY, THERE'S GOLIATH,
00:22:38.16\00:22:42.16
SCREAMING OUT THREATENINGS
AT THE WHOLE ARMY OF ISRAEL.
00:22:42.16\00:22:46.13
AND YOU BEGIN TO WONDER WHAT
KIND OF A LOGISTICAL PROBLEM DO
00:22:46.13\00:22:49.60
WE HAVE ? WE'VE GOT THE PROBLEM
HERE, AND THE SOLUTION THERE,
00:22:49.60\00:22:52.70
AND HOW IN THE WORLD CAN YOU
GET THE RESOURCE TO THE NEED ?
00:22:52.70\00:22:57.30
BUT YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL.
00:22:57.30\00:23:03.23
SO ONE DAY,
JESSE SAYS TO HIS SON,
00:23:03.23\00:23:06.73
"DAVID, I HAVE
ANOTHER MENIAL TASK FOR YOU."
00:23:06.73\00:23:10.70
FOLK, THERE'S A LESSON IN THIS.
00:23:10.70\00:23:13.00
NO TASK MUST BE
THOUGHT TOO SMALL.
00:23:13.00\00:23:17.20
NOW, ALLOW ME TO GET SOMETHING,
TO SQUEEZE A POINT OUT OF THIS.
00:23:17.20\00:23:23.63
IF YOU LOOK AT TELEVISION, YOU
BECOME ENAMORED WITH IMAGES OF
00:23:23.63\00:23:29.33
JOBS, AND YOU THINK THAT YOU
CANNOT BE ANYBODY IMPORTANT
UNLESS YOU'VE GOT ONE OF THOSE
00:23:29.33\00:23:35.83
BIG JOBS. YOU'VE GOT TO
BE A DOCTOR OR A LAWYER,
00:23:35.83\00:23:38.26
YOU'VE GOT TO BE AT
LEAST A POLICE OFFICER;
00:23:38.26\00:23:42.06
THAT'S A NEW SEASON THAT
HAS A SCAD OF POLICE OFFICERS.
00:23:42.06\00:23:47.10
SO LITTLE CHILDREN GO ABOUT
WANTING TO BE WHAT THEY SEE ON
00:23:47.10\00:23:51.60
TELEVISION. AND WHAT THEY FORGET
IS THAT WORK; ANY HONEST WORK,
00:23:51.60\00:23:56.53
IS LOOKED UPON
BY GOD AS HONORABLE.
00:23:56.53\00:24:01.36
NOW I DON'T THINK THAT LITTLE
CHILDREN OUGHT TO DREAM SMALL
00:24:01.36\00:24:06.30
DREAMS, BUT UNTIL
YOU REACH YOUR DREAM JOB,
00:24:06.30\00:24:09.90
YOU OUGHT TO BE WILLING, LIKE
DAVID, TO DO WHATEVER JOB COMES
00:24:09.90\00:24:15.60
TO YOUR HAND. FOR IF YOU
ARE FAITHFUL IN SMALL THINGS,
00:24:15.60\00:24:18.60
GOD WILL MAKE YOU
RULER IN LARGE THINGS.
00:24:18.60\00:24:21.06
(applause)
00:24:21.06\00:24:26.43
SOME FOLK COULD
HAVE A JOB RIGHT NOW,
00:24:26.43\00:24:29.80
BUT THEY DON'T WANT A JOB
UNTIL THEY CAN WEAR A SUIT.
00:24:29.80\00:24:35.66
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT
THIS MINUTE THAT I WEAR A SUIT
00:24:35.66\00:24:38.16
BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEVER
PUT ON A TIE WHO CAN BUY AND
SELL ME BEFORE BREAKFAST.
00:24:38.16\00:24:45.26
YOU MUST NEVER ALLOW THE MEDIA
TO TELL YOU WHAT JOBS ARE
HONORABLE AND WHICH ARE NOT.
00:24:45.26\00:24:52.60
IN FACT, WE ARE NOW INFESTED
WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE BECOME LAZY
00:24:52.60\00:24:59.30
AND CODDLED BECAUSE THEY WON'T
DO WHAT DOSEN'T APPEAR TO BE
00:24:59.30\00:25:03.90
POWERFUL. LET ME TELL YOU, FIND
YOURSELF A SMALL JOB AND LET GOD
00:25:03.90\00:25:08.56
SEE YOU. AND IF GOD SEES THAT
YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A SMALL
00:25:08.56\00:25:11.26
ONE, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT
GOD WILL MAKE ROOM FOR YOU TO
00:25:11.26\00:25:17.73
GET A LARGER ONE ? I
PERHAPS COME FROM THE OLD DAYS,
00:25:17.73\00:25:20.36
BECAUSE WHEN MY WIFE AND I
BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT MARRIAGE,
00:25:20.36\00:25:23.50
PART OF THE PROPOSAL WAS
ALWAYS THAT I WOULD HAVE A JOB.
00:25:23.50\00:25:33.80
NOW I HAVE COME TO KNOW THAT IN
SOME PROPOSALS THE JOB DOES NOT
00:25:33.80\00:25:40.13
PLAY A PART, THERE ARE PEOPLE
WHO THINK THAT LOVE IS ENOUGH.
00:25:40.13\00:25:48.70
WHEN MONDAY COMES AND ALL OF THE
CONFETTI AND MUSIC AND SILVER
00:25:48.70\00:25:56.40
AND PUNCH BOWLS AND
DOUBLE-DECKER CAKES HAVE GONE,
00:25:56.40\00:26:02.70
SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN.
00:26:02.70\00:26:04.76
AFTER ALL OF
THOSE ROMANTIC MOMENTS,
00:26:04.76\00:26:08.53
YOUR STOMACH WILL
REMIND YOU OF REALITY.
00:26:08.53\00:26:15.20
LOVE IS A LOT, BUT IT
IS INDEED NOT EVERYTHING.
00:26:15.20\00:26:21.46
AND IT OUGHT TO BE.
00:26:21.46\00:26:23.06
BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE
PLACE WHERE INSTEAD OF ALLOWING
00:26:23.06\00:26:25.70
THE TELEVISION TO
SET WHAT IS HONORABL
00:26:25.70\00:26:28.50
WE COME TO KNOW THAT WHATEVER
00:26:28.50\00:26:29.73
JOB IS HONEST, IF IT'S DONE
00:26:29.73\00:26:32.53
WELL, FOR GOD WAS LOOKING AT
00:26:32.53\00:26:35.63
DAVID, AND HOW HE KEPT SHEEP.
00:26:35.63\00:26:38.56
AND THOSE THINGS THAT HE DID
00:26:38.56\00:26:40.53
KEEPING SHEEP SHOWED THAT HE
00:26:40.53\00:26:42.40
WAS QUALIFIED TO BE THE KING.
00:26:42.40\00:26:45.33
BECAUSE HE WAS HUMBLE ENOUGH
00:26:45.33\00:26:47.43
TO CARE FOR SHEEP, GOD WOULD
00:26:47.43\00:26:49.96
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00:26:49.96\00:26:52.16
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