I would like to invite you
all to stand for our theme song.
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There's a lost, lonely soul
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Waiting silent at war
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For a rescue to come To the door
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Many could go but I only know
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The name Of that one lonely soul
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Oh can you hear our Prince
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Calling on before
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"Let us go and restore
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The broken hearted The wounded
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The captives of war
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Will you bear My
shield of faith once more?"
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Many more are the souls
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Who are bound up in fear
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As they run through
The dark Far and near
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Though I will fight
Just one ends the night
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Our Prince Who carries the light
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Oh can you hear our Prince
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Calling on before
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"Let us go and restore
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The broken hearted The wounded
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The captives of war
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Will you bear My
shield of faith once more?"
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To that lost lonely soul
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I will go and will share
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All their cries, All their fears
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All their prayers
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For it's been told
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My Prince he does hold
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The tears Of
that one lonely soul
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Oh can you hear our Prince
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Calling on before
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"Let us go and restore
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The broken hearted The wounded
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The captives of war
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Will you bear
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My shield of faith once more?"
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You may be seated.
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Good morning, GYC.
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Happy Sabbath.
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It's so good to see
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so many of you
guys here this morning.
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You know, it's been a
long week and an early morning,
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but you know what
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God has been blessing
us through this conference
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and He has a lot
in store for us today.
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It's gonna be a busy day,
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but praise the
Lord that we're all here
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to worship together
and to fellowship together.
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Turn with me in
your Bibles to 1 Samuel.
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We're going to read
the scripture this morning.
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We're going to 1
Samuel Chapter 17.
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1 Samuel 17:48 says,
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"And it came to pass,
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when the
Philistine arose, and came,
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and drew nigh to me
David, that David hastened,
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and ran towards the
army to meet the Philistine.
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And David put
his hand in his bag,
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and took thence a
stone, and slang it,
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and smote the
Philistine in his forehead
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that the stone
sunk into his forehead
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and he fell upon
his face to the earth."
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All right, please
bow your heads with me
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as we have opening
prayer this morning.
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To Heavenly Father, we
thank You so much for GYC.
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We thank You for
dedicated young people.
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We thank You for the Sabbath.
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And we thank You
that You're here among us.
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I pray that You
would be with Sikhu
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as she opens the Word of God
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and that Your Holy
Spirit would come down
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and really speak to our hearts
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and just teach us
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what we need to
hear this morning.
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Thank You for hearing
and answering our prayer
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in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Oh, GYC, do you love Jesus?
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Oh, yes, we love Jesus
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Are you sure you love Jesus?
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We're sure we love Jesus
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Tell me why do you love Jesus?
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This is why I love Jesus
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Because He first loved me
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That's the reason We
all ought to love Him
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Oh, how I love Jesus
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Oh, how I love Jesus
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Oh, how I love Jesus
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Because He first loved me.
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Amen.
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Do you love Jesus this morning?
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Happy Sabbath.
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Good friend of mine does
that every time he speaks.
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Sebastian, that
was a tribute to you.
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And good morning, Itai.
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That's my son
who is in Zimbabwe.
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And for those of
you who weren't here
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previous mornings.
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This morning we're
gonna do the same thing
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we've done every morning
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is we're gonna read
scriptures, is that okay?
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All right. So
pull out your Bibles.
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Let's turn to 1 Samuel.
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We're still in 1
Samuel and Chapter 17.
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1 Samuel 17.
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While you're flipping there,
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I've always wanted to
do special music at GYC
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and nobody's ever invited me.
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So that was my
opportunity to shine.
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I should have
warmed up more, huh?
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1 Samuel 17.
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We're gonna talk
about David this morning.
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Bow your heads
with me as we pray.
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Our Loving Father,
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we are so thankful
for the gift of life.
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We're thankful
that we've made it
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into this New Year.
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We're thankful that
You have preserved us
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and that You have a
purpose in mind for us.
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As we delve into
scripture this morning,
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we ask that the Holy
Spirit would be our teacher.
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We ask that as this is holy time
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that we would have an
experience of holiness
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that we've never had before.
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Lord that our walk with
You would be closer and deeper
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as a result of coming
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into this time of
worship and prayer.
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We pray these
things in Your name, amen.
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1 Samuel Chapter 17.
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You know the
outline of the story, right?
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It's one of our
childhood favorites
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'cause you got this
little boy named David
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and he's there and he
does this mighty feat.
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See, the Philistines
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were not always this formidable,
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they were always formidable,
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but they
weren't always this like
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impossible situation.
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I think one of
the saddest chapters
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in the Bible is
1 Samuel Chapter 4
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where you have the Israelites
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come up to
battle the Philistines,
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they don't ask
God before they go,
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and then the
Philistines come up there
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and the Israelites get
a little bit of a beating,
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they lose like
4,000 of their men,
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they run back and
they like what happened,
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they try to
regroup, and they decide,
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you know, we're gonna take
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the Ark of the
Covenant with us into battle
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because they think
back to the stories
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from back in the day,
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and when the Ark of
the Covenant was there,
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the Israelites were
winning, so they're like,
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"We're gonna get the ark,
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and we're gonna be winning now."
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So they go and
they take the ark,
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again not consulting God,
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and secondly, treating
the Ark of the Covenant
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like it were an idol.
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As if just the
presence of this physical thing
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would mean that God is present.
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So they bring the
Ark of the Covenant
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and there's a huge loud
shout among the Israelites
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when they see the ark come in
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such that the
Philistines are terrified.
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They're like, "Oh,
no. What are we gonna do?
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The Ark of the Covenant is now
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in the midst of
the town of Israel."
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And they've
heard the stories too.
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That back in the day
when the ark shows up,
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it's game over.
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But they say, "Hey,
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we got to quit
ourselves like men.
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You're gonna go down fighting."
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And in spite of their fear,
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this is the
Philistines in Chapter 4.
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In spite of the fact
that they are so scared,
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they go out to fight.
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And it's one of the
saddest chapters for me
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because these heathens
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who recognize the power
of the God of the Israelites,
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but went out in
spite of their fear
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in order to
protect their families,
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they end up
defeating the Israelites.
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I believe it's
30,000 people slain.
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Eli is old at that time
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and his sons Hophni and Phinehas
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had gone with the ark.
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They died defending
the Ark of the Covenant.
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Better if they had
lived to defend it.
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So when word gets back,
Eli's sitting and is waiting,
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trying to hear what happened,
expecting terrible news,
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and the news
finally gets to him,
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and it's bad news.
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The news is that the
Israelites have been defeated.
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That is sad.
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The news is that
your sons have been killed
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and that is sad,
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but you know what
breaks Eli's heart?
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And the Ark of the
Covenant has been taken.
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This old man loses his bearings,
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he falls and breaks his neck.
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Phinehas's wife,
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Eli's daughter-in-law
is pregnant at the time.
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She hears the
tumult what's the news,
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and she finds out that
Israel has been defeated.
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Your husband and
brother-in-law are dead.
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And the Ark of the
Covenant has been taken.
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At the news of
the ark being taken,
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she goes into labor.
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And she births a
child and, you know,
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there's a fourth
piece of news for her
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your father-in-law is dead
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at the news of
the ark being taken.
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She goes into spontaneous labor.
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She births a child
and names him Ichabod,
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for the glory is departed.
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It's one of the saddest chapters
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in the Bible I find.
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She dies after
giving birth to her child.
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So when we get to Chapter 17,
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this is a background of
how the Philistines gained
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the kind of
courage that they had,
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like the defiance
that they had against God.
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And I wonder if in our lives,
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we do things that
give the enemy courage
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to treat us a certain way.
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Not because God isn't great,
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but because of the
way that we've acted
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the fool in the past.
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Chapter 17, let's read together.
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Verse 4, "There
went out a champion
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out of the camp
of the Philistines,
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named Goliath, of Gath,
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whose height was
six cubits and a span."
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And then he tells us
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that he had all
of this armor on him.
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In verse 8, "He stood and cried
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unto the armies of
Israel, and said unto them,
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'Why are you come up to
set your battle in array?
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Am not I a Philistine,
and you the servants of Saul?
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Choose you a man for you,
and let him come down to me.
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If he be able to fight
with me, and to kill me,
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then will we be your servants,
but if I prevail against him,
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and kill him, then
shall ye be our servants,
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and serve us.'"
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So this was gonna be
somewhat of a battle by proxy.
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You pick one person
and send him out here,
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we'll pick we
have our one person
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and we got him out
here and let's see who wins.
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It kind of reminds
me of the Book of Job
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where, you know,
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God is up in heaven
and Lucifer goes up there
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and he's like, you know,
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God's like, "Where you've been?"
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I'm roaming about.
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Lucifer says, "I'm
roaming about on my territory."
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And God's like, "Well, actually,
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have you seen my servant Job?"
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And that means yes,
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you may be claiming
that as your territory,
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but I have a
representative down there.
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And because Job is there,
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Lucifer can't lay
claim to the entire earth.
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Because you are there,
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the devil can't
claim this entire earth.
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Amen?
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It's kind of a battle by proxy.
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God is like, "You
are my representative."
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And when you're winning...
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Well, God is always winning,
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but we wanna be
winning with Him.
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Amen?
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Verse 10, "The Philistine said,
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'I defy the armies
of Israel this day,
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give me a man, that
we may fight together.'"
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Verse 11 the response of Israel.
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It's kind of like
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what the Philistines
were like in Chapter 4.
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"When Saul and all Israel heard
those words of the Philistines,
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they were dismayed,
and greatly afraid."
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This is the backdrop.
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The Philistines are there,
the Israelites are fearful,
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nobody's gonna go out and fight.
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David get sent by his dad.
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His dad says, "David,
go check on your brothers."
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His three older
brothers had gone out
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to battle with Saul.
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Go check on your brothers.
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This was his mission.
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He came from
taking care of the sheep.
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Actually David in
the previous chapter
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had been called to Saul's palace
00:14:48.42\00:14:50.59
to play music for Saul,
00:14:50.62\00:14:52.85
but apparently after
playing music for Saul
00:14:52.89\00:14:54.96
and being in the palace,
00:14:54.99\00:14:56.32
he went back to 10 sheep.
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Now how many of you
would go from a palace
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out to the wilderness
to take care of sheep,
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but that's David.
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And he's out
there tending the sheep.
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And his dad says, "Go
and check on your brothers."
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And he goes, and
when he gets there,
00:15:10.11\00:15:11.47
he finds that
there's this conundrum
00:15:11.51\00:15:14.64
that's going on where
God's people are scared.
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And for David, he's
like, "Do you know who God is?
00:15:18.81\00:15:23.42
You're afraid
of this Philistine,
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God is bigger
than this guy, right?"
00:15:24.82\00:15:29.12
And his brothers
think that he's there just,
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you know, seeking mischief.
00:15:31.09\00:15:32.43
They're like, "Why
are you here, David?
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You just wanna be
part of the action."
00:15:33.83\00:15:35.66
And David was like,
"Nah, is there not a cause.
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There's a reason why I'm here."
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We're getting to
the part of the story
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where I wanna end up.
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You know, they tell Saul,
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Saul tries to
give him his armor.
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David says, "No, thank you."
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There are very many
lessons in the story,
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amen, we're just, we're brushing
00:15:50.81\00:15:52.48
through a bunch of them.
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He says, "No, you know,
00:15:53.88\00:15:55.22
basically I got a
fight in my own armor."
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So he picks up
five smooth stones
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and he puts them in
his little sling bag.
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And he goes out there
and he's ready to fight.
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Verse 42,
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"When the
Philistine looked about,
00:16:09.40\00:16:10.77
and saw David, he disdained him,
00:16:10.80\00:16:13.17
for he was but a
youth, and ruddy,
00:16:13.20\00:16:16.27
and of a fair countenance.
00:16:16.30\00:16:17.91
And the
Philistine said to David,
00:16:17.94\00:16:19.27
"Am I a dog,
00:16:19.31\00:16:20.88
that thou comest
to me with staves?"
00:16:20.91\00:16:23.48
And the Philistine
cursed David by his gods.
00:16:23.51\00:16:27.18
The Philistine said
to David, "Come to me,
00:16:27.22\00:16:29.42
and I will give thy flesh
unto the fowls of the air,
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and the beasts of the field."
00:16:31.95\00:16:34.96
And Goliath has
reason to say this
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'cause he's huge,
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and he's covered
in all this armor,
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and he's protected.
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And he's a man of war,
00:16:42.00\00:16:43.33
and he's been
fighting for many years,
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but "David says
to the Philistine,
00:16:46.70\00:16:48.57
'Thou comest to me with
a sword, and with a spear,
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and with a shield,
00:16:51.37\00:16:52.91
but I come to thee in the
name of the Lord of hosts,
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the God of the armies of Israel,
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whom thou hast defied.'"
00:16:56.85\00:16:58.75
He says, "I'm not coming
to you in my own strength,
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it's not because
I'm something important
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or I'm something mighty.
00:17:03.62\00:17:05.05
I'm coming to you
because my God is great.
00:17:05.09\00:17:09.72
"This day the
Lord will deliver thee
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into mine hand,
00:17:12.03\00:17:13.36
and I, little
David, I will smite thee,
00:17:13.40\00:17:18.83
and take thine head from thee,
00:17:18.87\00:17:21.44
and I will give the carcass
of the host of the Philistines
00:17:21.47\00:17:24.11
this day unto
the fowls of the air,
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and to the wild
beasts of the earth,
00:17:25.87\00:17:27.54
that all the earth may know
that there is a God in Israel."
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Oh, Goliath has had it.
00:17:34.35\00:17:37.49
You puny little Israelite
00:17:37.52\00:17:44.23
talking to me like that.
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Apparently, he is so enraged
00:17:49.20\00:17:52.07
by these confident words
00:17:52.10\00:17:54.17
from this little boy
00:17:54.20\00:17:57.64
that he pulls back his helmet.
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And he goes to rush David.
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"It came to pass, when
the Philistine arose, "
00:18:08.08\00:18:10.15
in verse 48,
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"and came, and drew
nigh to meet David, "
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that David ran away?
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David ran away?
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Okay.
00:18:21.86\00:18:23.60
"That David hastened,
00:18:23.63\00:18:26.23
ran toward the army
to meet the Philistine."
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I love the words
that it uses here.
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He didn't just
run toward Goliath.
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He ran toward an
entire army, right?
00:18:37.31\00:18:41.28
To meet this one Philistine
00:18:41.32\00:18:42.65
who's
representing all this host.
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He puts his hand in his bag
00:18:46.42\00:18:47.76
and pulls out that stone and...
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And in the
children's story, it says,
00:18:51.59\00:18:53.23
whizz went the stone as
it flung through the air.
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Hits the giant in the forehead.
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And the
Philistines see their champion
00:19:02.44\00:19:05.11
teeter and totter.
00:19:05.14\00:19:07.24
And they're
amazed, they're like,
00:19:07.28\00:19:09.34
what's going on right now?
00:19:09.38\00:19:12.18
Apparently, the force
with which that stone hit
00:19:12.21\00:19:15.68
the forehead of the giant
00:19:15.72\00:19:17.99
caused traumatic brain injury.
00:19:18.02\00:19:22.52
And he starts to
lose consciousness.
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He gets dizzy.
00:19:25.73\00:19:27.06
He's about and down
he falls to the ground.
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You can imagine
the shock and amazement
00:19:31.83\00:19:35.54
in both the camp
of the Israelites
00:19:35.57\00:19:37.21
and the Philistines.
00:19:37.24\00:19:40.11
The giant fell.
00:19:40.14\00:19:42.74
David.
00:19:46.92\00:19:48.25
I'm not a gun person.
00:19:51.79\00:19:53.49
I, as in, I don't own a firearm
00:19:53.52\00:19:58.39
and I don't like
firearms because they scare me.
00:19:58.43\00:20:02.40
I'm not making
00:20:02.43\00:20:03.77
a political statement right now.
00:20:03.80\00:20:05.13
Okay, I know this is,
00:20:05.17\00:20:06.50
like guns in
America is like politics.
00:20:06.53\00:20:07.94
No, I'm just, I wanna
say something about guns
00:20:07.97\00:20:10.31
and I wanted to give
my personal disclaimer,
00:20:10.34\00:20:13.48
but I have friends
who are gun people.
00:20:13.51\00:20:16.41
Can we be friends with
people we disagree with?
00:20:16.44\00:20:19.28
Yeah, okay. Yeah.
00:20:19.31\00:20:21.05
I have friends
who are gun people,
00:20:21.08\00:20:22.42
some very close
to me are gun people,
00:20:22.45\00:20:26.09
and they love their guns.
00:20:26.12\00:20:28.32
And in conversation,
you know, I'll ask like,
00:20:28.36\00:20:30.99
so tell me about guns
and they tell me about guns
00:20:31.03\00:20:33.33
and I don't
understand the half of it,
00:20:33.36\00:20:34.70
but something I caught
00:20:34.73\00:20:36.87
was that when you're training
00:20:36.90\00:20:39.50
to discharge a firearm,
00:20:39.53\00:20:43.87
they teach you that,
00:20:43.91\00:20:45.64
if you're in a situation
00:20:45.67\00:20:47.48
where you're
trying to defend yourself,
00:20:47.51\00:20:49.41
you aim for the
center of visible mass, okay?
00:20:49.44\00:20:55.38
So that means in a human being
00:20:55.42\00:20:59.52
where is the larger
center of visible mass.
00:20:59.55\00:21:03.53
Right?
00:21:03.56\00:21:04.89
This is your torso
chest area, this part.
00:21:04.93\00:21:08.26
So, you know,
sometimes people are like,
00:21:08.30\00:21:10.00
"Oh, why didn't he just
shoot the person in the knee?"
00:21:10.03\00:21:12.43
Well, because
it's harder to shoot
00:21:12.47\00:21:14.04
someone in the knee
00:21:14.07\00:21:15.40
than it is to shoot
someone in the torso, okay?
00:21:15.44\00:21:18.67
And if you're
trying to defend yourself
00:21:18.71\00:21:20.58
and what you're
using as a firearm,
00:21:20.61\00:21:22.68
you're not
gonna aim for the knee
00:21:22.71\00:21:24.48
which guess if you're
like super, super-duper trained
00:21:24.51\00:21:27.55
you can aim for the
knee and like bloop,
00:21:27.58\00:21:28.92
and then they
like they're hobbling,
00:21:28.95\00:21:30.29
but later they can
still hobble to you,
00:21:30.32\00:21:31.72
and then you got to shoot
the other knee, and ended up.
00:21:31.75\00:21:33.09
I don't know, but
anyways, you got to aim for
00:21:33.12\00:21:37.46
apparently, you got
to aim for this part.
00:21:37.49\00:21:40.63
David takes his sling
00:21:40.66\00:21:45.43
and he does not aim
00:21:45.47\00:21:47.14
for the largest
center of visible mass.
00:21:47.17\00:21:52.84
He goes for the head.
00:21:52.87\00:21:57.51
Not just the
face, but the forehead.
00:21:57.55\00:22:03.52
Okay, so I'm sure most
of us are not gun people,
00:22:03.55\00:22:07.02
but let's try to imagine
00:22:07.06\00:22:08.92
how hard that
probably is, right?
00:22:08.96\00:22:12.03
Because you could
not just miss the body,
00:22:12.06\00:22:14.86
you could miss all together
00:22:14.90\00:22:16.23
and it goes up
over the head, right?
00:22:16.26\00:22:19.27
But he aims for and
it's the ideal spot.
00:22:19.30\00:22:22.90
He hits him
smack in the forehead,
00:22:22.94\00:22:24.74
and it does the deed.
00:22:24.77\00:22:26.11
Giant falls down.
00:22:26.14\00:22:27.48
He gets Goliath
sword and cuts off his head
00:22:27.51\00:22:29.74
like he promised he would,
00:22:29.78\00:22:31.41
but the fact that
David managed to hit
00:22:31.45\00:22:35.55
the giant in the forehead.
00:22:35.58\00:22:40.19
That points to
some level of skill.
00:22:40.22\00:22:43.56
Yes.
00:22:43.59\00:22:45.69
I mean, this points to
like some level of crazy skill
00:22:45.73\00:22:49.90
because he didn't
just hit his object,
00:22:49.93\00:22:52.77
he did it running.
00:22:52.80\00:22:55.47
So he's running
towards the giant.
00:22:55.50\00:22:57.71
He grabs his sling.
00:22:57.74\00:22:59.11
I'm like, "Dude, how
you aim even like..."
00:22:59.14\00:23:01.64
And he's like,
00:23:01.68\00:23:03.01
so probably the
velocity of him running helps,
00:23:03.04\00:23:05.71
you know, propel that device
into the forehead of the giant
00:23:05.75\00:23:09.25
until it says it's
sunk into his forehead.
00:23:09.28\00:23:11.89
I imagine David
everyday he's out there,
00:23:15.32\00:23:18.03
tending sheep
with his slingshot,
00:23:18.06\00:23:23.00
aiming,
00:23:27.64\00:23:30.97
aiming,
00:23:31.01\00:23:33.81
aiming
00:23:33.84\00:23:36.38
day after day
00:23:36.41\00:23:37.85
out there in the
wilderness with his sheep.
00:23:37.88\00:23:42.02
Nobody sees him aiming.
00:23:42.05\00:23:44.52
Nobody sees him slinging
00:23:44.55\00:23:47.16
day after day out
there with his sheep.
00:23:47.19\00:23:50.63
Nobody cares what he's doing.
00:23:50.66\00:23:53.13
Nobody knows what he's doing.
00:23:53.16\00:23:55.96
Day in and day...
00:23:56.00\00:23:57.67
Do you get the monotony of it?
00:23:57.70\00:23:59.63
Day out all by himself
00:23:59.67\00:24:03.30
with the sheep aiming.
00:24:03.34\00:24:10.01
No, they say it
takes about 10,000 hours
00:24:10.05\00:24:12.51
to become an
expert at something.
00:24:12.55\00:24:15.28
And they
translate this 10,000 hours
00:24:15.32\00:24:17.12
into about 10 years
to become an expert.
00:24:17.15\00:24:21.26
They did the study on,
00:24:21.29\00:24:23.56
I guess painters and musicians
00:24:23.59\00:24:25.89
and they look at their works
00:24:25.93\00:24:27.26
and how many
years it takes for them
00:24:27.30\00:24:28.86
to produce a masterpiece.
00:24:28.90\00:24:30.57
And it takes
roughly about 10 years
00:24:30.60\00:24:32.93
of writing song after song,
00:24:32.97\00:24:34.77
after song, after song
00:24:34.80\00:24:36.17
until finally they
produce their masterpiece
00:24:36.20\00:24:38.17
about 10 years.
00:24:38.21\00:24:39.54
Can you imagine 10
years of your life?
00:24:39.57\00:24:41.64
You know, and
this is what it takes.
00:24:41.68\00:24:44.75
Musicians
practicing on the piano
00:24:44.78\00:24:47.75
and you
practice, and you practice,
00:24:47.78\00:24:49.18
and you practice,
and it's so parents,
00:24:49.22\00:24:51.35
you know, those of
you who are musicians,
00:24:51.39\00:24:52.79
you should thank your parents
00:24:52.82\00:24:54.16
'cause it took 10
years of listening to you...
00:24:54.19\00:24:58.83
Some parents said amen.
00:24:58.86\00:25:01.76
Discorded notes, 10 years.
00:25:01.80\00:25:04.33
I think piano is better,
but the violin it's like...
00:25:04.37\00:25:08.60
Ten years before you
can play something decent
00:25:08.64\00:25:11.81
and amen to those churches
00:25:11.84\00:25:13.17
that invite you
to do special music,
00:25:13.21\00:25:14.54
amen to little kids,
00:25:14.58\00:25:16.51
encourage them along the
way as horrible as it sounds.
00:25:16.54\00:25:18.71
You know, God appreciates
your sacrificial gift, okay?
00:25:18.75\00:25:22.58
David day in and day out
00:25:25.69\00:25:27.12
and this is not just
10 years of just doing it.
00:25:27.16\00:25:30.06
They say it has to be,
00:25:30.09\00:25:31.49
you have to focus
on what you're doing.
00:25:31.53\00:25:34.03
Evaluate, critically think
00:25:34.06\00:25:37.00
through what
you're doing and improve
00:25:37.03\00:25:39.03
like, okay, that
time when I throw it,
00:25:39.07\00:25:41.14
you know, the
angle was a bit off,
00:25:41.17\00:25:42.94
oh, you know,
factor in wind velocity,
00:25:42.97\00:25:45.17
you know, the wind and factor in
00:25:45.21\00:25:48.34
year after year, day after day
00:25:48.38\00:25:51.25
until David was
a master at a skill
00:25:51.28\00:25:54.65
that he wasn't
practicing to slay a giant.
00:25:54.68\00:25:59.52
There's a saying, if
you're going to do anything,
00:25:59.55\00:26:03.46
if anything is worth
doing, it is worth doing.
00:26:03.49\00:26:07.40
Well, this is from,
00:26:07.43\00:26:09.26
you know, a father
00:26:09.30\00:26:10.63
who was writing to
his illegitimate son.
00:26:10.67\00:26:14.74
And in this letter, he
says, he quotes two things.
00:26:14.77\00:26:19.37
One is dance.
00:26:19.41\00:26:20.91
If you're gonna
dance, dance well.
00:26:20.94\00:26:24.85
If it's worth dancing,
00:26:24.88\00:26:27.22
so let's not talk about
00:26:27.25\00:26:28.58
whether it's
worth dancing or not
00:26:28.62\00:26:29.95
because this can become a
whole big discussion in here.
00:26:29.98\00:26:32.39
So maybe we don't dance.
00:26:32.42\00:26:34.12
So if it's not
worth doing, don't do it.
00:26:34.16\00:26:36.73
If you're not gonna
dance, don't dance badly.
00:26:36.76\00:26:42.06
The second thing he says,
00:26:42.10\00:26:43.43
if you're gonna dress
and he explains and he says,
00:26:43.47\00:26:46.47
"Son, everybody has to dress.
00:26:46.50\00:26:49.97
Everyone has to put on clothes.
00:26:50.01\00:26:52.17
If you're going to dress
00:26:52.21\00:26:53.68
if it's worth it
to put on clothes,
00:26:53.71\00:26:57.05
then you need to dress well."
00:26:57.08\00:27:00.88
Does this make sense?
00:27:00.92\00:27:03.72
If it's not worth it
to dress, then just don't.
00:27:03.75\00:27:08.06
The alternative is scary, right?
00:27:08.09\00:27:10.09
Okay.
00:27:10.13\00:27:12.19
So basically,
00:27:12.23\00:27:14.13
if it's worth doing, do it well.
00:27:14.16\00:27:17.50
This means you develop
an attitude of excellence
00:27:17.53\00:27:20.24
in everything that you do.
00:27:20.27\00:27:23.04
If I'm gonna do it,
I'm gonna do it well.
00:27:23.07\00:27:24.61
If I'm gonna wash dishes,
00:27:24.64\00:27:26.57
I'm gonna learn how
to wash dishes well.
00:27:26.61\00:27:29.24
My husband knows
this is a peeve of mine
00:27:29.28\00:27:30.81
so I guess I mentioned
it because it peeves me.
00:27:30.85\00:27:33.72
You know, like,
00:27:33.75\00:27:37.82
I'm not trying to discourage you
00:27:37.85\00:27:39.19
from washing dishes in my house,
00:27:39.22\00:27:40.86
but, you know, sometimes,
00:27:40.89\00:27:42.22
you know, someone
well meaning guests,
00:27:42.26\00:27:43.69
you know, you've
eaten, and then they come in,
00:27:43.73\00:27:45.49
I'll do the dishes
and they do the dishes
00:27:45.53\00:27:47.26
and I go to the dish
rack and I take them all back
00:27:47.30\00:27:50.07
and I put them back in the sink
00:27:50.10\00:27:51.43
and I wash them again
00:27:51.47\00:27:52.80
because, you know,
there's like little,
00:27:52.83\00:27:54.17
like when you're eating
and there's like a crusty thing
00:27:54.20\00:27:55.70
from the previous meal
00:27:55.74\00:27:57.51
they're like dried on
after the dishes were washed.
00:27:57.54\00:28:02.04
They're like really peeves me.
00:28:02.08\00:28:03.41
And I'm like, "Dude,
like if I wanted to eat food
00:28:03.45\00:28:05.08
with soap in it."
00:28:05.11\00:28:06.45
Like, you know, if
you gonna wash dishes,
00:28:06.48\00:28:10.49
wash the dishes well.
00:28:10.52\00:28:12.85
PS my husband is
awesome at washing dishes.
00:28:12.89\00:28:16.26
Okay.
00:28:16.29\00:28:17.63
That's the words
of affirmation person,
00:28:17.66\00:28:18.99
I affirm you.
00:28:19.03\00:28:20.36
Okay.
00:28:20.40\00:28:22.56
If it's worth doing, do it well.
00:28:22.60\00:28:24.37
You're gonna sweep
the floor, sweep it well.
00:28:24.40\00:28:31.17
If you're gonna do it,
00:28:31.21\00:28:32.54
if you're gonna read, read well.
00:28:32.57\00:28:35.74
You know, we have
this lazy culture now
00:28:35.78\00:28:38.31
where we don't learn
00:28:38.35\00:28:39.91
how to read scripture anymore.
00:28:39.95\00:28:41.88
Read.
00:28:41.92\00:28:44.15
You know, and
forgive me for blasting.
00:28:44.19\00:28:46.15
I know there are people
who are uncomfortable reading.
00:28:46.19\00:28:48.62
But if you're
gonna do it, practice.
00:28:48.66\00:28:54.20
You go home and you
read out loud to yourself
00:28:54.23\00:28:56.93
and those words
that are difficult,
00:28:56.97\00:28:58.47
you sound them out, right?
00:28:58.50\00:29:01.54
So that if I'm ever
called to read scripture,
00:29:01.57\00:29:04.47
I can do it well.
00:29:04.51\00:29:06.34
Lord, help me
improve my intonation.
00:29:06.37\00:29:09.74
Help me improve my...
00:29:09.78\00:29:13.08
What you call this?
00:29:13.11\00:29:16.32
Yeah.
00:29:16.35\00:29:17.79
With the wah, I say projection.
00:29:17.82\00:29:20.99
Yeah.
00:29:21.02\00:29:22.36
Help me learn to
project my voice.
00:29:22.39\00:29:26.39
If you're gonna do it, do it.
00:29:26.43\00:29:28.23
Well, let me read you
something about Samuel.
00:29:28.26\00:29:32.30
This is Ellen White
speaking about Samuel,
00:29:32.33\00:29:35.10
when he was
serving in the temple
00:29:35.14\00:29:36.47
he says success in this life.
00:29:36.50\00:29:38.84
This is from Patriarchs
and Prophets, page 574.
00:29:38.87\00:29:42.04
"For success in this life,
00:29:42.08\00:29:43.68
success in
gaining the future life
00:29:43.71\00:29:45.85
depends upon a faithful,
00:29:45.88\00:29:48.25
conscientious
attention to the little things."
00:29:48.28\00:29:54.32
Success in life
00:29:54.36\00:29:58.13
depends upon faithful
conscientious attention
00:29:58.16\00:30:02.36
to the little things.
00:30:02.40\00:30:04.10
"Perfection,"
00:30:04.13\00:30:05.47
she now gives
the example of God,
00:30:05.50\00:30:07.00
"Perfection is
seen in the least,
00:30:07.04\00:30:09.30
no less than in the
greatest, of the works of God."
00:30:09.34\00:30:14.58
When God formed the mountains,
00:30:14.61\00:30:18.51
when He formed the
worlds and the universes,
00:30:18.55\00:30:21.05
He paid attention to detail
00:30:21.08\00:30:22.62
and when He
formed the minute cell,
00:30:22.65\00:30:27.36
when He formed
00:30:27.39\00:30:30.33
the very down to
the element of creation,
00:30:30.36\00:30:34.36
when He formed the little things
00:30:34.40\00:30:36.16
he paid attention to
detail, ask a biologist.
00:30:36.20\00:30:40.34
They'll tell you the
detail that is in a cell.
00:30:40.37\00:30:42.80
I mean, it's a
universe on its own.
00:30:42.84\00:30:46.71
Everything from the
least to the greatest thing
00:30:46.74\00:30:49.01
God paid attention to
detail, this was David.
00:30:49.04\00:30:53.05
That was David.
00:30:53.08\00:30:55.22
That is part of how
David's slew the giant.
00:30:55.25\00:30:59.45
Was that David did
faithfully the littlest thing.
00:30:59.49\00:31:04.93
Let's read a little bit more.
00:31:04.96\00:31:06.29
After Saul, let's,
we're backtracking.
00:31:12.20\00:31:15.24
Verse 33, "Saul said to David,
00:31:15.27\00:31:17.84
'You're not able to go
out against this Philistine
00:31:17.87\00:31:19.57
to fight with him,
00:31:19.61\00:31:20.94
for thou art but a youth,
00:31:20.98\00:31:22.51
and he a man of
war from his youth.'"
00:31:22.54\00:31:24.81
David said unto
Saul, which by the way,
00:31:24.85\00:31:26.85
you know, it always,
00:31:26.88\00:31:28.22
it always gets
me people are like,
00:31:28.25\00:31:29.58
when they're
looking for an employee,
00:31:29.62\00:31:31.29
they're like,
they're looking for someone
00:31:31.32\00:31:32.65
with experience.
00:31:32.69\00:31:34.02
And then it's like,
00:31:34.06\00:31:35.39
"Where am I
supposed to gain experience
00:31:35.42\00:31:36.76
if everyone wants
someone with experience?"
00:31:36.79\00:31:38.13
I mean, like, okay, anyways
00:31:38.16\00:31:40.93
'cause David was a
youth and he's like,
00:31:40.96\00:31:42.63
you can't fight
'cause you're youth,
00:31:42.66\00:31:44.00
but he's been
fighting since he was a youth.
00:31:44.03\00:31:45.67
Okay, okay, okay.
00:31:45.70\00:31:47.44
All right, "David said to Saul,
00:31:47.47\00:31:49.97
'Let me tell you a
little bit about my resume Saul,
00:31:50.01\00:31:53.11
me David thy servant
kept his father's sheep,
00:31:53.14\00:31:58.05
and they came a
lion, and they came a bear,
00:31:58.08\00:32:01.65
and took a lamb
out of the flock.'"
00:32:01.68\00:32:04.65
And what I do?
00:32:04.69\00:32:06.32
I didn't run home to tell daddy.
00:32:06.35\00:32:08.62
I didn't go look for
Eliab, or Abinadab, or Shammah,
00:32:08.66\00:32:12.46
my older brothers.
00:32:12.49\00:32:14.46
"I went out after
him, and smote him,
00:32:14.50\00:32:18.77
and delivered it
out of his mouth,
00:32:18.80\00:32:20.30
and when he arose against me,
00:32:20.34\00:32:23.24
I caught him by the beard,
00:32:23.27\00:32:27.88
and smote him, and slew him."
00:32:27.91\00:32:31.05
David is out
there with the sheep
00:32:34.62\00:32:37.22
all by himself.
00:32:37.25\00:32:40.36
And when his
sheep are threatened,
00:32:40.39\00:32:43.63
he defends them
with his own life.
00:32:43.66\00:32:45.66
I wonder if we have
that kind of diligence
00:32:48.83\00:32:52.07
and faithfulness
in whatever we do.
00:32:52.10\00:32:55.14
I'm a student
waiting till last minute
00:32:55.17\00:32:59.37
to study for my exams,
00:32:59.41\00:33:02.81
and then pray in
Jesus works a miracle.
00:33:02.84\00:33:05.88
Lord, we pray after the exam,
00:33:05.91\00:33:08.35
Lord, please make Maryland
00:33:08.38\00:33:14.49
the capital of
the United States.
00:33:14.52\00:33:16.22
I mean, it's close to DC
00:33:16.26\00:33:20.20
'cause we got it
wrong in the test
00:33:20.23\00:33:21.63
'cause we didn't
study beforehand.
00:33:21.66\00:33:23.00
Awesome, I finally got it, okay?
00:33:26.77\00:33:28.44
Are we faithful
00:33:31.57\00:33:32.91
in whatever it
is that we're doing?
00:33:32.94\00:33:36.41
He defended the
sheep with his own life
00:33:36.44\00:33:39.78
and someone feel like,
00:33:39.81\00:33:41.15
"Man, are the sheep
worth losing my life over?
00:33:41.18\00:33:43.79
Is it worth like, you know,
00:33:47.26\00:33:48.66
sacrificing
Facebook time to study?
00:33:48.69\00:33:54.40
Is it worth, you know,
killing my YouTube account
00:33:54.43\00:33:58.83
in order to do
well in my school work?
00:33:58.87\00:34:00.94
Is it worth
dropping sugar out of my diet
00:34:04.97\00:34:06.68
so I can have
clarity of thought?
00:34:06.71\00:34:09.48
Look, struggle is
real on small things.
00:34:09.51\00:34:12.95
I know this from experience
'cause preparing to come to...
00:34:12.98\00:34:17.29
I have one weakness.
00:34:17.32\00:34:19.35
I have a sweet tooth,
00:34:19.39\00:34:20.72
but as a coping strategy
00:34:20.76\00:34:22.82
I decided that I'm
only ever gonna eat
00:34:22.86\00:34:25.09
chocolate not carob,
00:34:25.13\00:34:28.33
chocolate and I
know I shouldn't,
00:34:28.36\00:34:31.40
but if I do eat something
sweet it has to be chocolate,
00:34:31.43\00:34:34.17
you know that kind of limits,
00:34:34.20\00:34:35.54
you know, so if
you're gonna offer me
00:34:35.57\00:34:36.97
a lemon meringue or whatever,
00:34:37.01\00:34:38.34
whatever I'm like, No,
I don't eat that, right?"
00:34:38.37\00:34:40.58
'Cause is it choc...
00:34:40.61\00:34:41.94
Oh, here's an
awesome carob cookie
00:34:41.98\00:34:43.71
which I heard the
carob cookies yesterday
00:34:43.75\00:34:45.31
was awesome,
00:34:45.35\00:34:46.68
but I'm like is it chocolate,
00:34:46.72\00:34:48.05
it look like
chocolate, but is it chocolate?
00:34:48.08\00:34:51.22
I don't eat that, right?
00:34:51.25\00:34:52.59
So this is my, I've
tried to limit myself,
00:34:52.62\00:34:56.06
but then I also know
00:34:56.09\00:34:57.43
that sugar
depresses your immune system.
00:34:57.46\00:35:00.10
You know that?
00:35:00.13\00:35:01.73
Yeah, taking in sugar
depresses your immune system
00:35:01.76\00:35:05.13
which means your body
00:35:05.17\00:35:06.50
is less able to
fight off sickness.
00:35:06.53\00:35:10.57
Sugar makes you dull.
00:35:10.61\00:35:14.81
So if you're
trying to take an exam,
00:35:14.84\00:35:16.51
cut out sugar,
00:35:16.54\00:35:19.11
maybe just cut it
out if you're studying
00:35:19.15\00:35:21.18
which means cut it
out of your life maybe,
00:35:21.22\00:35:23.52
man this is hard to say.
00:35:23.55\00:35:26.32
And in preparing to
cut, my husband loves me.
00:35:26.35\00:35:29.19
So he gets me little
niceties once in a while
00:35:29.22\00:35:32.46
and he knows my
commitment to chocolate.
00:35:32.49\00:35:34.30
So in the
sweetness of his heart,
00:35:37.67\00:35:39.07
he got me some chocolate.
00:35:39.10\00:35:42.20
And I was so mad at
him because I'm like,
00:35:42.24\00:35:44.94
I'm trying to speak this week.
00:35:44.97\00:35:47.38
I cannot have chocolate,
00:35:47.41\00:35:50.65
but it's hard
00:35:50.68\00:35:52.78
because it's
sitting on the counter
00:35:52.81\00:35:55.65
and it's calling your name.
00:35:55.68\00:35:59.42
Someone understand me.
00:35:59.45\00:36:00.79
Sikhu...
00:36:00.82\00:36:03.69
And I'm like, "Here, am I.
00:36:03.73\00:36:05.79
No, no, no, no,
it's not the Lord."
00:36:05.83\00:36:07.33
Oh, my God. It's really hard.
00:36:07.36\00:36:13.10
Real talk, this is Christianity.
00:36:13.13\00:36:17.41
Christianity
saying no to that soft.
00:36:17.44\00:36:22.44
You know, like kind of
crumbly chocolate chip cookie
00:36:22.48\00:36:26.72
that's sitting on your counter
00:36:26.75\00:36:29.05
because God, I
wanna be faithful to You.
00:36:29.08\00:36:32.22
You've called me to
speak and I can't get sick.
00:36:32.25\00:36:35.66
I can't have my mind dull.
00:36:35.69\00:36:37.23
I need to be focused.
00:36:37.26\00:36:39.16
How many of you
saying no to the cookie?
00:36:39.19\00:36:41.26
You guys, I had to
pray about that thing.
00:36:41.30\00:36:45.70
And I was mad at my husband.
00:36:45.73\00:36:47.07
I still I am for getting it.
00:36:47.10\00:36:49.07
Like why would
you tempt your wife?
00:36:49.10\00:36:50.74
All right.
00:36:50.77\00:36:52.11
I know he did out of love.
00:36:52.14\00:36:53.48
Yep. Okay.
00:36:53.51\00:36:55.31
Faithfulness in
the small things.
00:36:55.34\00:36:58.95
Nobody thought my
struggle with that cookie,
00:36:58.98\00:37:01.65
like so I come up here, right?
00:37:01.68\00:37:03.02
And I'm supposed to speak.
00:37:03.05\00:37:04.39
You don't see what
happens back in my hotel room,
00:37:04.42\00:37:06.99
when I'm looking at the counter.
00:37:07.02\00:37:09.66
That's the thing
that nobody sees,
00:37:09.69\00:37:12.06
but when I come up here,
00:37:12.09\00:37:14.10
I better have my mind clear
for the Holy Spirit to speak.
00:37:14.13\00:37:17.07
Are you getting what I'm saying?
00:37:17.10\00:37:19.03
The stuff that we're
doing in private, alone,
00:37:19.07\00:37:23.20
when nobody sees,
00:37:23.24\00:37:25.17
and I'm not talking
about the huge stuff we do,
00:37:25.21\00:37:27.04
I'm talking
about the little things
00:37:27.08\00:37:28.71
that we do.
00:37:28.74\00:37:30.28
In private,
alone, when nobody sees.
00:37:30.31\00:37:34.92
We have no time
to study the Bible,
00:37:34.95\00:37:39.62
no time to study
Spirit of Prophecy
00:37:39.65\00:37:43.32
because we're on this all day.
00:37:43.36\00:37:44.93
Not studying the Bible.
00:37:48.33\00:37:49.70
I read my quote from
the Spirit of Prophecy
00:37:49.73\00:37:51.90
from my phone.
00:37:51.93\00:37:53.27
So you can study the Bible
00:37:53.30\00:37:54.64
or the Spirit of
Prophecy from your phone,
00:37:54.67\00:37:56.00
but I'm talking
about you're on Facebook,
00:37:56.04\00:37:58.31
watching videos on YouTube,
and YouTube is awful, right?
00:37:58.34\00:38:00.68
'Cause they have
those suggestions
00:38:00.71\00:38:02.04
on the side.
00:38:02.08\00:38:03.41
So you just watch
something that was interesting,
00:38:03.45\00:38:04.88
and then you're like,
00:38:04.91\00:38:06.25
"Oh, let me
watch something else."
00:38:06.28\00:38:07.62
And it could be
00:38:07.65\00:38:08.98
like an
educational thing, right?
00:38:09.02\00:38:10.35
Like you watched a TED
Talk that was like about sleep
00:38:10.39\00:38:13.05
and how important sleep is
00:38:13.09\00:38:14.52
and you're watching it
at like 2 am in the morning.
00:38:14.56\00:38:18.46
And they suggested another video
00:38:18.49\00:38:20.16
and you watch
another one, and another one.
00:38:20.20\00:38:23.06
You know, they say
the average amount of time
00:38:23.10\00:38:25.87
that Americans spend on
their devices is four hours.
00:38:25.90\00:38:32.77
How many hours are we awake?
00:38:32.81\00:38:34.24
Like, if you sleep,
00:38:34.28\00:38:36.04
like eight
hours-ish, that leaves...
00:38:36.08\00:38:40.95
What?
00:38:40.98\00:38:42.48
Sixteen hours of awake time
00:38:42.52\00:38:44.79
and 4 hours of 16
00:38:44.82\00:38:46.59
is one quarter,
00:38:46.62\00:38:51.89
25% of your life
that you are awake,
00:38:51.93\00:38:56.53
you were on this.
00:38:56.56\00:38:59.40
Now do you feel like
you wasted your life,
00:38:59.43\00:39:02.64
but I got no time
to study the Bible.
00:39:02.67\00:39:05.64
I can't memorize
scripture 'cause I'm busy.
00:39:05.67\00:39:08.88
But somehow I found time
00:39:08.91\00:39:10.45
to spend four hours on my phone.
00:39:10.48\00:39:13.35
And that's average.
00:39:13.38\00:39:15.82
It's not talking
about those of us in here
00:39:15.85\00:39:18.59
that are
addicted to our devices.
00:39:18.62\00:39:20.62
This is Christianity.
00:39:23.76\00:39:25.09
I've got no time
to hone the skills
00:39:27.86\00:39:29.90
that are gonna make
me effective for Jesus
00:39:29.93\00:39:32.70
that are gonna
help me to slay giants,
00:39:32.73\00:39:34.60
but I've got time to be
on this all day, all night.
00:39:34.64\00:39:40.38
I'm not against phones, amen?
00:39:40.41\00:39:42.88
I'm not against phones.
00:39:42.91\00:39:45.41
I have one and I use it.
00:39:45.45\00:39:48.28
It's a blessing,
00:39:48.32\00:39:49.65
but if I'm not
intentionally developing skills,
00:39:53.29\00:39:57.39
focusing my
attention on those things
00:39:57.43\00:39:59.23
that gonna help me
00:39:59.26\00:40:01.06
to be a better
honed warrior for Jesus.
00:40:01.10\00:40:04.63
So David, he's out there.
00:40:08.80\00:40:10.54
Lion and a bear come
00:40:14.38\00:40:16.71
and he risked his
life to save his sheep.
00:40:16.75\00:40:20.02
I want you to
notice something here.
00:40:20.05\00:40:23.35
Verse 28.
00:40:23.39\00:40:26.42
In Chapter 17 still,
00:40:26.45\00:40:28.89
"And Eliab his
eldest brother when he heard
00:40:28.92\00:40:31.69
when he spake unto the men,
00:40:31.73\00:40:33.53
Eliab's anger was
kindled against David"
00:40:33.56\00:40:36.20
'cause David was
asking what's going on?
00:40:36.23\00:40:38.60
This giant is
defying the armies of Israel,
00:40:38.63\00:40:41.27
of the armies of
the Lord God Almighty
00:40:41.30\00:40:43.54
what's, nobody's going
out to fight him and Eliab,
00:40:43.57\00:40:46.07
his oldest brother was like,
00:40:46.11\00:40:48.78
"David, why
camest thou down hither?
00:40:48.81\00:40:53.42
And with whom has thou left
00:40:53.45\00:40:54.78
those few sheep
in the wilderness?"
00:40:54.82\00:40:58.12
When I read this, I
was like, "This is crazy."
00:40:58.15\00:41:00.19
Not only did David risk his life
00:41:00.22\00:41:03.99
for some dumb sheep and dumb,
00:41:04.03\00:41:05.39
I mean, they don't talk, right?
00:41:05.43\00:41:07.00
Dumb sheep,
00:41:07.03\00:41:08.56
he risked his life
for a few dumb sheep.
00:41:08.60\00:41:11.87
David, you left those
few sheep in the wilderness.
00:41:14.87\00:41:19.61
Here Eliab is trying to diminish
00:41:19.64\00:41:20.98
what David does,
00:41:21.01\00:41:22.34
but this actually
magnifies what David does
00:41:22.38\00:41:26.48
because David's faithfulness,
00:41:26.51\00:41:28.28
we were talking
about faithfulness
00:41:28.32\00:41:29.65
in small things.
00:41:29.68\00:41:31.02
He is faithful in
really small things.
00:41:31.05\00:41:35.59
Little, a little flock of sheep.
00:41:35.62\00:41:38.16
The reason why David
is able to slay a giant
00:41:41.66\00:41:47.07
is because of who David was.
00:41:47.10\00:41:49.50
It was a character
that he developed alone
00:41:53.27\00:41:55.81
in the
wilderness with the sheep.
00:41:55.84\00:41:58.71
That's who slew the giant.
00:41:58.75\00:42:01.18
Now I'm asking, who are you?
00:42:01.22\00:42:04.95
I'm talking about
behind closed doors
00:42:04.99\00:42:07.29
when nobody sees.
00:42:07.32\00:42:10.13
I'm not talking about
the face that you present
00:42:10.16\00:42:11.79
when you go up front,
00:42:11.83\00:42:13.29
or when you show up at church.
00:42:13.33\00:42:16.46
I'm asking who are you
00:42:16.50\00:42:17.97
when nobody sees
what you're doing,
00:42:18.00\00:42:19.93
when you're on
your computer screen?
00:42:19.97\00:42:21.64
Pornography, when nobody sees.
00:42:26.21\00:42:32.18
And I go out there
and act like a gentleman
00:42:32.21\00:42:33.82
opening doors for ladies.
00:42:33.85\00:42:35.92
Meanwhile,
00:42:35.95\00:42:37.29
in the silent
recesses of my room
00:42:37.32\00:42:39.59
of my private time, who am I?
00:42:39.62\00:42:43.46
Look, women struggle
with pornography too.
00:42:43.49\00:42:45.26
I'm acting like I'm holy,
00:42:49.40\00:42:54.07
working up in here
talking about men be trifling,
00:42:54.10\00:42:58.21
but in my private time
00:42:58.24\00:43:00.74
who am I when nobody sees?
00:43:00.78\00:43:07.38
What am I doing with my time?
00:43:07.42\00:43:10.19
How am I spending my time?
00:43:10.22\00:43:11.62
What skills am I honing?
00:43:11.65\00:43:12.99
And is God gonna
be able to use them
00:43:13.02\00:43:15.86
in His work?
00:43:15.89\00:43:17.53
Because if it's worth
doing, it's worth doing well.
00:43:17.56\00:43:22.60
And let's admit some
of the things that we do
00:43:22.63\00:43:25.23
are not worth doing.
00:43:25.27\00:43:28.00
Amen?
00:43:28.04\00:43:30.91
Some of the things that we do
00:43:30.94\00:43:32.27
may not be evil
in and of themselves,
00:43:32.31\00:43:34.08
but should we be investing
00:43:37.35\00:43:40.35
the amount of time and
effort into those things?
00:43:40.38\00:43:45.39
Learning how to swipe
00:43:45.42\00:43:48.42
as fast as possible on my phone,
00:43:48.46\00:43:50.69
you're swipe masters.
00:43:50.73\00:43:54.30
I can send a text message.
00:43:54.33\00:43:55.66
Oh, sorry. We don't
even swipe nowadays.
00:43:55.70\00:43:57.50
We talk to our phone, right?
00:43:57.53\00:43:59.17
Like, I know how
to talk to my phone
00:43:59.20\00:44:00.54
so she understands my
messages and sends them for me.
00:44:00.57\00:44:04.17
Phone tell GYC that
I'm having a blessed time.
00:44:04.21\00:44:09.01
Are you?
00:44:09.04\00:44:11.65
We know how to do
that and do it very well.
00:44:11.68\00:44:13.52
Are we being intentional
00:44:17.95\00:44:21.12
in honing the skills
that God will be able to use?
00:44:21.16\00:44:25.09
So David, we're
coming to the close now.
00:44:25.13\00:44:30.17
When David is before Goliath,
00:44:30.20\00:44:33.90
Goliath, it says came at him.
00:44:33.94\00:44:37.04
And instead of running away
00:44:37.07\00:44:39.14
because of the life
that David has lived
00:44:39.17\00:44:41.84
because David has seen
God work in him in the past
00:44:41.88\00:44:46.61
because David has seen
God use him to slay a lion
00:44:46.65\00:44:50.89
grabbing by the beard,
00:44:50.92\00:44:53.99
like, "Oh,
you're gonna come at me,
00:44:54.02\00:44:56.29
you're gonna try
to get my few sheep."
00:44:56.32\00:44:59.66
No, sir.
00:44:59.69\00:45:01.03
And David has seen God
work in his life in private.
00:45:01.06\00:45:06.30
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:45:06.33\00:45:08.70
We want to slay
giants in public,
00:45:08.74\00:45:13.04
but God wants to work
in your private life first.
00:45:13.07\00:45:18.11
David has seen God do
00:45:18.15\00:45:20.32
amazing things
for him in private.
00:45:20.35\00:45:22.88
So when that giant comes at him,
00:45:22.92\00:45:24.75
he's not afraid.
00:45:24.79\00:45:27.09
He's got no fear
00:45:27.12\00:45:29.39
because he says, "You know what?
00:45:29.42\00:45:31.09
God has helped me
overcome appetite."
00:45:31.13\00:45:35.86
When I wanted to eat that thing,
00:45:35.90\00:45:37.23
and I prayed,
00:45:37.27\00:45:38.60
God gave me the
strength not to eat it.
00:45:38.63\00:45:39.97
I know God can
help me slay a giant.
00:45:40.00\00:45:41.97
God has helped me
00:45:45.41\00:45:46.74
to overcome
this area in my life.
00:45:46.78\00:45:49.24
Laziness,
00:45:49.28\00:45:53.18
I hate waking up in the morning.
00:45:53.21\00:45:56.72
The alarm goes off
00:45:56.75\00:45:58.09
and rollover and snooze, snooze,
00:45:58.12\00:46:00.59
I'm like, snoozing for...
00:46:00.62\00:46:01.96
You know,
Proverbs talks about it.
00:46:01.99\00:46:03.53
Person who's like, you know,
like a door and its hinges,
00:46:03.56\00:46:06.59
snooze, snooze, snooze.
00:46:06.63\00:46:09.73
God helped me to
overcome laziness,
00:46:09.76\00:46:12.83
and get up in the morning.
00:46:12.87\00:46:16.67
God will help me
overcome this giant.
00:46:16.71\00:46:18.61
God wants to work
in your private life.
00:46:21.84\00:46:25.25
What's going on in
your life in secret?
00:46:25.28\00:46:29.12
What is it that's
happening in your life
00:46:29.15\00:46:30.65
that you can't overcome?
00:46:30.69\00:46:32.35
What's the
struggle that's going on
00:46:32.39\00:46:33.99
that you can't find the victory?
00:46:34.02\00:46:36.12
And for all you're trying,
you can't find the victory,
00:46:36.16\00:46:39.13
and God wants to
give you that victory,
00:46:39.16\00:46:41.40
that private victory first.
00:46:41.43\00:46:43.53
Do you believe He can do it?
00:46:46.70\00:46:48.04
God can save by many or by
few the few that God saves by,
00:46:52.87\00:46:57.75
are the few who
trust Him completely.
00:46:57.78\00:47:02.82
And the few who
trust Him completely.
00:47:02.85\00:47:05.29
Trust Him not just
when people are looking,
00:47:05.32\00:47:08.89
but in private by myself
00:47:08.92\00:47:13.56
in my room, in my bed,
00:47:13.60\00:47:16.83
for some of you,
00:47:16.87\00:47:18.20
your private
spot is the bathroom.
00:47:18.23\00:47:21.40
When I'm sitting
there in the bathroom
00:47:21.44\00:47:22.90
in my quiet time,
00:47:22.94\00:47:25.17
God wants to
give you the victory
00:47:25.21\00:47:27.91
in your private life.
00:47:27.94\00:47:30.31
This is my appeal this morning.
00:47:30.35\00:47:34.42
Do you need a victory?
00:47:34.45\00:47:38.22
Do you need a
victory in your private life?
00:47:38.25\00:47:39.92
You need the Lord to help
you overcome slothfulness.
00:47:44.36\00:47:51.03
You need the Lord to
help you overcome addiction.
00:47:51.07\00:47:57.41
You need Him to
help you overcome
00:47:57.44\00:47:58.94
socially acceptable addiction,
00:47:58.97\00:48:00.74
like addiction to
sugar, socially acceptable,
00:48:00.78\00:48:03.38
but you need deals to
help you overcome that.
00:48:03.41\00:48:05.41
Here I'm talking
about tangible things.
00:48:08.62\00:48:11.09
Yes, we all struggle with pride
00:48:11.12\00:48:12.59
and I'm not diminishing pride.
00:48:12.62\00:48:13.96
Pride is the
greatest sin, right?
00:48:17.23\00:48:18.96
Because pride keeps
us from coming to Jesus,
00:48:23.00\00:48:25.23
so I'm not
diminishing the importance
00:48:28.30\00:48:30.01
of that personal issue,
00:48:30.04\00:48:32.14
but I am speaking specifically
about tangible things
00:48:32.17\00:48:37.65
in your life,
00:48:37.68\00:48:39.11
that you know, you
need to gain a victory.
00:48:39.15\00:48:41.28
Are you understanding
what my appeal is about?
00:48:41.32\00:48:42.98
Tangible things in
your life that you know
00:48:46.49\00:48:47.96
you need a victory in.
00:48:47.99\00:48:49.46
And Jesus wants to
give you that victory.
00:48:49.49\00:48:53.56
This is my lion Jesus
00:48:53.60\00:48:55.13
and I need You to
help me overcome my lion.
00:48:55.16\00:48:58.17
This is the bear
00:48:58.20\00:48:59.53
that's coming to
attack my few sheep.
00:48:59.57\00:49:01.34
I need You to overcome
the indifference in my life
00:49:04.34\00:49:06.21
because I don't care
00:49:06.24\00:49:07.58
'cause they're just a few sheep.
00:49:07.61\00:49:10.65
I don't care
about my local church
00:49:10.68\00:49:12.01
'cause it's so tiny.
00:49:12.05\00:49:13.92
Send me to GYC, put
me on a stage at GYC,
00:49:13.95\00:49:18.12
then I'll tell
you about evangelism,
00:49:18.15\00:49:21.06
but put me in a little church
00:49:21.09\00:49:23.32
and I cannot sacrifice my time
00:49:23.36\00:49:24.79
to go to prayer
meeting on Wednesday.
00:49:24.83\00:49:26.19
I can't even call in,
00:49:29.26\00:49:30.60
they have a call in number
00:49:30.63\00:49:31.97
I can't call him to
pray with the saints
00:49:32.00\00:49:34.24
because I have to sleep in,
00:49:34.27\00:49:35.60
I can't call in at
6:30 in the morning.
00:49:35.64\00:49:38.04
God give me
victory in my private life
00:49:38.07\00:49:42.11
in those small things.
00:49:42.14\00:49:43.75
Bow heads, close our eyes.
00:49:47.22\00:49:51.55
Loving Father.
00:49:51.59\00:49:54.72
You know that
I'm not speaking this
00:49:54.76\00:49:56.42
because I do not struggle
00:49:56.46\00:49:57.79
because I do not
have things in my life
00:49:57.83\00:49:59.16
that I need to overcome.
00:49:59.19\00:50:00.53
You know, I'm speaking this
because this is my experience.
00:50:00.56\00:50:04.53
I need You to give me
the victory in my struggles.
00:50:04.57\00:50:10.27
Lord, we want to see giants
come down through Your power.
00:50:10.31\00:50:15.14
We know that You are
able, but God are we willing?
00:50:15.18\00:50:17.65
Lord, we wanna present to
You the struggles that we have,
00:50:22.25\00:50:26.82
those personal struggles
00:50:26.86\00:50:28.72
that we can't tell anybody about
00:50:28.76\00:50:31.83
maybe because they
wouldn't understand
00:50:31.86\00:50:34.66
even they would think
00:50:34.70\00:50:36.56
it's a small
thing and diminish it.
00:50:36.60\00:50:40.50
And like, "Oh,
00:50:40.54\00:50:41.87
is that what
you're struggling with?"
00:50:41.90\00:50:44.34
But, Lord, we know
00:50:44.37\00:50:45.71
that we need to
overcome in this area
00:50:45.74\00:50:47.48
because you can
give us the victory,
00:50:47.51\00:50:52.31
but help us to
develop the characters
00:50:52.35\00:50:54.68
that will be fit to slay giants,
00:50:54.72\00:50:58.05
to be giant slayers
in our private life.
00:50:58.09\00:51:03.96
While our eyes are still
closed and our heads bowed,
00:51:03.99\00:51:05.99
if there's anyone
who needs to stand up
00:51:06.03\00:51:08.56
because you
especially need to ask
00:51:08.60\00:51:10.30
Jesus to help you,
00:51:10.33\00:51:11.93
this thing you've
been struggling with,
00:51:11.97\00:51:14.40
struggling with,
00:51:14.44\00:51:15.77
struggling with
and you need a victory.
00:51:15.80\00:51:18.97
Stand up.
00:51:19.01\00:51:20.34