¤¤ >> Welcome to
our first Sabbath
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since school started again,
and I would like to especially
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extend the welcome to our new
students that are here on campus
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that are joining us, and we hope
that you continue to join us in
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the future in
this church, as well.
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And I invite you to worship with
us as we sing "Reckless Love."
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[ "Reckless Love" begins ]
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For our next song, as we
continue to worship, I would
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like to invite
everyone to stand.
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[ "Living Hope" begins ]
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[ "Waymaker" begins ]
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At this time, I would like to
invite those of us that want to
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testify and thank God because
He has made a way for you.
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He has made a way for you to be
here at Andrews, to study here,
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to continue in your
job, and bless you in so many
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different ways.
Or if God has been a
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promise-keeper in your life
throughout this time that you
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spend with Him, I
invite you to come forward.
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Or if you want Him to be a light
in your darkness and you have
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something that you want to
ask Him, this is your time.
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[ Music continues ]
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Sing, "Waymaker."
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God is a waymaker, my friends.
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Sing one more time and
say, "You're a waymaker."
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>> It's so good
to have you here.
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I know you're sitting on stairs
that have not been finished yet.
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There's going to be carpet that
goes up, and then there'll be
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some wood and
then carpet and wood.
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Oh, it's going to be beautiful.
But you make the stairs
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beautiful just like this,
and we're so glad you're here.
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Okay. So, this is our
first Sabbath back in this newly
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renovated space, and so we got
to have a very special kind of
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children's story.
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We got to have one of the
greatest children's story in the
history of the world.
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Let's do the children's story
of David and... >> Goliath.
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>> ...Goliath, the giant. In
fact, you already know the
story, so let's sing the story
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together, shall we? >> I
know it! >> You know it already?
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>> I know the book by myself. >>
Yeah. You can tell that story by
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yourself. Well, you'll be able
to -- [ Laughter ] What you can
do right now is you
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can sing the story with me.
Let's sing it. Come on. >> ¤
Only a boy named David
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¤ Only a little sling ¤ Only
a boy named David ¤ But he could
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pray and sing ¤ Only a boy named
David ¤ Only a rippling brook ¤
Only a boy named David
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¤ But five little stones he took
¤ ¤ And one little stone went
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in the sling, and the sling ¤ >>
Come on. Do it with me. >> ¤
Went 'round and 'round
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>> ¤ And one little stone went
in the sling, and the sling went
'round and 'round ¤
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¤ And 'round and 'round and
'round and 'round ¤ ¤ 'Round and
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'round and 'round ¤ And one
little stone went up in the air
¤ ¤ And the giant came
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a-tumblin' doooooooown ¤ >>
Oh, everybody knows the story of
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David. Yep. We love David. Hey,
but what about that -- What was
the name of that giant?
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What was the name of the giant?
>> Goliath. >> Have you ever
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seen a giant? >> No. >> Wouldn't
it be something if we could
invite Goliath to come
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to church today on this very
special Sabbath? Let's invite
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him. Let's just see. Let's just
see if Goliath comes through
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that door. We need to see. We
got to see Goliath. Oh, wait a
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minute! That's the wrong
door! We got to look over here!
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh! [ Laughing ]
Here comes -- Here comes
Goliath. Oh, everybody, sit
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down, sit down, sit down. You
don't want to make him mad. You
don't want to make him mad.
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Sit down. Ohh. Have
you ever seen a real giant
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before? >> That's not a real
giant. >> What do you mean it's
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not? [ Laughter ] Have you
ever seen anybody this tall?
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>> He's not tall. >> Well,
Mr. Goliath, you are a sight for
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sore eyes. Look at this. He
reminds me of Pastor Ben, but he
can't be because look how
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tall he is, and Pastor Ben is
not that tall. Oh, Mr. Goliath.
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I have a few questions for
Mr. Goliath. Shh. I have a --
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Shh. I have a few questions for
our giant visitor today. Uh, Mr.
Goliath, you seem tall,
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but are you? How tall are you?
>> Well, it's actually a little
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bit difficult to say because
those measuring things don't
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fit. >> The what? >> Yeah. So,
10 to 11 feet. >> 10 to 11 feet?
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Anybody here 10 to 11
feet? >> No. >> Nope. Nope.
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About three of you. Three of
you. Mr. Goliath, I-I-I'm even
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embarrassed to ask you how much
you weigh. But I want to know.
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Whoa. This -- This is your chest
armor. How much does that weigh?
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>> It is remarkably heavy
-- 125 pounds. >> 125 pounds?!
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Anybody here weigh 125? Take
three of you wrapped around his
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chest. Oh, my. Oh. I see --
Uh-oh. I see Mr. Goliath brought
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his spear. Let's ask him about
his spear. Mr. Goliath, I see
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that on the tip of your spear,
you have this huge... iron...
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head. How much does
that iron head weigh?
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>> Actually, the safety
committee asked me to take it
off for second service...
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>> Ohh. Well, that's why
it's not there. >> ...because it
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weighs the amount of a
small child... >> Ohh! >> ...15
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pounds. >> 15 pounds? And that's
just on the top of his spear.
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Ohh. [ Laughing ] Mr. Goliath,
you are such a great man.
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Did you think Goliath was
somebody to be afraid of? >>
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Yes. >> Come on! Look at
this! Do I look afraid? >> No.
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>> Do you know why I'm not
afraid? Because the truth about
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Goliath is that if you're a
little girl, if you're a little
boy and you have a giant in your
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life -- Oh, you say, "Pastor
Dwight, I do not have a giant in
my life." Oh, I'm sorry, but you
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do, because when you take
something that doesn't belong to
you and you take it home and put
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it in your bedroom, that's the
giant of stealing. And when you
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say something that you know is
not true and it's a lie, that's
the giant of lies. And if you
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mouth off to your mother or
father and talk back, that's the
giant of sassing. Ooh.
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You haven't heard about
sassing, have you? You will.
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Everybody has a giant, but
here's the good news about Mr.
Goliath being here for us.
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It's to remind us that even if
you're a little boy or a little
girl, in the name of the
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Son of David, you can conquer
every giant in your life. What
do you say to that?
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[ Laughs ] Oh, Mr. Goliath,
thank you so much for coming.
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I tell you what. Let's just do
that stone thing and see how he
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falls. You want to do
that thing? [ Laughter ] Huh?
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No? Okay. [
Laughter ] Mr. Goliath!
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Alright. There he goes,
boys and girls. [ Applause ]
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Who would like to thank Jesus,
the Son of David -- Hey, shh.
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Who would like to thank Jesus,
the Son of David, for being the
one who can conquer every giant
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we have? Is there anybody that
wants to have the prayer this
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first time around? You come
here, sis. What's your name?
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>> My name's Zawadi. >> Zawadi?
Zawadi, it's so nice to have
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you. We're going to close our
eyes and fold our hands.
Zawadi's going to thank Jesus
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for being our giant-killer. >>
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You
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for this day. Thank You for
saving us and dying on the cross
for us. Please help us to be
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good and to be respectful, and
in Jesus' name, I pray. Amen.
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>> Amen. Thank you, Zawadi. That
was a beautiful prayer. As you
go quietly and reverently
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back to your seats, that's what
you're saying -- "Thank You,
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Jesus." >> Arise, my soul,
arise! Stretch forth to things
eternal and haste thee to the
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feet of thy Redeemer God. Though
hid from mortal eyes, He dwells
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in light supernal. Yet worship
Him in humbleness and own Him
Lord. His banquet of love awaits
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thee above. Behold, the marriage
festal of the Lamb is come.
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Rejoice, my soul, rejoice!
To heaven lift up thy voice.
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Alleluia! Listen to the harps of
heaven, the song victorious. The
never-ending anthem
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sounding through the sky to
mortals is not given, its
strains all-glorious,
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yet sing, my soul, the praise of
Him who reigns on high, who
bought with His blood
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the ransomed of God. To Him
be everlasting power and victory
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and let the great Amen resound
through heaven again. Alleluia.
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[ "Arise, My
Soul, Arise" begins ]
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>> ¤ Arise, my soul,
arise ¤ Stretch forth to things
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eternal ¤ ¤ And
haste thee to the feet of
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thy Redeemer God ¤
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¤ Though hid from mortal eyes,
He dwells in light supernal ¤ ¤
Yet worship Him in humbleness
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and own Him Lord ¤ ¤ His banquet
of love awaits thee above ¤
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¤ Behold, the marriage festal of
the Lamb is come ¤ ¤ Rejoice, my
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soul, rejoice ¤ To heaven lift
up thy voice >> ¤ Alleluia >> ¤
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Alleluia >> ¤ Alleluia
>> ¤ Alleluia >> ¤ Alleluia
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¤ List to the harps of heaven ¤
Hark to the song victorious ¤
The never-ending anthem
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sounding through the sky ¤ ¤ To
mortals is not given ¤ To chant
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its strains all-glorious ¤ ¤ Yet
sing, my soul, the praise of Him
who reigns on high ¤
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¤ Who bought with His blood the
ransomed of God ¤ ¤ To Him be
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everlasting power and victory ¤
¤ And let the great Amen resound
through heaven again ¤
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¤ Alleluia ¤
Alleluia ¤ Allelui-a-a-a
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[ Song ends ] >>
Amen! [ Applause ]
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>> I'm standing beneath a sign,
a banner, high overhead. One
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word on it -- "BreakThrough." A
whole lot of signatures covering
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that banner. The ones in red
belong to faculty and staff and
teachers. The ones with the
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multiple colors are the young --
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our new students, our return
students, last night who were in
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this place. You want
a breakthrough in your
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life? Say, "What kind of a
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breakthrough are
you talking about?"
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How 'bout a
breakthrough financially?
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How 'bout a
breakthrough socially?
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Just a new breakthrough.
How 'bout a breakthrough
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emotionally? How
'bout a breakthrough
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spiritually? In the
few minutes you and I
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have beneath this banner, let's
talk about that breakthrough.
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God knows there's not a
soul here not ready for that
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breakthrough. Let's pray. Oh,
God... that's what we need.
That's what we want --
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that breakthrough. Give it to
us, please. In the name of the
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Son of David, amen. Let me
teach you a one-line prayer.
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You want a breakthrough prayer?
It's a one-line prayer. I'll put
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it on the screen. Memorize it,
please. Pray it often. "Jesus,
Son of David, have mercy
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on me!" Let's try that one on --
Let's try the line on for size,
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okay? Let's do it out loud
together. >> "Jesus, Son of
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David, have mercy on me!" >>
Let's try it again. Come on. >>
"Jesus, Son of David, have
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mercy on me!" >> You want to
slay your giant? What's that
title that we're on
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for this little
breakthrough moment?
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Put the title of the slide up,
please -- "BreakThrough: How to
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Slay Your Giant."
Memorize that prayer.
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Memorize that prayer and take
the following three actions,
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alright?
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Action number 1 -- you have got
to admit that it must have been
a comical scene -- we're talking
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about big King Saul with little
only a boy named David trying on
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that royal armor. I want you to
notice Saul's response. Open
your Bible to the story,
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one of the greatest stories in
sacred literature, David and
Goliath, 1 Samuel 17.
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Open your Bible to 1 Samuel 17.
Let's go. What does Saul say to
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that little shepherd boy? Drop
down to verse 33. I'll be in the
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New International Version.
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"You, my boy, against that
big giant? You got to be crazy!"
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Let me tell you something about
people like Saul. They're in all
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of our lives. Whenever we face
our giants, well-meaning people
that we know very well have
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tried to whittle us down to
size. It could be the voice of a
parent you're hearing right now.
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Some of us hear our mother's
voice. Some of us hear our
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father's voice. It could be
the voice of a teacher you heard
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once upon a time and that voice
has never left you. Could be the
voice of a sibling,
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a voice of a friend, an
employer, somebody significant
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in your life that has whittled
you down to size. [ Scoffs ]
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"You're not spiritual enough.
Look at you. [ Chuckles ]
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You're not bright enough. You're
not good enough. You're not rich
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enough. You can't." Why is it
that when we're getting ready to
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face the giant of our lives,
those voices pop up in our minds
and begin to taunt us?
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"You can't! You can't! You're
too -- You're too puny. Look at
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you." [ Scoffs ] Fact of the
matter is every one of us in
this space right now is
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facing a giant. Some of you have
faced this giant since you were
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a child. This giant has never
left you or forsaken you, and it
isn't the Lord Jesus, either.
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This giant has learned every DNA
of your mind and being. This
giant knows every button to
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push. Oh, mercy. Do
we need a breakthrough?
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Please! It's amazing the levels
of shame and sophisticated
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taunting and belittlement that
take place in our families, our
schools, even workplaces.
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It just is so sad today. But I'm
going to tell you a little
secret about people who
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try to shame others. I don't
care where they are. They may be
in the lowest office
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in the land or the highest.
It doesn't matter. If you try to
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shame somebody, what you're
telling everybody around you is
that you have something you're
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ashamed of yourself. That's why
we cut people off at the legs.
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We don't want them to go any
higher than we are. The giants
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are everywhere, folks. Saul says
to David, "My man, you are never
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going to make it!" But you know
what? Saul's hiding a little
secret that we all now know,
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because you know what the Bible
says about Saul? He was a head
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taller than every other man in
Israel. So when Goliath the
giant comes out, bellowing,
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"Send me your biggest warrior,
send me your tallest man,"
everybody knows it's supposed to
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be the king. He's a head taller!
But wimpy Saul -- I want to tell
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you something. Leaders who wimp
out, leaders who succumb to
fear, infuse the entire
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organization, because everybody
takes their cue from the leader.
Watch what happens here.
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Come on. This is, uh -- This is
verse -- What is this, verse 11?
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In 1 Samuel 17:11, there it is.
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Now, they're not only dismayed
and terrified, they respond
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physically. Drop down to verse
24. "Whenever the Israelites
saw" this belligerent giant,
00:34:34.04\00:34:41.18
"they all fled from him" in
what? >> "Great fear." >> "In
great fear," and that
00:34:41.18\00:34:46.48
includes Saul himself. So when
he shames David, he's hiding his
00:34:46.48\00:34:53.36
own shame. Always works that
way. You can count on it. Ahh.
00:34:53.36\00:34:59.19
Should be Saul strapping on this
armor and saying, "Okay, I'm
00:34:59.19\00:35:02.83
going out. That does it." No,
no. He straps it on David, and
00:35:02.83\00:35:06.27
it was comical. It had to be.
David is walking in the tallest
man's armor in Israel, thumping
00:35:06.27\00:35:10.87
around that tent, and, finally,
David says, "Time-out! Enough is
00:35:10.87\00:35:15.24
enough!" Put the words on
the screen. David says, "Look,
00:35:15.24\00:35:17.35
guys." And there it is -- jot it
down in your mind -- action step
00:35:23.92\00:35:28.59
number 1. You must fight --
fight -- in your own armor. You
00:35:28.59\00:35:36.43
know why? Because you are a
unique creation. In fact, I'll
00:35:36.43\00:35:39.90
just tell you a little secret.
When you got born, God took the
00:35:39.90\00:35:45.01
DNA blueprint. [ Imitates
paper tearing ] [ Pops lips ] "I
00:35:45.01\00:35:48.78
already have one. Why would I
ever make a second one?" You are
00:35:48.78\00:35:53.15
absolutely unique. You were
designed. God needed you on this
planet. Don't wimp out on Him
00:35:53.15\00:35:58.15
now. He planned for you to be
here. And guess what -- He made
you. He created you to be a
00:35:58.15\00:36:05.66
winner. Oh, I love these words
from Anthony DeStefano. This is
00:36:05.66\00:36:09.16
great. Put it on the
screen for us all, please.
00:36:09.16\00:36:11.97
Congratulations! You got
the luck of the draw! A half a
00:36:38.43\00:36:44.40
billion are gone because you
came. Wow. As he goes on, "From
a strictly statistical point of
00:36:44.40\00:36:50.01
view, your presence on this
planet is a miracle... No matter
what you may think of
00:36:50.01\00:36:55.18
yourself right now" -- and some
of you have some dark thoughts
about yourself because this week
00:36:55.18\00:36:59.38
is already feeling bad and
I haven't even started yet --
00:36:59.38\00:37:02.72
"No matter what you may think
of yourself right now, you are
00:37:02.75\00:37:05.65
already an 'overachiever'
of the highest caliber."
00:37:05.65\00:37:08.16
And then I love this.
"You came into this world a
00:37:08.16\00:37:11.49
champion."
00:37:11.49\00:37:12.56
I'm telling you what, ladies and
gentlemen -- you were designed
00:37:12.59\00:37:18.47
to win. And you and the Son of
David can lick any giant in your
00:37:18.47\00:37:25.17
life. >> Yes. >> Come on. I like
the way the words of the angel
of the Lord to another
00:37:25.17\00:37:30.21
wimpy fighter who was scared
to death -- This is the angel to
00:37:30.21\00:37:34.08
Gideon on the screen. I
love what the angel says to him.
00:37:34.08\00:37:36.52
"Yo, Gideon! Go in the strength
you have. You've got all the
00:37:36.52\00:37:42.19
armor you need. You don't need
her armor. You don't need his
00:37:42.19\00:37:45.39
armor. You use your armor. Go in
the strength you have. Fight in
00:37:45.39\00:37:51.60
your own armor." >> Come on. >>
"Come on" is right. Action step
number 1 -- fight in
00:37:51.60\00:37:56.20
your own armor. Action
step number 2 -- run toward your
00:37:56.20\00:38:03.48
giant. Your own giant. I read
an interview a few days ago.
00:38:03.48\00:38:06.55
Henry Winkler -- Hey, do you
remember "Happy Days," the Fonz?
00:38:06.55\00:38:10.45
That's Henry Winkler. I learned
something about him I never
00:38:10.45\00:38:14.09
knew. He was born dyslexic. That
means he would look at a page
with words on it and the
00:38:14.09\00:38:18.03
words would just kind of move
around and he could not make any
00:38:18.03\00:38:21.36
sense. He told the interviewer,
and I quote, "I kept telling
myself, 'I can't do that. I'm
00:38:21.36\00:38:29.34
stupid.'" How many times have
you breathed that -- "What a
00:38:29.34\00:38:34.61
stupid guy I am"? It's the giant
taunting through you to
yourself. And when a giant keeps
00:38:34.61\00:38:42.22
taunting that over and over into
your mind, you quickly become a
believer in the taunts.
00:38:42.22\00:38:46.72
Now, a woman named Lynn Oliver
got ahold of him, became his
00:38:46.72\00:38:51.29
friend. She tells the
interviewer, by the way, and I'm
quoting her now, "The feeling of
00:38:51.29\00:38:54.20
being inadequate, the feeling of
being a bad student, of not
succeeding academically never
00:38:54.20\00:38:59.43
left him." And yet through her
friendship, she was able to help
Henry Winkler take down the
00:38:59.43\00:39:03.94
giant of dyslexia and despair --
brought it down -- to the place
he wins an Emmy Award -- that's
00:39:03.94\00:39:09.88
television -- for his acting. He
couldn't read the scripts. He
had to memorize them...
00:39:09.88\00:39:15.35
to which he now has become a
world-famous author of
children's stories.
00:39:15.35\00:39:21.49
He's written 29 books so far.
They star a little kid who has
dyslexia, wouldn't you know?
00:39:21.49\00:39:28.70
And the kid's name is Hank
Zipzer. And kids all over the
00:39:28.70\00:39:34.30
planet know Hank Zipzer. There
is a story of a man who saw this
giant, and he said,
00:39:34.30\00:39:41.31
"I'm not settling for that
intimidating paralysis." You got
to run towards your
00:39:41.31\00:39:47.92
giant, not from it. That's what
David did. Listen, I don't know
00:39:47.92\00:39:51.99
what giant you're facing right
now. I know that everybody here
00:39:51.99\00:39:56.02
has a giant. Some of you are
thinking about your giant even
as I speak. It might be a moral
00:39:56.02\00:40:01.60
giant or an immoral -- pardon me
-- an immoral giant. It could be
00:40:01.60\00:40:07.60
the giant of finances or the
lack of finances. It could be
00:40:07.60\00:40:11.47
the giant of fear. It could be
the giant of failure. It could
00:40:11.47\00:40:13.84
be the giant of discrimination.
It could be the giant of a
00:40:13.84\00:40:18.68
raging temper. Listen, our
mutual enemy has a thousand
masks through which he
00:40:18.68\00:40:25.99
masquerades as the giant of
choice for you and me. He
switches masks as fast as that,
00:40:25.99\00:40:33.80
taunting, taunting. So we live
with that giant. We live with
that giant and his intimidation,
00:40:33.80\00:40:41.84
his bellicose taunting, seeking
to paralyze us through stinky,
dark thinking. How's it work?
00:40:41.84\00:40:50.45
I'll show you how it works.
1 Peter 5:8. Where does this
00:40:50.45\00:40:56.42
stinky, dark thinking come from?
Put it on the screen for you. 1
00:40:56.42\00:41:00.82
Peter 5:8. "Be alert and of
sober" what? What's the word? >>
00:41:00.82\00:41:04.66
Mind. >> This is
all up in the mind.
00:41:04.66\00:41:06.59
Do you know why the lion roars?
He roars to paralyze his prey
before he rips the prey apart.
00:41:11.70\00:41:20.24
He needs you
paralyzed, immobile.
00:41:20.24\00:41:24.81
God keeps whispering in your
ears, "I need a breakthrough,
00:41:24.85\00:41:27.42
girl. I need a
breakthrough, boy.
00:41:27.42\00:41:29.05
Move it! Move it! Move it!"
And the giant is telling you,
00:41:29.05\00:41:31.62
"You can't! You
can't! You can't! You can't!"
00:41:31.62\00:41:35.46
Paralyzed. If you
have a giant, by the way,
00:41:35.46\00:41:41.36
standing in front of you right
now and some of you are thinking
00:41:41.36\00:41:44.43
of him...
00:41:44.43\00:41:47.44
who's been taunting you, some of
you, ever since childhood...
then it's time to take a page
00:41:47.47\00:41:51.87
out of David's playbook. You
got to do action step number 2.
00:41:51.87\00:41:55.54
Put the words on the screen,
please. What does it read in the
00:41:55.54\00:41:58.48
story? "As the Philistine moved
closer to attack him, David ran
00:41:58.48\00:42:03.49
quickly" -- What's the next
word? -- "toward" -- he "ran
quickly toward the battle line
00:42:03.49\00:42:08.82
to meet his giant." He didn't
run from his giant. He ran
00:42:08.82\00:42:13.43
toward his giant. You have to
take the aggression. You have to
take the initiative. You have to
00:42:13.43\00:42:19.60
move against your giant. You
can't keep backing up because he
will back you into a
00:42:19.60\00:42:23.04
corner and then you're lunch!
You have to step forward when
you don't feel like stepping
00:42:23.04\00:42:30.61
forward. I know a little bit
about that. When everything in
00:42:30.61\00:42:33.78
you is saying, "Don't do it,"
you have to step forward. "I
can't." "Yes, you can."
00:42:33.78\00:42:39.09
Remember the prayer. Remember
the prayer. Action step number 2
00:42:39.09\00:42:45.63
-- you run... toward your
own giant. Let's do all three of
00:42:45.63\00:42:51.57
these, 'cause we're ready for
the final one now. Action step
00:42:51.57\00:42:55.67
number 1 on the screen -- fight
in your own armor. Action step
00:42:55.67\00:42:59.24
number 2 on the screen --
run toward your own giant.
00:42:59.24\00:43:01.64
And now we're ready for action
step number 3 -- call on your
00:43:01.68\00:43:05.21
own God. That's the key.
00:43:05.21\00:43:08.88
Come on. You got to
read what David said
00:43:08.88\00:43:10.75
to Goliath.
This is unbelievable.
00:43:10.75\00:43:13.05
So, you're near the
middle of the chapter.
00:43:13.05\00:43:15.26
Let's drop down to verse 40.
"Then David took his staff in
00:43:15.26\00:43:18.39
his hand, chose five smooth
stones from the stream, put them
00:43:18.39\00:43:21.96
in the pouch of his shepherd's
bag, and with the sling in his
00:43:21.96\00:43:25.20
hand, approaches,"
so he's going toward.
00:43:25.20\00:43:27.10
He is approaching the giant.
00:43:27.10\00:43:28.90
Now watch this. Verse 45.
00:43:28.94\00:43:30.84
Can I get an "Amen"? >> Amen!
>> There is a God in Israel, and
00:43:59.30\00:44:03.20
Andrews University
belongs to Israel. >> Amen.
00:44:03.20\00:44:08.14
[ Chuckling ] Wow. Pretty gutsy.
Yo! You listening out there,
00:44:27.03\00:44:33.07
giants?! Can you hear us now?!
I wish we had a YouTube of this
00:44:33.07\00:44:41.51
moment. I don't know how many
watches it would have, but I'd
00:44:41.51\00:44:44.85
watch it a lot. "Patriarchs and
Prophets" describes graphically
00:44:44.85\00:44:49.55
this very moment that we've just
read. Put "Patriarchs and
Prophets" on the screen, please.
00:44:49.55\00:44:54.29
Everybody heard it. Silent.
And in a moment of frenzy...
00:45:14.84\00:45:26.59
Goliath foolishly -- foolishly
-- pushed his massive brass
helmet back, and as he
00:45:26.59\00:45:37.70
begins to run to David, David
spots the most vulnerable part
of the human cranium now
00:45:37.70\00:45:44.17
exposed to him. David, by the
way, who is the backyard
marksmanship specialist
00:45:44.17\00:45:50.51
with slings, sees that flesh
come in his direction, and that
00:45:50.51\00:45:56.15
little sling -- [ Imitates
whooshing ] And when he releases
it, a tiny little -- one little
00:45:56.15\00:46:02.59
flinty projectile sails through
the air. Bullmark! Bull's eye!
00:46:02.59\00:46:08.86
Right on the mark! And look at
this on the screen. "The stone"
00:46:08.86\00:46:14.44
-- This is pretty graphic. "The
stone" -- [ Imitates squishing ]
00:46:14.44\00:46:17.74
Slo-mo. [ Imitates squishing
] "The stone sank into his
00:46:17.74\00:46:22.08
forehead, and he fell facedown
on the [Imitating rumbling]
00:46:22.08\00:46:32.22
ground." I love that. David
grabs that sword and unsheathes
00:46:32.22\00:46:36.16
it. It's going to become his
eventually. And high overhead...
00:46:36.16\00:46:41.36
he decapitates the wicked giant.
Hell went into days of mourning,
but all of heaven and Israel
00:46:41.36\00:46:50.87
rejoiced because the wicked
giant is dead. >> Come on.
00:46:50.87\00:46:56.08
>> Amen. >> Ooh. Action step
number 3. What is that again?
00:46:56.08\00:47:01.18
You do just like David did. You
want to slay your giant? You do
just like David did.
00:47:01.18\00:47:05.52
You call on your own God. And,
by the way, did you catch the
00:47:05.52\00:47:10.93
name David used? What was it
David said? "I come against you
in the name of the Lord
00:47:10.93\00:47:15.13
Almighty, the God of the armies
of Israel, whom you have defied"
-- youthful voice crying out.
00:47:15.13\00:47:18.90
The Hebrew reads this way.
"I come to you in the name of
00:47:18.90\00:47:23.14
Yahweh Sabaoth," or Lord of
Hosts," which means "the God of
angel armies." Whoa.
00:47:23.14\00:47:29.91
Put that on the screen for us.
"The God of angel armies." That
00:47:29.91\00:47:35.22
was the God of only a boy named
David. That was the God of the
stone, just the one stone that
00:47:35.22\00:47:41.82
hit the bull's eye... the God
of angel armies. And I have good
00:47:41.82\00:47:49.06
news for you, because he's not
only David's God, he's your God
and my God. >> Amen!
00:47:49.06\00:47:54.24
>> Amen! >> Yeah, I want to go
to that moment when the Son of
00:47:54.24\00:47:57.34
David is here. He is facing
the darkest giant of his entire
00:47:57.34\00:48:02.38
existence. It is in the
suffocating shadows of the
Garden of Gethsemane that He
00:48:02.38\00:48:09.18
stands all alone. One of His
closest friends is on the way to
betray Him. Another even closer
00:48:09.18\00:48:13.59
disciple will deny Him in just
moments from now. Jesus stands
00:48:13.59\00:48:17.99
alone. I suppose Jesus' eyes are
the only ones that can pierce
through that withering darkness
00:48:17.99\00:48:23.30
to see the leering, sneering
face that He has known
throughout eternity.
00:48:23.30\00:48:29.57
He sees Lucifer now, tall, but
his flesh hanging as the fleshy
hands of Lucifer reach out
00:48:29.57\00:48:37.18
through the shadows to grab
Jesus to annihilation. Jesus
00:48:37.18\00:48:44.75
sees it all. And then Jesus
speaks words I hope you will
never forget. Please put them on
00:48:44.75\00:48:49.99
the screen. From the Gospel
of Matthew, Jesus speaking.
00:48:50.03\00:48:52.73
Now, what we know about
legions -- a legion of Roman
00:49:03.20\00:49:06.37
warriors is about 6,000.
00:49:06.37\00:49:08.94
So you've got 12 times that. You
have 72,000 celestial warriors.
00:49:08.98\00:49:14.58
"Don't you understand? I
say the word... 72,000 of my top
00:49:14.58\00:49:20.86
fighters will be right here in
this space." Oh, I have good
news for you. What the Son of
00:49:20.86\00:49:30.30
David just told us... is the
secret to your victory...
because the Son of David is
00:49:30.30\00:49:37.11
still the Son of David. They
were born in the same town. They
both became shepherds.
00:49:37.11\00:49:41.31
They both stood before
the giantest giants of all the
00:49:41.31\00:49:46.35
universe. And they both won...
in the name of their God, the
God of angel armies.
00:49:46.35\00:49:52.32
You see that red fist going
through -- going through --
through that brick?
00:49:52.32\00:49:56.46
Oh, I love that.
Thank you, Brittany. Pow!
00:49:56.46\00:50:00.50
Do it again! Pow! That
red fist is red because it
00:50:00.50\00:50:06.40
is the fist of calvary. It was
on the cross just hours after
Gethsemane that that red
00:50:06.40\00:50:11.27
fist, standing all alone -- By
the way, all alone -- "My God,
my God, why have you
00:50:11.27\00:50:15.98
forsaken me?" Because there are
times when, in facing off with
00:50:15.98\00:50:20.48
your giant, God has to stand
back. He cannot show you the
72,000, but you need to know
00:50:20.48\00:50:26.89
that 72,000 of the highest
celestial warriors in the
universe were ringing that
00:50:26.89\00:50:31.19
cross. You say, "How do you
know, Dwight?" You know how I
00:50:31.19\00:50:34.20
know? Because He won -- that's
why. He won. He wouldn't have
00:50:34.20\00:50:39.97
won had the God of angel armies
not delivered Him, because He
had to fight His giant the same
00:50:39.97\00:50:46.44
way you and I do. No fancy-dancy
stuff. It's just raw faith.
"Don't you know I could call
00:50:46.44\00:50:51.75
72,000 angels if I needed
them?" You can, too. [ Imitates
00:50:51.75\00:50:59.32
explosion ] Red fist -- that's
calvary. Calvary defeated Satan
00:50:59.32\00:51:05.16
forever and ever. Amen. >> Amen!
>> He's a roaring lion, but
00:51:05.16\00:51:08.36
there are no teeth in his mouth!
He's trying to intimidate you!
00:51:08.36\00:51:12.57
He's taunting you! He's bringing
everything back from your
childhood that he can possibly
00:51:12.57\00:51:15.64
think of, and he knows your
entire childhood like it were
his own book. He knows you like
00:51:15.64\00:51:19.51
the back of his hand, and he's
trying every trick in the book
00:51:19.51\00:51:25.08
to paralyze you... to hold you
back from a breakthrough that
God is promising you right now
00:51:25.08\00:51:29.18
for this new year. Breakthrough.
You need the red fist...
00:51:29.18\00:51:34.82
because the red fist commands
the angel armies. The red fist
00:51:34.82\00:51:40.33
commands the angel armies, and
when you pray the prayer,
"Jesus, Son of David, have mercy
00:51:40.33\00:51:46.84
on me," when you pray that
prayer on the screen, "Jesus,
Son of David, have mercy on me,"
00:51:46.84\00:51:51.04
you are asking for the red fist
to come through to your giant at
this moment of absolute
00:51:51.04\00:51:57.45
vulnerability. "I'm about to go
down, Jesus! I'm about to fall!
Don't let me fall!"
00:51:57.45\00:52:03.35
Son of David, have
mercy on me! >> Come on.
00:52:03.39\00:52:07.39
>> 72,000. You'll
never see them, because
00:52:07.39\00:52:11.59
God's not a genie in a bottle,
just show up when you rub the
00:52:11.59\00:52:14.23
bottle. God is
your defender and the
00:52:14.23\00:52:17.00
closest friend you will ever
have, and God will take care
00:52:17.00\00:52:20.40
of you. God will
take care of you.
00:52:20.40\00:52:22.37
Don't you worry about
that. God will take care of you.
00:52:22.37\00:52:25.67
>> Amen.
00:52:25.67\00:52:26.74
>> "Jesus, Son of David, have
mercy on me." You keep praying
00:52:26.78\00:52:31.81
that prayer and He'll keep
slaying your giant, and I have
good news for you. He's coming
00:52:31.81\00:52:36.32
back for you soon. But when He
comes back, He will have kept
your giant slain until the day
00:52:36.32\00:52:42.96
of His return. >> Amen. >> You
have nothing to fear.
Breakthrough -- pow!
00:52:42.96\00:52:49.60
That's what God offers us now.
I say let's go for it. Don't you
00:52:49.60\00:52:53.94
think? Do you think we
ought to go for it? Oh, come on.
00:52:53.94\00:52:58.14
[ "Soldiers of
Christ, Arise" begins ]
00:52:58.14\00:53:01.91
The good news is you're not
in this battle alone with your
00:55:37.07\00:55:40.94
giant. We're here to buck each
other up. There are two of our
00:55:40.94\00:55:45.01
prayer team standing right
here at the front. If you'd like
00:55:45.01\00:55:47.21
somebody to pray over you right
now, you come up to them. Don't
00:55:47.21\00:55:50.45
worry about what's happening
around you. They'll lift you up
to Heaven. 72,000 celestial
00:55:50.45\00:55:56.58
warriors are ready for your
request. And don't forget,
dinner is already served out
00:55:56.58\00:56:03.46
there for the new students, so
from here to those tables, and
I'll meet you there.
00:56:03.46\00:56:07.23
Let's pray. Oh, God... You are
the Lord of breakthrough, Son of
00:56:07.23\00:56:16.17
David. With that crimson fist...
you took the biggest and the
baddest giant down, and we have
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nothing to fear...
from him or his... demons.
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Oh, God. Break through again.
Every day, break through fresh
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and send us forth as soldiers of
Christ, young warriors...
not-so-young warriors.
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Send us forth now into a world
that needs Jesus, the Son of
David, who will have
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mercy on us all. In
Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
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>> Before you go, let me
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about God's Word but you don't
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