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January 23 - 1 Samuel 17 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's shown here it is Tuesday, it's the 23rd of
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  January and you have tapped on play.
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  And here I am and we are going to continue this fascinating
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  story, getting to know this young kid by the name of David
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  and what on earth he is going to get up to.
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  And today we will see that God truly is with him because you,
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  you, my friend, are going to transport yourself back to your
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  Sunday school persona and you are going to sit from the
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  carpet, cross legged, hands in your lap and listen to the story
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  of David and Goliath. Ohe yes, we are reaching that
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  behemoth. And I'm not talking about
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  Goliath. I'm talking about this story
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  which punches so far above its weight as far as stories from
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  the Old Testament go. This is a wonderful story.
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  And it's not just about the fact that this little kid beats a big
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  warrior, but the way they used to do battle back in the day in
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  the ancient Near East is these two armies would come toward
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  each other. And before the armies battled
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  each other, they would send a champion and those champions
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  would come and they would fight each other and that would
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  determine who's God was more powerful than the other God.
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  And essentially the loser would realise oht no, they're God's
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  more powerful than our God and we are going to lose.
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  It's inevitable. You know this is, this is the
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  way that that the the cosmos works.
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  So when David steps forward to fight Goliath, he really is
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  saying, I believe that my God is stronger than their God.
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  It's it's a fantastic story and tells us so much about the heart
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  of this man to be David. So let us without any further
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  ado, well we're going to get to that story.
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  It's later on in the chapter, but let's settle in and hear
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  more about this family and this boy as we read together.
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  First Samuel, Chapter 17. The Philistines now mustered
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  their army for battle and camped between Soko in Judah and Azaka
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  at Ephesus Damam soul counted by gathering his Israelite troops
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  near the valley of Allah. So the Philistines and
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  Israelites faced each other on opposite hills with the valley
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  between them. Then Goliath, A Philistine
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  champion from Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the
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  forces of Israel. He was over 9 feet tall.
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  He wore a bronze helmet and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125
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  lbs. He also wore bronze leg armour
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  and he carried A bronze javelin on his shoulder.
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  The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver's
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  beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 lbs.
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  His armour bearer walked ahead of him, carrying a shield.
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  Goliath stood and shouted A taunt across to the Israelites.
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  Why are you all coming to fight? He called.
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  I am the Philistine champion, but you are only the servants of
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  soul. Choose one man to come down here
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  and fight me. If he kills me, then we will be
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  your slaves. But if I kill him, you will be
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  our slaves. I defy the armies of Israel
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  today. Send me a man who will fight me.
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  When Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were terrified
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  and deeply shaken. Now David was the son of a man
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  named Jesse and Ephrathite, from Bethlehem in the land of Judah.
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  Jesse was an old man at that time, and he had eight sons.
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  Jesse's three older sons, Eliab, Abinadab and Shemya, had already
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  joined Saul's army to fight the Philistines.
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  David was the youngest son. David's three oldest brothers
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  stayed with Saul's army, but David went back and forth so he
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  could help his father with the sheep in Bethlehem.
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  For 40 days. Every morning and evening, the
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  Philistine champion strutted in front of the Israelite army.
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  One day, Jessie said to David. Take this basket of roasted
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  grain and these 10 loaves of bread and carry them quickly to
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  your brothers and give these ten cuts of cheese to their captain.
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  See how your brothers are getting along and bring back a
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  report on how they are doing. David's brothers were with Saul
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  and the Israelite army at the valley of Elah, fighting against
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  the Philistines. Sir David left the sheep with
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  another shepherd and set out early the next morning with the
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  gifts as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as
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  the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield with shouts
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  and battle cries. Soon the Israelite and
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  Philistine forces stood facing each other, army against army.
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  David left his things with the keeper of supplies and hurried
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  out to the ranks to greet his brothers.
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  As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion
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  from Gath, came out from the Philistine ranks.
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  Then David heard him shout his usual taunt to the army of
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  Israel. As soon as the Israelite army
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  saw him, they began to run away and fright.
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  Have you seen the giant? The men asked.
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  He comes out each day to defy Israel.
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  The king has offered a huge reward to anyone who kills him.
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  He will give that man one of his daughters for a wife, and the
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  man's entire family will be exempt from paying taxes?
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  David asked the soldiers standing nearby what will a man
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  get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of
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  Israel? Who is this Pagan Philistine
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  anyway? And he is allowed to defy the
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  armies of the living God. And these men gave David the
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  same reply. They said yes, that is the
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  reward for killing him. But when Dave's oldest brother,
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  Eliab, heard David talking to the man, he was angry.
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  What are you doing around here anyway?
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  He demanded. What about those few sheep
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  you're supposed to be taking care of?
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  I know about your pride and deceit.
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  You just want to see the battle. What have I done now?
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  David replied. I was only asking a question.
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  He walked over to some others and asked them the same thing
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  and received the same answer. Then David's question was
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  reported to King Saul, and the king sent for him.
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  Don't worry about this, Philistine.
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  David told Saul. I'll go fight him.
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  Don't be ridiculous, Soul replied.
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  There's no way you can fight this Philistine and possibly
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  win. You're only a boy, and he's been
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  a man of war since his youth. But David persisted.
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  I've been taking care of my father's sheep and goats, he
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  said. When a lion or a bear comes to
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  steal a lamb from the flock, I go after it with a club and
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  rescue the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I
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  catch it by the jaw and club it to death.
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  I've done this to both lions and bears, and I'll do it to this
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  Pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the armies of the
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  living God The Lord, who rescued me from the claws of the lion
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  and the bear will rescue me from this Philistine soul.
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  Finally consented. All right, go ahead, he said.
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  And may the Lord be with you. Then Saul gave David his own
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  armour, a bronze helmet and a coat of mail.
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  David put it on, strap the sword over it, and took a step or two
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  to see what it was like, for he had never worn such things
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  before. I can't go in these, he
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  protested the Saw. I'm not used to them.
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  Sir. David took them off again.
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  He picked up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into
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  his shepherd's bag. Then, armed only with his
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  shepherd's staff and sling, he started across the valley to
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  fight the Philistine. Goliath walked out toward David
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  with his shield bearer ahead of him, sneering in contempt of
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  this Ruddy faced boy. Am I a dog?
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  He roared at David. That you come at me with a
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  stick, and he cursed David by yelling the name of his gods.
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  Come over here and I'll give your flesh to the birds and wild
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  animals, Goliath yelled. David replied to the Philistine.
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  You come to me with swords, spear, and javelin, but I come
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  to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven's armies, the God of
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  the armies of Israel whom you have defiled today.
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  The Lord will conquer you, and I will kill you and cut off your
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  head. And then I will give the dead
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  bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole
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  world will know that there is a God in Israel.
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  And everyone assembled here will know that the Lord rescues his
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  people, but not with sword and spear.
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  This is the Lord's battle, and he will give you to us.
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  As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to
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  meet him, reaching into his shepherd's bag and taking out a
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  stone. He held it with his sling and
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  hit the Philistine in the forehead.
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  The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on
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  the ground. So David triumphed over the
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  Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.
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  Then David ran over and pulled Goliath sword from its sheath.
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  David used it to kill him and cut off his head.
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  When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they
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  turned and ran. Then the men of Israel and Judah
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  gave a great shout of triumph, and rushed after the
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  Philistines, chasing them as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron.
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  The bodies of the dead and wounded Philistines were strewn
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  all along the road from Shahram as far as Gath and Ekron.
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  Then the Israelite army returned and plundered the deserted
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  Philistine camp. David took the Philistines head
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  to Jerusalem, but he stored the man's armour in his own tent.
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  As Saul watched David go out to fight the Philistine, he asked
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  Abner, the commander of his army, Abna, whose son is this
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  young man? I really don't know, Abner
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  declared. Well, find out who he is, the
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  king told him. As soon as David returned from
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  killing Goliath, Abner brought him to Saul, and the
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  Philistines, head still in his hand.
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  Tell me about your father, young man, Saul said, and David
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  replied. His name is Jesse and we live in
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  Bethlehem. Lord, what a wonderful story for
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  us. So often we look up and we see
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  what feels like insurmountable odds, an army of Philistines
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  facing us down, and we think that we need to battle them.
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  But here you remind us that we need to rest in you.
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  And when we don't feel powerful, your power is enough.
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  And when we don't feel wise, your wisdom is enough.
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  And when we just have nothing left to give, your reserves are
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  never dry. Father, help us rest in the
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  shore provision of you and your presence in our life.
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  We don't have to do this life alone, But there you are beside
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  us, with your arms wrapped around us, giving us what we
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  need in each moment, so that we can shine a light audaciously
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  into the darkness, declaring you as our Lord.
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  And we thank you for Jesus, in whose name we pray.
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  All of this. Amen.