David: Release from the hand of the giant (part 4 of 4)

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David: Release from the hand of the giant (part 4 of 4)

~Release comes when you advance~

Psalm 25:15 NIV ~ My eyes are ever on the Lord,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.

1 Samuel 17:41-51 ~
⁴¹ Goliath walked out
toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him,⁴² sneering
in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy. ⁴³ “Am I a
dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed
David by the names of his gods. ⁴⁴ “Come over here,
and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled.  

⁴⁵ David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword,
spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of
the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. ⁴⁶ Today
the Lord will conquer
you, and I will kill you and cut off your head. And then I will give the dead
bodies of your men to the birds and wild animals, and the whole world will know
that there is a God in Israel! ⁴⁷ And everyone
assembled here will know that the Lord rescues
his people, but not with sword and spear. This is the Lord’s battle, and he will give you to
us!” 

⁴⁸ As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet
him.⁴⁹ Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a
stone, he hurled it with his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The
stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face down on the ground.

⁵⁰ So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a
stone, for he had no sword. ⁵¹ Then David ran over
and pulled Goliath’s sword from its sheath. David used it to kill him and cut
off his head.  When the
Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they turned and ran.

Are you too sleepy to pray? (part 4 of 4)

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Are you too sleepy to pray? (Part 4 of 4)

~Will He find you sleeping?~

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But when the kindness and love of God our
Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not because of
righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us
through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,⁶ 
whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our
Savior (Titus 3:4-6 NIV)

Matthew 26:43-46 ~ When he came back, he again found
them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. So
he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same
thing. Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are
you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of
Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. Rise!
Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!”

David: Release from the hand of the giant (part 3 of 4)

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February 19, 2014

David: Release from the hand of the giant (part 3 of 4)

~Release comes when you are ready to stand against the enemy~

Psalm 25:15 NIV ~ My eyes are ever on the Lord,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.

1 Samuel
17:32-40 ³² “Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll
go fight him!” ³³ “Don’t be ridiculous!” Saul replied. “There’s no way you can
fight this Philistine and possibly win! You’re only a boy, and he’s been a man
of war since his youth.” ³⁴ But David persisted. “I have been taking care of my father’s
sheep and goats,” he said. “When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from
the flock,³⁵ I go after it with a club and rescue the
lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club
it to death. ³⁶ I have done this to both lions and
bears, and I’ll do it to this pagan Philistine, too, for he has defied the
armies of the living God! ³⁷  The Lord who
rescued me from the claws of the lion and the bear will rescue me from this
Philistine!” Saul finally consented. “All right, go ahead,” he said. “And
may the Lord be with you!” ³⁸ Then Saul gave David his own armor—a bronze helmet and a coat
of mail.³⁹ David put it on, strapped the sword over it,
and took a step or two to see what it was like, for he had never worn such
things before.  “I can’t go in these,” he protested to Saul. “I’m not used to
them.” So David took them off again. ⁴⁰ He picked
up five smooth stones from a stream and put them into his shepherd’s bag. Then,
armed only with his shepherd’s staff and sling, he started across the valley to
fight the Philistine.

Are you too sleepy to pray? (Part 3 of 4)

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Are you too sleepy to pray? (Part 3 of 4)

~Are you going further in prayer?~

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But when the kindness and love of God our
Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not because of
righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us
through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,⁶ 
whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our
Savior (Titus 3:4-6 NIV)

Matthew 26:39-42 ~ ³⁹ Going a little farther, he fell with
his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this
cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” ⁴⁰ Then
he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men
keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. ⁴¹ “Watch
and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing,
but the flesh is weak.”

⁴² He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it
is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will
be done.”

David: Release from the hand of the giant (part 2 of 4)

Are you too sleepy to pray? (Part 2 of 4)

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Are you too sleepy to pray? (Part 2 of 4)

~Jesus is calling all His Disciples to pray~

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February 9, 2014

But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,⁶  whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior (Titus 3:4-6 NIV)

Matthew 26:36-38 ~ ³⁶ Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” ³⁷ He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. ³⁸ Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

David: Release from the hand of the Giant ~ The taunts of the enemy

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February 5, 2014

David: Release from the hand of the giant (part 1 of 4)

~The taunts of the enemy~

Psalm 25:15 NIV ~ My eyes are ever on the Lord,
for only he will release my feet from the snare.

1 Samuel 17:3-11NLT ³ So the
Philistines and Israelites faced each other on opposite hills, with the valley
between them. ⁴ Then Goliath, a Philistine champion from
Gath, came out of the Philistine ranks to face the forces of Israel. He was
over nine feet^[a] tall! ⁵ He
wore a bronze helmet, and his bronze coat of mail weighed 125 pounds.^[b] 6 He
also wore bronze leg armor, and he carried a bronze javelin on his
shoulder. ⁷ The shaft of his spear was as heavy and
thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds.^[c] His armor bearer walked ahead of
him carrying a shield.

⁸ Goliath stood and shouted a taunt across to the Israelites.
“Why are you all coming out to fight?” he called. “I am the Philistine
champion, but you are only the servants of Saul. Choose one man to come down
here and fight me! ⁹ If he kills me, then we will
be your slaves. But if I kill him, you will be our slaves! ¹⁰ I
defy the armies of Israel today! Send me a man who will fight me!”¹¹ When
Saul and the Israelites heard this, they were terrified and deeply shaken.

Are you too sleepy to pray? (part 1 of 4)

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Are you too sleepy to pray? (part 1 of 4)

~Gethsemane – when you are in the press~

Aurora Church of God – August 4, 2013

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February 2, 2014

But when the kindness and love of God our
Savior appeared, ⁵ he saved us, not because of
righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us
through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,⁶ 
whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our
Savior (Titus 3:4-6 NIV)

Matthew 26:36-46 ~ ³⁶ Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to
them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” ³⁷ He
took Peter and the two sons of
Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. ³⁸ Then
he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of
death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” ³⁹ Going a little farther, he fell with his
face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this
cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”

⁴⁰ Then he returned to his
disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one
hour?” he asked Peter. ⁴¹ “Watch and pray so
that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the
flesh is weak.”

⁴² He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it
is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will
be done.” ⁴³ When
he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴ So
he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same
thing.

⁴⁵ Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting?
Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of
sinners. ⁴⁶ Rise! Let us go! Here comes my
betrayer!”