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How do we defeat the “Goliaths” in our lives?\u00a0 How does God provide for us in our times of trouble.\u00a0 In fact,\u00a0 how do our times of trouble provide for us???<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Pastor Jim explored these questions during his sermon on September 13, 2015.\u00a0 This is the second of a two part series<\/a> looking at the familiar account of David and Goliath.
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Click the below “Play” button to start listening to the recording, then scroll down and follow along…<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Sermon-2015-09-13a-A-Stone-From-the-ShepardscPouch-by-Pastor-Jim-Bolton-6kbs-mono_BAK.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

The scripture reading was from 1 Samuel 17…\u00a0 Click the below drop down box to “open up God’s Word”…<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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David vs. Goliath<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t

1 Sam 17:31-50<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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31 Then David’s question was reported to King Saul, and the king sent for him.<\/p>\n

32 “Don’t worry about this Philistine,” David told Saul. “I’ll go fight him!”<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

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, 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. 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!<\/p>\n

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!”<\/p>\n

38 Then Saul gave David his own armor\u2014a bronze helmet and a coat of mail.\n39 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.<\/p>\n

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.\n41 Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him,\n42 sneering in contempt at this ruddy-faced boy.\n43 “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.\n44 “Come over here, and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and wild animals!” Goliath yelled.\n45 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\u2014the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.\n46 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!\n47 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!”<\/p>\n

48 As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him.\n49 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.\n50 So David triumphed over the Philistine with only a sling and a stone, for he had no sword.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

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Stones<\/span><\/h2>\n

The stones that David took from the brook have several lesson for us…<\/p>\n

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Five Stones<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Galilee<\/a>Why did David grab five stones?\u00a0 Was this a lack of faith somehow; with God on your side, wouldn’t one stone be enough?<\/p>\n

Goliath had 4 brothers, and tradition suggests that David slew them as well, but that’s speculation at best.\u00a0 Personally, I think he chose five stones in case one didn’t work, he might make use of another.<\/p>\n

While David certainly exercised his faith in God and was trusting God’s provision, yet he still did all that he could be be as humanly prepared as possible.<\/p>\n

We need to Respond to life; not React.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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