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A thought by Max Lucado (2013-04-29) from his book, Facing Your Giants: God Still Does the Impossible (p. 170). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) Have you ever started a day with a bunch of determination to keeping your carbs down to a minimum and expecting a major difference but when you get on the scales the next morning nothing happened?   Or you heard that getting out and doing some type of exercise for a half-an-hour will make a difference but the next morning when you get on the scales nothing happened?   But you decide to do both together for a week and you have success.   Have you found that so, so you decided to keep at it? Max says, “Why did David quarry a quintet of stones? Could it be because Goliath had four relatives the size of Tyrannosaurus rex? For all David knew, they’d come running over the hill to defend their kin. David was ready to empty the chamber if that’s what it took.” Max goes on, “Imitate

A thought by Max Lucado (2013-04-29) from his book, Facing Your Giants: God Still Does the Impossible (p. 170). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) We’re looking here at how to take care of that giant in our life by looking at how David took care of his giant. 1 Samuel 17: 48– 49 NLT says, “As Goliath moved closer to attack, David quickly ran out to meet him. Reaching into his shepherd’s bag and taking out a stone, he hurled it from his sling and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank in, and Goliath stumbled and fell face downward to the ground.” Max says, “David ran, not away from, but toward his giant. On one side of the battlefield, Saul and his cowardly army gulped. On the other, Goliath and his skull-splitters scoffed. In the middle, the shepherd boy ran on his spindly legs. Who bet on David? Who put money on the kid from Bethlehem? Not the Philistines. Not the Hebrews. Not David’s siblings or David’s

A thought by Max Lucado (2013-04-29) from his book, Facing Your Giants: God Still Does the Impossible (p. 167). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) We are looking here with Max Lucado at how David in the Old Testament defeated the giants in his life.   Max says, “Note the valley between your thumb and finger. To pass from one to the next you must go through it. Let it remind you of David’s descent. Before going high, David went low; before ascending to fight, David descended to prepare. Don’t face your giant without first doing the same. Dedicate time to prayer. Paul, the apostle, wrote, ‘Prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long’ (Eph. 6: 18 MSG).” Max later says, “When David soaked his mind in God, he stood. When he didn’t, he flopped. You think he spent much time in prayer the evening he seduced Bathsheba? Did he write a psalm the day he murdered Uriah? Doubtful. “Mark well this promise: ‘[

A thought by Max Lucado (2013-04-29) from his book, Facing Your Giants: God Still Does the Impossible (p. 166). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the title to go to Amazon.com to buy the book.) A memory based on the good things that have happened in my past has a lot to do with the way I see today.   That is one of the reasons why I start my morning prayer with thanks to God for what He did for me yesterday.   It reinforces the good in my life and it gives me confidence. We are looking here at how David handled the Goliath in his life.   Max says, “Goliath jogged David’s memory. Elah was a déjà vu. While everyone else quivered, David remembered. God had given him strength to wrestle a lion and strong-arm a bear. Wouldn’t he do the same with the giant?” In 1 Samuel 17: 34– 36 David is talking to King Saul.   He says, “Your servant used to keep his father’s sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it, and