Dave Sumrall - A Battle You Were Born For

welcome to action church want to say what's up two locations today man is so great to have you guys with us and it's an honor to be here I consider pastor Justin to be one of my best friends in the entire world and when you have a best friend you let them just live this little deceive lie that they think they're good at things and it's all good a couple of things I want to say right off the bat to set the record straight number one I got pastor Justin into CrossFit so he's the retime the reason why he does CrossFit in the first place and number two I'd like to just say that I am six years older than him which means that I have the right to be slowing down a little bit any forty year olds in the house that feel like you're 18 but can't perform like you used to y'all know I'm talking about all those athletes that are headed over the hill it's a sad place to be wake up a joint pain every morning I would also like to add lastly that I am hands-down better at double unders than Pastor Justin I can crush him at double unders all day long yes he's stronger faster he beats me in every workout but if there's double unders baby I'm gonna win so I'm holding on to clinching a little bit of hope there I do love your pastors pastor Justin and Steph and and I just want to take a minute to just affirm how incredible they are and what a blessing they are to you and to your community at every campus today can we just honor our pastors for a moment yeah they truly are incredible and I want you to know as a church planter I can I feel like I have the right to say this and I hope you know that you'll never on this side of eternity be able to understand the struggle and the sacrifice and the spiritual attacks and the things that your pastors do for you because they love you and they care about you and I know they love you because pastor Justin talks about you all the time and I'm so thankful that you're alongside of him helping reach the great City of Orlando as you continue to launch locations and I also want you to know that this is a miracle I know sometimes when you're really close to something it feels special but you don't really have a sense of how special it really is because you're so close to it and I just want you to know churches don't grow to several thousand people in three locations going on to a fourth location and all the things that God is doing here in just a short period of time this is a move of God this is revival and you are a part of a miracle and as a friend of pastor Justin's I'm so thankful for the way that you give and the way that you serve and I want you to know we're cheering you on from the great city of Indianapolis that's where I live married to the love of my life Kate she's amazing we've been married 13 years now we have five children that we have made together they're twelve eleven ten five and four and our last one his name is George I don't know what we were thinking when we named a kid George that's definitely bound to be trouble when you have a four year old George so George has just recently gotten into a ninja class he's doing like this American Ninja Warrior stuff and we found out that George is a freak we didn't know we always knew he's kind of athletic but apparently he's got like superhuman skills when it comes to ninja class so they do these little obstacle courses and he beats all the kids about like half their time and he always tells me dead by a ninja another fastest so now he's like climbing on light posts and walking on things and parking lots and doing all kinds of things that are super dangerous the coach pulled me aside the other day after after class and it was like hey I'm a gymnastics teacher and you know that George has a great future as a gymnast there's nothing again I have nothing against gymnastics but we come from a basketball family so I was like thanks but no thanks appreciate that so anyway we're having fun with all of that loving the kids and and gods done some amazing things and I town we are launching into a building project ourselves and so we're praying for you please be praying for us that God's hand would be on our lives I want to talk to you for a few minutes about a story no doubt that all of us have at least heard referenced in our lives I'm a big sports fan lifetime athlete so there's one thing that I love in every single venue and every setting and in every sport and that's great underdog story anybody in the house love the underdog story I just love it when a smaller school or a smaller team or somebody that everybody is counted out beats a big school or a big team or a highly rated team I mean that's just always a ton of fun to watch and every time we see that happen we call it what we call it a David and Goliath story and today I want to actually study that story if you want to turn in your Bibles First Samuel chapter 17 we're gonna pull some principles out of it because I believe that all of us will face battles in life every single one of us will fight a giant from time to time that God has called us to overcome but I hope to shift your perspective a little bit today as we study this story because I don't believe that you're as much of an underdog as you probably think that you are the title of today's message is a battle that you are born for a battle that you're born for there are defining moments in our lives where we make decisions that we will take on whatever adversary comes our way and in winning that battle we actually take a step to preaching the gospel and making a difference in the world around us I don't know what your giant looks like it could be a marriage that you're fighting for it could be children you're raising could be debt you're climbing out of could be a career that you're trying to build but whatever it is that you're up against I want you to know that you are well able to overcome the enemies in your life Amen everybody all right First Samuel Chapter 17 we're gonna jump into the story let me set this stage for those of you that are a little unfamiliar or fuzzy about the details the nation of Israel is on one Hill then there's a valley and camped on the other side is the Philistine army the arch-nemesis of the nation of Israel and Goliath this big warrior who's nine feet nine inches tall is standing right on the edge of the battlefield and he's defying God and he's challenging the nation of Israel to send somebody out to fight him and everybody is scared they're all hiding and nervous about Goliath about this time David who's a little shepherd boy shows up it's wine and cheese day for the army he brings snacks he's got low snack pack for his brothers he's got three older brothers that are there in the army and while he's visiting delivering all these gifts and cheese and things all of a sudden Goliath comes out and he gives his big speech and people start to talk that's where he picked the story up verse 25 the Israelites have been saying do you see this man who keeps coming out speaking about Goliath he comes out to defy Israel the king will give great wealth to the man who kills him he will also give him his daughter in marriage and he will exempt his family from taxes in Israel and so David hears this he's like wait a minute if somebody goes up against this dude and wins he's gonna get paid he's gonna get a girl and he doesn't have to pay taxes on any of this can you run that back again did I hear that right verse 26 he asks a man standing next to him wait wait wait roll that back what will be done for the man who kills the Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel and they tell him again yeah you're gonna get a girl you're gonna get some glory you don't to pay taxes it's gonna be amazing and look at David's response if you don't see humor in your Bible you're not reading it right everybody David goes wait wait wait you get a girl you get the gold you ain't got to pay taxes who is this uncircumcised Philistine who should defy the armies of the Living God I don't care what you say that's funny quick into those moments in life wait wait wait God's gonna bless me I'm gonna get the girl of my dreams and I'll to pay taxes yeah I'll stand up for the Lord yeah that's an easy yes so David I think really has some pure motives but here's what's in it on the other side of the prize it's okay sometimes to be motivated by some things that the Lord puts out there rewards that he has destined for you David says look I'm gonna accelerate my life with this battle maybe this is something that I'd like to take on and he steps out onto the battlefield and there's some things that you and I can learn from David's story for things that you will need if you are going to win the battle against the Giant in your life number one every location shot it down if you're taking notes you're gonna have to have a little bit of grit all of these are G words because I have preachers disease I apologize grid so David's asking about the reward but look at verse 28 when le abbe David's oldest brother heard him speaking with the men he burned with anger at him and asked why have you come down here and with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness pause for just a minute I want you to know that when boldness rises up in your heart when a determination comes to take on an adversary or to defeat a giant in your life also that God will get the glory the devil comes and he attacks you in fact some of you are under attack and you're trying to figure out why is my life under so much attack and I'm doing everything right well it's usually an indication that you're actually doing things right in fact we falsely believe as Christians that if we do everything right then life will be perfect and Jesus was like look everybody's gonna hate you your life is gonna fall apart in this world I promise you'll have trouble like jesus promised problems and so David steps out to do something great for God and immediately somebody turns against him and they say look who do you think you are you little shepherd boy shepherd boys were the lowest level of employment that you could have that was a job reserved for the insignificant slaves and David may be a son in his father's house but he's not really treated like one he's got an insignificant job in an insignificant place and his brother is quick to remind him of it and in that true of what the devil does to us you think you know what I'm gonna take an action step I'm gonna do something with my life I'm gonna serve and I'm gonna give and I'm gonna worship and I'm gonna lead a group and I'm gonna make a difference I'm gonna keep my marriage together I'm gonna raise my children and the devil whispers in your ear and says who do you think you are don't you remember your past you come from nowhere you are no one and you will do nothing with your life look at you you got like 45 Instagram followers you are a nobody you can't make a difference for Jesus why are you tweeting ain't nobody listening makes no sense and you hear all this if anything man I'm just a nobody I'm not gonna be able to accomplish anything and that's what his brother is speaking over him you are insignificant you have a few little sheep in the wilderness you should have no confidence I remember when we first moved to Indianapolis I had this dream in fact I had had a vision in the Philippines while I was doing missionary work there of an arena packed full of people tears streaming down their faces they worship God and as audibly as I'd ever heard the Lord of my life I heard the Lord tell me to move to Indianapolis and plan a great church so we had this vision of reaching thousands of people but yet when we moved we didn't know anybody and so we were trying to raise up a launch team and we're trying to get people to buy into the vision we're trying to get this thing off the ground and I'll never forget these conversations that I would have with people that would make me feel so insignificant one little old lady one time was like why are you playing at church there's enough churches in Indianapolis and I wanted to punch her in the face which is not the right response but the devil does that to you you're not gonna do anything with your life this is insignificant you are nobody from nowhere and so David's processing all of this and then all of a sudden his brother says I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is you came down here only to watch the battle because of the devil can't steal your confidence then he will attack your character so even if I do think I'm somebody and I'm gonna do something the devil says now you're doing it for all the wrong reasons you're trying to build a group so people will think you're great you're trying to do that so people look at you you're trying to do this so it's self-serving and it's just gonna do something for your life you're not really about people and you don't really love the Lord and you're not really trying to make a difference so the devil is always attacking us and David had to deal with these attacks from his own brother but here's the reality if you're gonna do something great in life jot this down at every location have you taken notes today if you're not ready to be criticized by people then you're not ready to be used by God because I've found in my life that pleasing God oftentimes means disappointing people and you just got to be okay with the fact that not everybody is okay with your vision not everybody's okay with the plan that God has for your life and not everybody is okay with what you're stepping out to do and you're gonna take a little bit of fire from the people in your life you're gonna take a few shots from the people around you from the haters in your life but you just have to learn how to turn away and that's what David says verse 29 he says what have I done to you captain salty pants man all that's sold can I can a brother even talk can I even speak like all I'm trying to do is ask a question and then verse 30 he turned away you need to underline that in your Bible today he turned away to someone else because some of you are in a place you're trying to step out and do something great for God and you've got people in your ear that are saying you can't do that you shouldn't do this this is all about you your motivation is wrong and instead of going oh you're so right and I don't know what I'm trying to do and I am a nobody and I'm gonna sit on the sidelines and I'm gonna waste my life you need to stand with confidence and turn your shoulder to them find somebody else in your life because someone else to give you the answer that you need some of us if we're gonna defeat Goliath have to turn our backs on some folks some of you need to unfollow some people you need to defriend some people you need to get some people out of your sphere of influence and out of your life you need to take your cell phone out in this service and delete that cell phone number so that you do not have it saved any longer because you cannot have their voice in your life and get to the place that God has called you to be you're not gonna be successful with the wrong people in your ear and elia may have been a blood brother but he was not David's brother and sometimes we need these moments in life because in times of peace you don't know who's on your side you don't know who's got your back everybody thinks you're great when everything is fine it's only when Goliath shows up that you find out who's really on your side in fact jot this down if you're taking us today your giant exposes your Judas Jesus didn't see Judas until the cross came and so when you're headed to sacrifice your life to lay down your life all of a sudden you find out who's really for you you take a step to serve in ministry you take a step for your career you take a step for your marriage and you'll find the haters in your life because they'll be real vocal what do you think you're doing and who do you think you are and at that moment it's not the time for you to crumble it's the time for you to have a little bit of grit and turn your back and say whoops I didn't realize you actually weren't on my side thank you so much for revealing yourself to me mr. Elliott we will no longer be speaking number two you need the right groundwork if you're gonna win the battle that you are born for you're gonna have to have the right groundwork in your life so now David is having to try and convince the King Saul to give him the opportunity to step onto the battlefield verse 33 Saul replies you're not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him you are just a young man and he has been a warrior since his youth but David said to Saul your servant has been keeping his father's sheep when a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock I went after it struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth and when it turned on me I seized it by the hair struck it and killed it can we take just a minute to pause and talk about what a bad dude David was this is like a whole nother level because I have this dog who lives in my home I was always a personal psycho we're not gonna have a dog when I have a dog we don't want dogs and then one day my wife was like can we have a dog and so now we have a dog happy wife happy life that's for free everybody and so we got this dog named Mike because we believe in naming animals after professional sports players and I like to name my animals after winners and Michael Jordan was the best player of all time come on somebody Hey I just want you to know the truth will set you free in God's house today it ain't Coby yeah I'm just I'm just being real with you it ain't LeBron show me the championships his MJ baby is Michael Michael Jordan best of all time I'd say it one more time Michael Jordan is the best basketball player of all time anyway so our dog Mike who's named after the best basketball player of all time is this boxer and Mike would never hurt a fly but he's got this defensive Jean boxers have this defensive thing for their owners so when somebody comes and intruder comes to the house and he doesn't recognize he gives his big old bar room and I've seen grown men pee their pants cuz I might like oh I mean they'll they'll freak out this is not a dog we are talking about this is a lion and a bear like not tame Lions in the zoo we're talking about like wild in nature lion and they're not attacking David they're just trying to steal some sheep how many I'll know if that was us we'd be like I'm good take Cup of sheep supposed to be a king here just kind of hanging out waiting to be a king but not David he was like oh no he didn't and he chases down a lion think about that for a minute like you're in the wild and a lion comes you're thinking thank God he only ate two sheep not David he's like oh you have my sheep today and he runs after it beats it and then when it turns to kill him he just rips it apart with his bare hands that's a bad dude you don't get my point he's tough all right so he says to him your servant has killed both the lion and the bear and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them he has defied the armies of the Living God the Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the poor the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine this had to have been a moment in David's life where all of a sudden his past for the first time started to make sense because imagine your promise to be a king but you are left forgotten on the back side of a hill doing an insignificant job and a place of insignificance you feel like the world has forgotten about you I Stephens life there had to be a moment as he standing before Saul where he goes oh now my life makes sense now I get why I had to walk through that now now I know why the Lord left me in that place because there's no chance in my mind at least that when the lion and the bear comes that David gets on his knees for a Mamas like Lord I just want to say thank you in this moment for sending wild animals to kill me before I ever get a chance to be king I just appreciate this opportunity to grow my character and to risk my life for something that no one cares about just really appreciate that Lord it's just so nice of you to do this from know he if he was like me he'd be praying prayers like are you kidding me you called me to be king and then you leave me here by myself where everyone has forgotten about me and then you can't even protect me you send animals to eat me come on God what kind of God are you why would I give my life to serve you this is ridiculous you're taking me backwards this is the wrong direction and if if you're like David you probably had those moments in life you get this dream as something God's called you to do and you're in the midst of a relationship falling apart your life is under attack your family's under attack your finances are under attack your children are serving the devil and you're thinking are you kidding me God you've called me to make a difference in this life and this is what you leave me with but listen to me defeating the Lions and the Bears privately gives you the confidence to defeat Goliath publicly because there is gonna come a day that you will step onto that battlefield and he'll say uh-uh this ain't going down under my watch and I know that my God will come through for me because I've been through the fire I've been betrayed I've been through that issue overcome this thing when nobody else was watching and I'm ready for this Goliath this ain't no thing he don't have teeth he don't have claws this is gonna be an easy battle because of what I've walked through in my life I am preaching 78% better than your responding wish I was in Sanford right now he shot me down it's true in my own life we planted a church when the Lord put that in our hearts in 2004 we planted a church that was terrible no nobody would have wanted to come to it nobody did they stayed away by the thousands it's horrible right in Indianapolis area pretty close to where I town is it wasn't ever all that successful but we got the feel of what it was like to plan a church and do it all wrong and then the Lord called us to another ministry and we took over a church that we used to be my grandfather's had to fire 30-some staff change the culture of super old school and we had to try and get the thing moving through a splint and it was horrible and people are lobbing bombs at us and all kinds of I mean it's terrible we're thinking God where are you in the midst of all this this is insanity what are you doing to us and then God called us to church to the Highlands where we were on staff for a short period of time and they put us his campus pastors over a campus that wasn't that successful we had to change out all the leaders and try and get momentum going and and learn what it was like to be a campus pastor and none of it really made all that much sense because we had had this vision back in 2003 and this dream in our hearts of the church and in a tempest until all of a sudden in 2009 my wife and I drove through the city and the Lord sparked in our hearts the hunger and the desire to be there and to reach God's lost kids in Indianapolis we go back and told pastor Chris and he said mentleman do everything I can to help you be successful we transitioned out of leadership and by August of 2010 literally one year later we had sold everything moved to the city raised up a team and launched a church and now all of a sudden were in this church planting phase again but we had had some experience doing it wrong the first time and now we know a few things we shouldn't do and we've gotten all this training from mark sue me know what we should do and then two years into the church a church in town said hey we're not doing very well and finances are kind of messed up would you absorb our church and all of a sudden we're taking over a church that believes they're making a difference but really are not they believe that they're for lost people but they're really the kind of Christians that hate everybody and so we're trying to make the culture pure again and try and keep it growing and take it over and letting go staff and it's like oh my gosh this feels familiar now I know I had to walk through that back when I was in my 20s and then we started launching campuses and I actually had first-hand experience with campus pastors to teach them how to be successful as a local pastor looking back over all the things that we had done in ministry they didn't make any sense all of a sudden now life starts to make a whole lot of sense and I want you to know you'll have that happen for you as well as you step onto the battlefield for the battle that you were born for you'll find that there are some things that you can draw from in your life that will help you be successful the pain and the betrayal the issues that you're working through the holiness that you are fighting for a promise I promise that those current pressure points are positioning you for future victory God has a plan for your life Amen everybody all right you're gonna need number three your specific gifts you got to have some grit you got to have some groundwork but you're also gonna need the gifts that God has placed in your life and may give a little bit of history surrounding this story that I've never seen before what Goliath is asking for is what they would call in the ancient world single combat because battle war back then was very very bloody they would just go hand to hand pretty much with swords and spears and thousands would die and so this concept of single battle this this issue where one person from each side would get together they would do warfare hand-to-hand combat against one another and then they would have an agreement that whatever army lost they would become slaves to the army that one this single combat so what Goliath is proposing is let me fight one other person will spare the bloodshed of the rest of the army and then you'll become our slaves when I win now it gives you a little bit better picture about that prehension of salt to just march david out on the battlefield because he's not just risking David's life he's risking their future freedom as a nation and so as he's preparing David to let him out on the battlefield there's some things that he tries to do in verse 38 salt dress David in his own tunic why because he's trying to help David be successful it's trying to mitigate risk he puts on the coat of armor and and a bronze helmet on his head and then David fastens his sword over the tunic and he tried walking around because it didn't feel comfortable he wasn't used to him and this is David's response I cannot go out in these he said to Saul because I am not used to them so he took them off that's an important phrase if you're taking notes today underline that he took them off and I want you to hear today that well-intentioned people in your life who are trying to prepare you for a successful future will actually try and shape you into the mold of what they have found to be successful in their own life or what culture says will make you successful but the principle I need you to hear today is that you will never win your battle wearing Saul's armor God did not call you to be Saul and God did not call you to carry his man till his anointing or fight and his giftedness God has made you uniquely you we have to understand that there's are some pressures that the culture will put on us there are some things the world will say about us to try and make you look like talk like and act like everyone else and the world will tell you you cannot be successful if you do not do these things nothing could be further from the truth God has made you uniquely you on purpose and we have to be true to the person that God's called us to be and so David verse 40 took his staff in his hand he chooses five smooth stones from the stream and he put them in his pouch in a shepherd's bag and with a sling in his hand he approached the Philistine now listen to this back in those days there were actually three different types of warriors they had the infantry the cavalry and the artillery remember that kid's song I may never March in the infantry ride in the Calvary shoot the artillery come on Sunday school I may never soro the enemy but I'm in the Lord's army yes sir and I grew up in church don't remember that one I said Jim right there we got to bring that back well in the three different divisions of the Army the artillery actually had two different types of people you had the archers that shot bow and arrows but then you had the slingers and David actually was a slinger in fact if you look in scripture judges chapter 20 it says this in verse 16 among Benjamin's elite troops 700 were left-handed and each of them could sling a rock and hit a target within a hair's breadth without missing because everybody knows that lefties are great shooters ain't lefties in the house yeah come on I'm a basketball player growing up in Indiana left-handed by nature and so I embraced this principle shoot to get hot shoot to stay hot come on somebody I've never seen a basketball shot this side of half-court that I didn't think I could make and so I just love shooting and all lefties know exactly what I'm talking about so you had these elite warriors who were left-handed and they could hit a target with exact precision this is what David was now when you look at the army this whole infantry cavalry artillery thing works just like rock-paper-scissors one thing always defeats another that's why they had the three different branches so walk with me here infantry beats Calvary because the infantry had heavy metal around them and they had these big long Spears and so when the Calvary came on the horses they could spear the horses and get them off the horses but the Calvary was super fast so they if they could get past the infantry they could beat the artillery so they could get through and the artillery couldn't get them because they were moving too fast they couldn't get the target right and so they'd get back and they'd take out the archers and the slingers but the thing that you need to see for today's study is that artillery would be too infantry because from a great distance infantry was really slow and artillery was very precise and so they could take out their target which is why Goliath who was infantry needed David who is artillery to come fight his battle his way in order to be successful First Samuel 1740 for Goliath says come here and I will give your flesh to the birds into the wild animals because Goliath knew that at a distance he would not be successful against David I'm here to tell you today that not only are you not an underdog in the battle that you were born for but you actually have the advantage a historian wrote Goliath had as much of a chance against David as a Bronze Age warrior with a sword would have against an opponent armed with a 45 automatic pistol listen to me church the devil is whispering in your ear telling you there is no way that you could be successful there is no way that you can be yourself the world will reject you the problem will overcome you there is no chance that you will win but I'm here to tell you today the only way that you jeopardize your victory is if you lose your identity because God called you to be uniquely you and he has gifted you for such a time as this he has created you for the purpose that he has called you to and if you'll just be the person God's called you to be no weapon formed against you will prosper now I'm preaching a hundred percent better than your responding y'all are killing me today this is not a lecture it's a sporting event come on folks the reality is the enemy is trying to attack your life and God has designed you to be uniquely you there is a battle in front of you today that you were created to win and that's why I love churches like this because they're designed to help you find your slingshot churches like this aren't trying to fit you into some kind of a mold and trying to make you into somebody else trying to make you act like other Christians and dress like other Christians and everybody have the same gifts and Pastor Justin already has the vision thank you very much we don't need your input and we're just gonna do this one thing no that's not what this church is about at all places like this ask the question what's in your heart what gifts has God given you let's create an entire action step process to help you figure out the passion in your life and the gifts that God's giving you now so that you can serve our vision but so that we can propel you to accomplish God's vision for your life and when that happens then the church will be the church God's called it to be you have unique gifts designed to help you be successful but the most important thing that we have to understand is we have a little bit of grit we got the right groundwork in life we find our specific gifts you'll never be successful in the battle that you were born for number four jot it down as we close until you identify your God you have to have your God in your life if you rerun this story all the way back to chapter 16 samuel comes to David's house to anoint the next king of Israel and he goes through all the different brothers looking for someone that looked like a king and God speaks to Samuel and says it's not like that I'm not looking at the outside like everyone else in the world I'm looking at something deeper there's another brother that's not here Jesse calls to his son David that's in the fields Samuel says yes this is the next King look what happens before David faced the lion and the bear and before David ever stepped out on the battlefield with Goliath verse 13 Samuel took the Horn of oil and he anointed him in the presence of his brothers and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came powerfully upon David if you're gonna be successful in the battle of your life you're never gonna be able to do it without the presence and the power of God jot this down have you taken notes as we close David was anointed long before he was announced some of you are living in the tension of this very frustrating season where God has called you to something great and maybe he's even anointed you to do it and yet it doesn't seem and the natural like things are coming to pass I'm here to tell you today stay faithful stay faithful where you're at don't give up the fight don't give up the battle because God has a defining moment that's coming you may be feeling frustrated and forgotten you might be doing something that the world says is insignificant in a place of insignificance but I'm telling you that the day is coming that you will step onto the battlefield and your promotion will look like a problem it'll look like a giant but you are well able to defeat him not because of how great you are but because of how great our God is verse 45 David steps onto the battlefield and he says you come against me with the sword and the spear and a javelin but I come against you in the name of the Almighty God the God of the armies of Israel whom you have defied this day the Lord will deliver you into my hands and I will strike you down and I will cut your head off some trash-talking I love it this very day I will give the carcasses of the entire Philistine army to the birds of the air and the wild animals I ain't gonna be no treaty and we're not taking you as slaves we're gonna cut you all right now and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel and all those gathered here will know that it is not by the sword or the spirit that the Lord saves for the battle is the Lord's I want you to hear today no weapon formed against you a prosper I don't know what you're facing I don't know what Goliath is coming to your life but if you will just stand in the anointing and the presence of God today the victory is yours in Jesus name as when God lifts your life up and when you're successful all of Orlando will look at you and saying there is a God in this city there is hope for my life I can't overcome my situation of my difficulty as well and I'm telling you that is what sparks revival with every head bowed and every eye closed at every location today I don't know what you're facing I don't know what adversaries come into your life I don't know what challenges come up against you but I want you to know that it's not by might it's not by power but it's by God's Spirit that you'll have the victory today I want to take a minute to pray for those of you that are in the midst of the greatest battle of your life and maybe you're losing a little bit of hope maybe the devil is whispering these lies of insignificance and questioning your character and your ability because you are more than able if you do me a favor at every campus if you're going through something I don't know what it is I don't need to know very discreetly just open your palms in your lap right there today let me pray for you for just a moment God we thank you for the presence and the power of God for the anointing that covers every person as we gather by the thousands one church in three locations today father we thank you that you are faithful we thank you that you promise in your word that even in the darkest Valley of life that we would not have to fear the enemy we don't have to fear evil because you are with us God were reminded today that we're not just fighting this battle for ourselves we're fighting for others we know that as you give us the victory that the whole world will know that there is a God in Orlando so that we pray that you would strengthen every person in this place encourage them to be who God's called them to be to fight the good fight of faith and I take their stand against the enemy knowing that scripture promises when the enemy comes in like a flood that you would raise up a standard against him if God is for us and there is nothing in this life that could be against us God encouraged and strengthened every person in this place father we thank you that on the other side of this battle there ought to be a defining moment for their lives that as they overcome Goliath and they will that victory will come and freedom will come and influence will come for everybody around them father we pray today that your kingdom would come and that your will would be done not just in our lives but in this city with every head bowed and every eye closed before we go some of you are here and maybe you've walked through a very challenging moment in life maybe even felt like God promised you some things but then he walked out and he just abandoned you left you in a place where you're tending sheep somewhere in the midst of the attacks of the lion and the bear you thought you know what this isn't what I signed up for it's easy for us in the midst of all that to lose sight of God and it drives us from him and maybe you find yourself far from God today I want you to know that God's not mad at you he's not trying to get even with you he loves you today more than you could possibly imagine if you'll just take a moment to open your heart to him the Bible says that he'll restore you he'll touch you he'll make you brand new on the inside and then better yet he'll anoint you just as he did David with the power to overcome whatever adversaries in your life you're just one simple prayer away from that relationship in your life don't leave here today without making Jesus the Lord of your life all I want to do is help you one simple prayer we can fix it one prayer of surrender one moment saying God I can't do this on my own the Bible says everything changes but nobody looking around if that's you today at every campus every location we're about to pray we're not gonna make you stand I'm gonna make you come to the front the goal isn't to embarrass you or single you out the goal is to connect you with Jesus that's you today if you say David you kill me in would you do me the favor at every location just shoot your hand up hi come on be bold right now put your hand up I say kill me location pastors are taking over their location all across this room come on put your hands up high so proud of you a good job good job now you can put your hands down here's what we're gonna do I'm gonna lead you in a prayer you can pray it quietly in your heart you just need to mean it God will hear you just say Lord Jesus please forgive me today for all of my sin for all my mistakes now for all the times that I walked away from you today I'm running to you I need your mercy I need your grace I need your power in my life come and fill me with your presence make me brand new and help me to live this life for you then just take him up just whispered I haven't just say today I gave you my life come on telling that today I give you my life in Jesus name I pray father I thank you for this great church thank you for how bright the future is what I thank you for every individual here and how they'll play such a significant role as they overcome the Giants and their life father we thank you that your name will be lifted up and that revival would continue in the great city of Orlando we love you today with all of our hearts and Jesus name we pray and all God's people said amen come on you put your hands together for God it's done today

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Published: Tue Oct 03 2017