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Summit Life with J.D. Greear

Courage, Your Giants, and the Giant

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In this message from 1 Samuel, Pastor J.D. walks through the most famous story in the Old Testament—David and Goliath. Everyone knows this story, but few truly understand what it’s about. Goliath’s downfall isn’t an encouragement to underdogs or a guarantee that you’ll overcome every “giant” in your life. Goliath’s story shows us what true courage is, where courage comes from, and what God is up to when the Accuser’s voice is all we hear.

Transcript

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today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

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So we are familiar with this story about courage.

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It's just part of the common parlance in our culture now.

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But I want to suggest to you that there are some deep Bible things at work in this passage that you might not see at

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first glance that get to the heart of what it means to actually have courage. Thanks for joining us today on Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer.

0:34.3

As always, I'm your host Molly Vittevich.

0:37.1

We're in a brand new teaching series through the life of King David.

0:40.5

Yes, I said brand new, first time it's ever been on the radio, so you've joined us at a great time.

0:47.0

And when I say David, what pops into your head?

0:51.0

Sure, his life has many notable chapters, but today we're diving into the most famous

0:56.1

one. It's David and Goliath. Everyone knows this story, but few truly understand what it's

1:02.3

about.

1:03.0

This story shows us what true courage is,

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where it comes from, and what God is up to

1:09.4

when we hear the voices of fear.

1:11.6

Remember, if you've missed any of this new teaching you can catch

1:14.4

up online anytime at JDgrier.com. Are you ready? Let's join Pastor J.D. in

1:20.8

First Samuel, Chapter 17.

1:25.0

The other day I saw an updated list of the most common phobias in our culture.

1:31.2

The APA defines a phobia as something that causes you such stress

1:36.2

that you are no longer able to function in a normal way when that thing is present.

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There are on that list all the usuals you would expect

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