David: Portrait of a Champion, Part 10

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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In Champions Victoriously Honor God, Dr. Michael Youssef delivers a clear warning: good intentions mean nothing without obedience to the Word of God. Drawing from 2 Samuel 6, Dr. Youssef shows how David’s desire to bring back the Ark of the Covenant was right—but his failure to seek God’s instruction brought disaster. This episode declares the absolute necessity of doing God’s work in God’s way. No amount of zeal, sincerity, or effort can replace obedience. David learns to fear the Lord with reverence, repents, and finally honors God according to His commands. True champions don’t follow the culture—they follow Scripture, placing God at the center of every decision, every ministry, and every victory.

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0:00.0	There is a movement growing.
0:04.0	Men and women, young and old, are uniting across the country from cities and suburbs to rolling farmland.
0:11.0	In the deep places of their hearts, people are crying out, voicing a plea to their Heavenly Father.
0:17.0	Lord, come, it's time for another great awakening.
0:20.0	It's time to Awake America.
0:23.1	Join the prayer movement today.
0:25.1	Stand with Dr. Yousuf and hundreds of thousands of prayer warriors,
0:29.0	uniting in prayer for the next great awakening.
0:32.5	Visit awakeamerica.com today.
0:38.2	Up next on leading the way with Dr. Michael Yousaf, the consequences of disobedience.
0:45.9	You can do all the good work you want to do.
0:48.6	You can be as sincere as you can be.
0:51.0	You can be as diligent as you possibly can.
0:56.6	But if you are not living in obedience to the Word of God, if you're not living in obedience to the voice of God, all of your good work
1:01.8	will amount to nothing. Now you don't want to hear that. I know that. I don't want to hear that either.
1:08.3	That's the Word of God.
1:14.4	Thank you for taking time out of your day for Dr. Michael Yousuff and leading the way, passionately proclaiming uncompromising truth for more than 35 years.
1:24.3	It's been said that good intentions don't always bring good consequences. And today, a look at
1:30.4	King David and how he found good intentions sometimes have a high cost. This is a lesson in walking
1:38.2	in obedience. Here now is Dr. Michael Yousseuff to begin today's leading the way.
1:53.0	While the Queen of England was visiting Canada, a seemingly insignificant incident had taken place, and yet it reverberated around the world. A man who was standing there as the queen coming out of her
2:02.7	courage and seeing that the queen is about to step in a muddy section, he valiantly took
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