David: Portrait of a Champion, Part 11

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Leading The Way with Dr. Michael Youssef

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🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In Champions Put God First, Dr. Michael Youssef draws us into 2 Samuel 7 to reveal how true champions put God first—even when their dreams are denied. David, a man after God’s own heart, is told he will not build the Temple. Yet rather than rebel or sulk, he bows in humility and prays with reverent awe. Dr. Youssef challenges listeners to examine their motives: Do we seek God’s glory or our own comfort? Are we willing to obey when God says “no”? This message is a call to return to our first love, to submit to God’s authority, and to prioritize His Kingdom above our own desires. Revival begins when Christ is exalted, not self.

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0:00.0	Most of the West really has a consumeristic mentality about church.
0:06.8	Doctrine in theology is not being taught.
0:09.8	There's been this unhitching, so to speak, of the Old Testament to the New Testament.
0:14.0	There is a call at this time to renew that first love.
0:19.0	God, if suffering comes, help me fear you more and fear living a life that I honor you more than my own comfort.
0:29.9	At this stage, we need a revival from heaven.
0:34.3	For God so loved humanity that he gave his one and only son to die for you so that you
0:40.8	may have eternal life. Across the country, God is stirring hearts and a movement is growing. A movement
0:49.0	of prayer, a call to revival. Wake up and ignite the rest of the church.
0:56.2	Wake up.
0:57.6	Wake up.
0:59.6	Wake up.
1:02.1	Learn more about awake America and ways for you to participate.
1:07.5	Click over to awakeamerica.com.
1:10.6	That's awakeamerica.com. That's awakeamerica.com.
1:16.3	It is one thing to humble yourself before God when your prayers are answered. And it is another
1:23.1	thing to humble yourself before God and be broken before God when God says no to your prayer.
1:29.2	Dr. Michael Yousap.
1:30.9	It is one thing to feel blessed of God all over when things are going hunky-dory with you.
1:36.4	But how do you feel when God says to you, not you, thank you very much?
1:41.0	I got something else in mind.
1:48.2	Thank you for joining listeners worldwide for leading the way with Dr. Michael Youseth, where life intersects the Bible in practical and world-impacting
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