Ep. 120 - The Amazing Definition of Initiative, Part 1

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🗓️ 27 December 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Often, we are hindered by the thought that we must sit and pray over an idea before acting on it, but Ray Comfort shares the scriptural principle that when we trust God and the power of His message, we need not fear to act in order to serve him. Looking at the story of David vs. Goliath, he says that, when we see an opportunity to glorify and serve the Lord, we must take the initiative and do so. Then we can watch how God blesses our efforts. He illustrates this by telling a story about the t...

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ray Comfort, this is the Living Waters Podcast, Living Waters Podcast.
0:11.1	I can't do it like easy, doesn't.
0:12.4	The guys are awake today for a Christmas break when the cats are away, the mouse plays.
0:17.6	So I've got a 10 minute word I want to share with you.
0:19.9	In three parts, it's a devotional entitled, The Amazing Definition of Initiative, it's
0:26.0	very exciting, I love it and I love sharing it.
0:29.4	It's because this is a life-changing word.
0:31.8	It's a principle I've used for nearly 50 years, it's very, very simple and yet very, very
0:38.2	profound.
0:39.2	I remember years ago, as a pastor and a guy came into my office, a member of our congregation,
0:43.8	his name was Bruce and he said, I can't find God's will for my life.
0:48.8	So I share this principle with him and it absolutely changed him and I want to share it
0:53.2	with you today.
0:54.2	You may know it, you may put it in a practice, you may not, if you don't put this in a practice,
0:59.0	it's going to change everything for you.
1:02.3	First Samuel, chapter 17, verse 26 to 32, we have the famous incident of David taking
1:08.7	on Goliath.
1:09.7	I'm not going to read it to you for the sake of time and show you familiar with it, but
1:13.2	did you know that David brought up the idea of him tackling Goliath or fighting Goliath
1:19.7	or killing Goliath, whatever way you want to look at it?
1:23.9	He did not say who was this uncircumcised philistine that's defining the armies of
1:28.8	the living God.
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