This is “How to Slay Your Giants.” Many of you are fighting the biggest giant you’ve ever faced. You feel surrounded on all sides by the enemy, and you’re fighting to save your children, save your marriage, save your home, save your business. But the Bible says, “for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.” You are a giant slayer! Listen as Jentezen Franklin gives you the keys to David’s success and learn how to bring down your own Goliath. You can face these giants with confidence!
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rewards
i’m going to preach to you about how
to slay the giant in your family
how to slay the giant that the enemy
sends to every family
and i think there is a beautiful outline
of what has to happen if you’re going to
become
a giant killer because when you look at
what
david did and what happened that brought
the mighty
victory that we all know as david versus
goliath
but really it was god using david to
defeat goliath
you have to understand that there were
some
very clear steps that he took that
turned him
transformed an ordinary man into
a giant killer and i want you to see it
with me
and i’m just going to begin reading in
verse let’s go
to verse 20 of first samuel
chapter 17. so david rose early in the
morning
left the sheep with a keeper and took
the things
and went as jesse had commanded him
jesse was his father his father gave him
a command
and he came to the camp as the army was
going
out to fight
and shouting for the battle the king
james says
going out coming out of the trenches it
says in some translations
as the army was coming out of the
trenches they went up
shouting for the battle and i’m just
going to take
that part and then we’ll keep your
bibles open if you’ve got them open
because i’m going to keep
going back to scripture to make my my my
point
so i want you to notice that i want to
give you some qualities
that have to be real in your life if
you’re going to be a giant slayer
number one the bible said that david
notice what it said his father jesse
told him
to go down and to and to
take some bread and some cheese this is
right in the previous verse before i
read i didn’t read take time to read it
but he said take some bread and cheese
to your brothers and see how the
battle’s going
now what’s interesting about this is
there’s a little lesson in this because
david had already been anointed to be
king of israel
but he had not yet been appointed but
when his
father who was uh his parent
his dad said to him go down
and basically i want you to take
some some cheese and bread just not a
very important assignment
i want you to be a servant to your
brothers i want you to go down to the
battlefield
not as a king i want you to go down
there carrying stuff
and giving them something to eat notice
that the first point that i want to make
is this
giant killers are submitted because at
that moment
he had to make the decision he could
have rared up in his dad’s face
and said who do you think you’re talking
to i’ve been anointed king of israel
who do you think you’re talking to the
prophet samuel prophesied that i would
sit on a throne
and it would never end who do you think
you’re speaking to
i’m too important to take bread and
cheese
i should be somebody should be carrying
me on their shoulders what are you
talking about
they should sound some trumpets but
notice one of the keys
to being a giant slayer is you must
be submitted to authority
his dad was his authority i’ve never
seen an unsubmitted giant killer
giant killers are submitted you have to
get under
what god puts over you or you’ll never
get over
what god wanted to put under you and you
don’t know that you’re
unsubmitted until you have the
opportunity
to not be and in that moment i think is
something we race right over
but i’ve never seen an unsubmitted giant
killer
you can have talent because david was a
remarkable musician
you can have you can have calling he was
called
you can have the anointing but if you
are not submitted to
authority such as parents such as
spiritual leaders the bible said let
everyone submit themself
to spiritual authority or to the higher
powers the king james puts it as
in other words how you react to
authority
determines whether or not you will ever
slay giants
and it’s so important to know that
everybody say amen
so submit yourself and the giants will
fall
submit yourself to the word of god
submit yourself
to the authority of godly people that
god has put
you around and opened the door for you
to sit under
submit yourself and if they’re wrong god
will deal with them
but as you submit it empowers you to
slay giants
watch how you talk to your parents watch
how you speak to people
that god has put in authority because
the devil knows you just got
weakened tremendously on the battlefield
when you are not in submission number
two
i like the fact that the bible said that
he they came
up out of the trenches
do you know that a giant can be nine
feet tall but the trenches would be
like a ditch that they dug to defend
themselves and have a safe place
and they would peep out to see the enemy
and sometimes even though a giant
might have been nine foot tall if you’re
down in the trenches
and you’re looking up he looks like he’s
15 feet tall
because when you’re down that’s when
notice the enemies
coming of the giant is very strategic
he came when they were in the trenches
so when they looked up and they saw
goliath marching out
he actually looked bigger than what he
really was because
they were down there comes a moment
where the trench which is a low place
your enemy will always
show up when you’re at your lowest point
the enemy doesn’t show up when you’re
high and full of faith but he loves to
get you down
and when you’re down below in the
trenches that’s when he shows up
and he’s strategic at his appearance
the enemy was big because they were down
if you’ll get up you’ll find that it’s
not as bad as you thought it was
if you’ll get up you’ll find out the
devil is not as big and as powerful
as you thought he was if you’ll get up
you’ll find out
that that spirit that has your child is
not as tough as you thought it was
because god has not called you to be in
that
trench of depression he’s called you to
get up in giant killers
are not only disciplined and giant
killers are not only submitted
but giant killers get up aren’t you
tired
of being down looking up seeing a big
enemy
i’m going to tell you how you shrink the
enemy you start pulling yourself
up by praising the lord and focusing on
god
and declaring the word of god and
praying in the holy ghost
you’re not some weak down person you’re
a giant
slayer hallelujah and pray in the holy
ghost and he’ll lift you up
and as you go up the enemy goes down
what you do when you are low
and looking at your biggest enemy will
determine whether you have defeat or
victory
and the bible said something significant
notice this now
and when goliath came out
they got up out of the trenches
and started shouting for the battle
if you’re going to kill a giant you
can’t be silent
if you’re going to be a giant killer
i’ve never seen a silent
giant killer giant killers
shout giant killers
praise giant killers
say to themselves i will bless
the lord at all times his praise will
continually be in my mouth giant killers
lift their voices for victory in their
family
for victory in their home they lift
their voices
in prayer they lift their voices in
confession of god’s word
they begin to shout the promises bigger
than the lies that the enemies shouting
across the field
and you are a giant killer i feel this
now i feel something coming
the enemy wants to silence us
the enemy wants us to sit back and take
it and take it and take it
but i like what joshua said he said
shout for the lord has given you the
city
i like what ezra said he said shout
grace
grace because god has already laid a
foundation
in whatever hell’s trying to stop it’s
already there you just need to start
shouting
because giant killers are shouters
somebody give god a shout
david said david said clap your hands
all you people and shout unto god with
the voice of triumph
i’m tired of people minimizing our
praise
lift your voice and begin to talk
back trash to the enemy
notice something else number five
i want you to see this in verse uh verse
25 so the men of israel said
have you seen this man who has come up
surely he has come up to defy
israel and notice what they say and
they’re talking to david
and it shall be that the man who kills
the king and will be enriched with
riches
and will give and the king will give him
his daughter and give him his father’s
house exempt from taxes in israel
all right everybody say that’s one time
what what did he just do they just got
focused off the battle onto the reward
what was the reward number one you get
to marry the king’s daughter and she was
gorgeous
number two you get riches and number
three
you never pay taxes again on all that
you’re going to inherit being a part of
the royal family
okay so that’s that’s in verse 25 now
watch verse 26.
then david spoke to the men who stood by
him saying
what shall be done for the man who kills
the philistine and takes away the
reproach from israel
for who is this uncircumcising that he
should defy the armies of a living god
watch
and the people answered him in this
manner saying so it shall be done for
the man who kills him
and they just repeated what he had
already said that’s two
two times now watch this it gets even
more
interesting then iliab his older brother
heard
and spoke to the men and he walked up to
david and he said why did you come down
here
um and who did you leave those listen
this little put down
those few sheep that you are over
stay in your place you’re nobody
you’re not important why do you care
about the battle
you’re just the pizza delivery boy
bringing cheese and bread
but notice what david does next
he says i know and his brother says i
know your pride
you’ve come down for the battle and
david said in verse 29
what have i done now is there not a
cause and you aren’t going to believe
this
then he turned from him toward another
and said the same thing what is
the reward and the same thing was
answered as the first ones did
what am i trying to say this is a big
clue to a giant killer
giant killers focus on the reward
more than the risk giant killers
are focused on the reward
tell me what will i get if i win this
battle
you get the daughter you get the riches
and you get a tax-free life and then
again
why does the bible take three verses to
say they repeated it again
because when you get in the battle the
enemy wants you to focus on the wrong
thing
focus on the reward focus on
the reward get your eyes on the prize
i’m telling you that the battle is worth
fighting for our families
it’s worth standing up to hell when it
comes in
it’s worth saying no to evil and you’re
not going to have
my house and you’re not going to have my
marriage it’s worth it
i want to preach for just a moment and
tell you that
streets of gold will be worth it and
gates of pearl will be worth it
and living eternal life in heaven with
jesus will be worth it
there is a heaven get your eyes on the
prize
it’s worth fighting for it’s worth
living right
it’s worth keeping your family in church
it’s worth
all the struggles and the and the things
that we go through to get our families
to heaven
it’s worth the fight focus on the reward
no more sorrow no more pain no more
death
get your eyes off of the risk and on to
the reward
heaven is going to be worth it all
there’s a reward
there’s a reward when you got your
family in heaven
there’s something greater than heaven
and something worse than hell
what could be greater than going to
heaven
and something worse than going to hell
something greater than heaven is to get
to heaven and turn around
and see charisse and see courtney and
carissa and caroline connor
and drake and their husbands and their
wives and their children
there’s something greater than making it
to heaven it’s getting my family there
there’s something worse than going to
hell is knowing
that my family followed me because i
wouldn’t take a stand and fight the
giants
now watch this let me give you number
eight
it’s in verse 39.
so saul clothed david with his armor and
his bronze helmet
fastened a sword to his armor and he
tried to walk out
and i like what david said david said i
can’t take this stuff i haven’t tested
this you know what he was saying
giant killers have to be themself
i can’t be you god didn’t anoint me to
be something i’m not
and i know my little raggedy uh
slingshot doesn’t look as shiny and
beautiful as your kingly sword
but this is what god gave me
this is the gift god gave me and it may
not look like a
it may look like a a a riding lawnmower
in a
rolls-royce showroom but this is what
god gave
me and when the anointings on it it’s
powerful
i don’t have to be andy stanley i don’t
have to be td
jakes i don’t have to it’s good cause i
can’t do it
but i can take my little sling this is
what giant killers get a hold of
they say i can’t be you i have to be
me
he will anoint you to be you not a fake
you
you don’t have to be like them
giant killers get that revelation i
don’t have to be like them
i don’t have to be like the world to
reach the world
i don’t have to be like them to win
them the enemy wants to make you feel
insecure about what you’ve got
just to swing but everybody shout out
loud right now i am a giant slayer
shouted again i am a giant slave
shouted again i am a giant slayer
let me close with this i might be one
point
short but i’ll skip one
in verse in verse 40
it says this then
he took a staff in his hand and he chose
for himself five smooth stones
he put them in his shepherd’s bag and he
drew near to the philistine
question why in the world would he get
five stones he’s only fighting one giant
because i believe the lesson in this is
maybe the most important
giant killers are determined
i believe he had the mentality if i
don’t kill you with my first stone
i got four more and i’m gonna get
another one out and if fasting didn’t
get you
i got prayer and fasting and if prayer
and fasting didn’t get this giant out of
my house
that’s all right i got another stone i’m
gonna call up three holy ghost grandmas
who know how to pray and talk in tongues
and i’m gonna get them behind this
and if that don’t work then bless god
i’m gonna give my tithe and offering
like i’ve never given
and let i got all kinds of stones in my
pocket here
and i am determined i’m not gonna quit
until you fall and i think the number
five was the most he had ever missed
trying to hit something i think he took
all that he had ever missed that many
times
and he said you know what i’m going and
if i don’t get him with the first rock
and the second rock and the third rock
i’m going to keep on but i’m not going
to quit until
this giant falls you got to have some
backup stones
are you determined to slay the giant
anybody determined
to slay the giant
watch this the bible said that he goes
out
and he throws that stone and when he
hits that stone
goliath goes down
because giant killers giant killers
are submitted they’re disciplined
they’re upbeat they get up
giant killers are shouters
giant killers are the same character
in the darkness as they are in the like
giant killers see trials as training not
trouble
giant killers have got to be themself
they wear
and use what god gave them
giant killers focus on the reward
giant killers are determined but lastly
giant killers take
authority over the enemy
and take it back to their house because
i want you to see this
the bible said that when he knocked
goliath down
that he took goliath sword
and he cut goliath’s head off
with his own sword
and he picked up goliath sword
and and after he defeated him with
goliath sword
he picked up goliath’s head
and read it he took it back to his tent
for a little while then ultimately ended
up
outside of jerusalem which is so
prophetic i don’t have time to preach
that
but he took it all the way back this is
in your bible
he took the head of goliath all the is a
public victory all the people were
shouting all the nation of israel was
rejoicing
he broke the curse he took authority
over the devil
for for future generations because
remember whoever lost or won that battle
would it would affect generations but
then he does something
strange he takes the head and puts it
on a spear in his tent
i think he was saying the head
represents authority
and he was saying devil i fought out
there on the battlefield i fought for
the ministry i fought out here
but there are some devils in my own
house
and i’m going to take authority right
here
in my own tent right here in my
own family and i’m not fighting with
flesh and blood
i’m fighting with the sword of the
spirit the power of satan that has come
in like a flood to destroy my family
i’m taking authority over it i’m not
going to ignore it anymore i
am a giant slayer i have the authority
i have big authority in jesus name
and it doesn’t just work
at church but i can take
the authority over the giant
in my home and can you imagine sitting
over in the corner somewhere
in that tent was the head of
goliath and he’s laying there saying to
the devil as a symbol
you have no authority in my marriage
in my family with my finances
i have a covenant business and what you
meant
for my evil god’s gonna use it for my
good
i need you to get on your feet and i
need you to put your hands together and
give god
a great praise if you believe he’s
coming today with authority
for your house authority for every mom
and dad and grandparent to say you
cannot have
my family
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