David’s first encounter with the giant Goliath, and perhaps something in Goliath’s words incited anger in David’s soul.  What a shock it was for this young (probably teen-age) shepherd to hear a pagan Philistine insulting the God of Israel and to realize that no one was doing anything about it! Is that like someone you… Read More »

We need to read 1st Samuel 17 to see what happened next: “Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons….And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.  But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem…And David… Read More »

The Israelites wrongly considered and meditated on Goliath’s threats, allowing those threats to flood them with fear.  As a result, they were neutralized without a ground war ever taking place! That of course is how the enemy still attacks people’s minds and emotions.  He doesn’t strike once and then come back a week later to… Read More »

Goliath said, “…….I defy the armies of Israel this day….” (vs. 10).  Today the devil is still breathing out the same kind of blasphemous and terrorizing statements against the people of God, such as, “Just try and get healed.”  “Don’t think you are going to turn around your financial situation.”  “You are never going to… Read More »

If you do NOT learn how to take your thoughts captive, your mind and emotions will be use as tools of satan to dominate your thought processes for the rest of your life.  If you do not take charge of your mind…learning how to SPEAK God’s truth to yourself rather than LISTEN to the enemy’s… Read More »

As you conquer all the lying emotions, slanderous accusations, and deceptive suggestions that the devil tries to use in his attempt to neutralize you (the Word in you), you will be able to keep the enemy in a subordinate position for the rest of your life.  Once you pull the plug on the devil’s intimidating… Read More »

During David’s day the rules of battle that Goliath laid out were the hard facts of warfare.  Whoever won the battle was the champion…whether it was the aggressor or the one who accepted the challenge.  whoever fell in defeat would forever serve the other as a slave.  These hard facts of battle are still the… Read More »

The same accusing, belittling behavior is still the mental tool the devil uses to assault the minds of believers.  He bombards them with threatening thoughts, such as: “I’ll use this bad situation to beat the life right out of you!”  “I’ll strike you down so hard and fast, you won’t know what hit you.”  Lying… Read More »

Goliath learned his intimidating actions of course for the inspiration of the devil.  The devil is a slanderer and an accuser!  Today, the devil still seeks to incapacitate, disable, stun, numb, and disarm believers the same way he paralyzed the Israelite army through Goliath.  The devil’s flagrant and over the top allegations are so outrageous… Read More »

Goliath’s flagrant and preposterous distortion of his own greatness was so outrageous that his word bewitched the listening Israelite army until they were spellbound by his words.  In effect, Goliath was saying to them: “Who do you think you are to fight with me? ”  “Come on, just try to do damage to me, and… Read More »