Come Alive (Audio)

God has a calling and purpose for all of His Children. When we choose to follow Him and live our lives as His servants, we are accepting His will and placing it over our own. As we continue to study the story of David, we can find encouragement in his example. He wasn’t the tallest, or the strongest, but God had been preparing him to accomplish great things for His glory. As Pastor Mark challenges us in today’s message, if we make ourselves available to God and follow His direction for our lives, we can expect Him to use us to take on giants. We don’t need to be scared, because all of our strength will come from Him.

God has a calling and purpose for all of His Children. When we choose to follow Him and live our lives as His servants, we are accepting His will and placing it over our own. As we continue to study the story of David, we can find encouragement in his example. He wasn’t the tallest, or the strongest, but God had been preparing him to accomplish great things for His glory. As Pastor Mark challenges us in today’s message, if we make ourselves available to God and follow His direction for our lives, we can expect Him to use us to take on giants. We don’t need to be scared, because all of our strength will come from Him.

This life is tough. We are in the middle of a spiritual war of epic proportions. When we choose to ignore that truth and expect God to protect us from all suffering and hardship all the time, we are in for a rude awakening. As long as we walk in this world, we are promised by Jesus Himself that we are going to have trouble. As Pastor Mark continues to examine the story of David facing down Goliath and the Philistines, we can take courage from David’s example. Even in the face of great difficulty, we can find joy and strength. Our God will allow suffering, but never beyond what we can handle with His strength and comfort.

This life is tough. We are in the middle of a spiritual war of epic proportions. When we choose to ignore that truth and expect God to protect us from all suffering and hardship all the time, we are in for a rude awakening. As long as we walk in this world, we are promised by Jesus Himself that we are going to have trouble. As Pastor Mark continues to examine the story of David facing down Goliath and the Philistines, we can take courage from David’s example. Even in the face of great difficulty, we can find joy and strength. Our God will allow suffering, but never beyond what we can handle with His strength and comfort.

We have the Bible, our own personal experience, as well as the experience of countless other believers, all testifying to the strength of our God. We have stories, like the one we’ll explore in today’s message with Pastor Mark, that demonstrate God’s power over even the biggest obstacles we can face in this world. David drew from this knowledge. He knew Israel’s history of how God had provided and brought victory in even the most impossible situations. Many of his comrades had this same knowledge, but they fell for the hype instead. It’s time for us to stop falling for that tactic of the enemy and trust in our Lord.

We have the Bible, our own personal experience, as well as the experience of countless other believers, all testifying to the strength of our God. We have stories, like the one we’ll explore in today’s message with Pastor Mark, that demonstrate God’s power over even the biggest obstacles we can face in this world. David drew from this knowledge. He knew Israel’s history of how God had provided and brought victory in even the most impossible situations. Many of his comrades had this same knowledge, but they fell for the hype instead. It’s time for us to stop falling for that tactic of the enemy and trust in our Lord.

All of us have Goliaths in our lives. These giants can take different forms. It may be a person we are intimidated by, or perhaps a situation. Maybe an illness, or a financial struggle. The armies of Israel cowered before their Goliath. They had the God of the universe on their side, but instead of drawing from years of favor and provision, they allowed the visible strength of their enemy to scare them into submission. As Pastor Mark encourages us in today’s message, just as David stood up with the strength of God and conquered that Goliath, we can stand up and conquer whatever giants are facing us in our lives.

All of us have Goliaths in our lives. These giants can take different forms. It may be a person we are intimidated by, or perhaps a situation. Maybe an illness, or a financial struggle. The armies of Israel cowered before their Goliath. They had the God of the universe on their side, but instead of drawing from years of favor and provision, they allowed the visible strength of their enemy to scare them into submission. As Pastor Mark encourages us in today’s message, just as David stood up with the strength of God and conquered that Goliath, we can stand up and conquer whatever giants are facing us in our lives.

Many of us are missing opportunities to share the Gospel for the sake of pride or comfort. Our words or lifestyles often don’t look any different than that of our unsaved friends or loved ones. In many cases, those people may not even know we’re saved. This is a truly sad state to be in. We may tell ourselves that we’ll talk about it tomorrow, or someday soon, but that may be too late. We all live a moment away from eternity and we may not have tomorrow. As Pastor Mark challenges us in today’s message, it’s time to start living “set apart”. We have been sanctified and commissioned by Christ to make disciples in all nations.

Many of us are missing opportunities to share the Gospel for the sake of pride or comfort. Our words or lifestyles often don’t look any different than that of our unsaved friends or loved ones. In many cases, those people may not even know we’re saved. This is a truly sad state to be in. We may tell ourselves that we’ll talk about it tomorrow, or someday soon, but that may be too late. We all live a moment away from eternity and we may not have tomorrow. As Pastor Mark challenges us in today’s message, it’s time to start living “set apart”. We have been sanctified and commissioned by Christ to make disciples in all nations.