First Assembly NLR Video Podcast

David, a simple messenger boy from the country, was the least likely person to end the forty-one day stand-off with Goliath. God can make a giant killer out of anyone, regardless of age or size... anyone who is willing to fight.

In one of the Bible's most epic stories, the army of Israel faced a enormous, terrifying giant. Goliath was unstoppable as long as no-one was willing to fight. From David we learn that if we are to ever defeat the giants in our life, we must decide that it's time to fight.

Titus was a young leader in training, assigned by Paul to look after the new church in Crete. We can learn much about leadership from Paul's letter to Titus, in which he lists the qualities of a great leader.

As we see in sports, television, politics, and even in how we use our social media accounts, popular culture rewards those that self-promote. As we learn from our study of Paul's instructions to the people of Crete, Christians are supposed to stand out by being humble.

To some so-called Christians, the concept of grace has been interpreted as permission to live how we want to live. But, we learn from studying Paul's letter to Titus and the church on the island of Crete, that we must live as an example to others.

You only live once, and you intend to make this life count, but when your plans go wrong it is easy to think that maybe God isn't planning to use you like you thought? Through the story of Mordecai and Esther you can find assurance that God is still preparing you for your moment.

Esther had a lot to lose when her cousin asked her to approach King Xerxes to save her people. From the story of Esther we learn how to recognize when the moment that God has been preparing us for arrives.

What can we learn from one of the most ruthless and evil dictators in history? In todays message we learn how not to be like Xerxes, one of the biggest jerks in the Bible.

Anger and bitterness are destructive forces as we learn from the story of Haman in the book of Esther.

In this lesson we learn how the right actions of a compassionate, Jewish man in exile honored God, earned the gratitude of his king, and ultimately saved his people.