No matter how much bigger or stronger Goliath was, David had faith that God would deliver him.  No Israelite warriors were willing to face Goliath, but we see in 1 Samuel 17 that David's faith convicted him to act.  This is an important lesson for Christians - let your faith convict you to act differently.  

Colossians 4:7-17 describes some everyday heroes of the faith.  We can all have super powers when God is involved - we only need to have a willingness to use what God has given us and let Him use us in extraordinary ways.

Saul persecuted the early church but Jesus had other plans for him.  In Acts 9, Saul was on his way to hunt down Christians when he experienced Jesus in a real way.  Saul received the Holy Spirit and made a 180 degree transformation.  Changing his name to Paul, he went on to preach the gospel to the gentiles, taking several missionary journeys.  He suffered for the name of Jesus and wrote 13 of 27 books on our New Testament.  We have three major lessons we can learn from Paul:

In Daniel 1:1-16, Daniel would not eat the royal food and he was healthier for it.  When he was older, he continued to pray to God even though it meant a death sentence in a den of lions (Daniel 6:1-28).  Daniel was faithful to God and God rescued him for it.  No matter what is thrown our way, we should not compromise our standards but seek and please God!

Everyone has sin and evil desires (Romans 3:23, James 1:14), yet we are not identified by our sin, but as children of God.  1 John 3:1-10 shows that we are sanctified, set apart as children of God.  We're not sinless but we need to sin less in order to be righteous and free from our former identities.

Genesis 1:1 declares that God made the heavens and the earth.  The magnificence of creation is breathtaking.  We may be just a small, small part of this but the same God that created the universe desires a personal relationship with us!

God is not a name, but a title.  The God that created the universe has a personal name and wants to have a personal relationship with you as well!  Jesus focused on God as a personal God and taught others to do the same.

The first step in a relationship is getting to know the other person.  The same applies to God - we should be getting to know Him and learning more about His character.  In Exodus 34:5-7, God lists the following eight attributes describing Himself:

God is one!  This is such an important truth about God to understand and it's simple.  Deuteronomy 6:4 clearly demonstrates this.  There is no being who is equal with God; He is one of a kind.

Kyle compares Memorial Day to the Jewish Feast of Unleavened Bread, which celebrates the day God brought the Jews out of Egypt (Exodus 12), and clearly shows how Jesus serves as our Passover Lamb.  Spend some time thanking God for this sacrifice this week!