David Ran. 1 Sam. 17:48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him. David ran toward Goliath in public after He ran toward a Lion & Bear in private. What did He run toward? Goliath / Lion / Bear - battles/a fight Private Victory seems to precede Public Victory What do we run toward? the Battle - fight the good fight of faith - Everything thing that God says do - Acts 13:22-23 What battles do we need to be engaged in? - Personally: Be Strong in the Lord - Eph. 6:10-18 - Personally: Growth  Faith is both Private and Public. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.Apple-tab-span {white-space:pre} Leadership is first private then public.p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 18.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p5 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 36.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px} li.li1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} li.li4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Optima; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {-webkit-text-stroke: 0px #000000} span.s2 {font-kerning: none} span.s3 {font: 12.0px Chalkboard} span.s4 {text-decoration: underline ; font-kerning: none} span.Apple-tab-span {white-space:pre} ol.ol1 {list-style-type: decimal} ol.ol2 {list-style-type: lower-alpha} ul.ul1 {list-style-type: disc}