David said to the Philistine,
"You come against me with sword and spear and javelin,
but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty,
the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
1 Samuel 17:45 - P142
35 I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep fromits mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair,
struck it and killed it. - P145
36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear;this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them,
because he has defied the armies of the living God. - P145
39 David fastened on his sword over the tunic and triedwalking around, because he was not used to them. "Icannot go in these," he said to Saul, "because I am notused to them." So he took them off. - P145
40 Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smoothstones from the stream, put them in the pouch of hisshepherd‘s bag and, with his sling in his hand, ap-proached the Philistine.
from a stream and put them into his chophord‘s - P145
David tells Saul that he will fight Goliath. Saul replies that he is only a youngman, but David says that he has killed lions and bears and that the Lord whorescued him from these beasts will rescue him from Goliath. - P145
David tries onSaul‘s armor but takes it off because he is not used to it. He takes a staff, fivestones, and his sling as he approaches Goliath. - P145
When Saul refuses to send David into the battlefield on account ofhis youth and inexperience, David pleads his case. - P146
He may only be ashepherd, but in his work of tending sheep he has fought and killedlions and bears who have tried to attack his flock. - P146
He says this, not toboast in his abilities, but to testify that the God who rescued him fromdeadly beasts in the past will surely save him from the hand of Goliath.
- P146
When we are faced with a problem of a type and scale we have neverexperienced before, we often feel inadequate and unprepared for thechallenge. - P146
In such moments, let us look back at the faithfulness thatGod has displayed in the ordinary moments of our lives. - P146
Just as Hehas provided help in the small things, He will come to our aid in ourgreater struggles. - P146
Dear Jesus, You are the same God who saved David from the lion and the bearand helped him defeat Goliath. - P147
When we are afraid, remind us that You are withus and we can trust You. In Your name, amen. - P147
Hungary is a landlocked country in central Europe which is home to the Danube River and thepicturesque Lake Balaton. - P146
After spending several decades under Communist rule, Hungarymade the transition to democratic government in 1989. - P146
In the seventeenth century, themajority of the Hungarian population were Protestant, but after the Counter-Reformation,
Catholicism became widespread. - P146
Despite its Christian history, most Hungarian people todayhave lost touch with the gospel and seek answers to life‘s questions through material pleasures or new-age spirituality. - P146
There is therefore a great need for evangelism. - P146
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