Slaying Your Goliaths

How can God help others, like David, to overcome seemingly impossible odds? The David and Goliath story offers spiritual guidance on how to overcome obstacles. Rather than offering "self-help," the story offers "God-help," rooted in its history as a story told by people of faith to people of faith. The ancient story of David and Goliath speaks to modern people facing modern problems, offering spiritual guidance and reassurance that God is with His people always, even and especially when they face and slay their giants.

Giants can take any shape or form in your life. They can be past hurts of failed relationships, addictions, setbacks from life’s disappointments, and even the torment from yourself and your own negative mindset. You can become so overwhelmed by the many problems you have to face by looking at the size of them, and how they seem to tower over you. Goliath was over nine feet tall, and his size intimated the Israelites, except for young David. This book will inspire and motivate you to become like David and take God to battle with you. You will look at your giants in your life as defeated foes. After reading this book, you will feel encouraged and empowered to slay those giants and walk in victory in the name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

From one of the foremost authorities on education in the United States, Slaying Goliath is an impassioned, inspiring look at the ways in which parents, teachers, and activists are successfully fighting back to defeat the forces that are trying to privatize America’s public schools. Diane Ravitch writes of a true grassroots movement sweeping the country, from cities and towns across America, a movement dedicated to protecting public schools from those who are funding privatization and who believe that America’s schools should be run like businesses and that children should be treated like customers or products. Slaying Goliath is about the power of democracy, about the dangers of plutocracy, and about the potential of ordinary people—armed like David with only a slingshot of ideas, energy, and dedication—to prevail against those who are trying to divert funding away from our historic system of democratically governed, nonsectarian public schools. Among the lessons learned from the global pandemic of 2020 is the importance of our public schools and their teachers and the fact that distance learning can never replace human interaction, the pesonal connection between teachers and students.

Fresh and humorous, packed with inspiring anecdotes and uplifting reminders, Slaying Your Giants is a spiritual survival guide that provides biblical solutions to talking those "giants" that keep you from entering into "a bountiful country--a land flowing with milk and honey." Although these aren't physical battles, they are just as real as the ones Israel eventually fought to enter the Promised Land--problems that look bigger and more powerful than you. But remember: Jesus has promised that he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world! Study guide with discussion questions sold separately.

Fight fear, destroy discouragement, win against worry, and disarm your doubts. The Bible warns us of "giants in the land," and whether they're literal like Goliath or figurative like fear, loneliness, and temptation, their goal is the same: to crush God's people. Beloved Bible teacher and pastor Dr. David Jeremiah shows you how to stand up to these bullies and win—with God's help! Whichever giant is intimidating you, the message of Slaying the Giants in Your Life is that God has the strength to bring you victory. You never walk alone and never have to live defeated. Learn to: Fight your fear Destroy your discouragement Liberate yourself from loneliness Win against worry Guard against guilt Resist your resentment These are daunting giants, but thankfully you have access to God’s Word, which is a wealth of knowledge, encouragement, and power. With God on your side, you never walk alone or in weakness. Stand against the giants that seek to discourage you!

This devotional is a 60 day journey to slaying the Goliath's in your life and in the culture. God is looking for a generation of people that will take up the call and anointing and destroy the giants that are cursing and tearing down so many lives around us. He is looking for people like David, willing to run to the fight and not back down. God is looking for those who will answer the call of God, and, like David, rush the Goliaths facing our culture, our families, and our churches. Let's be like Isaiah, also, who heard the call of God, and answered it.Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?"Then I said, "Here am I! Send me." (Isaiah 6:

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God did not create you so that you could tremble with fear in the face of life's giants like Israel did when confronted by Goliath. He has not made you to be mediocre. As a Father who wants the best for His children, it does not please Him when we settle for less than what we were created for. Slaying Goliath is about becoming the person God has created and called you to be. It is a call to fearlessly take on the challenges that stand between who you are now and who God has called you to be. It is an invitation to be a part of what God wants to to do in your life. It is a challenge to stop limiting yourself and believe in God to accomplish beautiful things in your life. It is also more than just a call, an invitation and a challenge. In Slaying Goliath you will find biblical guidance for taking small goals and turning them into grand adventures. It brings to life eleven practical principals from the story of David and Goliath that are time tested truths to becoming the giant slayer you are meant to be.