You will never reach your full kingdom potential until you first overcome your giant
facing giants is intimidating look at me face it anyway
to defeat your giant you're going to have to fight it's going to be tough fight anyway
it might be ugly fight anyway it might be difficult fight don't wait for the
giant to leave fight now fight today now if defeating your giant matters start now
a giant is anything that stands in between you and the promises of God that feels impossible
to overcome a giant is anything that's in between you and the life that God has for you and the
more you look at it the more impossible it feels like that thing is to overcome like no matter how
hard you try he's not going to fall to the ground and a giant can be a whole host of things anxiety
depression worry stress mental health issues rejection insecurity bitterness doubt
fear finances comfort sickness in our body ungodly beliefs I mean you name it there is no end to the
limit of the giants that can exist in our lives and I would bet there's some of these things
standing in your life standing in between you and what God has for you and maybe you've even
gotten to this place where it feels so impossible for it to overcome you've just come to accept it
it's intimidating to face down your biggest enemy that one problem that's held you forever
it's intimidating to think about losing 40 pounds it's intimidating to imagine overcoming addictive
habits that giant stands between you and health that giant stands between you and your purpose
that giant stands between you and your destiny that giant stands between you and your God-given
potential fight I mean John 10:10 Jesus says the thief comes only to steal kill and destroy the
giants of life want to steal kill and destroy the life that God came to give you they don't care how
they do it they want to steal they want to kill they want to destroy the abundant life or the
promises of God that Jesus has made to you and they do everything they can to try to take you
down but what I want you to understand right out of the gate is you are an overcomer you
are a conqueror you are more than victorious you are a pioneer and you come from a long line of
giant killers you were made in the image and likeness of God the ultimate giant killer you
come from the line of Moses a giant killer Joshua a giant killer David a giant killer Jesus a giant
killer the disciples giant killers the people in this room with faith are giant killers you come
from a long line of giant killers and yes your giant may be big but Jesus is bigger
I am not minimizing the giant in your life it is big but Jesus is bigger
Jesus is bigger and this is why Luke 18 tells us
that what is impossible for people is possible with God it may feel impossible for you to take
down your giant and you know what you're right by yourself it is impossible for your giant to fall
but in Jesus name it's time for you to face him and move forward in life get going
this might be your day today can be your day God knows where you are God knows the battle you're in
you're not alone in the fight God is on your side I say but what if I pray and nothing happens
keep on praying when you get up in the morning look out the window and say this might be my day
I'm ready in a moment in an instant everything can change fight now fight today today can be your day
it's time it's the time to take on your giant no more procrastinating let's go time to fight
you're not on your own God's on your side you're not gonna fight alone
it's not really a contest between the giant and me it's a contest between the giant and the Lord
and though I wouldn't stand a chance against the giant he doesn't stand a chance against the Lord
first of all get your eyes off of those giants that you are facing
you know we get so overwhelmed by our problems and the more you
look at the problem the more it grows have you ever noticed that
the more you study your problems the bigger they get until they get into gigantic proportions
get your eyes off of the giants that you are facing and get your eyes on the Lord it's so
important that we get things in the proper perspective and you cannot have the proper
perspective until you see the whole situation as it relates to God's power and God's ability
get your eyes on the Lord this is about learning to have more faith in Jesus than in your giant
and what I want to say to you is your future is on the other side of the giant that you are
afraid to face so don't let your giant hide your future come on just because he hasn't fallen yet
doesn't mean he won't in Jesus name there's always a giant between you and your destiny
chances are if you ask God to go to another level a giant's going to show up you got to learn how
to convert your fear into faith you got to learn how listen heroes and cowards both deal with fear
the heroes just learn how to convert the fear into faith faith involves some fear and doing it anyway
and at some point you got to stand up to it you want to be strong spend time with God you
want to convert your fear into faith spend time with God and he'll start helping you use fear
as fuel for your faith to trust that God can do exceeding abundantly above
all that we ask or think according to the power that's at work on the inside of us
you see you are not defined by the giants you face but by the God
that you follow and when you remember who you are you'll always have the courage to face
your giants you are not defined by your giants you define your giants in Jesus name
what's a giant in your life anything bigger than you
your giant seems unconquerable and huge bigger than you because it is
by yourself you don't have a chance your challenge is way bigger than you but your challenge is not
bigger than God and the quietest whisper from God has more power than the loudest giants roar
come on you are not defined by the giants you face but by the God that you follow listen to me some
of you you just need to hear this you are not your anxiety you are not your depression you are not
that rejection you are not your insecurity you are not your sickness you are not your failure you are
not your shame you know who you are a beloved son or daughter fearfully and wonderfully made made in
the image and likeness of God you are the head and not the tail the spirit of God is inside of you
the kingdom of heaven is inside of you you have the keys of the kingdom all authority on heaven
and earth has been given unto you through Jesus you are a conqueror you are victorious you are
an overcomer and you've been empowered by Jesus to destroy the works of the devil that's who you are
so you know what that means you don't have to be
afraid of your giant because your giant is terrified of you
the giants of darkness are just hoping that the people of God will never figure out who
they really are because they know we're the only ones who can take them down so they will strut and
roar and intimidate and be relentless and ruthless to try to trick you into thinking you're somebody
else or you're something else because they know you've been empowered by God to face them
and walk in victory over them you don't have to be afraid of them because they're terrified of you
this is why the bible says that even at the name of Jesus the demons shudder
if Jesus is in you you got a whole lot more than the name come on you become what you behold
you will always become what you behold in other words whatever you look at you'll start
to become like that thing so what I'm trying to tell you is the more you look at your giant
the bigger it becomes and the smaller you become
the more you look at your God the bigger he becomes and the bolder you become so stop looking
at God through your giant start looking at your giant through your God when you know who you are
no giant can tell you who you're not so here's my question for you have you forgotten who you are
whatever giants in your life have you forgotten
who you are are you letting that giants roar be louder than God's whisper have you forgot
we are more than conquerors more than victorious through what through Jesus and his love for us how
are you looking at the giants that are facing you right now because in God's word Red Seas can part
Jericho walls can fall down the sun can stand still the Jordan River can park giants have to
fall everything bows every circumstance you're facing no matter how big it looks no matter the
bills you've got to pay no matter how lonely you feel no matter how far away marriage may
look or a healthy marriage or a healthy family or whatever it is you're facing that's trying to
tell you it's never gonna change you need to see your circumstances through the lens of God's word
that every circumstance every giant every mountain you're facing can crumble into the
sea as you begin to move towards it with faith in God you just keep moving forward don't you quit
don't you give up don't feel like you got and you gotta know who the real enemy is the real enemy is
not your spouse it's not your kids it's not your in-laws it's not your boss the real enemy is the
prince of darkness and he's trying to bring strife he's trying to get you distracted fighting battles
that are unnecessary keep focused on the right fight somebody needs to shift their attention
away from the problem and turn their attention toward the provider listen to me he loves you
God loves you he has not left you alone to face this on your own he is with you
we're not facing it alone and don't get discouraged if you get discouraged don't
beat yourself up if you feel beaten up if you feel like you're too afraid
too anxious then just get down on your knees turn to your heavenly father ask him for help
remember all those times in the past that he has helped you go low before you go high go up
unto the mountain of prayer make God's name your priority let your mind be full of his thoughts
take up the stone of passion and move forward against this challenge and then just be persistent
remember his marvelous works which he has done keep a list of his world records has he not walked
you through waters before has he not proven to be faithful have you not discovered his provision
I want to encourage you to write today's worries in sand and chisel yesterday's victories in stone
realize that God is for you and Paul picking up on that
in Romans chapter 8 said for if God is for us who can be against us
John said greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world
God is for you and God has made available to you the resources of heaven
God is for you
and when God is for you no giant can stand
no problem can continue for there is nothing that is too big for God
through the power of the Lord
every giant in your life can fall but you've got to trust in God and get
your eyes on him and off of your problems and situations and just commit yourself to the Lord
and he shall surely destroy the giants that are threatening you
when's the last time you ran toward your giant when's the last time you ran toward your problem
when's the last time you said you know what Goliath of anxiety you're not going to get me
Goliath of despair you're not going to get me
Goliath of the worst case scenario I'm not going to assume that I'm going to trust in the armies
of the living God and consequently you run in the direction with faith with courage because
you have listened to the voice of God if you'll get up you'll find that it's not as bad as you
thought it was if you'll get up you'll find out the devil is not as big and as powerful
as you thought he was if you'll get up you'll find out that that spirit that has your child
is not as tough as you thought it was because God has not called you to be in that trench of
depression he's called you to get up and giant killers are not only disciplined
and giant killers are not only submitted but giant killers get up aren't you tired
of being down looking up seeing a big enemy I'm going to tell you how you shrink the enemy you
start pulling yourself up by praising the Lord and focusing on God and declaring the word of
God and praying in the Holy Ghost you're not some weak down person you're a giant slayer hallelujah
and pray in the Holy Ghost and he'll lift you up and as you go up the enemy goes down
I don't know how big the giants are in your life that you've been facing of late
but I do also know they're not too big for God
in fact Lord it's nothing to you
as the bible says just cast all your cares on him
for he cares for you turn it over to the Lord let the Lord fight your battle
experience the power of God working in your behalf
for if God is for you who can be against you go in his name be strong be victorious