When I was
younger, I remember hearing the story of David and accepting it as any other
fact of life. I figured that if God wanted to use a little boy like David
to kill a big giant like Goliath, then He could do just that. Never in my
wildest dreams did I think God would have been preparing me to face great big
giants of my own... But He was.
Every sorrow, every trial, every situation that occurs in our lives is preparation for bigger trials and situations. God never puts more on us than we can bear; instead, He gets us ready for the next fight by equipping us with just the amount of strength we need to fight this one. In our story The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson, we find the main character, Ordinary, struggling with the idea of whether he's even QUALIFIED to be called a WARRIOR, and many of us are in the same place.
How do we prepare ourselves to face the next level of giants who are lining up to oppose our passage to the Dream we've been given? Do we pretend they're not there? Hide our heads in the sand, hoping they'll get tired of challenging us and go away? Or do we arm ourselves with the weapons AND EXPERIENCES the Dream Giver has ALREADY equipped us with, and fight until only one champion is left standing? Read with us this week and discover, like Ordinary, the WARRIOR the Dream Giver has placed in you so that you can face every giant with GREAT courage.
Week of August 26th> Facing the Giants
Monday, August 26th> Numbers 13: 17-33; Revelations chapters 7-8
1. What is the enemy's purpose for making us feel weak, inferior and like victims-- the opposite of the WARRIORS that the Dream Giver says we are?
Tuesday, August 27th> Numbers 13: 27-33; Matthew 13: 54-58; Revelations chapters 9-10
2. In what way is UNBELIEF a more dangerous enemy to our Dream than the giants that we will face?
Wednesday, August 28th> 1 Samuel 17: 1-11; Revelations chapters 11-12
3. Why is it important that we ACKNOWLEDGE the fact that our GIANTS are REAL?
Thursday, August 29th> Psalm chapter 3; Revelations chapters 13-15
4. In addition to giants like "MONEYLESS" and "FEAR", what are some other giants that we cannot afford to run from or ignore?
Friday, August 30th> 1 Samuel 17: 20-37; Revelations chapters 16-17
5. No matter how big the giants are, how does the Dream Giver PREPARE us for battle through the trials we've ALREADY experienced?
Saturday, August 31st> 2 Corinthians 10: 4; 1 Samuel 17: 38-55; Revelations chapters 18-19
6. When The Lord tells us to "prepare for battle", what are some ADJUSTMENTS to our thinking might we need to make?
Sunday, September 1st> 2 Chronicles 20: 1-30; Revelations chapters 20-22
7. What roles do PRAYER, FASTING and FAITH play in the level to which we will be able to witness the MIRACLES The Lord has set in store for us?
Every sorrow, every trial, every situation that occurs in our lives is preparation for bigger trials and situations. God never puts more on us than we can bear; instead, He gets us ready for the next fight by equipping us with just the amount of strength we need to fight this one. In our story The Dream Giver by Bruce Wilkinson, we find the main character, Ordinary, struggling with the idea of whether he's even QUALIFIED to be called a WARRIOR, and many of us are in the same place.
How do we prepare ourselves to face the next level of giants who are lining up to oppose our passage to the Dream we've been given? Do we pretend they're not there? Hide our heads in the sand, hoping they'll get tired of challenging us and go away? Or do we arm ourselves with the weapons AND EXPERIENCES the Dream Giver has ALREADY equipped us with, and fight until only one champion is left standing? Read with us this week and discover, like Ordinary, the WARRIOR the Dream Giver has placed in you so that you can face every giant with GREAT courage.
Week of August 26th> Facing the Giants
Monday, August 26th> Numbers 13: 17-33; Revelations chapters 7-8
1. What is the enemy's purpose for making us feel weak, inferior and like victims-- the opposite of the WARRIORS that the Dream Giver says we are?
Tuesday, August 27th> Numbers 13: 27-33; Matthew 13: 54-58; Revelations chapters 9-10
2. In what way is UNBELIEF a more dangerous enemy to our Dream than the giants that we will face?
Wednesday, August 28th> 1 Samuel 17: 1-11; Revelations chapters 11-12
3. Why is it important that we ACKNOWLEDGE the fact that our GIANTS are REAL?
Thursday, August 29th> Psalm chapter 3; Revelations chapters 13-15
4. In addition to giants like "MONEYLESS" and "FEAR", what are some other giants that we cannot afford to run from or ignore?
Friday, August 30th> 1 Samuel 17: 20-37; Revelations chapters 16-17
5. No matter how big the giants are, how does the Dream Giver PREPARE us for battle through the trials we've ALREADY experienced?
Saturday, August 31st> 2 Corinthians 10: 4; 1 Samuel 17: 38-55; Revelations chapters 18-19
6. When The Lord tells us to "prepare for battle", what are some ADJUSTMENTS to our thinking might we need to make?
Sunday, September 1st> 2 Chronicles 20: 1-30; Revelations chapters 20-22
7. What roles do PRAYER, FASTING and FAITH play in the level to which we will be able to witness the MIRACLES The Lord has set in store for us?
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