November 18, 2018

Acts 13:22

After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’

1 Samuel 13:13-14

“You have done a foolish thing, ” Samuel said. “You have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. But now your kingdom will not endure; the Lord has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the Lord’s command.”

1 Timothy 6:11-12

But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

2 Timothy 4:7-8

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day —and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

Christians will face many battles.  Some of these battles will be faced many times during our lives and at times we will have to fight many of them at the same time.

Last week we said that as we journey though the life of David, we will observe many of the struggles he faced and how he overcame them with God’s help.  In Part 1 we learned about 2 early battles that David faced and how we can face these battles too.

1. The battle of BELIEF
2. The battle of the DISBELIEF of other

This week we want to look at several more battles that we may face in our Christian Life

1. The battle of believing in yourself
2. The battle of doing what others expect
3. The battle of disdain
4. Goliath Battles-  huge obstacles that stand in our way that seem impossible to
5. The battle of Disappointment – when things change