Dr. Toni Alvarado - IMPACT Conference 2010
Sunday - AM
1 Samuel 17:1-11,26-27,45-47,50-51
The IMPACT Conference began yesterday, where we were reminded that God needs to displace people or things that currently possess what God is trying to get to you so that you can possess your land. But you need to realize that you can't get anything God wants you to have without fighting for them.
There will be giants you have to fight to get to your promises! Giants are those things that have the potential to stop you in your tracks, hinder your potential or keep you from reaching your destiny or your full capacity. Sometimes those giants are public, but most of us are walking around with private giants. Giants like fear, intimidation, envy, lust, depression, addictions, are giants that have to come down.
We have made some giants socially acceptable. If we as believers are going to have impact in our world, we have to slay our own giants first.
We also have status giants like finance. That is a major giant in the church, our culture & our families. Your educational level can be a giant! Careers, health, emotions, rejection, abuses, bitterness, the way we think (stinking thinking), we have all had to deal with giants like these. But in The Year of Acceleration, it's your time to say, "It's going to stop with me!"
Goliath taunted the Israelites twice a day for 40 days, so if what you are dealing with doesn't seem to be going away, chances are good it's a giant. Giants are by definition, very big. They are sent to aggrevate and annoy us. One of their sole purposes is to parade around like they are in charge. They provoke and anger you. They get at you with their words. What the army of Israel heard paralyzed them. Not what they saw, but what they heard. Both faith and fear come by hearing. Hear the Word and get faith. Listen to the devil and get fear!
What have you heard that has caused you to fear? Whose report will you believe? If you are going to defeat the giants in your life, you need to be aware of the giants you are listening to. Then, by faith, believe the report of the Lord! Combat any negative you have heard with the promises of God from His Word!
Goliath had a physical shield that was carried by his armour bearer. David had an inner shield of faith that protected him from fear.
Defeating Giants takes courage, discipline and strength. Even the faith of a mustard seed is a great start. What seems small in the natural is larger than your giant in the supernatural. Face your giants! Admit you are in trouble. Faith is not denial. Faith deals with the giant once we admit we have the giant!
- Who God said I am is bigger than my giants!
- What God said I can do is bigger than my giants!
- Where God said I can go is bigger than my giants!
- What God said I can have is bigger than my giants!
When Goliath fell, David used the giant's sword to cut off its head, ensuring permanent defeat. But he didn't take the corpse away with him. He walked away from that burden, to celebrate the victory! When the church begins slaying their giants, they will stop having church or going to church and start being the church!
In the Year of Acceleration, there is no room for excess baggage!
- Pastor Pam
CHALLENGE: Identify 3 giants that have been taunting you. Read this week's passages and ask God to increase your faith to face those giants in God's strength! Use the lessons from this week's word to defeat these giants and cut them off permanently.
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Awesome word. During our lifetime we pick up these giants (Fears, mindsets) that hinder us from being all that we could be. It's time to shift our thinking, focus it on God, and conquer everything that's holding us back. Let's make a conscious effort to slay our personal giants.
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