B. Goliath Must Fall

Goliath Must Fall

Highlights

Wanting to steer toward great outcomes is noble. But trying to control the world is disastrous. In time, controllers crack under the reality that none of us are in control. — location: 396

Whatever giant we’re battling might be big—but it’s not bigger — location: 528

than Jesus. — location: 528

The message of this book is that God extends his grace and favor toward us to allow us to experience his supernatural power. It’s about us agreeing with him and letting his Holy Spirit work in our lives to put us on right paths, right ways of thinking and living. — location: 588

Jesus is David in the story of David and Goliath. Jesus is the giant killer. — location: 609

Jesus fights the battles for us. Jesus stares down the face of impossible odds. Jesus takes up his sling. Jesus selects five smooth stones. Jesus takes aim at the giant. The giant falls because of the work of Jesus. — location: 611

God wanted victory to come simply because one young man trusted in him. — location: 624

Worship is simply a shift of attention that allows us to see God better. Worship is like corrective lenses for our souls, bringing God clearer into view. That’s important for all of us, especially when life goes off the rails. Worship puts God in focus. When the Almighty is in view, our giant’s power over our thinking begins to flicker and fade. — location: 629

Jesus died one time—for all time. Jesus never needs to go to another cross. Period. The work of defeating death and all hell’s power is finished. Completed. — location: 740

We’re all in need of a real Savior—even Christians. — location: 802

If we truly want to change, then we need to understand our dependency on the all-sufficiency of Jesus Christ. Our change is more about trusting and less about trying. — location: 806

See, whenever a problem is concealed, it finds power in the darkness. But when a problem is confessed, it loses that power. Confession brings the light of Christ to shine upon that problem. — location: 882

Victory starts with changing our minds and believing that Jesus fought once and for all, and our giant has fallen. — location: 922

God’s intrinsic worth cannot be changed. But the way we reflect God’s glory gets diminished. — location: 972

The antidote to fear is faith, and the soundtrack of faith is worship. — location: 1025

We gather each Sunday and lift up powerful anthems of worship to our God. That’s our war cry. We position ourselves for battle. We claim the victory. We might even shout down the Devil. But then that’s as far as we ever get. When the Sunday service is over, the same giant — location: 1076

steps up and defies the power of God to keep us and save us and transform us. — location: 1078

When we see and hear God in and through his Word, the Word allows us to hear that Jesus is — location: 1098

enough and to see that God is bigger. — location: 1099

The people around him still needed to unwrap his grave clothes. The layers may need to come off you as well. — location: 1141

Our body knows we need to refresh our memory banks to alleviate fear. That’s exactly how God’s Word works. As we soak and meditate on his words, we replace in our brain what we are afraid of. — location: 1160

When Jesus is in view, worship can flow unobstructed from our mouths. A song of praise can be on our lips. Seeing Jesus makes our hearts glad and restores rest. And seeing Jesus causes us to sing. — location: 1219

You are worth Jesus to God. — location: 1289

If we live for people’s approval, we will die by their rejection. — location: 1382

It’s not about us gathering our slings and stones and going down to kill the giant of rejection ourselves. No, God is going to do that for us. He chooses the weak things to confound the strong, the simple things to upend the wise. — location: 1408

The only thing that will help us move past the giant of rejection is to immerse ourselves in the acceptance of Christ. We need to arrive at the battle already feeling accepted. — location: 1485

Our worth isn’t wrapped up in what we achieve and accomplish, although we always seek to do our best. Our net worth is forever anchored in the fact that Jesus was given for us. — location: 1543

You are worth Jesus to God. — location: 1546

We live from his acceptance, not for the acceptance of others. — location: 1551

God wasn’t calling us to be comfortable. He was calling us to be faithful. — location: 1648

Jesus took time off, but he didn’t come to earth to relax. He came for a specific mission and he left us with one as well. — location: 1662

Faith thrives in holy discomfort. — location: 1710

We — location: 1740

are failing to let the victory of Christ into our lives in the fullest way, because we aren’t willing to step away from our sense of control, our ample supply, or our sense of material comfort. — location: 1740

If our only motivation for taking down a giant is our freedom, then we won’t have all the motivation that’s needed. God’s glory is also the motivation for us to walk in victory over the giants in our lives. Our freedom and God’s glory are forever intertwined, and if we forget about the glory of God, then we won’t be willing to pay the price of whatever step it is that God’s asking us to take. — location: 1789

Jesus had the full rights and full nature and essence of God, yet he stepped out of heaven and came to earth. He humbled himself and became a man. He took the nature of a servant. — location: 1801

Jesus stepped out of his comfort zone so we could step out of ours

Why did Jesus ultimately take this step? For our well-being? No. For the glory of God. Why did Jesus empty himself? Because he loved us? No. It was ultimately for the glory of God. — location: 1806

Purposeful, meaningful, lasting life is the by-product of — location: 1813

walking closely with the Father, Son, and Spirit. — location: 1814

(John 9:4 NLT). — location: 1818

My friend Andy Stanley reminds us that we don’t end up where we hope to end up. Our lives ultimately end up wherever our path is headed right now. So we have to be diligent about who and what we align ourselves with. — location: 1819

We begin to listen by worshipping God. When we breathe in worship, we know — location: 1889

and feel that life is short and God is big. Our hearts are emboldened. We are ready to move into action. — location: 1890

(Ephesians 2:10). — location: 1905

A whole nation was made free because of the faith of one person. — location: 1908

God will accomplish his plans one way or another, yet God is inviting you to be part of his plans. — location: 1910

The key to real, lasting change in our spiritual life is consistently filling ourselves up with faith. — location: 2148

We believe what God — location: 2156

did for us is greater than what anyone could do against us. — location: 2156

Our freedom comes from anchoring our hope in the fact that our great God defends us and rights all wrongs. — location: 2249

We are able because God is able. — location: 2361

Our pattern is this: vulnerability makes us feel weak; and weakness makes us try to cover up and cope; and when we try to cover up and cope, we run to an addiction. — location: 2459