Bloodlines Part 1 | Can You See You? with Chris Schlotterbeck

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Now let's hear the message. Now, before I jump

into this morning's talk as we kick off a new

series, I want to bring somebody out on stage

to encourage you. Now, I had no idea that this

person was going to be here, so I'm super excited

about it. In fact, in my opinion, this person

is one of the most influential communicators

in this area for our generation. So this was

a big surprise. So I'm going to try to welcome

him out. Can we give him an HTV welcome? Come

on. Come on. You don't want to. I think they

need a little more. Come on. Come on. Come on.

Oh, here they are. All right. Look at that. You

see you. There you go. Look at that. Does everybody

see themselves? Everyone's thinking, Chris, seriously?

Like, are you kidding me? Is that in anybody's

eyes? Oh, it is? I guess you really needed to

see it. Now, the funny thing about this is, remember

what I said. I want you to welcome one of the

most influential communicators and speakers of

our generation. And I grabbed that mirror and

I said, can you see you? So I want to ask you,

who talks to you more than you? Who influences

you more than you? Think about it. Who decides

where you go or where you won't? What you'll

eat and what you won't eat. What you post and

what you won't post more than you. You are an

influential communicator. You are a powerful

communicator. As a matter of fact, you're not

just one of the greatest communicators you've

ever heard. You're the greatest communicator

that you're always hearing. You are always hearing

a voice inside of you speaking to you about you.

So who are you talking to? See, I'm fully aware

that although I'm doing everything in my power

this morning to share God's truth with clarity

and precision, there's also another voice that

you hear. I'm fully aware of that fact. And what's

most important is not just what I'm saying to

you, it's what you're saying to you about you.

See, that voice is what is critical. That voice

is what is important. Because this morning I

could be saying to you, you're a masterpiece.

You could be thinking in your mind, well, I certainly

don't feel like one today because my life is

not beautiful and I'm certainly not beautiful.

I could be saying that God is going to use your

pain that you're currently going through for

a purpose to form you into the image of Jesus

and impact the lives of others. And you could

be thinking in your mind, then how come nothing's

changed, Chris? I shouldn't be going through

this anyway. See, it's the inner dialogue that

will always navigate the direction and trajectory

of your life. So who are you talking to? How

are you talking to you? I mean, just being honest

here, some of you would be offended and ready

to fight a person if they talk to you the way

that you talk to yourself. So what are you saying

to yourself? What is the inner voice communicating?

Because that's the voice that is most critical.

See, we have to realize negative self -talk is

like looking into a carnival house mirror. Right?

You know, the mirror that's all weird, out of

shape. It's real. But the reflection is all distorted.

You see yourself as bigger, smaller, weaker,

uglier, more broken than you really are. And

see, that's what happens when we listen to our

fears, our failures, our doubts, our insecurities

instead of God's truth. The enemy doesn't always

have to destroy you. He just has to distort how

you see yourself. You'll rarely rise above the

words you repeatedly speak of yourself. And I'm

convinced that life is little about the external

battles that we face every day and everything

about the internal conversation that we're having

with ourselves. So who are you talking to? That

brings us to our text today in 1 Samuel chapter

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17 as we kick off a new series called Bloodlines

for the month of October. And this month we'll

be discussing four different character studies

from the family line of Jesus. We'll be looking

at their faith, their failures, their victories,

and the choices that became a part of Jesus'

story that we are now a part of. Now some of

you, when you heard the text that I was sharing,

you're thinking, for real? I got up today for

David and Goliath? I would have slept in in this

rain. Yes, it's true. We'll be discussing David

and Goliath. It's a classic story. If you went

to Sunday school one time in your entire life,

you know David and Goliath. And perhaps that's

the problem. That's the problem. I think it's

our familiarity with this passage that actually

robs us of the revelation and the truth that's

in it. And I want us to look at David and Goliath

today through a new set of lens. Fresh eyes.

To see the vision that maybe there's something

deeper that God wants to speak to all of us.

See, I'm convinced that within this passage,

the fight, the battle, has little to do with

the fight and everything to do with the conversations

that happened before the fight. Who they were

talking to. We have made this passage about the

fight. between David and Goliath, but there's

so much more. I mean, think about it. The fight

can be summed up in four sentences. He hit him

with a rock. He fell down dead. He cut off his

head. Hallelujah. That's it. That's the whole

fight in four simple sentences. It's over. Church

is out. Let's go. So if that's it, then tell

me why there are 58 verses in 1 Samuel chapter

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17. It's all the talking. It's all the interaction.

It's the conversations. See, when we read about

Goliath, the first thing we notice, he's not

cutting off anyone's head. He's not even swinging

his sword. All he is doing is talking. And what

he is saying paralyzes the army with fear. So

this morning, I want to talk to you about five

critical conversations that David had before

he got to the fight. And I believe these truths

from these five conversations can apply to your

life and supernaturally and radically change

you and push you further in your relationship

with Jesus. Are you ready to do this? All right,

look at your neighbor, high five him and say,

this one's for you. This one's for you. So here

we go. We're jumping into our first conversation.

Humility isn't thinking less of yourself. It's

thinking of yourself. Less. 1 Samuel 17, jumping

in one day, Jesse said to David, take this basket

of roasted grain and these 10 loaves of bread.

Carry them quickly to your brothers. Give these

10 cuts of cheese to their captain. See how your

brothers are getting along and bring back a report

on how they are doing. So David left the sheep

with another shepherd and set out early the next

morning with the gifts as Jesse has directed

him. This is the first conversation David had

before the fight. You can call this conversation

door -dash dialogue. Right? It seems like a real

small request. No big deal. Just go deliver some

charcuterie board to your brothers. It's a small

thing. But how many even know it's a real big

thing? See, this is a profound conversation because

if David rejected this request from his father,

he would have never been positioned for the battle.

He would have never won the battle that he was

ordained to fight. It looks so small. It looks

so simple, but it's actually huge. And see, I've

personally learned that supernatural breakthrough

is packaged in small requests from God. Will

you be obedient? As I was reflecting on these

verses this week, God took me back to New Year's

Day 2010. Back on New Year's Day 2010, our community

of faith, which was a small community of faith

back then, probably 150 people, about 25 of us

gathered down at Riverbottom. January 1st, we

were giving away hot chocolate and coffee to

all the crazy people that were doing the polar

bear plunge. Right? I was sitting there serving,

you know, just giving away hot chocolate coffee

to people that were preparing to be frigid as

they jumped into that cold water. And then suddenly

I heard the voice of God say to me, hey, Chris,

you need to get in that water. And when I heard

that audible voice, I quickly said, get behind

me, Satan. And we all laughed, but that voice

kept coming back. You need to get in the water.

You need to get in the water. So then I quickly

began to realize if it keeps coming back, it

must not be Satan. It must be God. And as much

as I was fighting it because I despise cold water,

I quickly became obedient, grabbed a Batman costume,

threw it on from the October Fall Fest, ran and

jumped in the freezing cold water, and I was

cold. You say, Chris, why the Batman suit? Because

I was insecure, man. I wasn't getting in that

water, just me. And that was part of my problem.

See, for four years, I had been planning this

church, and I quickly realized that God was trying

to show me that I was more worried about what

people thought of me and what people thought

of the church than what God wanted to do through

me. And he had to humble me, and he had to break

me, and he had to say, hey, Chris, it doesn't

matter. It doesn't matter what people say. Will

you be obedient to me? And I quickly put on that

Batman suit and jumped in. Because see, quite

often the mountains that everybody wants God

to move generally require for us to take a step

of faith. And God wants to see how we steward

the little things. How do you steward the small

things that God gives you? Imagine if David would

have said no to his dad's request. Hey, take

this cheese, this bread to your brothers. What

if he would have said no? See, this was a critical

conversation, especially when you consider what

happened in 1 Samuel chapter 16 when we read

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this. The prophet Samuel came to Jesse's house

and said, I'm looking for the next king. Bring

me all your sons. In the same way, all seven

of Jesse's sons were presented to Samuel, but

Samuel said to Jesse, the Lord has not chosen

any of these. Then Samuel has to ask Jesse a

question that you shouldn't have to ask any father.

Are these all your sons? Oh yeah, there's the

youngest one that's out in the fields watching

the sheep and goats. Send for him at once. Notice

what Samuel says here. We will not sit down and

eat until he arrives. I mean, Samuel's the man.

He makes all seven of David's younger brothers

straight up stand in rejection until David arrives.

And think about how long it took David to get

from the fields to the house. They're just standing

there like, I just can't believe this is happening.

So Jesse sent for him. He was dark and handsome

with beautiful eyes. And the Lord said, this

is the one anoint him. See, this was a destiny

moment in David's life. Samuel anoints his king,

right? He knows he's going to be king. And then

he get a request from his father. Remember, he's

out in the fields and he gets another request.

And I wonder if David thought, all right, he's

going to apologize for not inviting me to meet

Samuel. He's going to say, I'm sorry. I'm sorry

I didn't believe you were worthy to be the next

king. But that's not what he says. He says, hey,

can you go serve your brothers some cheese and

some bread? And let's be honest, for you and

me, if we knew we were going to be the next king,

I believe for many of us, our response would

be, do you know who you're talking to? Do you

know I'm the next king of Israel? I mean, don't

you see the oil literally dripping off of my

beard? And you want me to deliver a door dash

order to my brothers? I'm the king. But David

doesn't say that. What does David say? He straight

up pulls a Chick -fil -A on us and he says, my

pleasure. If my father, that's funny right there.

If my father has a request for me, my pleasure.

Whatever my father wants me to do, it's my pleasure.

David was saying, I'm not too prideful to deliver

this cheese and this bread to my brothers, even

though I'm going to be the next king of Israel.

What is David teaching us in this conversation?

Church, we need to have a heart of humility.

So ask yourself, when God requests something

of you, is your response my pleasure? Or is it,

who are you talking to, God? You want me to serve

in church? I don't like to get up early. It's

my day off. You mean serve kids? What do you

mean? Hold a door, take out the trash, my pants

might get dirty. No wonder God can't move in

your life when we're so full of pride. And unfortunately,

here's the problem. Some people will never step

into their purpose, not because they can't knock

down a big giant named Goliath, but it's because

they can't knock down a big giant named pride.

And that's why Paul reminds us in Philippians,

don't be selfish, don't try to impress others.

Church, be humble. Think of others as better

than yourselves. Don't look out for your own

interests, but take an interest in others too.

Who have you taken an interest in this past week?

David is showing us that a heart of humility

when he tells his father, if this is what you

want me to do, it's my pleasure, I'll do it.

Even though I'm the next king of Israel and have

been anointed king, I will deliver this food

to my brothers. And look what happens when he

drops it off. He drops off the order to his brothers.

And after he drops it off, right at that moment,

it so happens that Goliath comes out and he starts

taunting the children of Israel like he'd been

doing for 40 days. And as soon as David sees

it, he's like, wait a minute. What's going on

here? Which leads us to our second conversation.

See, godly vision inspires victorious living.

Continuing in 1 Samuel, And isn't it interesting?

that David heard the exact same words that the

other soldiers heard, but he had a completely

different response. See, what caused the soldiers

to be stuck in fear caused David to rise up to

the moment. And when you've been talking to God

and are full of the Holy Spirit, you walk into

rooms differently. When you know who you are

and whose you are, I'm telling you, you respond

differently. And David was responding because

his ear was tuned in to what I call the frequency

of faith. When you are walking by faith and not

by sight, you respond differently than other

people. And David was like, wait a minute. This

is a problem. There's no way I'm going to let

this Philistine talk about my God that way. David

heard the same thing, but had a different response.

And when you're tuned in to God, And when you're

tuned in and all that God wants to do through

you, like David was, remember, what was David

doing? He was in the fields, right? He was a

shepherd. He was constantly communicating with

God, worshiping God, writing and recording Psalms.

He was in close connection. And that's why David

then turns to the soldiers and says this, 1 Samuel

17, 26 to 27, David asked the soldier standing

nearby, what will a man get for killing this

Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel?

Who is this pagan Philistine anyway that he's

allowed to defy the armies of the living God?

And these men gave David the same reply. They

said, yes, that is the reward for killing him.

And of course the reward was they would be seated

with the king. David hears Goliath talking and

his immediate response is, what is going to be

done for the man that defeats him? In other words,

David already sees himself defeating the giant.

He doesn't have... To just have a heart of humility.

See, he has a vision for victory. He wasn't stuck

in fear. He already sees himself defeating the

giant. So he goes, hey, I want to know what the

man gets for defeating the giant because I'm

that man. He knew it. I don't know who this is

for today, but God told me to tell you, you got

to have a godly vision for victorious living.

If you're struggling today, chances are your

vision is too small. And for many of you here

today, facing giants, you're being defeated by

the giant because you can't see the victory on

the other side. David already saw it. The soldiers,

they were focused on something else. In fact,

the writer in 1 Samuel, he goes into great detail

explaining Goliath's helmet, his armor, and his

shield. And the reason he goes into great detail

is because he's trying to show us what the soldiers

have been focusing on. They've been focusing

on fear. Goliath the Bible tells us was covered

from head to toe in bronze scales. That was his

armor. You know what else is covered in scales?

A serpent. And in Hebrew the word bronze references

a poisonous snake. See the author doesn't want

us just to see a small guy versus a big guy.

They want us to realize that daily, church, we

are staring down an enemy, a serpent that wants

to steal, kill, and destroy. We have to realize

whatever we focus on the most, that's what's

going to grow in our life. And David says, I

don't care about his shield, his sword, or his

armor. I just know one thing, that the God I

serve is able to take him down so he saw himself

winning the battle. He had a vision for victory.

Can I ask you something? Do you see yourself

winning? When you gather in worship, do you extend

your arms and say, yes, God, I'm winning. I worship

you. Do you see your marriage being restored?

Do you see your children coming back to God?

Do you see it? Because if you don't see it, it's

going to be hard to step into it. Proverbs 20,

19, where there is no vision, the people perish.

You've got to have a vision for victory. And

church, ever since 2010, when I jumped into that

water, God has been doing miracles in our community

of faith. 20 years ago, we planted this church,

right? And we've seen the miraculous and the

supernatural happen time and time and time again.

We've seen thousands baptized in the name of

the Father and the Son of the Holy Spirit. We

broke ground on a building at the height of COVID

when everyone told me it was stupid and you shouldn't

do it. In 2025, we were out of parking and we

began to pray for land. And guess what? God moved

a mountain and we got land. We're out of space

in our building. God provided a way and we now

have a balcony. The point is, God is getting

our attention. He's on the move in our community

of faith. He's working in people's lives. And

he desires for all of us to grab a hold of a

vision to reach people. who are broken and forgotten,

need hope. And our heart needs to break for them

so that we can begin to live victorious lives.

If you're not living a victorious life, chances

are your vision's too small. And I want to remind

you tonight, I'm doing a four -week class, six

o 'clock every Sunday night in October called

Naturally Supernatural. And the theme for tonight

as I kick off this four -week teaching class

is the vision of Jesus. So if you need some renewed

vision, show up tonight at six, your life will

be radically changed. Even beyond what God's

gonna do in your life this morning. Because in

your mind right now, some of you are thinking,

well, wait a minute. I'm struggling financially.

My marriage is on the rocks. My job is meaningless.

My children are struggling. There's all these

giants around me, Chris. How do I get this vision?

Well, you gotta realize you're a son or daughter

of the king. And because you're a son or daughter

of the king, you're an heir, Romans 8. For his

spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we

are God's children. And since we are his children,

we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ,

we are heirs to God's glory. But if we share

his glory, we also must share his suffering.

Yes, Jesus told us there's going to be trouble.

But if you're in a relationship with Jesus, you're

God's heir. That means you are rightfully entitled

to receive an inheritance, a position, a promise

from God. And the Bible says this about your

life. You're more than a conqueror. Which means

when we experience an overwhelming sense of fear

and doubt when faced with a giant, we can also

experience overwhelming victory, not merely surviving

trials or giants, but defeating them. And it

signifies that through God's love, hardships

are transformed into purpose, making believers

victors over fear, sin, death, doubt, anxiety,

rather than being a victim. It's time to change

our outlook. Let's get a godly vision that leads

us to victorious living, which leads us to our

third conversation. Church, you need to identify

the real enemy. Continuing in 1 Samuel 17, but

when David's oldest brother Eliab heard David

talking to the men, he was angry. What are you

doing around here anyway, he demanded. What about

those few sheep you're supposed to be taking

care of? I know about your pride and deceit.

You just want to see the battle. What have I

done now? David replied, I was only asking a

question. And you know Eliab is speaking bad

when he's talking about how little David's sheep

are, right? Who cares about your little sheep

in the field? Have you ever had somebody just

disqualify you from something because you're

just little, unimportant, insignificant? Where

have you left those little sheep? Eliab's angry

with David. And then he blames him, accuses him

of being prideful. I know the pride in your heart.

You just came here to see the battle. And it's

amazing what David says back to him. He says,

man, what have I done now? In other words, this

isn't the first time that Eliab had done this.

And I love the Bible because the Bible gives

us clues as to why Eliab was jealous. Don't forget,

when Samuel came to anoint the next king, Guess

who the first person he looked at was? 1 Samuel

16, when they arrived, Samuel took one look at

Eliab and thought, he's the Lord's anointed.

But the Lord said to Samuel, don't judge by his

appearance or height, for I've rejected him.

The Lord doesn't see the things the way you see

them. People judge by outward appearance, but

the Lord looks at the heart. And we have to realize

when someone that is close to us speaks words

of negativity and death over us, it can stay

with us for a lifetime. When we hear words like,

you'll always be a loser. You're such a disappointment.

You're drunk and will always be a drunk. Right?

Those words can destroy us. And that's the thief's

purpose. That's the serpent's purpose is to steal,

kill, and destroy. And when death has spoken

over us, we have to respond like David responded.

What did he do? Did he fight back? Did he make

a post? He just turned away. He just turned his

back on Iliam. And he's proving that he identified

his real enemy. See, he understands his brother,

Iliab. It's not his real enemy. The enemy was

the giant behind Iliab. You know, the giant,

the snake, the serpent that uses other people

to attack us. David just turned his back because

he knew his real enemy. And hear me, this is

important. Church, we have to identify the real

enemy. And let me remind you, another Jesus follower

is not your enemy. 1 John 4, 20, if someone says,

I love God, but hates a fellow believer, that

person is a liar. For we do not love people.

For if we do not love people, we can see. How

can we love God whom we cannot see? See, there's

a bigger devil to fight. And I pray, it's my

prayer that the church would wake up, the church,

big C church, and stop fighting each other and

pointing fingers at each other and wasting all

their energy towards fighting an enemy that isn't

real. The enemy is trying to steal, kill, and

destroy. And if we would focus all our efforts

on tearing him down, then change would happen.

David would have missed his destiny if he would

have grabbed his sling and five stones and began

to swing him at his brother. Because that fight

would have taken him out of the fight that he

was supposed to have with Goliath, which leads

us to our fourth conversation. God's armor is

your advantage in this battle. 1 Samuel 17, continue.

Don't worry about this Philistine, David told

Saul. I'll go fight him. Don't be ridiculous,

Saul replied. There's no way you can fight this

Philistine and possibly win. You're only a boy.

He's been a man of war since his youth. And it's

so funny here. Have you ever had somebody project

their own fears onto you? Right? It happens every

day. Just because they were scared to do it,

now they want to try to tell us how we can't

do it. Saul, he starts giving David a history

of Goliath. He's been killing people since he

was young. And that's what the enemy will do.

He'll start giving you a history of the giants

in your family's history and the things that

have taken other people out. You'll never be

successful. You didn't even graduate from college.

How can you be a good father? You never even

saw a good example. You can't defeat alcoholism.

Do you know how many people in your family it's

taken out? Saul starts giving him a history of

Goliath. But David, because he knew who he had

been talking to, he had a history with God. His

relationship was based on Jesus, which was his

first priority. And David's saying, well, I got

a history with God. And that's all that matters.

Continuing in 1 Samuel 17, David persisted. I've

been taking care of my father's sheep and goats,

he said. When a lion or a bear comes to steal

a lamb from the flock, I go after it with a club

and rescue the lamb from its mouth. And if the

animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and

club it to death. I've done this to both lions

and bears, and I'll do it to this pagan Philistine

too, who has defied the armies of the living

God. The Lord who rescued me from the claws of

the lion and the bear will rescue me from this

Philistine. And finally, Saul consented. All

right, go ahead, he said, and may the Lord be

with you. David had history with God. He said,

I'm convinced the same God that helped me defeat

the lions and the bears in those battles will

help me defeat this giant. And Saul sends him

out. And as he sends him out, though, he pauses

and he says, oh, wait, wait, wait. You should

put on my armor. Go out there and fight this

giant with my armor. And just imagine for a second,

put yourself in David's shoes. David's life has

been spent in the fields. Right? All he knew

was animals. And now he's standing in front of

the king. And the king literally puts his armor

on David. It's the equivalent of me walking in

to the Ravens locker room today. And Lamar taking

his jersey off and putting it on me. And saying,

lead us to victory. Just like I did against the

Cowboys last week. Just kidding. And we laugh.

Right? We laugh. But that's the equivalent. I

mean, David probably looked in the mirror and

it's just like glowing. I've never seen armor

like this. I've never fought a giant like this.

I've never had a bigger battle. Maybe I need

to try this armor. But let's continue. David

put it on, strapped his sword over it, and took

a step or two to see what it was like, for he

had never worn such things before. I can't go

in these, he protested to Saul. I'm not used

to them. So David took them off again. He picked

up five smooth stones from a stream and put them

into a shepherd's bag, then armed only with a

shepherd's staff and sling, he started across

the valley to fight the Philistine. See, church,

here's the truth that we all need to understand.

We can't grab our own weapons until we stop trying

to be someone else. We have to stop trying to

be someone else because God has given each and

every one of us weapons and giftings and talents,

but so many people, they want to be someone else.

And listen, I'm a horrible Stephen Furtick. I'm

not a real good John Wimber, but I'm the best

Chris Schlatterbeck you've ever seen in your

life because I'm the only one, right? And anytime

I get in a battle, I gotta use my weapons, right?

I can't use your weapons. I gotta use my weapons.

And somebody, what weapons do I have? Well, Ephesians

6 says, be strong in the Lord and his mighty

power, put on all of God's. Armor so you can

stand firm against strategies of the devil. You're

not fighting against flesh and blood enemies,

but against evil rulers and authorities in the

unseen world, against mighty powers in the dark

world, and against evil spirits in heavenly places.

Church, put on every piece of God's armor. Then

after the battle, you'll be able to stand firm.

And I want to challenge you. Are you prioritizing

your relationship with Jesus? Because if you're

not, then you have no armor. You're walking through

life bare and weak, and it's got to become a

part of who we are, which leads us to our fifth

and final conversation. There was power in the

name. Use it. Continuing in 1 Samuel 17, Goliath

walked out toward David with a shield bare ahead

of him, sneering in contempt at this rudy -faced

boy. Am I the dog he roared at David that you

come at me with a stick? And he cursed David

by the names of his How many of you know the

enemy loves to mock you? Right? His native language

is lying. And if he had a second language, it

would be mocking. And David is feeling the mocking

of the giant. Come over here. I'll give your

flesh to the birds and wild animals. Goliath

yelled. David replied to the Philistine, you

come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but

I come at you in the name of the Lord of heaven's

armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom

you have defied. And David says to him, And this

is the conversation. This is the conversation

that many of you need to hear today. You come

at me with sword and spear, but I come at you

in the name of the Lord God Almighty. Then he

threw the rock, which got me thinking this week.

Did David throw a rock? Or did David throw a

name? Because it makes sense to say, you come

at me with sword and spear. I come at you with

my slingshot. But he doesn't say slingshot. He

said, I come at you in the name of the Lord God

Almighty. He threw the rock. So did he throw

a name or did he throw a rock? Some people would

just say it was a rock. And there's actually

some scientists that's really amazing, believe

it or not, who look at scripture through a scientific

lens and many of them debate the truthfulness

of this story. In fact, they say it's false.

They say there's no possible way that a boy could

have killed a giant with a rock and they have

a whole report that you can find for yourself.

on how it's impossible. Listen to some of the

aspects of the report. They said to David, with

the rock the size of a baseball and with the

slingshot, the fast that he could have released

it would have been with the trajectory of about

90 miles per hour. That's pretty fast. And if

you take a projectile going 90 miles per hour

and use Newton's second law of motion and take

into effect coefficient of restitution, a projectile

at that size at 90 miles per hour would generate

about 3 ,000 pounds of force. as it was released.

That is, if it was traveling the distance of

a pitcher to whom played, which is 60 feet, 6

inches. But since Goliath is at least twice the

distance, one also has to take into effect the

drag of the distance of the ball that's working

against the velocity of the force. Therefore,

since he's further away, what was generally related

at 3 ,000 pounds now has been reduced itself

arguably to 1 ,000 pounds because of the distance.

That is, if David is throwing it straight. The

problem is Goliath is taller than David, which

means the angle of the projectile from which

he launched it had to be at least 45 degrees,

which means that now the rock is working against

gravity, which has also reduced the force that

the rock has been released. So what was 3 ,000

pounds of force has now been arguably reduced

to about 500 pounds of force. But you must remember,

there's an armor bearer who stands in front of

Goliath. who would have lifted the shield to

take the projectile off course, which would have

reduced the force to at least 50 pounds and taken

it off course to the direction headed toward

Goliath's head. But if David could throw it,

and if it did work against the drag, if it did

counter the weight, and if it did go against

the coefficient of restitution, if it was not

off course and still aimed at Goliath's head,

Goliath is wearing a helmet. And the projectile

that started with 3 ,000 pounds of force ended

up hitting the bronze helmet with only 50 pounds

of force, and that's not enough to kill a giant.

So, how can a young boy with one rock, working

against gravity, working against Newton's law

of motion, working against the coefficient of

restitution, working against their drag, being

deflected by an armor -bearer, hitting a bronze

helmet, how could he kill a giant? And I came

to tell you and all the scientists. He didn't

just throw a rock. He also threw a name. And

there's power in that name. So whatever you're

facing today, don't just practice humility. Don't

just have a vision of victory. Don't just know

your enemy or put on God's armor. You need to

have a name that you throw, a name that is higher

than every other name. And you better throw that

name against fear. And you better throw that

name against worry and anxiety and doubt. And

you better throw that name against your giant,

just as David did. 1 Samuel 17. Goliath moved

closer to the attack and David quickly ran out

to meet him, reaching into the shepherd's bag

and taking out a stone. He hold it with a sling

and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone

sank in and Goliath stumbled and fell face down

on the ground. See, long before David had this

confrontation, there were conversations that

preceded this confrontation. But when ultimately

it got down to it, he knew the power that was

above every other name. And Philippians tells

us that God elevated him to the place of highest

honor and gave him authority that the name above

every other name, at the name of Jesus, every

knee will bow in heaven, on earth, and under

the earth. And if you call on that name today,

no matter what you are facing, what you are going

through, he's able to save you. He's able to

heal you and he's able to deliver you. And how

do I know that? Let's go to the New Testament.

Peter said, I don't have any silver or gold for

you, but I'll give you what I have in the name

of Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Get up and walk.

And my challenge to you today is this. Get up

and walk in abundance. Get up. Come on, stand

up. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up and walk in.

Abundance. Now, humor me by a show of hands.

Who's going through a battle or facing a giant

right now? Put them up. Put them up real high.

You're facing a giant right now. Okay, keep them

up. All right, church, you see everybody? Men

with men, women with women. We're not praying

until you get with someone. Let's go. Keep your

hands up until someone puts a hand on their shoulder.

Thank you. Come on, let's go. Move. Walk in abundance.

When someone puts their hand on your shoulder,

put your hand down. I got a gentleman back here.

I got two gentlemen back here. Let's go. Move.

I got a gentleman over here. I got a bunch of

gentlemen. Come on, gentlemen. I got a gentleman.

You got Bill? All right, put your hand down,

Bill. You're confusing me. Thank you. I got a

lady here that needs prayer. Thank you. Is everyone

covered? I need a lady over here on my right.

Somebody, please, lady. Lady? Somebody? You got

her? Right here on my right. Thank you. Right

here on my right. It's Angela. Anybody else?

We got it? Over here. Over here. Is it a lady?

I need a lady over here on my left. Somebody.

Got it? All right. Thank you. All right. Here

we go. Holy Spirit, come. Now, if you're getting

prayer, I want you to start speaking the name

of Jesus. Because there's power in that name.

So speak to that giant in Jesus' name. We speak

against the mountains, the giants that each person

is facing today. Radically change lives, God.

May there be testimonies from this Sunday morning

of radical life change that inspires others to

not only want to pursue you, Jesus, but to continue

to do the stuff. We're grateful, God, for how

you move in this place, that this is a house

of miracles, God. And we pray that those giants

are torn down in Jesus' name. We speak hope,

meaning, purpose, and love into each and every

heart. In Jesus' name, and we said together,

amen. Amen. All right. Now, this is the first

Sunday of the month. We're going to share in

communion. So if you need an element, quietly,

we're not done. If you need an element, put one

hand up. Trinity's coming around. People are

coming around. Just keep your hand up. We'll

make sure you get it. One hand up so we can get

you the element. Thank you. Now, some of you

are thinking, well, Chris, what's communion have

to do with this talk? This has everything to

do with this talk because communion, the broken

body and the shed blood is what gives us the

name above every other name. That if Jesus wouldn't

have died on the cross, we wouldn't then have

the Holy Spirit living inside of us so that we

can overcome and tear down giants. Amen? So that's

why I remind you every time we share communion

together, there's power in communion. Because

Jesus told us, he said, church, remember my broken

body. Remember my shed blood. Search your heart

and make it right so that you can then walk in

abundance. So in the night he was betrayed, Jesus

took bread. He broke it. He gave it to his disciples

and said, take, eat. This is my body, which is

broken for you and do it in remembrance of me.

Let's eat. Likewise, after supper, he took a

cup of wine, said, this is my blood, which is

shed for you and for many for the forgiveness

of sins. And when you drink it, do it in remembrance

of me. Hold on. Search our hearts, God. Reveal

to us any pride, any sin, any judgment, any unforgiveness

in our heart, God. Reveal to us, reveal it to

us, God, so we can get right with you. Forgive

us, God, for not walking in obedience to you.

God, restore. my relationship with you. In Jesus'

name, let's drink. God, I'm grateful for this

community of faith. I'm grateful for the life

change we experienced today. Before we go, I

have several words of knowledge I want to share

with you. Stay in a sense of prayer. If you're

here and you're struggling with anger, you have

pain on the outer side of your left hip, possibly

need hip replacement surgery. You have a right

shin that's fractured. The inner side of your

left foot is painful. You have migraines so bad

that you can't see straight. You're experiencing

pain just below your left knee. You're struggling

with itchy and watery eyes that makes it hard

to see. You have a skin situation on your hand

that's making your skin white like dandruff.

So if any of those are you, our prayer team will

be on my left and my right to pray for those

needs. But before we go, before we go, I want

to pray a simple prayer like I pray every single

week because here's the reality. You can't defeat

any giant or go anywhere in your life without

a relationship with Jesus. And if you're here

this morning, no matter what brought you here,

a van, a car, a family, or a friend, and you're

not in a relationship with God, this is your

opportunity. This is your opportunity to tear

down any giant in your life because you'll then

have the power of God living inside of you. Amen?

Let's pray. Jesus, I'm broken. I'm full of doubt,

shame, regret, sin. Change me. Forgive me. I

believe you're God's son. I believe you died

for me. I believe you're alive today. Make me

new. Set me free. Fill me with your spirit. Help

me, God, to serve others. In Jesus' name, amen.

So if you prayed that prayer for the first time,

listen, see me, see Rudy, go to the Welcome Hub,

do something. Today is Start With Why directly

after this service. If you're new and want to

learn about our church, I'd love to meet with

you. Go to the Welcome Hub. This is going to

be a great series. God bless you guys. I'm going

there. Let me get to the door. Love you.