David killed Goliath before using his sling and stone

In this powerful word, Prophet Derrick reveals a truth hidden in one of the most famous battles in Scripture. Before David ever picked up a stone, he had already won the battle.

🔥 What if victory begins long before the battle is fought?

This message will challenge how you face giants, opposition, and impossible situations Hear and be Blessed.

Transcript

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Thank you for tuning in to Pursue Him Podcast. We are committed to serve you with the now word of God that will inspire and encourage you to be a God chaser. Help us reach out to many by subscribing, sharing, and leaving a review for us on your favorite listening app. This is Sam, your host, and this is an excerpt from our recent word ministered by Pastor Derek. Let's dive in.

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And we thank God for this time. We thank God for this encounter. We thank God for his presence. I want you to take two minutes to thank God that Satan is defeated in your life. I want you to thank him in advance that you're gonna receive a revelation that's gonna bless you, it's gonna carry you, and the dreams that God has put in your heart shall not be abandoned. If that is you, I want you to thank Jesus right now. Hallelujah, hallelujah. Oh, we give you glory, we give you glory, Lord. We give you glory, we give you glory. There's no one like Jesus, hallelujah, Father. We just thank you for your people, we thank you for their excitement, we thank you that they are students of the Word. Thank you, God, for every good and perfect gift comes from you. Dada, we love you, we praise you, Holy Spirit. We thank you that you'll never leave nor forsake us. And we thank you your presence is here and right now with us. Can you shout an amen? Hallelujah. If you know somebody is missing, invite them, ping them. You should not miss this. You know, I had no idea it was gonna come, but uh we arranged this call in such a hurry because it was such a hurry that you get some ammunition in your hand as you move into your new season. So I hope you're excited. I hope that you are hungry, and I hope that this weapon in your hand will give you success and expose the lies of the enemy. Hallelujah, amen, amen.

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Thank you, Father.

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So I was thinking and I was uh praying today. How many of you enjoyed uh yesterday? Did you try out what you learned? Did it help you? Did you break your prayer time in smaller portions? That's very important because as you obey the voice of God, as you hear what God is bringing to you, and you put it into practice, it remains for your for you. And you'll begin to see the results. Amen. So those of you who have practiced it, I'm very sure you would have received from it. Please write in to us, tell us how your prayer time changed by implementing something that uh you learned on this uh Zoom call that will really bless us. Your testimonies are very important as you will learn today. So today uh I was just having a conversation with one of my sons, and I was talking to him, and I realized after I spoke to him that the Lord wanted me to share that with you as well. So, are you excited that you are the beloved children who are gonna receive something that's really gonna bless you? Holy Spirit, we give you this time in Jesus' mighty name. So I was speaking to him about David, as you know, this whole month is gonna be about David, and uh, how many of you remember about David and Goliath? I'm very sure most of you will never forget that story. But can we look at it again? Okay, so I'll ask somebody to read. If you can just read a few verses, I don't want to go into the whole story because uh you already would know it, but it's found in the book of Samuel, and uh if you can get the verse where David is on the battlefield with Goliath and he begins to talk to Goliath. Okay, if you can get me that verse, and we'll just quickly read that and I'll make a few points and I'll be out of your way, okay?

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Thanks.

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Okay.

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So verse 43. So the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field. Then David said to Philistine, You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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I want you to make careful note. We want you to read it again. Use some good articulation and read it for our people. And if you have a Bible, I want you to read it along with Sam.

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Verse 45. Then David said to Philistine, You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you and take your head from you, and this day I will give your carcass of the camp, carcasses of the camp of the Philistine to the birds of the air and wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. Then all the assembly, then all this assembly shall know that Lord does not save with sword or spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into your hands. And he'll give uh give you into your hands. Okay. So it was, verse 48. When Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, then that David hurried and ran towards the army to meet the Philistine. Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone, and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his fore in his into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. So David prevailed over Philistine with a sling and a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him, but there was no sword in the hand of David. Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of his sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. Now verse 52. Now the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistine as far as the entrance of the valley and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell along the road to Sharam, even as far as Gath and Ekron.

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Okay. Okay, that's enough. So how many of you read the Philistines' response? Can you just start with the Philistine's response?

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Verse 43. So the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said, Come to me, and I'll give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the fleet.

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So I want you to understand something here today. We have a Goliath. How many of you have Goliaths in your life that you need to finish off? Now this Goliath may not be just a problem, it may not be uh addiction, it may be also your destiny. There could be Goliath standing in the way of your destiny. How many of you know that? And in this season, God is promising us something amazing through this story. Are you with me? Okay, so follow with me very carefully. I'm gonna make some points which I need you to understand. So we have the Philistine challenging David, and he's obviously cursing and swearing. Because why? Because he saw a young boy coming to fight him. Now remember this, he's expecting a warrior. Remember what Saul said to him. Saul said to him, Son, you are a youth, he is a man of war from youth. You are a youth. It's like one of us going to fight a warrior who's been a warrior from youth, and he's Saul is telling him, Okay, not the Philistine, your own king is telling you, you don't match up. You are a youth, but this guy has been a man of war from his youth. Are you with me? This is somewhat most of our condition today. This is what the world tells you. You can't do it, you are just small, you are here staying local, no connections, nothing. Who's ever going to you know, ever believe that you're going to do anything? So I want you to know that this year is your year of Goliath coming down. And I want you to follow this very carefully because if you apply it, that's where the secret is. So we are seeing David already being measured by a king, and he's being told you're just a youth, but the one you're fighting is a man of war from his youth. Yet you see, when David comes on the battleground, the enemy begins to curse him. Why? He's intimidating him because not because of his size. The enemy knows deep down that the oil is on this young boy. Okay? But the enemy cannot go and tell him, Oh my god, anointed, chosen of the Lord. We remember Samuel anointed you, come kill me. What is he going to do? He's going to intimidate you, he's going to accuse you, he's going to put you down, and he's going to tell you, you are so feeble, you're so weak. There's nothing that you can ever do that's going to bring me down. I am the one who took down your father, your mother, I enslaved you in poverty. You will never come out of this hole that you are in. Not because he doesn't know that the oil is on you. But this is the way demons react. So they intimidate you so you can become one of Saul's army. But I'm speaking to men and women in David's army. Are you there? Are you that one? Are you that? So this is the story right now. But then David does something extraordinary. I want you to, I want us to read what David said. Okay? You can read in your Bible. He turned around and he said something. He said, You come to me with what? Spear and sword, but I come to you in the name of the Lord. Correct? And what else does he say?

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Verse 45. David said to Philistine, You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of armies of Israel, whom you have.

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I come with you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel. Go on. Whom you have defiled. So immediately he doesn't make it a personal confrontation. Are you listening? He didn't make it your come. I'm fighting you. He is put it straight that you have attacked God. Point number one: to bring your Goliath down, you never go and fight him on what you have done. You basically go and say you're fighting God, the God of the armies of Israel, the God of the armies of your name. Hallelujah. Your stream's name, your father's name. Amen. You're fighting. Because remember, your father has overcome something. That's why Elisha said, Where is the God of my father? That means if he did it and I'm his son, I shall inherit what he has done. I don't need to go through what I have to go through on my own ability because I have a father who has already gained victory. So I come in his name. I come in the name of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Okay? Go on. What does he say?

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Verse 46. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand.

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This day I will the Lord will deliver you into my hand. Please follow this, okay?

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And I will strike you and take your head from you. I will strike you and take your head from you. Okay? And this day I will give the carcasses of the camp of the Philistine to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth.

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So I want you to see, not only did he tell him, You came with sword, spear, javelin. I come in the name of the Lord of the armies of Israel whom you have challenged. This day I will cut off your head, and we shall also he challenged all the armies of the Philistines, right? Not only did he challenge him, he said, We are going to give all your armies to the fowls of the air. Are you with me? Yes. Okay. So just make a point. He didn't challenge just Goliath, he challenged the armies, and he already gave an outcome. Are you with me? He's not petitioning, he's giving an outcome. Why is all this important? Did he say anything else after this?

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That you may know that there is a God in Israel.

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Oh my god, thank you. That you may know there's a God in Israel.

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And that's it. That then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give it, give you into your hands.

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Now I want you to please follow with me. Okay, now that you don't know the story. This is what the Lord told me, which I want to tell you. Before the David ever released a stone from his sling, he released words from his mouth. I want you to see this. Make a note. Before Goliath ever felt the stone, he had to hear David's theology. Before Satan can ever be defeated, you will have to explain yourself. That means you will have to make some declarations of faith which you have received from your encounters, your prayer time, deep convictions, meditations of your heart, that revelations that you have got from the Lord, you will need to declare it because I want you to see it was not just the stone that killed Goliath or the slain, it was the words that came out of David's mouth that put Goliath in his coffin. And most people look at the technicality. What is the technicality? Technicality is the skill, but it was not just the skill. Do you know? Even if he had to miss, God would have made that stone hit him. You know why? It's because the words that are released, the faithful words that are released before you bring down a Goliath is the actual thing that will bring down Goliath. Do you know many people go with a sling and stone and attack Goliath and they die? They suffer, they break down, and then they wonder why did God not work? I'm giving you a secret. Before you bring down a Goliath, you should have already a revelation. There has to be a declaration in your mouth. Child of God, this is so important because if you don't get it, this is where you start looking at your your own bank balance, your own skills, your own degrees, your own abilities, your own you know lineage, what your father and mother have have ever done in their life. But God is giving us a secret today. It is not what you have that brings down a giant, it's your prayer closet that gives you faithful declarations that have come through your secret place. So when you don't have a declaration, you're as good as anyone in Saul's army because all of them had the skill, they had the sword, the spear, but none of them could lift up the spear or the sword in the day of battle. So what makes you a winner in the day of battle is your faithful declaration. If I asked you, what faithful declaration do you have in this month that God has spoken to you that you know? Because it is not what you don't have that you need from God, you know, physically what I'm talking about. So say you want to get something from God, a house, a law, a I mean, a house, a car, you want a certain career shift, you want to do certain things in your it is not what you don't have, because what you don't have is not to be worried about. You can get faithful declarations in your personal prayer time with God that will, when you speak them, Goliath will have to fall because it is not the sling or the stone, it was faithful words that were released from David's mouth. That's the deciding factor for Israel that day. Did you get that point? So just think how many times you have let go of a dream, let go of what God is calling you to do because you don't have the resources, you don't have the guts to bring down a Goliath because he's huge, and you look at yourself and think. But you know, I'm not physically able. I don't have the abilities to do this, what God what I want to do, and you know God has told you. And can I tell you, it's not what you think you're lacking in the physical realm, it's what you need, declarations that need to be spoken that you will get in your prayer closet. Okay, so I want you to remember this: don't focus on the sling and stone. But without a declaration, if you move with your sling and stone, you will certainly have a fight with Goliath which you will not be able to overcome. Because I can guarantee you, David was not the only guy who knew how to sling a stone. You agree? There could be many other guys, but he came up with a declaration, he came out with reasoning. So, how do you bring your giant down? You need to have your theology right. David had his theology so right it was working for him. He knew, and if you look at his words, can you find that line where he calls him an uncircumcised Philistine?

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Do you yes, Prophet? It's in verse 36. Um, I'll read from 35. I went out after it and struck it and delivered the lamb from its mouth. And when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard and struck and killed it. Your servant has killed both lion and bear, and this uncle uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.

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Wow, what I felt the Lord really telling us wants what he wants us to know today. David came with a very clear interpretation of why something has to leave his life. Whatever that Goliath is that has been tormenting you, whether it's a disease, whether it's a uh a lack, whether it's an addiction, whether it is a problem, whatever it is, what is your understanding from the word of God that you can bring and speak, that God has given you a revelation on, not just you know, repeating my words. Have you meditated in it long enough that you have got up and spoken? You know, I have said this so many times that our confession is one of the most important things. You can see here that before David even threw a stone, he threw his words. Before the stone hit Goliath's head, David's words entered his head. Your Goliath needs to hear some faithful confessions that you have received in your prayer time while you have been, you know, seeking the Lord, meditating on his word. Because if you don't have that, every time you face Goliath, you will come back beaten, depressed, you won't see it work. But David used a very beautiful strategy. Do you know in your Bible it's written, they overcame him, and he's talking about him, the old serpent, the dragon, by the blood of the lamp and the word of their testimony. So, what is your testimony? You know what was David's? David's testimony was I've killed lion and bear. You know what's the most amazing thing in his testimony? How many of you know that when you go to fight a bear? What does the bear do? The first thing the bear is gonna maul you. That means bears don't bite, they use their paws to tear, they can even climb a tree, so they are very sharp. One hit, and a person's arm can get severed. What do lions do? The same thing they hit with their paw. Do you know? David is telling Goliath, both these animals that have the strength in their paws, they couldn't touch me. Because he's not saying, Delivered me from the mouth of the lion, delivered me from the paw, right? That means the very strength of both these animals, they never touched him. Why? Because he was a man who was with one desire seeking God, fighting God's battles, and this is what God has given us. You have complete protection from the enemy when you are fighting God's battles. When God, how many of you believe that you are selected by God? You are appointed. That means God doesn't need to send you a memo saying you are my son, you already know it, you carry his spirit. That means you can speak back to the devil. David, if you read, he tells Saul that this uncircumcised Philistine. I'm just showing you how David attacked Goliath. Most of us will, you know, think it's about his skill, his sling, his stone. But I'm here to tell you, David was very smart, he never depended on his own ability. This is why we fail. I'm telling you, this is why we fail. This is why people of God fail every time, because they are depending on their ability. And David never depended on his ability, even though he was a man of valor, even though he was a man of war, he never depended. You know why I know this? Because he clearly said, For the battle belongs to the Lord. I want to give you this good news. The Lord is saying to you, the battle belongs to me. So you don't have to worry whether you're going to win, you're going to win, but God is asking, before you go to fight, show me your testimony. Show me your word that has been revealed to you through your meditation and your time spent with me. Because when you spy spend time with God, you never come back empty, you come with a revelation. Look at the revelation David carried. He told Saul that this uncircumcised Philistine that has challenged the armies of God will be destroyed. So David had an idea of the covenant of Abraham. That's why he used it very theologically to bring that argument. So, what was the the covenant of Abraham? You know, if you go to Romans chapter 4, you will see there very clearly, somewhere in that chapter, that the Bible tells us that when Abraham believed God, he credited righteousness to him, right? And the Bible goes on to tell you that the seal of that belief was circumcision. That means and Abraham received the promise when he was uncircumcised. That means the act of circumcision was not the main thing. What you do for God is not the main thing, it's what you believe, and from that the seal of the sign of your belief is circumcision. And David knew that we just don't go and do things for God, we believe in God, it gets credited to us, and as a sign, we then go and take what is ours. I hope you're able to understand. Can you find that verse just so that you can read it? It's a Romans chapter 4.

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Prophet, it's in uh verse uh chapter 4, verse 9. Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. For he, for how then it was accounted while he was circumcised or uncircumcised, not while not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised, and he received the sign of circumcision as a seal, the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised.

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So he received the seal of the faith of the righteousness while he was still uncircumcised. So, why am I stressing on this? Your belief in God is what triggers action. So there were many people circumcised who could not win Goliath, but there was one boy who believed what Papa Abraham had received from God, which is the gift of righteousness, and from that the seal was circumcision. So many people can get up today. What is circumcision? It's like a religious thing. You can get up and today and say, But I'm baptized, I'm born again, I'm in the church, and why is my life not working? It's as good as somebody getting up and saying, I'm an Israelite, I'm circumcised, and why am I not able to kill Goliath? Yet David pointed out to this fact that he this guy was an uncircumcised Philistine, saying what? That God honors covenant. Do you know you are blood washed, sanctified, set apart, justified, children of God, and God honors covenant. That's what David knew that based on the covenant that Abraham had with God, based on the faith. Okay, please remember, this is where people get it wrong. They think just because I'm born again, just because I'm in the house of God, I clap, I tithe, I can also move and do the same thing. It's not just being in the house of God, it is those who have the faith of Abraham. Abraham circumcised his whole family as a seal of the faith of righteousness which he received when he was still uncircumcised. So remember, everything you receive is not every action that you take and you may not receive a good outcome. Don't question the outcome, question your faith. Question whether you had the faith that produced the action. Because if you just take actions and they don't work, you sooner or later are going to find out that God probably is not working in my life. I hope you're able to understand it. Is it making sense? It's it's a little, but I hope you get it. Okay, let me try and give you an example. What the woman with the issue of blood did she did her touching of the hem of garment create the healing? You can answer me. The woman with the issue of blood was her touching that created the healing. I'm giving you another one. It was the declaration she kept saying to herself, if only I could touch, if only I could touch, if only I she kept saying it to herself till finally what she believed she acted on. That was the seal, the seal was she touched, but it's not the action that gets the healing where her blood stopped, it was her declaration. Are you getting it now? What are you declaring in your personal life? What is if I asked you, give me your declarations for 2026? You're asking God to bring down Goliath, change your destiny. Do you know when I had to get rid of my addictions? God gave me declarations to speak before I even had the victory. I got up and said, My life shall never stay this way. I shall never be bound by this, this, this addiction. I am not a slave, I'm a free, and all this came through the word. Nobody taught me this. I just got up one day in prayer and shouted it out. And do you know these words were the very words that brought the addiction, the Goliath down. So if you're not confessing and your whole day praying, I really I'm here to tell you, please stop it. Your prayer has to produce a confession, a declaration, because before your stone hits Goliath, Goliath needs to hear your theology. Why do you think you can kill a giant ten times your size, train more in battle, who is faster, more accurate, more qualified? Why should you win? And it cannot be something you know that you're going to repeat. It needs to come in prayer with the Lord Jesus. Are you clear? You can keep using the same uh thing that I told Na Man. Why did he go and dip himself? Because he thought that there were some medical properties in the Jordan. Do you think that? He believed Elisha. He believed the word of Elisha, and that's why he did it. You can go basically on and on with every medical. The seal, the action is not the deliverance, it's the confession. What are you confessing? What are you believing? So, point number, I don't know what point you're on, but this is very important. God still loves fighting battles. Will you let Him fight it for you? You know, this is where we are gone wrong. You want a new house, you want a new car, you want a new business, you want to do God's work, you want to do you fund the house of God, you want a new church. We are always looking at our ability. I challenge you, let God fight this battle for you. But you be that man and woman who does your diligence in the word of God in seeking God to get a declaration, a confession from God. Do you know? This is so funny. Do you know David told Goliath, I'm going to cut your head? How many of you remember that? Yes, no, you can type. Do you know David told Goliath, I'm gonna cut your head today? And do you know the the bigger, funnier pat? He didn't have a sword. He didn't have a sword. So how are you gonna cut his head when you don't have a sword and you came with a sling? Because everything Saul gave him, he removed. So where is your where is your sword coming from? This is when you believe God is going to fight your battles in 2026. You know what happened? Because he went without a sword, and because he believed that it is not by spear and javelin and sword that you win battles, it is by the Lord who fights them for you. Because he believed this, he didn't even trust his own sling and his own stone. He didn't think about this, he didn't have a sword, right? But because he fought God's battle, in the battle, do you know the there's a verse where he says he ran and he went to Goliath after he fell down and he took his sword. Yes, and with that sword he cut his head. I'm giving you a key. When you fight God and allow God to fight your battles, God will give you instruments and weapons to destroy the enemy which you don't have. Just because you have allowed God to fight your battles, even if you don't have something to get victory, God will give it to you. Can you shout amen? And that's God's blessing to his children who will allow him to fight his battles. So, what am I saying to you today? What is your revelation? Because before you can fight a Goliath, you need to have a revelation, you need to have a declaration, you need to have a confession. I don't know if there is a word, uh he is the faithful high priest of our profession. I think it's in Hebrews, if you can find that word.

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Yes, Prophet, it's Hebrews chapter 3, verse 1. Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and the high priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to him, who appointed him as Moses, also was faithful in all his house. For this high priest of what? Of our confession.

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So consider, can you read that again?

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Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and the high priest of our confession, Christ Jesus.

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So he's clearly telling you, Jesus is the apostle and high priest of our confession. So if you do not have a confession which is birthed out of deep conviction, this is why I get worried when people are questioned. I get worried when problems come in your life and you think this is just normal. No, it's not normal. You are a child of God, you should have deep convictions about what the word of God has conveyed to you. That's what triggered David. Do you know? When David had to fight Goliath, he went around asking everybody, do you know? If you see a giant and it totally outweighs your height, your width, your scale, and he's a giant. Have you ever seen somebody going around asking, What gift will I get if I kill this lion? What is this? Who's troubling? He went around literally inquiring, finding out how he's going to get what kind of reward. How do you think a man does this if he's not so certain that God is going to fight for him? If he's not sure that God fights battles, he knew that it is the Lord who is going to fight his battle. And I'm telling you, this is where most of us are not sure. You are not sure whether God is going to fight your battle, and that's why winning becomes very hard. Can I encourage you today? Will you believe the word of the Lord? God sent me to you to tell you that He's. Going to fight your battles. You don't have to worry. No matter what corner of life you come from, no matter what lack you have, no matter what has not been given to you, God is going to fight this battle for you. For the battle is the Lord's. And that's why David could leave everything. You know, many people think that David had trust in his sling and his accuracy. I can tell you, it had nothing to do with David's sling and accuracy. Because he in his walk with God realized that you can't fight a bear. You know what he said? He said, I've caught the beard of the lion and killed it. Who catches the beard of a lion and kills it? Please tell me. You think it's a dog? You think the lion is gonna come and say, catch my beard? He's saying, When the lion took away a sheep, I caught it by its beard. I chased it, caught it, and killed it.

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Yes. Probably sin verse 34, 7. But David said to Saul, Your servant used to keep his father's sheep. And when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I went out after it and struck it and delivered the lamb from its mouth. And when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard and struck it and killed it. Your servant has killed both lion and bear, and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them.

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So I want you to know God is ready to fight battles for you. It was never in David's strength that you can take on a lion and a bear, but David knew size doesn't matter. David knew strength doesn't matter. David knew size of the army coming against you doesn't matter. Those who know their God shall do great exploits. Please, in this season, please, if God is challenging you to do something awesome, which you know for a long time He's been telling you, and you're stuck because of resources, you're stuck because of lack of something in the physical realm. I want you to know it's nothing to worry about. Go find those confessions, get those declarations in the secret place. Can I can I show you something? Go to Mark chapter 6, 1 and 2. I want you to just read this and I'll end. Okay, this is telling you where you really get your declarations and your confessions.

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Mark chapter 6, verse 1. Then he went out from there and came to his own country, and his disciples followed him. And when Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue. Okay. And many hearing him were astonished, saying, Where did this man get these things? And what wisdom is this which is given to him that such mighty works are performed by his hands?

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Can you just read those two verses before?

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Then he went out from there and came to his own country, and his disciples followed him. And when the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue.

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Okay.

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And many hearing him were astonished.

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Okay, I want you to be careful of what they said. So when he began to teach, they became astonished. Okay, go on. Where did this man get these things? Where? That means location. Okay, where did this man get these things? So he was teaching in the in the synagogue. So that means they are saying we're pointing out that there must be a location from where this man got these utterances, these confession, these teachings. Are you with me? Yes, location. What's the next one? And what wisdom is this which is given to him? So we're pointing to the location, and what wisdom means what kind of understanding, what is the kind of impartation he has received that mighty miracles, that mighty works are performed by his hands. Mighty works. So I want you to see that there is a location which can give you the things, the information, the declarations, that location is your prayer closet, that location is your communion with God. So don't run after things because I can show you that that location gave Jesus things, information, and then that they said, What kind of wisdom? Meaning what kind of impartation, and it's still referring to teaching. I want you to see this, it's not referring to anything else, it's saying there is a teaching that brings miracles, even miracles, something has to be given to you, right? Did they not say that? How it has been given. This location of your prayer closet is where things will be given. I speak to people so many times, and I'm not able to understand why they make the worst decisions, and then I understand it's because they've not taken time to pray. When you don't pray, please don't expect the best decision in your life. Do you know how many times I've been triggered to go out and do something? But just because I held it and took it in prayer, I was saved. God gave me a totally different response, a totally different understanding. Even when it comes to just writing a mail, if you pray, you will cause less confusion, and your message will go with understanding. So that even those who read it, when they read it, they will be forced to reply in love. That's when you write and I seek God before writing, you know, before I used to just trigger messages, I used to just respond. Because I was already, you know, I knew what was coming, but then I realized there is a way where you can pray, ask God for a response, and that response will get a good reply back. So when you pray, when you don't pray, you're basically setting yourself up for every for anything and everything. You'll make wrong decisions, you'll do wrong things, and you'll have different outcomes. So I want you to see this. These people, after hearing Jesus, they are beginning to question and saying, Where? That means they're all saying, We are in a location and none of this information is available to us. So, where did this guy get this information? Child of God 2026 is going to be where people will be astonished at what God does through your life. But I beg you, don't go and fight a Goliath without having a declaration, a confession that God speaks to you about your situation that you're seeking God for. You'll say, But the word says by stripes, yeah, it says it, but you still have to take that, meditate on until you get a personal revelation. That's why he says, Man shall not live by bread alone, but every word that is spoken, that means that word that you have to get has to be a spoken word. Do you know? Nobody thought David, nobody, to say those lines, those were not part of Torah, those were not part of Jewish teaching. He just got up and spoke what God had revealed to him in his heart. That son, battles don't belong to you, they belong to me. I am a king of war. I'm so excited that I have a father who fights battles. Do you know I'm not going to fight any more battles? Because God is the man of war, not me. God is, and he'll fight it for you. Provided you do it smartly like David. Because I'm telling you, many people go to fight battles and they end up injured. Because they feel that all the training, all their abilities, everything they have is going to produce the victory. Do you know this becomes even more difficult when you're a pro? You know, David was a pro at slinging. Do you know it would have been his worst nightmare to go in the battlefield thinking I was born for this? Your physical ability is a greater hindrance for God to move through your life. If you've not heard anything, hear this. It is not your skill that God is looking for, He's looking for a yielded vessel. In fact, your skill can be the biggest blocker to what God wants to do in your life. It's because you know, but it's God who fights battles. Do you know when David played the harp? Do you know how many people played the harp? Nothing happened. But when David played, demons came out. Can you imagine? Not even speaking, he's only playing. And demons are coming out. How do you think that's possible? It is God who fights battles. And when you surrender your talent, your ability, and put zero trust in it, no matter how skilled you are, how many years you have been doing it, I'm telling you the days that are coming, your skill and ability are going to be no match for what is going to be unleashed. You pray, God, in the coming days, He'll give the grace to share so that you are prepared in advance. But I want you to leave with just this one thing. Your God is going to fight for you. Are you excited? Are you? I was so excited. I said I need to come and tell you guys. I was so excited that your God is going to fight for you. Just don't limit him. In whatever area you are seeking of victory. I've given you the formula. It's a location where you are given things. Information, wisdom. And look in Mark 6, they are saying what information, what wisdom is given that through his hand, mighty miracles are worked. That means it's not even through a gift that you start operating, it's through information that makes the gift work. Your gift can be great. But imagine you just using the gift and not knowing when to use it, who to use it on, when to go out at the right time. You will just think, I did a great job. This was what I was I'm trained to do. God bless me, I did it. But how about when you have the information? You can say, No, I don't want to come for this. I reject that. And this one I'll come for. And on this one, you win. That's God fighting your battles because you have yielded to him. So please, whether it's a house, whether it's debt, whether it's any problem, child of God, let Goliath hear your theology before he gets your stone. Make sure words, bring words to the Lord, bring your revelation, bring your understanding of why you believe that this should be given to you. Because those who know their God are going to do great exploits. But how about Satan when he goes, when he comes to fight you, he meets God? Ah, that'll be a good fight. That's why you know I always feel God makes it hilarious. Imagine Satan dresses up, spends years feeding this giant, making sure he lives, making him a man of war from his youth, dressing him up completely with armor, completely, and then a stone kills him. May that be your victory. May that be your victory. What the giant never saw coming. May that be your victory. Yeah, you can read it.

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It's verse 47 that then all this assembly shall know that the Lord does not save with sword and spear, for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into your hands.

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Okay.

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You can read it again. It's music to my ears. Then all the assembly oh then all then may all your family members know.

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Wow that the Lord does not save with sword and spear.

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Wait, go slow. With degrees. Next with sword and spear. So degrees and qualifications. Anything else? Achievements. Achievements, influence, you know, your contacts. God doesn't save that. Okay?

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For the battle is the Lord's.

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This is what God kept telling Israel and they forgot it. No king is saved by the size of his army. No king is saved by his horse or his chariot. God will put both horse and chariot in the sea. Child of God, this word makes you untouchable. If you will use David's strategy, it was not stone and sling, it was theology. That's why now you know why people suffer. They are qualified for their suffering, their ignorance, they treat the word of God so lightly. And then you see those people's life, how the enemy makes them slaves. When you speak to them, there's not one word that comes out of their mouth. They need their Bible, one phone, and one AI. Child of God. Your declaration can't come from anyone else repeating it to you. You need to meditate on the word of God. You need to seat in the sit in that secret place and receive things, information, and wisdom which will produce miracles in your life.

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