5 Days of
Prayer & Fasting
CONQUERING YOUR GIANTS
CONQUERING YOUR GIANTS
Everyone of us will at some point face giants in our lives. It could be family, work, education, relationship or health related, but part of being human is that giants will come and they will either scare us into submission and defeat or we would have to stand up and fight so we can live the life God wants for us.
Over the next five days we want to pray that God will give us the grace and wisdom to overcome giants in our lives and we are going to use the famous story from 1 Samuel 17 as the basis for our reflections and prayers.
It is a story we are all familiar with, but what lessons can we learn and apply to our prayer lives so that like David we can stand our ground and face the giants that come our way with the power of God’s Holy Spirit
and become victorious like him.
Here are five truths we want to pray through this week
- The giants you will face do not care about you
- Your perspective matters
- Your words matter
- Your relationship with God matters
- Stand your ground to win
THE GIANTS YOU FACE DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU
Have you ever heard people say things like ‘why me’ when something bad happens in their lives? The question is why not you or me? Life is full of battles we all need to fight and from a spiritual perspective the bible tells us that
YOUR PERSPECTIVE MATTERS
What we think and see will have a huge effect on what we do and how we behave. Our perspective will have a huge impact on whether we stand our ground and fight or whether we turn and run away.
YOUR WORDS MATTERS
The writer of proverbs states “the tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.”. As human beings our words carry almost the same creative impact that God has because we are made in His image. Words wound and words also heal and words create thoughts that lead to actions and the words that generate the action will determine whether we move forward boldly or cowardly.
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD MATTERS
Relationships are more challenging than religion hence why most people like to move God into the religious section rather than the relationship section. Religion tells us about God and what He is like and what He likes, relationship helps to know God, experience God and know his heart.
STAND YOUR GROUND TO WIN
Giants expect people to run away from them. Their number one ammunition is to induce fear in others so out of sheer panic they overwhelm your ability to make good, rational and godly decisions.
