Morning Worship

ROAD TO SUCCESS or VICTORY

 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which [belongeth] to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.² And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.³ And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and [there was] a valley between them.⁴ And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height [was] six cubits and a span.⁵ And [he had] an helmet of brass upon his head, and he [was] armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of brass.⁶ And [he had] greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.⁷ And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.⁸ And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set [your] battle in array? [am] not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.⁹ If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.¹⁰ And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.¹¹ When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.¹² Now David [was] the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name [was] Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men [for] an old man in the days of Saul.

~1 Samuel 17:1-12

Intoduction:

Two Kinds of Victory

þ Battle

þ Contest.  

The Nation of Israel have a battle with the Philistine. Philistine is represented by a giant name Goliath while small David will represent the Israel .

Success that not come from Battle or Contest

Success from temptation , trial or problem is a kind of Victory that Christian should experience.

Pointers:

I. COURAGE ( Good courage )

Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.           - Deut 31:6

þ Courage can be establish through experience we encountered

þ Don’t look on the circumstances

Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it [to] the right hand or [to] the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.      - Josh 1:7

II. DETERMINATION

For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of [his] good pleasure.       - - Phil 2:13

þ Determination that come or abide with God should never to give up what ever the cost because God is with us.

þ David have this determination toward God whatever may happen as well as Apostle Paul at the prison writing Epistle. Because they knew they are living for God.

  For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain. - Phil 1:21

III. THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

"…..Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:¹⁰ That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;" -  Phil 1:1-11

"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”        -  Matt 28:18

" Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.        -  2Tim 2:19

Conlusion:

þ In our life if we want to have Victory we need these 3 things

þ If we face difficult in our life take the name of JESUS CHRIST