Superheroes Series: Aligning with the Word – Part 1

Part 1  Aligning with the Word – David

1. Superhero’s for the Lord, align with the ‘Word of God,’ by focusing on and not .

  (The eternal, all powerful, holy, creator and ruler)

  Verses 23-26

  “As he was talking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, stepped out from his lines and shouted his usual defiance, and David heard it. 24) Whenever the Israelites saw the man, they all fled from him in great fear. 25) Now the Israelites had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out? He comes out to defy Israel. The king will give great wealth to the man who kills him. He will also give him his daughter in marriage and will exempt his family from taxes in Israel.” 26) David asked the men standing near him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”   (NIV)

2. Superhero’s for the Lord, are ‘aligned with the Word of God’ by focusing on and not .

(Experiencing success in a struggle or contest)

          Verses  33-36

 “Saul replied, “You are not able to go out against this Philistine and fight him; you are only a young man, and he has been a warrior from his youth.” 34) But David said to Saul, “Your servant has been keeping his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, 35) I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. 36)Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God.”       (NIV)

3. Superhero’s for the Lord are ‘aligned with the Word of God’ by focusing on and not .

(Dedicating myself to a cause)

        Verses 37-39

“The Lord who rescued me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine.” Saul said to David, “Go, and the Lord be with you.” 38) Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. 39) David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. “I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off.”                    (NIV)

Discussion Questions

1. What’s standing between you and God?
2. What victories do remember from your past? List
3. What commitments are you making for your victory?(MULTILINE)