David and Goliath
God is bigger than anything that frightens us.
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The video for this story is in production. The passage below is the whole basis for it.
What happens in David and Goliath?
- David is the youngest son of Jesse
- David brings provisions to his brothers in the army
- Goliath is a Philistine champion who defies the armies of Israel
- David refuses Saul's armor because he is not used to it
- David takes five smooth stones from the brook
- David strikes Goliath with a stone from his sling
- David says the battle belongs to the LORD, not to sword or spear
1 Samuel 17:45-47
45Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 46This day will Jehovah deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day unto the birds of the heavens, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47and that all this assembly may know that Jehovah saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is Jehovah’s, and he will give you into our hand.
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Talking about it together
- What happened in David and Goliath?
- How do you think the people in this story felt?
- What does this story show us about God?
- When is a time you needed to remember: God is bigger than anything that frightens us.
What this story never invents
So the retelling stays honest to the passage, these are ruled out before writing begins:
- inventing miracles not in the text
- inventing words spoken by God
- changing the outcome of the battle
- depicting the beheading or any gore
- making David boastful rather than God-trusting