{"id":284,"date":"2018-06-21T23:06:07","date_gmt":"2018-06-21T23:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sheranmemories.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2018-06-21T23:06:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T23:06:07","slug":"goliath-must-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheranmemories.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/21\/goliath-must-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Goliath Must Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My friends, I have been doing a lot of internal work lately.<\/p>\n<p>I have been really working on my mindset, my thinking, the internal beliefs that result in my actions, good or bad. I will write more about that later but in the course of my brain makeover, I realize I have a number of giants that are taunting me.<\/p>\n<p>When my neighbor invited me to a bible study at her home studying the ancient story of David and Goliath &#8211;\u00a0<em>Goliath Must Fall<\/em>\u00a0by Louis Giglio &#8211; I knew it was meant to be.<\/p>\n<p>We just began the study this week and it has been a long time since I have taken time out for me to get <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sheranmemories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/David.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sheranmemories.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/21\/goliath-must-fall\/david\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sheranmemories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/David.jpg?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"David and Goliath\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sheranmemories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/David.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sheranmemories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/David.jpg?fit=723%2C723&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-285\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sheranmemories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/David-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"David Challenges Goliath\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sheranmemories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/David.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sheranmemories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/David.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sheranmemories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/David.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sheranmemories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/David.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>closer to God, in general, or with a group of women. I&#8217;m excited for what God has in store as he helps me truly embrace that he has conquered my giants.<\/p>\n<p>We all have giants in our lives that keep us from living the life God has intended for us. These giants may be beliefs, fears, insecurities, or circumstances that lead us to use behaviors to escape or fight the giants in our own strength. We may numb ourselves with an overabundance of food, alcohol, sex, exercise, shopping, collecting, volunteering, Netflix watching instead of challenging the thinking head on and telling it a different story. Jesus has conquered the devils that taunt us. His grace is sufficient. If God is for us, who can be against us?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;For I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity, not disaster. Plans to bring a future and a hope.&#8221; Jeremiah 29:11<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friends, I have been doing a lot of internal work lately. 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