{"id":1692,"date":"2012-12-25T10:23:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T15:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2012-12-25T10:23:21","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T15:23:21","slug":"facing-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2012\/12\/facing-giants\/","title":{"rendered":"Facing Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/about_ovcf\/ovcf_mission\/ovcf_banner_960w1-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1312\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1312\" alt=\"ovcf_banner_960w1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ovcf_banner_960w1.jpg\" width=\"633\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>TITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 Facing Giants<\/h2>\n<h3>TEXT:\u00a0 Zechariah 4: 6-10 \u00a0(p.794)<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0I.\u00a0\u00a0 OUR SITUATION \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Solomon-&gt; weakened influence-&gt; kingdom divided-&gt; 10 northern tribes known as Israel\/ 2 southern tribes knows as Judah-&gt; Israel taken captive by Assyrians-&gt; Judah taken captive by Babylon 200 years later. Nebuchadnezzar was king.-&gt; Belshazzar his son defeated by Darius the Mede-&gt; Cyrus allows Jews to return to Jerusalem. Involves Ezra &amp; Nehemiah.\u00a0 Prophets Haggai and Zechariah<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>II. \u00a0 OUR SOLUTION \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A21\u2019s foundation: God is with us; God is in the business of making miracles where humans fail; and God told us to go into all the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Difficult?\u00a0 (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Yes<\/span><\/strong>).\u00a0 Insurmountable?\u00a0 (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">NO<\/span><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">4 necessities for overcoming giants:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Hold On to Where God (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Wants you to go<\/span><\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">See the (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Possibilities<\/span><\/strong>) and His (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Promise<\/span><\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Keep Going Forward a (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Step at a Time<\/span><\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Pave the Way with (<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prayer<\/span><\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NEXT WEEK:<\/p>\n<p>2013 Theme: Under Construction<\/p>\n<p>Series:\u00a0 Beliefs Under Construction starts<\/p>\n<p>Title: A Never-Ending Project: Phil.1:1-11; Eph.2:10, 19-22<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 Facing Giants TEXT:\u00a0 Zechariah 4: 6-10 \u00a0(p.794) &nbsp; \u00a0I.\u00a0\u00a0 OUR SITUATION \u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; Solomon-&gt; weakened influence-&gt; kingdom divided-&gt; 10 northern tribes known as Israel\/ 2 southern tribes knows as Judah-&gt; Israel taken captive by Assyrians-&gt; Judah taken captive by Babylon 200 years later. 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