Dover Assembly of God
6.18.2017 | Life of David - Defeating the Giant
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Dover Assembly of God
4790 Carlisle Rd, Dover, PA 17315, USA
Sunday 10:30 AM
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June 18, 2017
Welcome to Dover Assembly!
We are so glad you have chosen to attend Dover Assembly this morning. It is not by accident that you are here. We believe that God has allowed you to be here so that you might receive all that He has for you. We pray you are blessed as you allow the Lord to work in your life.
THIS WEEK
Today ~ HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
9:00 am ~ Coffee & Donut Fellowship
9:30 am ~ Sunday School
10:30 am ~ Worship Service
10:30 am ~ R.O.C.K. Children’s Ministries
1:00 pm ~ Spanish Service
Wednesday
6:30 pm ~ FAMILY NIGHT
UPCOMING EVENTS
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
It’s that time again! Time to plan for our annual Women’s Conference. This year it will be held at the Giant Center. It is scheduled for Nov, 10-11. Please mark your calendars and sign up in the upper foyer if you are interested in attending. We will create a payment plan to make it easy to budget.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
VBS is scheduled July 10-14 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Our goal this year is to reach as many children in our community as possible. The theme for 2017 is “Maker Fun Factory”. In order for this to be a success we will need your help! There are several sign up sheets listing all the areas of our need outside the upper nursery. Once you sign up, our leadership team will be in contact with you as we plan for this tremendous outreach!
WOMEN OF PURPOSE FALL BIBLE STUDY
Beginning Mon. Sept. 11, from 7:00—8:00 pm, the women will begin a study using the book “Battlefield of the Mind” by Joyce Meyers. If you would like to join this study, please sign up at the women’s table and indicate if you would need a book. See you in the Fall!
BODY NEWS
WE NEED NEW BACK PACKS!
Anna and the Women of Purpose ministry will be blessings some single moms with backpacks for their children for Back to School. If you could donate new backpacks, there is a collection box at the top of the stairs by the women’s table. Pencils, pens, glue sticks etc are also welcome! Thank you for your help!
DINNER & SHOW
An outing to Sight & Sound to see Jonah is planned for August 5, 2017 seeing the 3:00 pm show followed by dinner at a smorgasbord restaurant in Lancaster. The cost will range between $95-110. A minimum deposit of $25 per ticket is required by June 18 and the balance due by July 9 to guarantee our reservation. In order to receive group pricing a minimum of 15 people are required. We will be taking the church van as well as car pooling in other vehicles. Every one who is car pooling is asked to make a $5 donation to the driver for fuel expenses. Please see Darlene Fearson for additional information. Please sign up in the lower foyer.
FAITH PROMISE COMMITMENT
After much prayer, and in faith, our church has contracted with Fulton Bank to provide financing for our parking lot resurfacing and to replace the roof on the parsonage. The work will begin sometime this summer. This will add an additional budget amount of $640 per month. We will be starting a faith promise campaign by the end of June. God has always provided in our past and we have paid off many debts, years in advance. We believe that God will do that again! We are asking that each person take time to pray and consider being involved in raising the additional monies need to pay down this debt. Thank you in advance for your support.
IN SYMPATHY
~ To Paul & Stephanie Miller at the home-going of his mother, Linda Miller, on June 10.
~ To Rick & Linda Crone at the loss of his grand-daughter, Misty Stoner.
Please keep both of these families in your payers as they go through this hard time.
"If our faith is not relevant to our daily life in the world and in the parish, then it is no use; and if we cannot be Christians in our work, in the neighborhood, in our political decisions, then we had better stop being Christians. A piety reserved for Sundays is no message for this age." — Douglas Rhymes
Welcome to Dover Assembly!
We are so glad you have chosen to attend Dover Assembly this morning. It is not by accident that you are here. We believe that God has allowed you to be here so that you might receive all that He has for you. We pray you are blessed as you allow the Lord to work in your life.
THIS WEEK
Today ~ HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
9:00 am ~ Coffee & Donut Fellowship
9:30 am ~ Sunday School
10:30 am ~ Worship Service
10:30 am ~ R.O.C.K. Children’s Ministries
1:00 pm ~ Spanish Service
Wednesday
6:30 pm ~ FAMILY NIGHT
UPCOMING EVENTS
WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
It’s that time again! Time to plan for our annual Women’s Conference. This year it will be held at the Giant Center. It is scheduled for Nov, 10-11. Please mark your calendars and sign up in the upper foyer if you are interested in attending. We will create a payment plan to make it easy to budget.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
VBS is scheduled July 10-14 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Our goal this year is to reach as many children in our community as possible. The theme for 2017 is “Maker Fun Factory”. In order for this to be a success we will need your help! There are several sign up sheets listing all the areas of our need outside the upper nursery. Once you sign up, our leadership team will be in contact with you as we plan for this tremendous outreach!
WOMEN OF PURPOSE FALL BIBLE STUDY
Beginning Mon. Sept. 11, from 7:00—8:00 pm, the women will begin a study using the book “Battlefield of the Mind” by Joyce Meyers. If you would like to join this study, please sign up at the women’s table and indicate if you would need a book. See you in the Fall!
BODY NEWS
WE NEED NEW BACK PACKS!
Anna and the Women of Purpose ministry will be blessings some single moms with backpacks for their children for Back to School. If you could donate new backpacks, there is a collection box at the top of the stairs by the women’s table. Pencils, pens, glue sticks etc are also welcome! Thank you for your help!
DINNER & SHOW
An outing to Sight & Sound to see Jonah is planned for August 5, 2017 seeing the 3:00 pm show followed by dinner at a smorgasbord restaurant in Lancaster. The cost will range between $95-110. A minimum deposit of $25 per ticket is required by June 18 and the balance due by July 9 to guarantee our reservation. In order to receive group pricing a minimum of 15 people are required. We will be taking the church van as well as car pooling in other vehicles. Every one who is car pooling is asked to make a $5 donation to the driver for fuel expenses. Please see Darlene Fearson for additional information. Please sign up in the lower foyer.
FAITH PROMISE COMMITMENT
After much prayer, and in faith, our church has contracted with Fulton Bank to provide financing for our parking lot resurfacing and to replace the roof on the parsonage. The work will begin sometime this summer. This will add an additional budget amount of $640 per month. We will be starting a faith promise campaign by the end of June. God has always provided in our past and we have paid off many debts, years in advance. We believe that God will do that again! We are asking that each person take time to pray and consider being involved in raising the additional monies need to pay down this debt. Thank you in advance for your support.
IN SYMPATHY
~ To Paul & Stephanie Miller at the home-going of his mother, Linda Miller, on June 10.
~ To Rick & Linda Crone at the loss of his grand-daughter, Misty Stoner.
Please keep both of these families in your payers as they go through this hard time.
"If our faith is not relevant to our daily life in the world and in the parish, then it is no use; and if we cannot be Christians in our work, in the neighborhood, in our political decisions, then we had better stop being Christians. A piety reserved for Sundays is no message for this age." — Douglas Rhymes
Last week we discussed David coming to feed his brothers on the front lines as they faced Goliath.
David didn’t know what was happening until he arrived and heard all the taunts.
Realizing this was a spiritual issue, not only a physical one, he decided to take action.
After all, God’s people were cowering in fear from an enemy that they should have been able to beat.
David didn’t know what was happening until he arrived and heard all the taunts.
Realizing this was a spiritual issue, not only a physical one, he decided to take action.
After all, God’s people were cowering in fear from an enemy that they should have been able to beat.
God always uses weaker vessels to do great things.
David was a teenager and not skilled at regular combat. He was not a soldier. Just an ordinary teen who God raised up for this.
David was a teenager and not skilled at regular combat. He was not a soldier. Just an ordinary teen who God raised up for this.
“All God’s giants have been weak men who did great things for God, because they reckoned on His being with them.”
Hudson Taylor (China Missionary)
Hudson Taylor (China Missionary)
Israel was supposed to be representing the one true God for all the surrounding nations. They were to be living proof of the power of the one true God.
But here we have a false god - Dagon - the one the Philistines worshiped seemingly beating Israel’s God.
Not only does it seem that Dagon is winning, other nations will see that a false god can beat the one true God.
But here we have a false god - Dagon - the one the Philistines worshiped seemingly beating Israel’s God.
Not only does it seem that Dagon is winning, other nations will see that a false god can beat the one true God.
Whenever we have a spiritual conflict, the enemy will always remind you of all the bad things that could happen by serving God.
David didn’t let all those taunts and threats deter him.
He realized this is a spiritual battle and a fight for God’s honor. He wanted God to be seen as the victor.
David didn’t let all those taunts and threats deter him.
He realized this is a spiritual battle and a fight for God’s honor. He wanted God to be seen as the victor.
The enemy will use various weapons to stop us from honoring and serving God. Many of them might have real consequences and they may even be people.
The fight against the giant wasn’t just a fight between 2 people, it was spiritual battle that God wanted to use to teach the Israelites who their God was.
The fight against the giant wasn’t just a fight between 2 people, it was spiritual battle that God wanted to use to teach the Israelites who their God was.
We can't forget that we also have an enemy...
Recently our church has been under assault.
We have had numerous unusual sicknesses, some internal issues, the issue with the property, family issues, extreme discouragement, scheduling problems that affect ministries.
It’s no coincidence that every issue surrounds leaders of various ministries.
It is an assault on God and his plan for this church.
We have had numerous unusual sicknesses, some internal issues, the issue with the property, family issues, extreme discouragement, scheduling problems that affect ministries.
It’s no coincidence that every issue surrounds leaders of various ministries.
It is an assault on God and his plan for this church.
Goliath had ridiculed and put down the God of Israel. He was letting the world see how impotent their God was.
That is what the Israelites and the world was seeing - a God that wasn’t doing anything. A God with no power.
David wanted to set the record straight.
That is what the Israelites and the world was seeing - a God that wasn’t doing anything. A God with no power.
David wanted to set the record straight.
Sometimes as Christians we walk around, “woe is me, the devil is really beating me up”.
Woe is me, I’m here at church today, I barely made it in, nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen.
“I’m so defeated that I don’t want to go to church or do anything.”
When we need to say and live like we are the winners!
Woe is me, I’m here at church today, I barely made it in, nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen.
“I’m so defeated that I don’t want to go to church or do anything.”
When we need to say and live like we are the winners!
If God plainly tells us that nothing can stop what he is doing thru us the church, then why are we defeated?
To assure our victory means we have to fight.
To assure our victory means we have to fight.
David did not run from the fight, but took the fight to Goliath. And quickly. He didn’t wait for Goliath to come to him or allow him to get the upper hand, he ran towards it.
When adversity comes our way, we can’t waste time dwelling on it. We have to go on the offense.
When adversity comes our way, we can’t waste time dwelling on it. We have to go on the offense.
As a shepherd, David trusted God to help him with the flock. He learned how to use the slingshot in order to protect the sheep.
Look back in our lives. How has God worked?
Has God healed in the past? Has he been faithful in smaller things in our lives?
Then we need to remember those blessings and trust God to do it again.
Look back in our lives. How has God worked?
Has God healed in the past? Has he been faithful in smaller things in our lives?
Then we need to remember those blessings and trust God to do it again.
God guided his efforts.
If David didn’t throw the stone, God could not have guided it.
It took action on David’s part in order for God to finish his plan.
We can’t sit around waiting for God to work if we aren’t willing to take whatever action we can now.
And since this is a spiritual battle, we need to attack it on a spiritual level.
That means we take some serious time to pray for things.
What happened when David did just that?
If David didn’t throw the stone, God could not have guided it.
It took action on David’s part in order for God to finish his plan.
We can’t sit around waiting for God to work if we aren’t willing to take whatever action we can now.
And since this is a spiritual battle, we need to attack it on a spiritual level.
That means we take some serious time to pray for things.
What happened when David did just that?
When we take the fight serious and pray in earnest, God gets the victory.
Not only that, the enemy suffers a great defeat.
Not only that, the enemy suffers a great defeat.
They were humiliated and Israel announced total victory.
David submitted to God, not just at the day of battle, but his life was submitted to God.
He resisted and fought the devil (Goliath) and the enemies (Philistines) fled.
Dover Assembly is here because God wants to use it to reach and disciple people.
The enemy has been attacking every avenue we have to do just that.
That means we go on the offense and do spiritual battle. And when we do, God gets the victory and the glory and the town sees the power of our God.
He resisted and fought the devil (Goliath) and the enemies (Philistines) fled.
Dover Assembly is here because God wants to use it to reach and disciple people.
The enemy has been attacking every avenue we have to do just that.
That means we go on the offense and do spiritual battle. And when we do, God gets the victory and the glory and the town sees the power of our God.
Thank you for joining us!
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