Facing Your Giants

by Max Lucado

Publisher:

W Publishing

, 2006

Overview

This profound look at the life of David digs deeply into the defeats he suffered, and the victories he won, as he faced the giants in his life. When David focused on God, giants tumbled. But when David focused on giants…he stumbled.

Goliaths still roam in our world. Debt. Disaster. Dialysis. Divorce. Deceit. Disease. Depression. These super-sized challenges swagger and strut into our lives, pilfering our sleep, embezzling our peace and robbing us of our joy. And while these giants try to dominate our lives, we know what to do! We’ve learned what David learned, and we do what David did. We become God focused. We pick up five stones. We make five decisions. And we take a swing.

Contents

Top Highlights

“the king of the land?’ they ask. ‘Isn’t he the one the people honor with dances” (Page 37)

“Your Goliath doesn’t carry sword or shield; he brandishes blades of unemployment, abandonment, sexual abuse, or depression. Your giant doesn’t parade up and down the hills of Elah; he prances through your office, your bedroom, your classroom. He brings bills you can’t pay, grades you can’t make, people you can’t please, whiskey you can’t resist, pornography you can’t refuse, a career you can’t escape, a past you can’t shake, and a future you can’t face.” (Pages 2–3)

“Giants. We must face them. Yet we need not face them alone. Focus first, and most, on God. The times David did, giants fell. The days he didn’t, David did.” (Page 8)

“The story of young David assures us of this: your Father knows your heart, and because he does, he has a place reserved just for you.” (Page 18)

“Try a different tack. Rush your giant with a God-saturated soul. Giant of divorce, you aren’t entering my home! Giant of depression? It may take a lifetime, but you won’t conquer me. Giant of alcohol, bigotry, child abuse, insecurity … you’re going down. How long since you loaded your sling and took a swing at your giant?” (Page 6)

Product Details

• Title: Facing Your Giants
• Author: Max Lucado
• Publisher: W Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2006
• Logos Release Date: 2006
• Pages: 229
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Christian life; Spirituality; David, King of Israel; Goliath (Biblical giant)
• ISBNs: 9781418527792, 1418527793
• Resource ID: LLS:FACINGGIANTS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T23:53:58Z

About Max Lucado

Max Lucado (1955– ) is a best-selling author with over 50 books and 65 million copies in print. He’s been named “America’s pastor” and “the best preacher in America.”

Lucado studied biblical and related studies at Abilene Christian University. He served as Associate Minister at Central Church of Christ in Miami, Florida and Church Planning Missionary in Rio de Janeiro. Lucado is a minister of preaching at Oak Hill Church in San Antonio, Texas, where he has served since 1988.

In 1991, Lucado began developing a radio broadcast called UpWords Ministries. The inspirational messages featured on UpWords with Max Lucado are heard in over 1,400 radio markets around the world.

Three of Lucado’s titles have been recipients of the Gold Medallion Christian Book of the Year award: Just Like Jesus, In the Grip of Grace, and When God Whispers Your Name. Other notable titles by Lucado include Grace for the Moment and Facing Your Giants.