Part 3: 5 Thieves That Rob Your Freedom

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Part 3: The 5 Thieves That Rob Your Freedom

January 21, 2024

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John 10:10 (NIV) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

5 Thieves That Rob Your Freedom

1 Samuel 17:16 (NIV) For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening and took his stand.

What battle you’re putting off?

What giant you’re tolerating?

1 Samuel 17:17-18 (NLT) One day Jesse said to David, “Take this basket of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and carry them quickly to your brothers. And give these ten cuts of cheese to their captain. See how your brothers are getting along, and bring back a report on how they are doing.”

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Pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility

of love, or contentment, or even common sense.

C.S. Lewis

Jeremiah 49:16 (AMP) The pride and arrogance of your heart have deceived you.

1 Samuel 17:28 (NIV) When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”

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Stop fighting physical battles when God

has called you to fight spiritual wars.

Ephesians 6:12 (NLT) For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places.

2 Timothy 2:24 (AMP) The servant of the Lord must not participate in quarrels, but must be kind to everyone [even-tempered, preserving peace, and he must be], skilled in teaching, patient and tolerant when wronged.

1 Samuel 17:32-33 (NIV) David said to Saul, “Let no one lose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him.”

Saul replied, “You are…

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Psalm 23:4 (NIV) Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Faith is not the absence of doubt,

it’s the means to overcome it.

1 Samuel 17:38-39 (NIV) Then Saul dressed David in his own tunic. He put a coat of armor on him and a bronze helmet on his head. David fastened on his sword over the tunic and tried walking around, because he was not used to them. “I cannot go in these,” he said to Saul, “because I am not used to them.” So he took them off.

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1 Samuel 18:6-9 (MSG) Whatever Saul gave David to do, he did it—and did it well. So well that Saul put him in charge of his military operations. Everybody, both the people in general and Saul’s servants, approved of and admired David’s leadership…This made Saul angry—very angry. He took it as a personal insult.

“We won’t get distracted by comparison

if we’re captivated with purpose.”

Bob Goff

1 Samuel 17:43-44 (NIV) [Goliath] said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild animals!”

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“Courage is fear that has said its prayers

and decided to go forward anyway.”

Joyce Meyer

2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

The Freedom Fighters’ Weapons

• and . (Eph 6:18, Mark 9:29)
• The . (Acts 4:12, Mark 6:17)
• The . (Rev 12:11)
• The . (Eph 6:17, Heb 4:12)

1 Samuel 13:22 (NLT) So on the day of the battle none of the people of Israel had a sword or spear, except for Saul and Jonathan.

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Hebrews 11:1 (NIV) Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

1 Samuel 17:45-47 (NIV) David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the Lord will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

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1 Samuel 17:48 (NIV) As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.

Freedom Declaration

“I commit to wholeheartedly embracing the liberating truth of God’s Word, dispelling every deceptive chain that seeks to bind me. With unwavering determination, I affirm that freedom is not just a possibility but a reality within my grasp. I declare with confidence and conviction: I can be free, I will be free, and I will actively walk in the glorious freedom that awaits.”

A: “I need freedom from my habits“

B: “I need freedom from my inheritance“

C: “I need freedom from my past“

D: “I need freedom from my thoughts“

E: “I am totally free“