“You Can’t Do That!”

“You Can’t Do That!”

“I won’t let critics destroy my faith!” “So don’t get tired in doing what is good. Don’t get discouraged and give up.” - Galations 6:9

This Week’s Main Focus:

Do not let others discourage you from doing BIG things for God!

Ever know anybody who is really good at pointing out all the things you do wrong? They seem to have a knack for putting you down and not making you feel good enough at anything? Those kind of people are really downers! There favorite phrase is “You can’t do that!”

God’s phrase to you is “With God you can,” boys and girls! God is your encourager, telling you that you can do BIG things for Him! People that constantly discourage you and tell you that you can’t do anything right are not giving you good or wise advice. So what’s a shepherd boy to do? What did David do with all of the discouragement that came his way?

Did he get into a fist fight with his brothers? Did he give in to discouragement? Whose report did he believe? Do he believe the report of the Lord that says “With God you can!” or the report of people who made fun of him and tried to discourage him from doing big things for God? No matter what anyone says, no matter how things seem to look, God is able to do BIG things through YOU, just like he did through David! Think of some things that you have already done with God’s help. Go ahead, strap on your thinking cap and get your thinking started! David didn’t wake up one day, hit the fast forward button on his life and face the giant, Goliath. David started trusting God for little things in his life, like finding good grass for his sheep to eat and asking God to keep him and his sheep safe from wild animals. Once he saw that God helped him, that gave him more faith and confidence in God for bigger things. Before he knew it, David was trusting God to help him defeat the enemy of the Israelites: Goliath and the Philistines. And no one, not David’s brothers, not King Saul, no one could convince David that God couldn’t use him to defeat Goliath. The small victories in David’s life helped him to believe God for the big things - and Goliath at 9 feet tall sure was a BIIIGGG thing!

David believed the report of the Lord and that’s the GIANT truth!

New series - GIANT

This Week’s Main Focus:

You are NEVER too young to defeat your GIANT problems!

How old is too old? Is 30 years old too old to be in kindergarten? Is 50 years old too old to be sucking

your thumb? Is 100 years old to old to be called a kid? You CAN be too old for some things. But what about being too young for some things? Is 5 years old too young to drive a car? Is 10 years old too young to be a police officer? Is 20 years old too young to be a grandpa? For sure you CAN be too young for SOME things, too. What about defeating your GIANT problems? How young is too young to believe God for victory over your problems?

You’re NEVER too young to have victory when it comes to defeating your problems, boys and girls!

You are “The Young and The Courageous!” Hey, wait! I just had an idea! That sounds like a great name for a TV show! Let’s see...the main character would be….YOU! (After all, in the word YOUNG is Y-O-U...YOU!) So, YOU are The Young and the Courageous, ready to defeat tall Giants with a single stone, just like David! But wait! Someone comes along, makes fun of you and says, “YOU think you can tackle that problem? HA! You make me laugh!” Uhoh, what’s a young and courageous one like YOU to do?

Quick! To the Bible you go! “Let’s see...where is that verse? There it is!” You’ve found it! “Don’t let anyone

think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers” 1 Timothy 4:12. You put on the whole armor of God, including the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit and you go to meet your problem head on! “I am NOT TOO YOUNG,” you say as you head off into problem solving battle!

What happens next? Will you defeat the problem and then eat a hamburger with a side order of fries?

Will the problem be too much for you and God to handle? Will you ever be able to identify what IS under your bed? Only YOU can answer these questions—and only GOD and YOU can defeat your giant problems! Until next time, this is your TV announcer, I. M. OLD, saying “You are not too young to take on the giant...and that’s the GIANT truth!”

This Week’s Activity Circle how old the following people were at the time of the event that happened?

1. How old was Josiah when he became King? 5 8 13 42

2. How old was Jesus when He was in the temple teaching? 12 20 30 33

3. How old was Abraham when his son Isaac was born? 27 3 100 59

4. How old was Methusaleh when he died? 72 100 250 969

5. How old was Noah when the flood came? 10 60 320 600

6. How old was Jesus when He died on the cross for your sins? 29 1,000 33 86

7. How old was David when he was born? 62 99 0 15