Sisters: The Hope Week 3

Plugged Into the Real Power Source

Scripture References

• 1 Samuel 17
• 1 Chronicles 29

Overview

Your life runs on whatever you plug into. Just as a phone is useless without a charger, our potential depends on the strength of our power source. God offers limitless power, but we often face our “giants” in our own strength and end up depleted. Looking at David’s victory over Goliath, the message shows how to draw on God’s power: see with eyes of faith, stand against doubt, and remember God’s past faithfulness.

Main Points

The Power-Source Principle

• A dead phone feels tragic because it has no power; a believer trying to live without God’s power is the same.
• Key thought repeated: the potential of your power is determined by the strength of your power source.
• Illustration: Ongoing “battle of the phone charger” at home—chargers disappear no matter how many are bought. We hunt for them because we know we need power.

David’s Three Moves Against Goliath (1 Samuel 17)

• 1. Assess the situation with eyes of faith

  • David gathered the visible facts but also factored in the unseen reality of God’s presence.

  • “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

  • Ask: “Is this obstacle really bigger than the God who creates, heals, and raises the dead?”

• 2. Fight doubt and resistance

  • Saul told David he was only a boy and couldn’t win; similar voices tell us our situations are impossible.
  • We must refuse the inner or outer narrative of “can’t,” holding to God’s Word instead.

• 3. Remember God’s faithfulness

  • David recalled the lion and the bear God had already helped him defeat.

  • “The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.”

  • Looking back fuels confidence for the present battle.

Tapping Into Christ’s Power Today

• Magnify God above the circumstance: focus on who He is, not on what you lack.
• God is not a distant “zap” God; He loves to share His strength (Lee Strobel quote referenced).
• We do not always know His ways, but we do know His character—mighty, faithful, able.
• Practical pattern:
  1. Assess with faith.
  2. Resist doubt.
  3. Remember His track record.
• David’s closing prayer (1 Chronicles 29) models magnifying God’s greatness before asking for help.

Key Truths

• God’s unlimited strength is available; our limits come from the source we choose.
• Faith counts unseen realities as facts that outweigh what eyes see.
• Doubt often sounds reasonable, but it is not truth when God has spoken.
• Recalling past deliverance fuels present courage.
• Magnifying God shifts focus from our weakness to His sufficiency.

Response

• Plug into God first whenever a “giant” appears.
• List both the visible facts and the unseen truths of God’s power over your situation.
• Reject voices (external or internal) that declare your battle impossible.
• Journal specific times God carried you through past struggles and thank Him.
• Pray David’s prayer of exaltation this week to re-center your heart on God’s greatness.

Closing

Every challenge shouts, “You’re not enough,” but the God inside you is more than enough. As you face your week, keep running to the true charger—His power will never fail.

“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory… In your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.”

Prayer

“Lord Daddy, we are in awe that You are an empowering God. Our weakness is obvious, and even what we think is strong is nothing compared to You. Open our eyes to the power that is in and for us. Teach us to run to You for help, to see with eyes of faith that You are greater, to silence doubt with Your truth, and to remember Your faithfulness. Because of You we have hope—deepen that truth in us all week. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”