{"id":2530,"date":"2026-01-15T16:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:01:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:01:32","slug":"courage-like-david-how-to-slay-your-giants-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/2026\/01\/15\/courage-like-david-how-to-slay-your-giants-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Courage Like David: How to Slay Your Giants (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Faith Is Bigger Than Fear And Preparation Builds Confidence.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagine standing face to face with a giant everyone else is afraid of. Your heart is racing. Fear is loud. That was David\u2019s moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David wasn\u2019t the biggest or the strongest, but he had something greater: faith in God. He trusted that God was bigger than the giant before him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What does this teach children?Courage doesn\u2019t mean you aren\u2019t scared. It means trusting God even when fear shows up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, kids face their own \u201cgiants\u201d bullying, peer pressure, fear of failure, and self-doubt. Like David, they can learn this simple truth: God is bigger than anything they will ever face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But David\u2019s courage didn\u2019t appear overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before Goliath, David spent years as a shepherd, protecting his sheep from lions and bears. Those quiet moments of responsibility and faith were preparing him for a much bigger challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The lesson for kids:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faith grows stronger when we prepare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether it\u2019s practicing for school, sports, or learning new skills, small efforts matter. Every step builds confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Little steps today create big courage tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When children learn to trust God and prepare well, they become confident, resilient, and ready to face life\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260115-WA0014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260115-WA0014.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260115-WA0014-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260115-WA0014-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faith Is Bigger Than Fear And Preparation Builds Confidence. Imagine standing face to face with a giant everyone else is afraid of. Your heart is racing. Fear is loud. That&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2530"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2535,"href":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2530\/revisions\/2535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bsfchildren.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}