Facing
Your
Giants

Max Lucado

A David and Goliath Story
for Everyday People

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© 2006 Max Lucado

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Other Scripture references are from the following sources:

The American Standard Version (asv). God’s Word (God’s Word) is a copyrighted work of God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society. All rights reserved. The Good News Bible: The Bible in Today’s English Version (tev) copyright 1992 by the American Bible Society. The King James Version of the Bible (kjv). The Living Bible (tlb), copyright © 1971 by Tyndale House Publishers, Wheaton, Ill. Used by permission. The Message (msg), copyright © 1993. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. New American Standard Bible (nasb), © 1960, 1977, 1995 by the Lockman Foundation. The New Century Version® (ncv), © 2005 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. The Holy Bible, New International Version (niv). Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. Holy Bible, New Living Translation (nlt), copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved. The New Revised Standard Version Bible (nrsv), © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. J. B. Phillips: The New Testament in Modern English, Revised Edition (Phillips). Copyright © J. B. Phillips 1958, 1960, 1972. Used by permission of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Lucado, Max.

Facing your giants / Max Lucado.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

isbn-10: 0–8499-0181–2 (alk. paper)

isbn-13: 978–0-8499–0181-2 (alk. paper)

isbn-10: 0–8499-9149–8 (International Edition)

isbn-13: 978–0-8499–9149-3 (International Edition)

isbn-10: 0–8811-3350–7 (Spanish Edition)

isbn-13: 978–0-8811–3350-9 (Spanish Edition)

1. David, King of Israel. 2. Goliath (Biblical giant) 3. Christian life. 4. Spirituality. ...