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Champions Know How to Fail

Aug
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2025

David:
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David: Portrait of a Champion

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In David: Portrait of a Champion, Dr. Michael Youssef takes us through the amazing victories, tragic losses, and difficult trials of Israel’s greatest king. Learn why God called David a man after His own heart, and discover the change He wants to make in your heart, too.

David: Portrait of a Champion (Part 4)

Champions Know How to Fail

In Champions Know How to Fail, Dr. Michael Youssef exposes the dangerous path of spiritual backsliding—even in the pews. David, once bold before Goliath, now flees in fear because he takes his eyes off the Lord and focuses on himself. Drawing from 1 Samuel 19 and 20, Dr. Youssef shows how even God’s chosen can stumble into deceit, despair, and self-pity when they trust their emotions over God’s promises. But failure is not final. God’s grace meets us beyond the stone of surrender—where all comfort is stripped away and only Christ remains. Will you return to the Lord today? The cost of fleeing is great, but repentance brings restoration and purpose.

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