{"id":6,"date":"2026-05-14T02:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/?p=6"},"modified":"2026-05-14T02:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T02:36:42","slug":"david-and-goliath-the-boy-who-trusted-god-%f0%9f%aa%a8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"David and Goliath: The Boy Who Trusted God! \ud83e\udea8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"kids-intro\">Have you ever felt scared of something really big? David did too! But he knew that with God, he could do anything! \ud83d\udcaa<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Story Begins<\/h3><p>Long, long ago, there was a young boy named David who took care of his father&#8217;s sheep. David loved God with all his heart and would sing songs of praise while watching the sheep under the stars. \ud83c\udf1f<\/p><p>One day, a HUGE giant named Goliath was bullying everyone. He was over 9 feet tall \u2014 that&#8217;s like stacking two really tall grown-ups on top of each other! Everyone was scared&#8230; but not David!<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">David&#8217;s Big Brave Moment<\/h3><p>&#8220;I will fight him!&#8221; said David. &#8220;Because God is with me!&#8221; He picked up 5 smooth stones from the river and walked toward Goliath with just his sling. WHOOSH! The stone flew through the air and hit Goliath right in the forehead. THUD! The giant fell down!<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What We Learn \ud83d\udca1<\/h3><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>God makes us brave even when we feel small<\/li><li>Trusting God is the most powerful thing we can do<\/li><li>One person who believes in God can change everything!<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Memory Verse:<\/strong> &#8220;The Lord is my light and my salvation \u2014 whom shall I fear?&#8221; \u2014 Psalm 27:1 \u2728<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever felt scared of something really big? Learn how a young boy named David trusted God and defeated a giant!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/project2.olivet.dev\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}