1°ESTUDO - Desafiando Os Gigantes

“GIANTS is exactly the kind of movie I want my family to see...
”
—George Barna
NEVER GIVE UP.

NEVER bAck
dowN.
NEVER loSE
fAITh.
...With God, all things

are possible...
DISCUSSION BOOKLET
INTRODUCTION BY MAX LUCADO
I WAS PUTTING THE
INISHING TOUCHES
on my upcoming book, Facing Your Giants (w
Publishing,
November 2006), when I irst heard about the
movie, Facing
the Giants. I was amazed (and delighted) at the
echoes
between the movie and my book. The makers of
Facing the
Giants began with the same question I began
with: what
happens when a person refuses to focus on the
seemingly
unconquerable giants in his or her life and
focuses instead
on the almighty God who does whatever he
pleases? I hope
this movie study guide helps you dig deeper into
some issues
that are very near and dear to my heart.
For God’s Glory,
MAX LUCADO
1. FACING YOUR GIANTS
AT THE BEGINNING of Facing the Giants,

coach Grant Taylor is faced with a series of defeats
and humiliations that assault his sense of self and
leave him wondering what God is doing. At one
point, he refers to his seemingly insurmountable
problems as “giants of fear and failure.”
what are the “giants” in your world?

how does their presence affect your sense
of self?
how do they affect your vision of who God
is and how he is working in your life?
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when you focus on your “giants,” what kind of stumbles do you tend to
take?
how does focusing on God cause your giants to shrink—and tumble?
COACH TAYLOR’S LIFE begins to turn around when he stops looking at his
problems and starts looking at God instead. Max lucado, in his book, facing Your
how is God’s might shown through our weakness?
So you’re smaller and weaker than the giants that
stalk your life. where does your comfort and
conidence lie?
Giants, puts it this way: “focus on giants—you stumble. focus on God—your giants
tumble.”
TRYING TO COME TO TERMS with his own giants, david childers asks his
father, “why would [God] make me so small and weak?” “To
show how mighty he is,” his father answers.
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More information about the movie at www.facingthegiants.com.
opens in theatres September 29th.
2. LETTING GO
WHEN COACHTAYLOR offersup anew team

philosophy for his players, he declares that football
is too small a thing to live for. when the players
loosen their grip and hand their season over to God,
suddenly they ind that football is more important
than ever, because it becomes a way to glorify God.
Are you living for anything smaller than

God?
In what ways do the most important things
in life become more important when you
hand them over to God?
In what ways do those things
become less important?
As Mr. childers says, “Your

actions always follow your beliefs.”
how do changes in your internal world make their way out to your
external world?
The more you submit to God, the more freedom you enjoy. how do you
account for that paradox?
AFTER THE SHILOH football players

commit their lives to God, they seem to be
why is it so hard to praise God when you
lose? why is it so necessary?
what are areas of your life that you need
to surrender to God in order to experience
his victory?
living in their “sweet spot.” They’re looser
and more relaxed in practice and in games;
theirschoolworkimproves.Theyenjoy
life more, and they change from losers into
winners.
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THROUGHOUT FACING THE GIANTS, victory begins with surrender.

consider brooke Taylor’s prayer—“I will still love You”—even when it appears that
she won’t get the baby she longs for. only then is her longing fulilled.

3. LEAVING IT ALL ON THE IELD
INTHE “DEATH CRAWL” scene, brock kelley

accomplishes something neither he nor his teammates
thought possible—all because he commits to give
100%. That experience turns the season around for
the Shiloh Eagles.
why do you think coach Taylor makes

brock wear a blindfold for the death
crawl?
where are you giving less than 100% in
your life?
what self-imposed limits keep you from
giving your all to the things that matter
most?
what circumstances make you feel like quitting?

how can you ind the energy and the will to lead in such circumstances?
•
describe how that philosophy is a source of

freedom.
what if you give your best and God doesn’t
give you the results you wanted or expected?
EXHAUSTED,BROCKISREADY toquitinthe4thquarterofthechampionship
game. coach Taylor reminds him, “It’s easy to lead when you’re strong. but now is
when you lead.”
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EXHAUSTIONNEARLYCAUSES brocktolettheteamdown.Indavid’scase,it
is fear. but coach Taylor equips david for victory with a
reminder of the team’s guiding truth: “You’ve got to give
God your best and leave the results to him.”
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4. PREPARING FOR RAIN
MR. BRIDGES, Shiloh’s hall-walking

prayer warrior, gives coach Taylor a new
way of understanding faith when he tells
the story of a farmer who not only prayed
for rain, but prepared his ields to receive
the rain.
AS COACH TAYLOR’S experience shows, “preparing for rain” means taking some
risks, living beyond your comfort zone.
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then live as if you don’t expect
God to answer? If so, why?
consider the things that you’re
praying for now—the big things.
how might you “prepare your
ields” in expectation of God’s
blessing?
It is a huge risk to put david childers in for a 51-yard ield goal. when
asked what he was doing, coach Taylor answers, “I’m preparing for rain.”
what does he mean by that?
The Giants’ coach bobby lee duke takes risks himself—notably, going
how does “preparing for rain” for a touchdown rather than a ield goal at the end of the championship
show more faith than praying for game. how are those risks different from coach Taylor’s “rain-
rain and leaving it at that?
preparation” risks?
do you ever pray for something,
5. WATCHING GOD WORK
MR. CHILDERS TELLS his son david of

the prayer he has prayed ever since david was
a baby: “that he would show how strong he is
in your life, and that through you, people would
see how good he is.”
how is Mr. childers’ prayer answered

in this story?
what does Mr. childers do to “prepare
for rain”—to put his son in a position
to see his prayer answered?
how is living to see God’s glory better
than living to see your own glory?
God delights in the unlikely stories and paradoxes. how

does that realization change your view of long-shot
stories?
how do you deine “hope”?
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how has God already shown his strength and goodness in your life? do
you have “milestones” in your life where you clearly saw God at work?
what is impossible with God?
BYALLEARTHLYSTANDARDS, theShilohEaglesshouldn’t
even be on the same ield with the Richland Giants. but for coach
Taylor and his players, the very unlikelihood of their story gave
them hope: it was evidence that God was at work.
INHISPOST-GAME wrap-up, coachTaylortellshisplayers,“Ihopetodayisa

milestone for what [God] can do for the rest of your life, if you trust him.”
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“GIANTS is exactly the kind of movie I want my family to see...

NEVER GIVE UP.

...With God, all things

For God’s Glory,

AT THE BEGINNING of Facing the Giants,

what are the “giants” in your world?

WHEN COACHTAYLOR offersup anew team

Are you living for anything smaller than

As Mr. childers says, “Your

AFTER THE SHILOH football players

THROUGHOUT FACING THE GIANTS, victory begins with surrender.

More information about the movie at www.facingthegiants.com.

INTHE “DEATH CRAWL” scene, brock kelley

why do you think coach Taylor makes

what circumstances make you feel like quitting?

describe how that philosophy is a source of

More information about the movie at www.facingthegiants.com.

MR. BRIDGES, Shiloh’s hall-walking

MR. CHILDERS TELLS his son david of

how is Mr. childers’ prayer answered

God delights in the unlikely stories and paradoxes. how

INHISPOST-GAME wrap-up, coachTaylortellshisplayers,“Ihopetodayisa

More information about the movie at www.facingthegiants.com.

At participating Christian Retail Stores you can pre-order

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