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FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT (2)

by Donald Cantrell

Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:9
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Fight the Good Fight (2)
Series: David's Mighty Men
Donald Cantrell
2 Samuel 23: 9 - 10


2Sa 23:9 KJV - And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

2Sa 23:10 KJV - He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.

I - The Famous Soldier (9a)

II - The Fearful Situation (9b)

III - The Fighters Stance (10a)

IV - The Fatiguing Skirmish (10b)

V - The Fabulous Scene (10c)

VI - The Fortunate Spoil (10d)

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Theme: ''Eleazar was fully committed to fighting the good fight''


Rick Rescolra

At 8:46 a.m. on the morning of September 11, 2001, American Airlines Flight 11 struck World Trade Center Tower 1, (The North Tower). Rescorla heard the explosion and saw the tower burning from his office window in the 44th floor of World Trade Center Tower 2 (The South Tower).

When a Port Authority announcement came over the P.A. system urging people to stay at their desks, Rescorla ignored the announcement, grabbed his bullhorn, walkie-talkie, cell phone, and began systematically ordering Morgan Stanley employees to evacuate, including the 1,000 employees in WTC 5.

He directed people down a stairwell from the 44th floor, continuing to calm employees after the building lurched violently following the crash of United Airlines Flight 175 38 floors above into Tower 2 at 9:03 A.M.

Morgan Stanley executive Bill McMahon stated that even a group of 250 people visiting the offices for a stockbroker training class knew what to do because they had been shown the nearest stairway.

Rescorla had boosted morale among his men in Vietnam by singing Cornish songs from his youth, and ...

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