Psalm 144 - Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity

16/02/2023 39 min Temporada 10 Episodio 144
Psalm 144 - Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity

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Prayer for Rescue and Prosperity.A Psalm of David.144 Blessed be the Lord, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle; 2 My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues [a]my people under me.-          The title of this message is prayer for rescue and prosperityo   I love the idea that we can pray not only to be rescued but also for prosperityo   this implies protection from that which is bad but abundant blessing from that which is good-          A Psalm of Davido   this means it's a song and it should be rememberedo   David means beloved so it should be remembered by all of God's children who are beloved-          blessed be the Lord, my rocko   the Lord is a rock (this means a solid place to plant your feet and build your life upon)-          Who trains my hands for war and my fingers for battleo   this implies that the Lord teaches you to be strong and ready for opposition and prepared to win-          my loving kindness and my fortresso   God is loving and kind alwayso   he's also our fortress because he protects us from everything-          my stronghold and my deliverero   the stronghold is like a Fort it is a place of safetyo   a deliverer is someone who picks you up from one place in trouble and takes you to another place in safety -          my shield and he in whom I take refugeo   the shield can protect you from fiery dartso   Jesus Christ is the one in whom I must and you must and we must take refugeo   there is no secure place other than in Jesus Christ-          who subdues my people under meo   God can subdue any group of people instantly and permanently3 O Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You think of him?-          Oh Lord, what is man, that you take knowledge of himo   in other words puny little man is so unimportant why does God pay any attention-          or the son of man that You think of himo   the son of man can be a reference to our children and our children's childreno   or it could be a reference to the son of man the Lord Jesus Christo   I believe the idea is why does God care so much about man that he sent Jesus Christ from heaven to die in a cross to pay for our sins to save us§  we seem unworthy§  there is a sense of disbelief as to why God would do such a thing§  and yet He did 4 Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow.-          and it's like a mere breatho   a breath is a very short period of timeo   man does not live very long in comparison to Godo   these thousand years is as a dayIntro to Outbless Weekly Thanks for listening to Outbless.com