1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:08,280 Speaker 2: Hi there, and welcome to another Prayer through the Psalms 3 00:00:08,320 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 2: episode of the Praying Christian Women podcast. I'm Jamie and 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:15,960 Speaker 2: I'm excited to be praying through and talking about Psalm 5 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 2: fifty four today. Before we get started, let's open up 6 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 2: with some prayer. 7 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 1: God, we just. 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for the Psalms. Thank you for 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 2: revealing yourself through your word. We just pray now as 10 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 2: we come before you, that you would allow us to 11 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:38,559 Speaker 2: just shed any baggage, any anxieties, any frustrations that you 12 00:00:38,680 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 2: might see in us. Lord, We just pray that we 13 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 2: would come before you unburdened and unhindered, that our ears 14 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 2: would hear you, our eyes would see you. It's so 15 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 2: easy to get distracted by what we see around us, 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 2: what we hear, to take in kind of sensory overload 17 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 2: with all of the information and the screens. Pray that 18 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 2: you would help us to see past it to the 19 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:07,920 Speaker 2: spiritual truth that your kingdom, this spiritual reality that we 20 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 2: can't see with our human eyes or hear with our 21 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,559 Speaker 2: human ears, is more real than what we're in now. 22 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 2: And yet what we're in now is so important, and 23 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 2: because of Jesus, we have a bridge to partner with 24 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 2: you through prayer, through living our lives, to be salt 25 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 2: and light, to be a city on a hill, to 26 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 2: bring your kingdom power into this temporal existence that you've created. 27 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: And so much of it is a mystery. But we 28 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 2: just pray that we would become more and more convinced 29 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:45,839 Speaker 2: of the reality of your kingdom and of the importance 30 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:50,360 Speaker 2: of connecting with you and of fighting the spiritual battle 31 00:01:50,880 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 2: that's raging just beyond where we can see. We just 32 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 2: pray that you would arm us with the sword of 33 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:01,040 Speaker 2: the spirit, with the word of God God, that we 34 00:02:01,080 --> 00:02:03,680 Speaker 2: would internalize it so that we can wield it at 35 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 2: will against the enemy. We pray for protection, and we 36 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 2: just pray for hope and for confidence in Jesus' name. 37 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: Amen. 38 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,200 Speaker 2: All right, let's read Psalm fifty four from the Nasby 39 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 2: nineteen ninety five. This is prayer for defense against enemies. 40 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 2: Poor David, this is like, what do you think he 41 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 2: spends at least a third of his psalms defending himself 42 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 2: against enemies or betrayal or people that want to take 43 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:37,680 Speaker 2: his life. I mean, this guy does not get a break. 44 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:41,960 Speaker 2: So this is another prayer for defense against enemies. It 45 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: says for the choir director on stringed instruments, a maskill 46 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:48,800 Speaker 2: of David when the Ziphites came and said to Saul, 47 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 2: is not David hiding himself among us? And I just wonder. 48 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 2: I mean, I know that back in this time, song 49 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 2: was very important rewarding the things that were done. You know, 50 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 2: some of the exploits of some of the well known 51 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 2: kings and princes and other people probably were sung in 52 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 2: the form of songs. And so David kind of it's 53 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 2: like David's diary, you know, He's just like chronicling his 54 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 2: experiences and his feelings in a way that's poetic, maybe 55 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 2: easy to remember. And I just again, I always wish 56 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 2: that I could hear it as it was performed. Maybe 57 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: we'd be underwhelmed because we've just been so inundated with 58 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 2: like modern day music. But I just don't think so. 59 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 2: I think it would be something so pure and so 60 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:45,960 Speaker 2: God inspired that it would just be incredible. So's that's on. 61 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 2: You know, if I get to heaven and God lets 62 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 2: me ask questions, and I even think to ask questions. 63 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: I want to hear David play his music or. 64 00:03:56,200 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 2: Someone else, you know, play David's music, but I would 65 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: like to hear it play the way it was written. 66 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,560 Speaker 1: So save me, Oh God, by. 67 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 2: Your name, and vindicate me by your power. Hear my prayer, 68 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 2: Oh God, give ear to the words of my mouth, 69 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 2: For strangers have risen against me, and violent men have 70 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,600 Speaker 2: sought my life. They have not set God before them. 71 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:24,159 Speaker 2: Say Lah, behold, God is my helper. The Lord is 72 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 2: the sustainer of my soul. He will recompense the evil 73 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 2: to my foes, destroy them in your faithfulness. Willingly I 74 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:36,000 Speaker 2: will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, 75 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,239 Speaker 2: O Lord, for it is good, for he has delivered 76 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 2: me from all trouble, and my eye has looked with 77 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 2: satisfaction upon my enemies. 78 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: There is so much in this. 79 00:04:46,839 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 2: So in the commentary I was looking at, the first 80 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 2: thing that stood out to me is this save me, 81 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 2: Oh God, by your name. What it actually means is 82 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 2: basically because you are rescue. So it means this deep 83 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,119 Speaker 2: idea that a name represented not just something someone does, 84 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 2: but their identity, their authority, their reputation. So when we 85 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 2: think of some of our favorite names, and by we 86 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 2: I mean me, but maybe you two. When I think 87 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 2: of some of my favorite names of God. It's like 88 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:29,720 Speaker 2: Jehovah Jirah, which means something like the almighty God who provides. 89 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 2: But what that means it's not the God who provides, 90 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:39,360 Speaker 2: it's He is provision. That is who he is, just 91 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 2: like when we hear you know, God is love. He 92 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 2: doesn't love. He is love. He's the essence of love. 93 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: He's the essence of protection. He is the essence of provision. 94 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 2: He's the epitome of shelter. He is shelter. He is 95 00:05:56,120 --> 00:06:01,119 Speaker 2: a stronghold. He doesn't protect, he is sh So these 96 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 2: are this is very strong language, and I love it 97 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 2: because it reminds me that as much as I can 98 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 2: know about God, there are levels of who he is 99 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 2: that we can't comprehend with our human minds. And if 100 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 2: you think you know how good he is, if it 101 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 2: brings you to tears to meditate on his goodness, you 102 00:06:23,560 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 2: don't know the half of it. You don't know a 103 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 2: fraction or a minuscule piece of it. So just think 104 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 2: about that. I just love getting to know God more. 105 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 2: But the coolest part of that is, no matter how 106 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,120 Speaker 2: long we lived on this earth, we would never get 107 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 2: to know the fullness of who he is we couldn't 108 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:46,240 Speaker 2: take it. And so these glimpses, this language that's so 109 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 2: rich and so descriptive. 110 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: I love it. 111 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:52,320 Speaker 2: So the next thing that kind of stood out to 112 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 2: me is he talks about four strangers have risen against me. 113 00:06:57,440 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 2: And apparently the Ziphytes who came and said to Saul 114 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 2: is not David hiding himself among us. They basically sold 115 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:06,680 Speaker 2: him out like so many others in the past that 116 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:12,680 Speaker 2: we've talked about. And the Ziphites were apparently like genetically 117 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 2: related to Israel, but. 118 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: They did not act that way. 119 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 2: They were acting in a non covenantial way, and they 120 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 2: were selling out David. And so this is almost like 121 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 2: him saying you're dead to me. It doesn't mean that 122 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 2: they are literal strangers. I don't think the commentaries seem 123 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:36,240 Speaker 2: to kind of converge on this idea that the Ziphites were. 124 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 2: He knew who they were, and they were even sort 125 00:07:39,600 --> 00:07:43,160 Speaker 2: of kindred, but because of them rising up against him, 126 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:46,840 Speaker 2: he's like, they're strangers. I never knew you kind of thing, right, 127 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 2: So when it says, behold, God is my helper, the 128 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 2: Lord is the sustainer of my soul, sustainer of my soul, 129 00:07:58,400 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 2: is literally it means the Lord is among the supporters 130 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,400 Speaker 2: of my soul. And what this reflects is an ancient 131 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 2: legal concept. Another thing that I love in these psalms 132 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 2: is the legal language that is used, because I don't know, 133 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:23,400 Speaker 2: there's just something so final, like God's justice is final, 134 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 2: and so to know that in a legal sense he's 135 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,240 Speaker 2: on our side like that gives me so much joy 136 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,719 Speaker 2: and comfort and peace. So what this means is he 137 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 2: is a defender, he is a legal advocate. So these 138 00:08:40,760 --> 00:08:45,480 Speaker 2: supporters would stand beside the accused as advocates or as witnesses. 139 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,480 Speaker 2: And so this is saying the Lord is He's not 140 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: just the upholder of my life, meaning he sustains me, 141 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 2: but he's saying he is the one among all of 142 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 2: the people who stand at my side. The Almighty God 143 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,760 Speaker 2: is among them. And in Psalm one O nine it 144 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 2: says God stands at the right hand of the needy 145 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,719 Speaker 2: Romans eight thirty one. God is the one who justifies. 146 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 2: These are kind of like foreshadowing to the future. But 147 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 2: I really love that that he is an actual defender. 148 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 2: And what was curious I just wanted to know because 149 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 2: I know that Jesus is also described as a legal 150 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 2: advocate for us. And so when I looked a little 151 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,280 Speaker 2: more deeply into that, So we're looking at Hebrew because 152 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:35,079 Speaker 2: it's the Old Testament right now, But in the New Testament, 153 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 2: when Jesus comes along, he is called our advocate in 154 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 2: a legal sense, one called alongside to plead a case, 155 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 2: legal defender. All the same words, only expressed in a 156 00:09:45,800 --> 00:09:52,320 Speaker 2: Greek word, and it's paraclitos. And what struck me is 157 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 2: I remember in New Testament literature when I took it 158 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 2: in college, I remembered that one of the names of 159 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 2: the Holy Spirit is paraclete, not parakeet, paraclete, and what 160 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 2: it means is helper. 161 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:08,320 Speaker 1: And so I've always thought of that. 162 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 2: But what's interesting is that Jesus, when he talked to 163 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 2: the disciples and he said he was going to be 164 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 2: sending the Holy Spirit, he said, I will ask the 165 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 2: Father and he will give you another paraclete or paraclito. 166 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:37,200 Speaker 2: And so the Greek phrases alan, paracleton, and alon means 167 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 2: I'm probably butchering the pronunciation. 168 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. If you're a Greek scholar. 169 00:10:41,400 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 2: Sorry, Alon means another of the same kind, not a 170 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 2: different kind. So isn't that neat that he's saying, he 171 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 2: will send you another helper, same kind of helper. He's 172 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 2: another one. He's another one of us, you know, another 173 00:10:56,960 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 2: one of the triune godhead, you know, no big deal, 174 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 2: but another of the same kind. And so what I'm 175 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:11,839 Speaker 2: guessing is that Jesus was God in the flesh. And 176 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 2: what he was saying is, I'm leaving. I'm not sending 177 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 2: an angel. I'm not sending a minion or you know, 178 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 2: I'm not sending a lower level executive from heaven. You're 179 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,960 Speaker 2: going to have another of the same. He's not going 180 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 2: to look like me, but he's me. He's like me 181 00:11:34,160 --> 00:11:37,839 Speaker 2: in every way, only he's going to live in you, 182 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,640 Speaker 2: and he's going to explain things to you. He's going 183 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 2: to comfort you like I did. He's going to teach 184 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 2: you like I did. He's going to build a bridge 185 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 2: from you to my Father in Heaven, just like I did. 186 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 2: And that's so beautiful. Like I never knew that Jesus 187 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 2: was called a paraclet as well, and I just think 188 00:11:56,920 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 2: that's beautiful. So we have an advocate. I always thought 189 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 2: of it as a helper. That was the word that 190 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,920 Speaker 2: was told to me in my New Testament. Literature class, 191 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,720 Speaker 2: which incidentally was taught by an atheist. But this legal 192 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 2: language makes it so much different. So you've got a 193 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:20,319 Speaker 2: defensive advocate, an intercessor before the father, and he's living 194 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 2: in you. 195 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: I mean, this is big. This is not something to 196 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:25,520 Speaker 1: take lightly. So I loved that. 197 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 2: This is another thing that I really appreciate about David 198 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 2: is in verse six, he says willingly, I will sacrifice 199 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 2: to you. I will give thanks to your name, a Lord, 200 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,160 Speaker 2: for it is good, for he has delivered me from 201 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 2: all trouble, and my eye has looked with satisfaction upon 202 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 2: my enemies. This is before he was delivered. So this 203 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:50,480 Speaker 2: is while he is still waiting for God's deliverance. He 204 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 2: is praising. 205 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:52,800 Speaker 1: And I love this. 206 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 2: I mean, I just what a picture of faith. And 207 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,559 Speaker 2: I think it's more than just faith. I think David 208 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 2: knew the secret that there is spiritual power, you know, 209 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,520 Speaker 2: talking about the spiritual battle going on. There is spiritual 210 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 2: power in declaring that you are good God, even when 211 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 2: circumstances would say otherwise. You are declaring the truth to 212 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:24,680 Speaker 2: counter what is being manifest before you. You're saying, you 213 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 2: know what, this doesn't look good, but my God is 214 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 2: good and on earth like this is our last chance, 215 00:13:33,559 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 2: our only chance. 216 00:13:35,440 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 1: As far as I know. 217 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know how things work, but I'm 218 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 2: guessing it's our only chance to I don't think in 219 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 2: heaven we will have the opportunity to face adversity because 220 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 2: we'll be with God face to face. But while we're here, 221 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:58,120 Speaker 2: while we are required to believe the unseen, there is 222 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:02,080 Speaker 2: a gift there. It's a secret weapon. It is praising 223 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:06,600 Speaker 2: God even when the world we see around us is 224 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 2: trying to deceive us into thinking that he's not. And 225 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 2: I believe that that sets off just incredible ballistic power 226 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 2: in the Kingdom against our enemies. I picture it like 227 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:28,239 Speaker 2: just if you can imagine the most devastating bomb possible, 228 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:31,920 Speaker 2: you know, maybe like death star quality, like sci Fi 229 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,280 Speaker 2: kind of bomb. It's not even a bomb, it's just 230 00:14:34,320 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 2: a destructive thing, right, So whatever weapon, massive Star Warsian weapon, 231 00:14:40,560 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 2: I believe that this is what it does when we 232 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,800 Speaker 2: choose to praise God, to declare the truth of who 233 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 2: he is, even when it hurts, even when we don't 234 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 2: see it happening. 235 00:14:53,680 --> 00:14:55,080 Speaker 1: So let's pray. 236 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 2: Lord, We just thank you so much for David's example 237 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:05,400 Speaker 2: of faith and courage, and for the secret weapon that 238 00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 2: he gives us of praising you in the midst of 239 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 2: the chaos, in declaring your truth, even when we're surrounded 240 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:22,720 Speaker 2: by deception and lies, in claiming your victory before we 241 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 2: see it play out in real time. 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