1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hi there, and welcome to another Wednesday Prayer 2 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,799 Speaker 1: through this Alms episode of the Praying Christian Women podcast. 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: I'm Jamie Hampton, and today we are going to pray 4 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: through talk about Psalm fifty nine and this is a 5 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,720 Speaker 1: prayer for deliverance from enemies. So whereas last week and 6 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:29,240 Speaker 1: Psalm fifty eight we talked about a Psalm where David 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:35,319 Speaker 1: kind of prayed for God to bring calamity on his 8 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: enemies and disarm them or you know, remove their ability 9 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:44,559 Speaker 1: to inflict pain and punishment, this one is more a 10 00:00:44,920 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: personal refuge. It's more of a you know, protect me, 11 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: take me out of this situation, give me refuge and 12 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:58,360 Speaker 1: declaration of God's protection. So, yeah, this is a really 13 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 1: good one. Let's pray before we get into reading God's word. Father, 14 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,560 Speaker 1: we just thank you for God's word. We thank you 15 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: for David for his honesty for recording these words, these beautiful, 16 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: poetic words of faith and strength even in the most dire, 17 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 1: most difficult circumstances. We just pray that you would help 18 00:01:23,120 --> 00:01:26,559 Speaker 1: us in our own situations as we see enemies lie 19 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 1: in wait around us, that we would not be fearful, 20 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: that we would be confident and sure of whose we 21 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: are and who we are because of the blood of Jesus. 22 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: Thank you for your protection, Thank you for your love. 23 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: Thank you that you are on the throne and at 24 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: work no matter what, even when we can't see it, 25 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: even when the wicked seem to prosper, even when aros 26 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: are being shot at us from all directions. But you 27 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 1: are the God who discis the enemy. You are the 28 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 1: God who shields and protects. And you are the God 29 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: who takes what the enemy is intended for evil and 30 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,320 Speaker 1: redeems it for your good purposes, for your glory, and 31 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 1: for the good of those who love you, who are 32 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 1: called according to those good purposes. Amen. All right, Let's 33 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: read Psalm fifty nine from the Nasby nineteen ninety five, 34 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: prayer for deliverance from enemies for the choir director set 35 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: to al tash heeth, which is again, do not destroy. 36 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: It's that same tune that we heard in Psalm fifty eight. 37 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:50,960 Speaker 1: It's another mick tom of David, which is the type 38 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: of poem that it is. And this happened around first 39 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: Samuel nineteen eleven describes when this happened. This is when 40 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,040 Speaker 1: Saul sent men and they watched the house in order 41 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: to kill him very specific instance. So Saul was after David, 42 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: and basically David was surrounded by enemies. And an interesting 43 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: thing this reminded me of when I went to Kenya 44 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: right after college. I worked for a few months and 45 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:25,560 Speaker 1: then I ended up going to Kenya on a mission 46 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 1: trip for two months. And after the mission trip, on 47 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: the tail end of it, I took I went on 48 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 1: a safari just to see the country. I went to Kenya. 49 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: On the trip, I went to a the Masai Mara 50 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: game preserve and we watched some Massi people doing some 51 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 1: of the traditional Massai dances around the fire, kind of 52 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 1: talking about some of the different rituals they had, like 53 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,840 Speaker 1: hunting rituals, where one of the dances they did they 54 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: would mimic with the ions do when they hunt. And 55 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 1: apparently the lions will get in like kind of a 56 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: circle around their prey and they will grunt back and 57 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: forth at each other kind of to communicate, and their 58 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: grunting gets closer and closer together as they kind of 59 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 1: come in circle in on their prey. They're kind of 60 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 1: communica almost like echo location, I guess, kind of back 61 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 1: and forth, back and forth, like to let each other 62 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: know where they are. So they kind of one of 63 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:28,280 Speaker 1: their dances mimicked that sound and the way that they 64 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 1: did that, and it was very it was amazing, It 65 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,400 Speaker 1: was it was very neat to see that. But in 66 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,280 Speaker 1: the middle of the night in my tent, which by 67 00:04:36,279 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: the way, I went on the budget safari because I 68 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,159 Speaker 1: didn't have money for the like, you know, really nice 69 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: safari in the building, so I went on the tent 70 00:04:45,040 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 1: safari where I was in a soft sided tent. Our 71 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: guards carried spears, not automatic weapons, to defend us should 72 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:00,080 Speaker 1: there be a problem, and so we were feeling a 73 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: little bit vulnerable. But you know, we went to sleep 74 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,360 Speaker 1: with my friend Cynthia and me were in the same tent. 75 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 1: So we went to sleep and at some point at 76 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:15,360 Speaker 1: night I woke up and I heard what I would 77 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: bet my life on right now as the lion. It 78 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: was lions, and they were doing that sound. And so 79 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,159 Speaker 1: it could have been someone pulling a very convincing prank 80 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:34,080 Speaker 1: on a very uneducated person from the United States. I 81 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: don't know. It sounded like actual lions. It did not 82 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 1: sound like the dance where they kind of mimicked what 83 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 1: the lions were doing. It sounded like the actual lions, 84 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: and I woke my tent mate up and I told her, 85 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: I think these are I think I hear lions, and 86 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 1: we listened and she agreed, she thought that's what it 87 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: was too, and we prayed and we opened Scripture, and like, 88 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,840 Speaker 1: I just remember this feeling, and it's the only time 89 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: that I physically felt this way that I had enemies 90 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:09,400 Speaker 1: surrounding me, and I mean, what's a tent going to do? 91 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:13,159 Speaker 1: Like we literally discussed what we would do if we 92 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: heard them getting closer because our beds had like a 93 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: hollow side. We had two like kind of caught things, 94 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 1: but they had a wooden frame, and so we looked. 95 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 1: We figured out that we could hide under the wooden 96 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: frame and be protected. Who knows what was under the 97 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 1: wooden frame. But at that point, my fear of insects 98 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:35,080 Speaker 1: or whatever, like spiders totally wasn't even an issue when 99 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: I'm thinking of saving my life. So we really felt 100 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 1: kind of surrounded by enemies. So I'm just taking that 101 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: mindset of just pure terror and fear of the unknown, 102 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:52,160 Speaker 1: and I'm putting myself in David's situation, and he's saying, 103 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 1: deliver me from my enemies. Oh my God, set me 104 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,119 Speaker 1: securely on high, away from those who rise up against me. 105 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:03,359 Speaker 1: Deliver me from those who do iniquity, and save me 106 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,240 Speaker 1: from men of bloodshed. For behold, they have set an 107 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: ambush for my life. Fierce men launch an attack against me. 108 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,440 Speaker 1: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, o Lord, 109 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: for no guilt of mine. They run and set themselves 110 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: against me. Arouse yourself up to help me. And see you, 111 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: o Lord, God of Hosts, the God of Israel, awake 112 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: to punish all the nations. Do not be gracious to 113 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 1: any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah. They return at evening. 114 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: They howl like a dog, or in my case, they 115 00:07:37,440 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: grunt like a lion, and go around the city. Behold, 116 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: they belch forth with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, 117 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: For they say, who hears? But you, o Lord, laugh 118 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: at them, You scoff at all the nations because of 119 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: his strength. Some ancient versions read my strength. Because of 120 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 1: my strength, I will watch for you. For God is 121 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 1: my strong hold. My God, and his loving kindness will 122 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:06,520 Speaker 1: meet me. God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes. 123 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: Do not slay them, or my people will forget. Scatter 124 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,440 Speaker 1: them by your power, and bring them down, O Lord, 125 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: our shield, on account of the sin of their mouth 126 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: and the words of their lips. Let them even be 127 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,600 Speaker 1: caught in their pride, and on account of curses and 128 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: lies which they utter. Destroy them in wrath, Destroy them 129 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 1: that they may be no more, that men may know 130 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 1: that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth, saylah. 131 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 1: They return at evening. They howl like a dog and 132 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: go around the city. They wander about for food and 133 00:08:40,200 --> 00:08:43,360 Speaker 1: growl if they are not satisfied. But as for me, 134 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,559 Speaker 1: I shall sing of your strength. Yes, I shall joyfully 135 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 1: sing of your loving kindness in the morning, for you 136 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 1: have been my stronghold and a refuge in the day 137 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,920 Speaker 1: of my distress. Oh, my strength, I will sing praises 138 00:08:56,960 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: to you, for God is my stronghold, the God who 139 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: shows me loving kindness. So this is more of a psalm. 140 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: I mean, there's a little bit of imprecatory leanings here 141 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 1: where he's talking about two different things. First, he says, 142 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: don't kill them, don't put them to death, scatter them 143 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: so they will bear testimony of your greatness and their defeat. 144 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: But then later he talks about destroy them so that 145 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: they will be no more that men may know that 146 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: God rules. In Jacob to the Ends of the Earth, 147 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: he talks a lot about them returning in the evening howling, 148 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 1: and it talks about them, you know, like kind of 149 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 1: foraging for food, and then they come and they circle around. 150 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 1: I wonder if this kind of happened, if they surrounded 151 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 1: him at night, so he didn't try to escape in 152 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: the nighttime or something, but he was being oppressed by enemies. 153 00:09:52,880 --> 00:10:01,320 Speaker 1: And as usual, David begins with stating his situation. He 154 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: talks about how he is guiltless in terms of why 155 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,880 Speaker 1: they're coming after him. Obviously he's a sinful human, but 156 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 1: he hasn't done anything to reap the consequences of this 157 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 1: oppression and persecution. And I just wonder, in your life 158 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,839 Speaker 1: right now, is there a situation where you know, if 159 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:25,960 Speaker 1: you're feeling surrounded, maybe you're facing spiritual opposition, and it's 160 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 1: for nothing bad that you've done that it's come upon you. 161 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:31,319 Speaker 1: It's maybe even something good that you've done. Maybe you're 162 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 1: making progress in your relationship with God, maybe you're embarking 163 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: on a new ministry, or maybe you're doing something where 164 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: you just feel like you're being a target and you've 165 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: got targets on your back. Or maybe it's a situation 166 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 1: where you're being persecuted in some way for your faith 167 00:10:48,640 --> 00:10:53,200 Speaker 1: or just for no good reason. And if that's the case, 168 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:58,480 Speaker 1: I think we can look at this and just glean hope. 169 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: Because David is literally being surrounded by enemies who want 170 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: to take his life, and yet he has the presence 171 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: of mind and the faith to say, as for me, 172 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,839 Speaker 1: even though all of this is going on, he talks 173 00:11:15,880 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: about them cursing and lying and speaking lies against him 174 00:11:20,520 --> 00:11:24,880 Speaker 1: and sitting and lying in wait to destroy him literally bodily. 175 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: But as for me, I will sing of your strength. 176 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,440 Speaker 1: And we know David was a musical person because the 177 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 1: Bible talks about how wasn't it the liar that he played? 178 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: He played an instrument to soothe Saul when they were 179 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 1: on good terms. He sang, I'm guessing because he was 180 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:47,200 Speaker 1: a composer of music, and probably saying so, but as 181 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 1: for me, I will sing of your strength. Yes, I 182 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: shall joyfully sing of your loving kindness in the morning. 183 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,200 Speaker 1: So that's after waiting all night, as they surrounded him 184 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,959 Speaker 1: in the evening like jack bulls, and even though I'm 185 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,400 Speaker 1: guessing he probably didn't sleep at night. He would sing 186 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: of your loving kindness in the morning, for you have 187 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 1: been my stronghold and a refuge in the day of 188 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:15,000 Speaker 1: my distress. He was not physically in a place of refuge. 189 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:16,959 Speaker 1: They could have invaded, They could have come in to 190 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: wherever it was that he was. They were surrounding him 191 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,480 Speaker 1: in the house. They were watching him in order to 192 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:28,320 Speaker 1: kill him. But God is this fortress. So when I 193 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:30,960 Speaker 1: was in my tent with the lion sounds around me, 194 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 1: I would have loved to have had like a huge 195 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 1: platform or fortress to be in. I would have loved 196 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: not to have been on the budget safari. I can't 197 00:12:40,160 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: tell you how many times I thought, why didn't I 198 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 1: just ask for money from my parents to go on 199 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 1: the more expensive safari so I could be by like 200 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:52,360 Speaker 1: what I wouldn't give for a door and a building. 201 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: I really did feel that way. But David just says, 202 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: you have been my stronghold. And that night God was 203 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 1: my strong We cried out to him. He was our 204 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:06,359 Speaker 1: only protection and a refuge in the day of my distress. 205 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: Oh my strength, I will sing praises to you, for 206 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: God is my stronghold, the God who shows me loving kindness, 207 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:17,400 Speaker 1: and my prayer for you if you are finding yourself 208 00:13:17,400 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 1: in a situation where you're being oppressed or persecuted, or 209 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 1: lied about, or feel like you have enemies surrounding you, 210 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,520 Speaker 1: my prayer is that you will have the strength and 211 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 1: just the ability to sing God's praises. I think sometimes 212 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 1: we have to start singing before our heart catches up 213 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 1: and before our mind catches up. We have to make 214 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: the conscious decision to sing His praises for me personally, 215 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 1: because I love music, I feel like singing, actually literally 216 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: singing his praises, putting on praise and worship music and 217 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,199 Speaker 1: just belting it out, or reading psalms and speaking the 218 00:13:55,240 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 1: words out loud, or just speaking truth. God. Even though 219 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 1: I'm in this position, you are good. You are still 220 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: on the throne. Even if you can't give thanks for 221 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:10,760 Speaker 1: anything in your circumstances, you can thank God for being 222 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 1: who he is, and you can declare you are my stronghold. 223 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: You are my fortress. Even though I have these flimsy 224 00:14:17,640 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: tent panels that couldn't withstand the jaws and the talons 225 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 1: of a lion, You are my fortress and my stronghold. 226 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 1: Thank you. I declare it is truth. Let it be so. 227 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:36,280 Speaker 1: Let's pray, Father God. We just declare that you are 228 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 1: our fortress and our stronghold. When we are surrounded by enemies, 229 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 1: when people literally lie in wait to catch us, to 230 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: destroy us, to set traps for us, to speak lies 231 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:54,680 Speaker 1: against us, to sabotage our good plans, to turn people 232 00:14:54,800 --> 00:15:00,200 Speaker 1: against us. No matter what, you are our stronghold and 233 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:04,160 Speaker 1: our fortress, and you show us loving kindness, Oh my strength, 234 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: I sing praises to you today. We will sing of 235 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,560 Speaker 1: your goodness and your love and your mercy. We will 236 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: declare you as the King of kings and the Lord 237 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: of lords, our present help in time of trouble, the 238 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: one who lifts us up out of the myrie pit 239 00:15:20,760 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 1: and sets our feet on solid ground, our fortress, our stronghold, 240 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: in times of trouble, our rescue. You are on the 241 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: throne in the midst of all of it. And we 242 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: thank you for it. God, Thank you. Amen. 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