#1,006 – Praying for Ahmaud Arbery's Mother (Psalm 124)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 11 May 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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O God, we pray today for Your help for Wanda Cooper, and for Your help for us as we do justice and love mercy. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:04.6	Psalm chapter 124.
0:07.5	I'm going to read the whole thing.
0:08.8	It's eight verses.
0:10.8	If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, let Israel now say, if it had not been the Lord
0:18.7	who was on our side, when people rose up against us, then they would
0:24.3	have swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us.
0:30.4	Then the flood would have swept us away.
0:33.4	The torrent would have gone over us.
0:36.9	Then over us would have gone the raging waters.
0:40.6	Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.
0:46.3	We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowlers.
0:49.7	The snare is broken, and we have escaped.
0:52.9	Our help is in the name of the Lord who made heaven and earth.
1:00.8	What a powerful Psalm in a world where it seems like to the psalmist, evil and sin and injustice are overwhelming and threatening to overtake him,
1:19.2	to overtake specifically God's people, Israel.
1:24.1	The psalmist says, the Lord is on our side and our help is in his name.
1:31.3	So as I read this Psalm and I think about specific ways to pray for each other during these days,
1:39.3	I think about how yesterday we prayed for moms in general.
1:43.3	And today I want to lead us we prayed for moms in general.
1:49.1	And today I want to lead us to pray for a mom specifically.
1:52.0	Her name is Wanda Cooper.
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