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Pray the Word with David Platt

#161 – God Our Comfort (Isaiah 51:12)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Bible Study, Spirituality, Devotional, Bible, Christianity, Prayer, Christian, Religion & Spirituality, David Platt, John Piper, Pray, Louie Giglio, Baptist, Radical

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🗓️ 18 January 2018

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

We are afraid of all kinds of things in this world, but the God over the world says we have nothing to fear because He is our comfort.

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Isaiah 51 verse 12

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God says I I am he who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies, of the son of man who is made like grass? When I read this verse I think about fear in my life and all of our lives when I talk

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with followers of Christ even the prevalence of fear the way it plays out in so many of our lives we're afraid of

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so many things we're afraid of what other people think about us, we're afraid of the unknown,

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we're afraid of what the future might hold, we're afraid of this or that happening to us,

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we're afraid of sickness or disease, we're afraid of dying, we're afraid of death, we're afraid of

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all kinds of things in this world and God says in his word so here are these words just think about any fears you have in your life

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Here God saying I I am he who comforts you and you have nothing to fear in this world.

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You don't need to be afraid of any man or woman.

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You don't need to be afraid of anyone or anything in this world.

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I'm the God over this world and I comfort you. I keep you. I have

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hear this. This is God saying to us people, I'm responsible for your

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ultimate protection and provision and comfort and peace. Therefore you need

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not fear anything in this world. Oh God I pray for that. For every single

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person who's listening right now, God with whatever fears they have I think

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about fears in my own life. God help us to look up and see you are our comforter,

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that you are the God of the universe, that God over this world with sovereign

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authority over everything in this world, that the only fear we need to have is fear of you

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and a right fear of you that combines reverence and awe for you in light of your holiness and your greatness and your grander and your justice and your mercy

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God help us to fear you and then as a result to have proper perspective on everyone and everything around us in this world that we need not fear

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anyone or anything else because you are our God, you are our comforter, you are our confidence. Oh God thank you. Thank you for freeing us

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