#676 – The Name of the Lord is a Strong Tower (Proverbs 18:10)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 16 June 2019

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God is our refuge and strength. May we run to Him and see that we are secure in His grace.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:06.0	Proverbs chapter 18 verse 10.
0:08.6	The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous man runs into it and is safe. Is this not great
0:18.9	imagery? The name of the Lord is a tower. So picture a strong tower when an invading army is coming and you need to flee, you need to find refuge, protection protection and so you run to the tower. So that's the
0:36.3	picture here. The name of the Lord is a strong tower. The righteous man runs
0:40.3	into it and is safe runs into it. So what's it? What's this tower again? It's the
0:46.8	name of the Lord. God's name is a tower. Just think about that. The name of the Lord,
0:54.0	yay, the one true God, the everlasting God. I just want you to think about all of
1:01.8	scripture and what we see about God's name because we see
1:04.6	God referred to in all kinds of different ways with all kinds of different names.
1:09.6	And I just want you to think about how his name is a strong tower for you to run to every day, run into it, and experience safety, experience security, experience joy, and love and life and protection and provision.
1:30.3	Just think about it as we pray, Oh God we look to you today and we praise you as the one true God.
1:40.0	Holy, holy, holy is the Lord.
1:43.0	You are the sovereign King, Adanai.
1:48.0	There is no one like you.
1:50.0	You are sovereign over all things. You're in control of all things so we find
1:57.4	security in you at an eye you are Jehovah Jaira. The Lord will provide. You are a provider.
2:07.0	Amidst all of our tendencies to worry to be anxious, we run into your name, Jehovah Jaira. You are our provider.
2:17.1	We know that you will provide for us. You are our healer. you are our shepherd, you are our king, you are our father.
2:29.0	Oh, father, you care for us as children.
2:33.8	You the sovereign Lord, out of night call yourself our father.
2:38.3	We praise you for your love for us.
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