#966 – Praying for the Elderly During COVID–19 (Psalm 92:12–15)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 1 April 2020
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net. |
| 0:04.8 | Psalm chapter 92, verses 12 through 15. |
| 0:09.4 | The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. |
| 0:15.4 | They are planted in the house of the Lord. |
| 0:17.9 | They flourish in the courts of our God. |
| 0:26.2 | They still bear fruit in old age. They are ever full of sap and green to declare that the Lord is upright. He is my rock and there is no |
| 0:34.6 | unrighteousness in him. |
| 0:44.8 | So as we pray for specific people and specific needs during this coronavirus pandemic, |
| 0:51.6 | I was reading Psalm 92, 12 through 15 and thinking about something Tamara sent in. |
| 0:59.2 | So just a reminder, invite you to send in prayer requests to radical.net slash prayer request. |
| 1:01.4 | Just go there, let us know specific ways. |
| 1:03.2 | We can be praying for you. |
| 1:07.3 | We're taking one of those each day and just applying God's word. |
| 1:11.9 | How do we pray for this person in particular, knowing that this person likely represents many people right now? So Tamara writes, please pray for my 93-year-old dad, who is now quarantine |
| 1:19.2 | in his room at his assisted living facility. My mom went to heaven two months ago. My dad is still |
| 1:26.5 | grieving and is now isolated. His faith is strong, |
| 1:30.0 | but I know he gets lonely. Thank you. I just think about Tamara's dad and so many like him |
| 1:39.1 | who are in nursing homes or in assisted living facilities, many who know Jesus. |
| 1:46.5 | I just think about what Psalm 92 just said, |
| 1:49.8 | the righteous flourish. |
| 1:51.7 | They're planted in the house of the Lord, and they bear fruit in old age. |
| 1:57.3 | They are ever full of sap and green. And as we read headlines about more people testing positive |
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