Abiding in God (2 Chronicles 32:7–8)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 27 December 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on 2 Chronicles 32:7–8, David Platt prays that God would help us to abide in him. View the 2021 McLean Bible Church Reading Plan. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:04.4	Second Chronicles, chapter 32, verses 7 and 8, be strong and courageous.
0:11.4	Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him.
0:18.3	For there are more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh,
0:24.9	but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people took
0:33.1	confidence from the words of Hezekiah, King of Judah. Are those not great verses? Like here are the
0:40.4	people of Judah surrounded by an Assyrian army, hundreds of thousands of them. It sure looks like
0:48.5	they are outnumbered and there's no way they can win this battle.
0:56.4	And yet Hezekiah looks at them and says,
0:59.8	Be strong and courageous, don't be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him.
1:04.2	Listen to this language, for there are more with us than with him.
1:09.5	What do you mean?
1:10.4	There are more with us than with him. Well, here's? They're more with us than with him.
1:12.1	Well, here's what he means.
1:13.1	Verse 8, with him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight
1:22.6	our battles.
1:23.6	You can't help but to think about.
1:25.6	Elisha and his servant surrounded by an army of soldiers and Elisha saying,
1:31.3	God, open the eyes of my servant to see,
1:34.3	there are more with us than with them.
1:37.3	And God opens the eyes of Elisha's servant,
1:40.3	and the servant sees that there's an angelic army surrounding them, protecting them.
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