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2 Samuel chapter 7 verse 27.

For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant,

saying, I will build you a house.

Therefore, your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.

Oh, this is such a good verse. It's, in a sense, a verse that summarizes the whole purpose of this

podcast. Pray the Word. So what happens here in 2nd Samuel chapter 7 is God

reveals a promise to David that he is going to establish his house, his line, he's going to

bless his family. And as a result, David prays, you've made this revelation to your servant, so your servant

has found courage to pray this prayer to you based on what you said. And David is praying for

God's blessing on his house, that God will do what he has said. That's the whole purpose of this podcast. It's based on

John chapter 15, that when we abide in God's word and His word and us, then we can pray

according to God's word with courage. I love this picture in Second Samuel 727 with courage, with confidence, knowing that God will be faithful to His Word.

So there are many things we pray for in our lives that we don't know if God is going to answer in the way we are asking, that we don't have a clear and specific promise

from God for. It doesn't mean we don't pray for those things, for healing from sickness or for

this or that to change and this or that circumstance. So we ask God for those things with trust

in his power and his love and his wisdom.

At the same time, there are things we can pray for that we know God will answer.

We have courage and confidence that God will answer because we're praying them directly

according to what he is revealed in His Word.

And so I just want to encourage you as you think about your prayer life to pray continually

according to God's Word.

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