Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

We need to take away by repeating phrases over and over and over again.

Psalm 115 verse 9 says,

Trust in the Lord. Verse 10, trust in the Lord. Verse 11, trust in the Lord.

This is clearly a call for trust in God. And you're not seeing it right now,

but there's an exclamation point at the end of every single one of those commands,

calls, exhortations to trust in the Lord. So even just that,

I would encourage you today. I don't know what's going on in your life, what you're

facing, what fears you might have, what worries or anxieties you might have, what burdens you

might be carrying. Trust in the Lord. God by his spirit right now in his word is speaking to

your heart, telling you you can trust in him and the other phrase that repeats over and over

again is why we can trust in him. He is their help and their shield three times it says it.

He's their help and their shield. He is their help and their shield. He is their help and their

shield. Hear that. God speaking to you right now is saying to you, I am your help.

I miss whatever you're walking through. I miss all those fears or worries or anxieties or

concerns or burdens. God says I am here to help you. This is God. The sovereign Lord of

creation saying I'm here to help you and to be your shield. What a picture. God is your shield

today in the face of fear, worry, anxiety, attacks, challenges, trials. God is a shield for you.

The sovereign Lord of creation is your shield. God, we praise you for your word. We praise you

for speaking to us now through it. God for how these words that were written inspired by your

Holy Spirit centuries ago, thousands of years ago, you are using right now to speak to each of

our hearts and God I pray for every single person listening right now that they would have ears

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