Firm Amidst Oppression (Psalm 119:86)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Psalm 119:86, David Platt asks God to help stand firm on His Word amidst slander and persecution.Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:04.0	Psalm chapter 119 verse 86 all your commandments are sure
0:10.0	they persecute me with falsehood. Help me. Wow, what a verse. I think about this word persecuted in light of brothers and sisters I've spent time with over recent weeks who face great
0:26.2	costs for following Jesus in different countries around the world from parts of Asia to parts of Africa.
0:34.4	I just think about brother in Nigeria
0:39.2	where Christians today are being brutally killed or kidnapped or beaten and other Christians and other
0:51.8	parts of the world who are being imprisoned, who were being attacked in different ways,
0:57.0	and accused with falsehood, one brother telling me about people trying to smear his reputation in order to prevent him
1:09.3	from sharing the gospel. And I read Psalm 119, verse 86, they persecute me with falsehood, help me.
1:18.6	And I think about these brothers and sisters in Christ crying out for help in the middle of persecution. and 19 verse 86 all his commandments are sure. Oh I just want to encourage you then with
1:37.2	this word today no matter what this world may bring at you including including potentially persecution. We know 2nd
1:44.6	Timothy 3 12 all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be
1:49.4	persecuted. So maybe to different measures or degrees as you face persecution as you are
1:56.8	attacked or hurt with falsehood and you're looking to God for help know that in the middle of the attacks of the
2:06.1	adversary against you that you have sure commandments in God to stand on and as you stand upon them he will help you.
2:17.1	This is a promise he will help you according to his word. I don't know what you're walking through in your life right now
2:25.2	where you need help especially in any ways that others are trying to harm you but
2:31.8	know that as you experience those challenges, the
2:36.5	Commandments of God are sure for you to stand on. They're a rock that you can believe, you can trust as you live according to them.
2:47.6	You can know this leads to reward.
2:50.2	This world and whatever it brings at you is not the end of the story.
2:54.0	You are living for a word that's found in obedience to God's word and proclamation of God's
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