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

Isaiah chapter 58 verses 6 through 12 is one of my favorite passages in the entire book of Isaiah.

So I want to read all seven of these verses and then just go right into praying according to them.

Isaiah 58, verse 6, is not this the fast that I choose, to loose the bonds

of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every

yoke? Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, and bring the homeless poor into your house?

When you see the naked to cover him, and not

to hide yourself from your own flesh, then shall your light break forth like the dawn,

and your healing shall spring up speedily.

Your righteousness shall go before you.

The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer, you shall cry,

and he will say, here I am, if you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the

finger and speaking wickedness. If you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire

of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness, and your gloom be as the noon day.

And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your desire in scorched places, and make your bones strong.

And you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters do not fail, and your ancient ruins shall be

rebuilt. You shall raise up the foundations of many generations. You shall be called the repairer of the

breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in. Oh God, we pray that you would help us to honor you with this kind of fasting, with this kind of

living, with this kind of worshiping, with the sharing of our bread with the hungry, our resources

with the needy. God, we want righteousness like this in our lives. We want your glory to be our rear guard. What a phrase,

oh God, may it be so. We want your glory to be our rear guard. We want you. We need you to guide us continually,

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