God Have Mercy (2 Samuel 20:3)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 24 September 2021
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God, we pray right now for your mercy toward the vulnerable, the enslaved, and those who are impoverished specifically because of war and conflict and sin around them.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net. |
| 0:30.1 | A lot of context around this verse that we could talk about, but for the sake of time, I just want |
| 0:36.7 | to read this verse and pray according to it because it shows the cost of one person's |
| 0:44.5 | sin. Namely, David's sin extends far beyond them and the conflict that happened in David's house |
| 0:54.0 | and in the kingdom during this time had an effect on so many different people, including these |
| 1:02.3 | women in this story who are virtually abandoned until death. As I read this, I immediately think about |
| 1:12.3 | vulnerable women, vulnerable children specifically in different parts of the world who are suffering |
| 1:20.0 | right now, oftentimes because of the sins of people and oftentimes men in power. |
| 1:28.8 | I think about the effects of war and conflict that we see around the world. I think about |
| 1:36.0 | the way I've seen children, trafficked in different parts of the world. And second Samuel, |
| 1:42.2 | chapter 20 verse 3 brings all of that to mind and leads us to pray. God, have mercy. |
| 1:49.3 | God, we pray right now for your mercy toward the vulnerable, for your mercy toward the enslaved, |
| 1:57.2 | for your mercy toward those who are impoverished, specifically because of war and conflict and |
| 2:06.0 | sin around them. God, we pray, have mercy and God, we pray for your justice. We pray for your |
| 2:12.5 | justice ultimately to reign and God, we pray that as long as you give us life in this world that |
| 2:19.0 | you would help us to reflect your mercy and to reflect your justice, help us to do exactly what |
| 2:25.0 | Micah 6 says to do justice, to love mercy, to walk humbly with you. God, we pray that you would help |
| 2:32.0 | us to bring your mercy, the good news of your grace and your love to those who are enslaved, |
| 2:39.1 | to those who have been trafficked, to those who are oppressed. God, to those who are hurting, |
| 2:43.9 | God, help us to be a picture of your character and your love. God, help us not to put our heads |
| 2:49.7 | in the sand, to turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to those in urgent need around us and far from |
| 2:56.9 | us. God, we pray that you would help us as your church to be a beacon of your love, to be light |
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