Pray the word with David Platte is a resource from Radical.net.

Isaiah chapter 3 verses 8 and 9. Their speech and their deeds are against Yahweh,

defying the eyes of His glory. The look on their faces testifies against them,

and they declare their sin like Sodom. We do not hide it. Woe to their soul, for they have dealt

out evil on themselves. What a picture. Like does this not just describe her world today,

the culture and country in which I live, in which we speak in ways and do things that are

completely against God in His Word. The phrase here, defying the eyes of His glory,

and we declare our sin like it's good. We celebrate that which goes directly against God's

Word. We don't try to hide from it. We openly celebrate it. The Bible says woe to their soul,

for they have dealt out evil on themselves. Don't these verses just lead us to cry out for mercy,

but not just for the people around us in the culture or country in which we live, but in each of

our lives. How are you and I prone to defy the eyes of God's glory? How are we tempted to think,

and to desire, and to speak, and to act in ways either in private or in public,

that defy the eyes of the glory of the God who sees everything? Oh God, we all need your mercy.

We pray and we plead for your mercy in our lives. In each one of our lives,

God, we pray. You'd help us to be quick to confess sins, quick to confess any way that we defy

the eyes of your glory. We disobey your word. God, we pray for softness of heart and quickness

of conviction in our lives and our families. Churches got to pray for a spirit of contrition

and humility and confession and repentance that we might turn from evil, that we might turn from

disobedience, that our speech and our deeds would be glorifying to you and God at the same time we

pray for your mercy on people around us. God, have mercy and help us. Help us to faithfully

share the good news of your grace and your mercy with people around us. God, help us not to be silent

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