I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt. For all his rules were before me, and his statutes I did not put away from me. For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. The Lord dealt with me according to my righteousness according to the cleanness of my hands he rewarded me. He brought me out into a broad place he rescued me, because he delighted in me. They confronted me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my support. He rescued me from my strong enemy and from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. He sent from on high, he took me he drew me out of many waters. God Will Use Prayers of Delight to Protect You from Your Enemy From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.”ĭon’t waste your distress. Notice what David said, “In my distress I called upon the Lord to my God I cried for help. Sometimes we refuse to fully give our hearts to God until the circumstances in our lives are so bad we are humbled to the point that we are finally ready to depend only God because we are finally desperate enough to realize only he can save us. Sometimes our most faith filled prayers are formed in the fires of our greatest trials. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.” In my distress I called upon the Lord to my God I cried for help. The cords of death encompassed me the torrents of destruction assailed me the cords of Sheol entangled me the snares of death confronted me. God Will Use Prayers of Distress to Protect You from Your Enemy David said, “I call upon the Lord,” not “I call upon myself.” May we too call upon God in dependence like David did so we can then praise him with the same words that David did, “I am saved from my enemies.”Ģ. When we come to the Lord for protection, we must start by fully letting go of all prideful self-dependence so that we might trade in our failing ability to save for God’s perfect power to save. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer.” But notice David was not boasting in is how strength, for he confessed, “I love you, O Lord, my strength. We are doomed to be defeated by the enemies in our lives if we are depending on our own strength and ability. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies.”ĭavid starts his prayer by fully depending on the Lord. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. God Will Use Prayers of Dependence to Protect You from Your Enemy So here are 5 prayers from Psalm 18 that God can use to protect you from your enemy.ġ. While we may have human enemies attacking us just as David did, the truths in Psalm 18 can also be used to form prayers to protect us from other types of enemies as well – depression, anxiety, a financial crises, relational issue, temptations and so on. Psalm 18 is a powerful prayer penned by David when the Lord delivered him out of the hands of his enemies.
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