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Pray the word with

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David Platt is a

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resource from radical.net.

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Isaiah chapter 36 verse

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4. Say to Hesaciah,

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Thus says the great king,

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the king of Assyria,

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on what do you

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rest this trust of

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yours? Oh man, I love

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this verse. Here's the scene,

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get the context. This leader

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from the Assyrians is taunting

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the people of Israel and

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saying as a representative

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of the king of Assyria

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who's threatening to totally destroy

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Jerusalem at this point, to

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totally destroy God's people. And

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he's basically talking trash and

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he says, thus says the

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great king, the king of

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Assyria, on what... Do you,

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and listen in a language, rest

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this trust of yours? Basically, he's

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saying, who are you trusting in?

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And he goes on to talk trash

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about God. Saying, are you going

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to trust in God? The king

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of Assyria throws down God's all

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over the place, and he's going

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to do the same with your

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God. So on what are you

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resting your trust? And you read

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the rest of the story, and it

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is sobering. It's awesome. It

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is... Basically, God showing that

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the king of Assyria is simply

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in the palm of his hand,

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that God holds the king

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of Assyria, and the entire

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Assyrian army, filled with hundreds

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of thousands of people, he

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holds them in the palm

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of his hand, and it

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is right and good for

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Hezekiah and the people of

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God to rest their trust

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on God. And God shows... that

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for all who trust in him

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he will always always

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always always show he's worthy

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of their trust that you

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can rest your trust in

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So that's the language. I just

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want to encourage you with today.

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I want to pray over you

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today. I want to encourage you

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in this moment right now to

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find rest through trust in God,

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amidst whatever is going on in

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your life, amidst everything going on

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in the world, to rest in

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this moment, to rest today. God

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has designed us to live with

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this kind of rest on trust.

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in him, that when we trust

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in him, we can know his

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word is not going to fail.

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He holds us and everything in

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the world in his hands, and

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he will always, always, always show

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himself trustworthy. And so God I

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pray in light of this language

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in Isaiah 364, I pray for

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rest. for every single one of

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us. I include myself in this,

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oh God, amidst all the things

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my family and others around me

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are walking through. God, I pray

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for your rest for all of

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us as we trust in you.

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And God, we praise you for

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the rest you provide as we

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trust in you. We praise you

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because you are infinitely trustworthy. And

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we don't have to be anxious,

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worried, you free us. Matthew chapter

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6, Philippians chapter 4. from these

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things. You give us rest. Even

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as we prayed in light of

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Isaiah 26, you keep us in

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perfect peace when our mind is

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stayed on you because we trust

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in you. So God, just pray

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for that rest, pray for that

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peace, I pray for that strength

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over every single person listening to

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this right now. And God, we

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pray to help us to lead

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others to this rest. God, as

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we talk with different people today

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who are going through different things,

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God, please help. us to encourage

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them with the rest and the

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trust that they can find in

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you. God, help us to point

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people who don't know you to

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the eternal rest and joy and

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peace that's found through trust in

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you, Jesus. And then we pray

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for the Nahadi people of India,

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almost a hundred thousand of them

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who can't rest in the way

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we're praying right now because they've

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never heard of your love for

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them in Jesus. God, please change

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that. Please bring the Niyadi people

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of India to rest on trust

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in you. We pray for the

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spread of the gospel to them.

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Please God save them. Cause the

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gospel to go to them, raise

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up workers, to get the gospel

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to them, open their eyes. Oh

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God, we pray to believe and

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receive salvation and rest. eternally through

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trust in you. Pray all this

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in light of your word which

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we love in Isaiah chapter 36

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verse 4 in Jesus' name. Amen.