We Are in a War of Words: How We Win
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September 4, 2023 at 10:21 amDo not keep silent, O God of my praise! For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:21 amThey have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:22 amThey have also surrounded me with words of hatred and fought against me without cause verses 1–3
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September 4, 2023 at 10:23 amThis opening sets the stage for us to ask God to act against our enemies, as they are His enemies first and foremost.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:24 amWe can use this psalm’s verses as imprecatory prayer points using God’s own language against His enemies.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:25 amWhen he the Enemy is judged, let him be found guilty;
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September 4, 2023 at 10:25 amLet his days be few and let another take office this is a particularly good prayer for governmental officials acting wickedly;
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September 4, 2023 at 10:26 amLet creditors seize all that he has and strangers plunder his labor I pray this along with asking that the wealth of the unrighteous be laid up for the righteous;
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September 4, 2023 at 10:27 amLet the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord, and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. That He may cut off the memory of them from the earth; because he did not remember to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and the needy.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:28 am💥To my mind, this is a very serious prayer.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:29 amWe are asking for people to die unrepentant. I would not recommend praying this without crying out first: “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
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September 4, 2023 at 10:29 amA time will come, however, when God’s patience will have run its course, and this prayer may be appropriate.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:30 amCould that have been the case with Ananias and Sapphira Acts 5? Note the “why” of the complainant; God hates those who prey on the poor and needy;
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September 4, 2023 at 10:31 amHelp me, O Lord my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy, that they may know that this is Your hand — That You, Lord, have done it!
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September 4, 2023 at 10:32 amHelp me, O Lord my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy, that they may know that this is Your hand That You, Lord, have done it!
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September 4, 2023 at 10:33 amLet them curse, but You bless; When they arise, let them be ashamed, but let Your servant rejoice.😀🎊🎉🍾🙌👏
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September 4, 2023 at 10:33 amLet my accusers be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace as with a mantle verses 26–29
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September 4, 2023 at 10:34 amUltimately, even the Psalmist wants his accusers to be clothed with shame so that they will know that God has vindicated the innocent, and that the one persecuted belongs to the King of Kings. 👑
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September 4, 2023 at 10:35 amThere is the possibility of redemption in almost all the imprecatory psalms.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:35 amThere is an acknowledgment of wrongs, a list of grievances along with acts of vengeance, and justice desired.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:36 amThe very real suffering of the righteous one I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me verse 22
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September 4, 2023 at 10:36 amis described and brought before the Lord as well as the sufferers’ desire to see the enemies punished.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:37 amCautions in Imprecatory Prayer As Holy Spirit leads us into the realm of imprecatory praying, He will keep us on the path of life Psalm 16:11
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September 4, 2023 at 10:38 amHere are a few ways in which we can examine ourselves, allowing Him to sift our motives:
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September 4, 2023 at 10:39 amAs with all spiritual warfare, we must enter that arena with clean hands and a pure heart Psalm 24:3–4
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