Prayer Meeting (Sept 24, 2025) -

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble!
May the name of the God of Jacob protect you!
1. May he send you help from the sanctuary
  and give you support from Zion!
  1. May he remember all your offerings
    and regard with favour your burnt sacrifices! Selah
    1. May he grant you your heart’s desire
      and fulfil all your plans!
      1. We’ll shout loudly for joy over your salvation,
        and in the name of our God set up our banners!
    2. Yahweh will fulfil all your petitions!
  2. Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed [Messiah];
2. he will answer him from his holy heaven
  with the saving might of his right hand.
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of Yahweh our God.
They collapse and fall,
but we rise and stand upright.
O Yahweh, save the king!
he will answer us when we call.

Our Battles and Christ’s

If you are a Jesus-follower then you are joined to him.
You are united with him for eternity!
Your problems are his.
“As we walk through this painful challenge together, Jesus, please may we have victory”

You have to re-frame your problems, as David did, and see they are the Messiah’s problems
And God is absolutely going to come through for Jesus
v.6 Now I know that Yahweh saves his anointed

…keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
…that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
…keep them from the evil one.
…that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,
I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.

These are the desires of Jesus for us!
What could be better than truly feeling the love of the Father as intensely as he loved his own son!
And to have protection from every attack of Satan.
There are many other desires Jesus has for us
- A particular one is that we have fruitful lives
Jesus’s desires for us actually exceed what we would dare desire for ourselves!
So how can I pray this Psalm in a time of trouble?

Lord, this is your body, I belong to you.
This sickness is in the way of me serving you and being about your business
That makes it your problem as well as mine, so please lift it off me so we can continue with your mission for my life
If my sickness is somehow bringing you glory, please show me how so I can have peace

Lord, my life is your life, and my needs are yours.
I am your servant, living my life for you, so my needs are actually your needs!
Please provide for this pathway that we are walking together on, or show me another pathway for us to walk

Lord I belong to you, I am your treasured possession, and someone is damaging your property
Take action Lord and protect me, because I am yours
You prayed in John 17 that your people would be kept from the Evil One, and this is him right now
You have a mission for my life, and it is under attack. Defend me Lord for your sake!

Lord you have saved me for a purpose. You tell us that all of us have some role to play in your kingdom
You are my King, so please lead me as a king should and show me my role

Lord you came to bring hope, victory over darkness
But there is darkness and hopelessness in my heart
Lord, this is your battle as well as mine—as long as the darkness is there, you are not being victorious
So please come as a king and win this battle because it is yours!

Some trust in nuclear bombs and weapons of mass destruction,
but I will trust in the name of my God
Some trust in investments in the stock-market
Some trust in their intellect, or personal attractiveness
Some trust in business skills, or education
but I will trust in the name of my God
Insert your own here…
but I will trust in the name of my God