Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical .NET. 7 chronicles chapter 32 versus 7 and 8 be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him for there are more with us than with him with him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the lord our God to help us and to fight our battles and the people took confidence from the words of hezekiah king of Judah. Are those not great versus like here are the people of Judah surrounded by on a Syrian army, hundreds of thousands of them. It sure looks like they are outnumbered, and there's no way they can win this battle. And yet, it has a guy who looks at them and says be strong and courageous don't be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him. Listen to this language for there are more with us than with him. What do you mean there are more with us than with him? Well, here's what he means first aid with him is an arm of flesh. But with us, is the lord our God to help us in the fight our battles. You can't help but to think about Alicia and his servants surrounded by an army of soldiers and Elijah sang God open the eyes of my servant to see there are more with us than with them. And got to opens the eyes of elisha's servant and the servant sees that there's an angelic army surrounding them protecting them. You think about Elijah when he's going up against the prophets a veil, it's him versus foreign 50 prophets and bail doesn't seem like there are more with Elijah than with bail, but the beauty was. The lord God was with elisha, is with his eye and the people of Judah here. And that changes everything. There's a real sense in which perspective is the key to strength and courage. I think about it. Everything changed when hezekiah said to the people, God is with us. Therefore we don't need to be afraid or dismayed, because God will help us. And fight our battles and that changes everything. So the most important thing for any one of us then. Is to make sure that we are with the lord. The lord is with us and we know the only way that's possible is through faith in him and obedience to his word. Are we living in obedience to his word and trusting and his presence with us is promises to us according to his word. So God we pray that in each of our lives today, you would help us to abide in you. You would help us to worship you to fix our eyes on you and to obey you and your word. We know that this is where blessing has found. We know that this is where courage is found. Just like you said to Joshua and Joshua chapter one, when you told him not to be afraid to be strong and courageous as he meditates on your word day and night and as he's careful to do according to all that is written and it got you to help us. To abide in you to obey your word and to trust in you as we do to have second chronicles 32 type perspective that leads to strength encourage and godly pray for your help. In our battles, God we pray that you would do that which we can not do. We are weak and you are strong. We are hopeless on our own you are our hope. We pray, your joy is our strength. God we pray for your help. In all kinds of things that different ones of us are walking through right now. We pray for your help and we pray that you would help us to be strong and courageous to not be afraid or dismayed, but to look to you and trust in you and rest in you and to help you promise to give. All glory, be to your name, oh God. You are for us. Nothing can stand against us. And Jesus name we pray. Amen..