Jon Bloom ( @Bloom_Jon ) serves as teacher and co-founder of Desiring God. Because, if you give me strength, I'm gonna need bail money to go with it" or "Lord please give me patience, because if you give me strength I may just beat someone to death." Christ Centred, Cross Focused: Jesus Crucified and Risen for you. Save Me From Myself Fifth, and final in a series on Spiritual Warfare. . 1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: Look at how often David called to God in his distress. I freeze up in so many situations. Jesus suffered all, even death on the cross to give the victory. And what again is David's prayer in Psalm 54, "O God, save me by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might. O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth. Jeremiah 17:14. But the Ziphites they were not foreigners, they were not strangers to David, there were not Philistines or Edomites, what's more they were his own kind of Israelites;[5] David would be safe with them, they were family, they were his people, they would protect him. You’ve got to do something with the knowledge you have. Lucas Andre, Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope (1). In Context | Full Chapter | Other Translations. God save me from Hypocrisy and gossip I call prayer. See therefore and take note of all the lurking places where he hides, and come back to me with sure information. Let us pray: May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be acceptable in Your sight O Lord. The Rock of Escape, that mountain, points to the true rock of Escape, "to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull),"[12] where Jesus was crucified, where Jesus died. Let’s pray. O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth. Peter cried out “Lord, save me.” When it came to the crunch, Peter did the right thing. I need to focus on Jesus, read the Bible, do our daily devotional especially when I don’t want to. Today people might say that the Ziphites were, "throwing [David] under the bus," the tires of the bus were about the run right over David and Saul was at the steering wheel. [6] 1 Samuel 16:14[7] 1 Samuel 23:19-24[8] Psalm 145:8[9] Matthew 5:44[10] 1 Samuel 23:26[11] 1 Samuel 23:26-28[12] Mark 15:22[13] John 1:11       [14] John 19:15[15] John 19:41[16] Acts 4:12[17] Romans 8:31-32. "Will God do for me what He did for me before?" "[13] In fact they plotted His death and, "cried out, 'Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him! Lord, Please Save Me from Myself By Pastor Rudy Sheptock Mar 22, 2017 NOTE: The Cape May County Herald is offering full coverage of the COVID-19 … "[11], Years later David's prayer is set to music and sung in the Temple built by his son Solomon. 29He said, "Come." Amen. Specifically, what has the Lord done for us? O God, hear my prayer; give ear to the words of my mouth." A Simply Sermon for Seeking Souls "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Reality feels unreal and dark. With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks to Your name, O LORD, for it is good. That I am worthless and not even God can save me. So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came toward Jesus. Yet He found me; I beheld HimBleeding on th’ accursed tree,And my wistful heart said faintly,“Some of self, and some of Thee.”Some of self, and some of Thee,Some of self, and some of Thee,And my wistful heart said faintly,“Some of self, and some of Thee.”3. I’m glad we have been careful. For the good that. It seemed that David was only ever just one step ahead of Saul and that Saul could strike at any moment. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. © 2021 Mount Olive Lutheran Church - All rights reserved. Saul said, “God has given [David] into my hand, for [David] has shut himself in by entering a town that has gates and bars.”[2] What Saul didn't know was that at the urging of his men David had prayed asking God,  “O LORD, the God of Israel, [I] your servant [have] heard [from a trustworthy source] that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city on my account. The Lord was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the Lord. '”[14] And when Jesus had died and was taken down from the cross it was on this same rock of Golgotha that Jesus was buried, John's Gospel records how it was that, "in the place where [Jesus] was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. In our sermon on Psalm 34 we heard about David's running from the safety of the company of Ahemelech and the priests of Nob and how in his running he'd done about the stupidest thing that a person could do, he'd put himself in the worst kind of danger, he'd foolishly risked everything seeking refuge in the court of Achish the king of Gath, in the hometown of Goliath the giant who David had personally killed. If you’ve ever been where David’s been before, this is your prayer, “Lord, in this trial that’s coming from others, don’t let me think that the only danger is from them; there’s danger within me. And Lord willing, next Sunday, we can return to our building. Ted Giese, Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Regina SK. It happened like this, David and his men (who numbered around 600 men) had ended up in the fortified city of Keilah. David had clearly learned something from his past experience and sought out a more friendly group of people to hide amongst, you see the Ziphites were family, they were a clan in David's own tribe, the tribe of Judah. Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? May it be also upon your lips. A member congregation of Lutheran Church Canada. Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ 22 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 30But when he noticed the strong wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" Know and see the place where his foot is, and who has seen him there, for it is told me that [David] is very cunning. "[8] So David prays "save me, vindicate me." I find myself being ungodly at times without being aware of it. This prayer of Psalm 54 however isn't completely about the danger of King Saul, oh Saul is there in the background and Saul is the one nipping at David's heals, he is the danger lurking at every turn trying to kill David, and yet Psalm 54 is about something a little bit different, it's about asking for help when the ones who should be helping you have turned against you. And with great appreciation, acknowledging the hand of God in his escape that day, you can hear the conclusion of Psalm 54, knowing that the Lord had removed David's enemies from his path and made him King of Israel in place of Saul. God save me from praying only for my sins, myself, my work, my ministry, my stuff. Have you found yourself in a situation where you have been betrayed by someone who you should have been able to depend on? He created the light out of darkness [Genesis 1:1-4]. R ead Romans 7:7-25. Rev. Psalm 54 - Lord Save Me From My Friends O God, save me by Your name, and vindicate me by Your might. 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