Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck! Psalm 69:1
This is my favorite safety pull verse! Helpful always, but especially in emergency situations…
Do you ever feel as though you are drowning?
This verse is for you…
A friend of mine has completed his schooling and now needs to find a job. He has poured everything into his work, and he is ready to go to work. Having felt fully led of God to take the steps he has taken, now he needs to feed his family and can’t find a job, and he wants to trust God to work out the details, but he’s afraid.
I have a friend with cancer. She has worried about her families future should something happen to her. She’s stressed about the demands of being a wife and mom when she is so tired. She’s trying to be faithful.
One friend’s marriage is falling apart around her. She’s tried to hold it together, but every day it seems more hopeless. She needs God to change her husband’s heart and mind.
Another friend lost a child this year to a tragic death. She’s trying to hold on to her faith, but struggling to pull all the pieces of her life together some days.
And those are just a few examples of where this prayer of David’s comes in handy. You and I will experience times in our life when we need saving…some of us feel that way every day…especially in certain seasons of life. Sometimes we need God to boldly enter into the situation! We need God to take over and do a quick miracle! We need deliverance! And fast!
God is never too slow…but then again…He is never too fast either. He is always…ALWAYS…right on time!
Come quickly God, and save us, the water has risen to flood stage!
For what in your life do you need to pray this prayer?
When I woke up this morning, this is the scripture that came to mind. Thanks Ron.
That's awesome!
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Oh, this is relevant, because the lyrics are adapted from Psalm 69:1.
Very cool Noel. I was not familiar with that song.
I know exactly what you mean. I obviously pray every day for my marriage and my wife's heart, but also for family concerns. But then I think about the man in our church recovering from a stroke. The friends daughter with a brain tumor, the mean in my mens group each with their own issues and my sisters and… well you get the picture. By the time I even enumerate the needs for prayer, my day is over and I need to start again. Well, that's a slight exaggeration, but I've been overwhelmed some days about the number of people in my life who really do need prayers for specific things.
I handle it in two ways. One is to pray for all the hot button items; those things which are in real crisis first; my marriage and my family and the daughter that is going to undergo surgery this week. Then I just let God bring other individuals to my . So I feel as though I am praying for those He says might really need a boost this day.
Thanks Jon. Good strategy for prayer.
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My marriage. More specifically, my wife, as she struggles with health problems and an unloving spirit. It affects our marriage.
Praying for you Bob
this is definitely a timely prayer for me. for just about everything.
i love the raw realness in the psalms. makes me feel better that i'm not the only one with crazy mood-swing kinda days and convos with God…
Me too. That is where my prayer life finds itself many days