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- 0:00Have you ever been in the middle of a spiritual siege?
- 0:04Maybe staring at your phone at 2 in the morning after a confrontation with a rebellious teen, or feeling a dark, heavy cloud of depression settling upon you or your home and you simply don't have the words to pray?
- 0:20You know you need to talk to God, but your mind is just too frazzled to form a sentence.
- 0:27Perhaps you are searching for what psalm to pray in a spiritual attack because you need a weapon right now that is already sharpened for battle.
- 0:37Well, take heart my friend, you are in the right place.
- 0:40I've been where you are and I found some beautiful psalms I'm going to share with you today.
- 0:44And by the end of today's episode, you will have three specific battle ready psalms you can pray aloud to shift the atmosphere of your home and reclaim your personal peace.
- 0:57We're going to help you solve the spiritual paralysis by showing you exactly how King David used the Word of God to overcome his enemies and how you can do the same thing in your family and situation.
- 1:11We're moving from wordless and weary to Scripture strong.
- 1:16Stay tuned.
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- 1:27Hello and welcome to another episode of the Arise Woman of God podcast.
- 1:32I'm your host, Tamara K.
- 1:34Anderson, and today we're diving into the Psalms to find what psalm you pray in a spiritual attack.
- 1:41As mothers, we are the guardians of our household when the adversary attacks, our peace, our children's identities, our marriages, we do not have to fight him with our own limited strength and God has provided us a manual of
- 1:56arms in the Psalms.
- 1:58Today I'm going to share with you three psalms that have become my own personal Go to Powerful weapons.
- 2:06First, we're going to look at the fortress prayer or physical protection.
- 2:10Second, I'm going to give you a powerful psalm for those sleepless nights when you're still awake at 2am and third, the deliverer shout for when you feel completely outnumbered.
- 2:22Let's start with the most comprehensive defensive prayer in the Bible, Psalm 91.
- 2:28So my friends, when you feel like the world is Closing in, Psalm 91 is your tactical retreat into the arms of God.
- 2:36I want to read you part of this right now, and as I read it, I want you to imagine these verses forming a physical wall around you and your home.
- 2:46Whosoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
- 2:53I say of the Lord.
- 2:54He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.
- 2:59He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find Refuge.
- 3:06His faithfulness will be your shield and buckler.
- 3:09You will not fear terror or the night, nor the arrow that flies by day.
- 3:14If you say, the Lord is my refuge and make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you.
- 3:21No disaster will come near your tent.
- 3:24Did you hear that?
- 3:25No disaster will come near your tent.
- 3:28As a mother, you have the right to claim that promise over and around your house.
- 3:34If things feel dark, read those simple words in every room in your house.
- 3:40No disaster will come here.
- 3:41And then imagine a shield and sweep the darkness from among there and fill it with light.
- 3:47But what about when the attack is internal?
- 3:50When you can't sleep because your mind is spiraling with what ifs about your children or your future?
- 3:57Come on, ladies.
- 3:58I know I'm not the only one that struggles with this.
- 4:00Use this psalm as your sleepless night shield.
- 4:04Psalm 4, verse 8 is so powerful, it is my favorite declaration, and it can be used anytime.
- 4:12Before you go to sleep in peace, I will lie down and sleep for you alone.
- 4:18Lord, make me dwell in safety.
- 4:21Isn't that beautiful?
- 4:22We can imagine God surrounding us and protecting us as we sleep and say those words so powerfully.
- 4:30Then, of course, there is some Psalm 23, which is one of the most well known psalms.
- 4:35It's the one that starts with, the Lord is my shepherd.
- 4:38But there are some beautiful verses in there.
- 4:41Verses 4 and 5, where it says, even though I walked through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.
- 4:49That sounds like an enemy, right?
- 4:51But then this next verse.
- 4:52You prepare a table before me in the presence of mine enemies, and you may be wondering, what does that even mean?
- 4:59What it means is, the enemy may be standing right in the room, whispering, lies in your mind.
- 5:05But God is so powerful.
- 5:07He says, sit down, eat.
- 5:10I've got this.
- 5:11You don't even have to wait for that battle to end to find rest.
- 5:16In fact, you can find rest in the presence of the enemy because the good shepherd is standing nigh and keeping guard.
- 5:24Finally, I want to share a psalm that I stumbled upon a couple of months ago, and it has become one of my favorites.
- 5:30And it's Psalm 18.
- 5:32This is for the mother who feels lost, broken, and completely under siege.
- 5:37In verses 4 and 5, David describes perfectly how we feel when we're being attacked by the adversary.
- 5:44Listen to this.
- 5:45The cords of death entangled me.
- 5:48The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
- 5:52If that is you today, if you feel enveloped by a darkness that won't leave, listen to how God reacts when you cry out The Bible says that smoke comes from his nostrils and consuming fire from his mouth.
- 6:06He parts the heavens and comes down.
- 6:09He shoots his arrows and scatters the enemy and with great bolts of lightning he routes them.
- 6:16God is not passive about your pain my friend.
- 6:19He reaches down from on high and he takes you by the hand quote.
- 6:24He draws you out of deep waters and then look at what happens when you partner with Him.
- 6:30You Lord, keep my lamp burning.
- 6:33My God turns darkness into light.
- 6:36With your help I can advance against a troop.
- 6:40With my God, I can scale a wall.
- 6:43He trains your hand for battle.
- 6:44He sustains you.
- 6:46Because of him you can overtake those enemies, whether it's depression, addiction, fear until they are destroyed.
- 6:56You aren't just surviving in Christ, you are overtaking the darkness and you can cast it out in his name.
- 7:04Oh my friends, the Psalms are not just poetry, they are spiritual ammunition like the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.
- 7:14When you don't know what to say, let King David's Word be your words.
- 7:19Let the Word of God do the fighting for you.
- 7:23To help these verses turn into a daily battle plan, we are so excited to give you our new resource for free.
- 7:30A Mother's Spiritual Defense Guide 6 Empowering Steps to Fortify Home and Family and you can download this free at the link below.
- 7:40Inside this booklet we walk you through step number five wielding God's Word where I teach you the three part authority formula.
- 7:48I'll show you how to take a verse from Psalm 18 or Psalm 91 and turn it into a direct scriptural strike against the adversary.
- 7:58We also have Miracle Moment journal pages that we talk about in step number six so you can record the exact moment the darkness lifted when you started praying these Psalms.
- 8:11Oh my friends, you are a home guardian and you are armed with the Word of the living God.
- 8:19It is powerful and it can and will protect you.
- 8:23I like to pair it with prayer and calling down angels from heaven to help me as I strive to keep myself fortified and my family as well.
- 8:33So my friends, thanks for joining us and until next time, may you arise.
- 8:38Do it God's way.
- 8:39God Strong.
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