How often in our lives do we cry out to God to protect us from…ourselves? That is the plea of Psalm 141, an urgent request for spiritual protection from the evil that remains in our hearts, spills forth from our mouths, and is carried out by our hands. Ultimately only God can protect us from that poison, and so we pray for God to deliver us from our own evil.

SCRIPTURE REFERENCE

Psalm 141

Complementary Passage: Matthew 6: 7-13

SERMON AUDIO

SERMON NOTES

Pray for God’s Spiritual Protection

• Pray Urgently for God to Protect Your Desires, Words, and Actions
  • Urgent and earnest prayer for God to accept and answer prayers (verses 1-2)
  • Pray for protection from speaking sinful words (verse 3)
  • Pray for protection from desiring sinful desires (verse 4a)
  • Pray for protection from doing sinful deeds (verse 4b)
  • This kind of protection is only possible through Christ
• Be Prepared to Pay the Price of Being Spiritually Protected
  • There are social costs (verse 4c)
  • There is the pain of correction (verse 5)
  • There is persecution for the protected (verse 7)
• Take Refuge in God (verses 7-10)
  • The world is attractive unless and until we reject it – then it’s vindictive
  • Pray for God to give you wisdom and discernment to escape its traps
  • And for God’s justice to be done