The Word for Today
With Bob Gass
 | The Power Of Crying Out (2) In the day when I cried out, You answered me. - Psalm 138:3 NKJV |
Most of us find it humbling and difficult to cry out to God in times of trouble. Especially men! They prefer to be known as the strong, rugged, self-sufficient types. They'd rather endure tenaciously and conclude with pride, "I did it."
Bill Gothard tells of several thousand men kneeling in a convention centre in Knoxville, Tennessee, crying out in a loud voice, "Abba, Father, in the name of Jesus, deliver me from anger and lust!" Some months later a man who had battled pornography for many years wrote to him saying: "I have long been held captive by lust. In the third grade I picked up what looked like a comic book. It was my first exposure to pornography. My young heart was captured. Lust nearly ruined my marriage on numerous occasions. I wanted to be free from it and confessed it many times to God. I even sought help from Christian counselors. In May 2001 your message on crying out was given at our men's meeting. For two more weeks I struggled with lust. Finally, on the way to work I stopped the car and cried out to God for deliverance. God was faithful, and the bondage has been broken."
David said, "In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul." If you've tried every way you know without success, why not try God's way? Do what men and women have done throughout the Scriptures - get alone with God and cry out to Him. He'll give you the strength to say "no" to your old ways.
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