November 26, 2025 • 30 mins
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A cave, a crownless warrior, and a praise song that refuses to wait for better circumstances—Psalm 34 hits different when you know where it was written. We walk through David’s flight into enemy territory, the choice to act insane to survive, and the moment humiliation turned into a testimony that still trains souls under pressure today. The result is not a lecture but a field manual: fear God, not man; guard your tongue; turn from evil; do good; seek peace and actually pursue it.
We start with our three-battle framework—humility before God, deliberate pursuit of Christ through Scripture and prayer, and locking shields for one another—then dive into the psalm line by line. You’ll hear why praise is a weapon, how the fear of the Lord disarms every lesser fear, and why righteous character is not “soft” but combat readiness for the soul. We confront the hard truth that the righteous face many afflictions and pair it with the promise that the Lord delivers from them all. Along the way we trace the prophetic thread, “not one of his bones is broken,” and see how Christ fulfills the psalm as the righteous One who redeems His people.
If your week feels like a cave—noisy, tight, and heavy—this study offers a way to stand: disciplined speech, steady pursuit of peace, and a testimony that strengthens the shield wall around you. Expect practical takeaways for your home, habits, body, finances, and fellowship, all anchored in the nearness of God to the brokenhearted. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs courage, and leave a review to help more people find a field manual of hope under fire.
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SPEAKER_00 (00:54):
Welcome to your daily battle Bible study, the
Bible study where we fight threebattles Monday and Friday.
One, we fight ourselves, get ahumble and grateful heart
aligned unto the Lord.
Um, God is holy, holy, holy, andwe are not.
God is God and we are not.
Right?
So come to him humbly,understanding that Jesus' bro
(01:18):
culture is wrong, and that youknow, Jesus is our savior, yes,
but our Lord is savior.
SPEAKER_01 (01:29):
So uh we also come to him grateful, grateful
because our blessings areinnumerable.
Our blessings are the mostblessed nation and blessed
(01:49):
people in history, and we takeit for granted, has made us a
spoiled, soft, entitled peoplehas made us, wow apologize, has
made us the weakest Christiansto ever exist.
SPEAKER_00 (02:08):
Hear that, hear that alpha males.
They're the weakest Christiansto ever exist.
We get depressed if DoorDashdoesn't come in time or
Instacart slow or you know,never mind like what we see our
brothers and sisters have goingon in Africa, slaughtered by
(02:31):
tens of thousands.
World does nothing.
World does nothing.
SPEAKER_01 (02:37):
You know, if you want to see, want to ask me for
once, do I want to do um I thinkthere's only one place in the
world right now I'd be willingto send spec ops into smoke some
terrorists, and that's guyskilling these monsters killing
(02:59):
these Christians.
SPEAKER_00 (02:59):
I think they kidnapped a bunch of Catholic
school kids.
And um, God's sake, I would bewilling to send good righteous
men to wipe out and exterminatevile, you know, care about that
(03:25):
more than I care about Ukraine,care about that more than I care
about a thousand other thingsout there, and um I wish the
world would the world would comethrough for that.
SPEAKER_01 (03:39):
And um, or there's none left.
Or there's none left.
SPEAKER_00 (03:45):
You know, the distraction right now is let's
talk about Israel until wevomit.
Meanwhile, Christians are beingbutchered.
Our our parts of our own body,the body of Christ, are treated
like they have no value, but wewill praise a secular country
against our Lord and Savior morethan anything.
SPEAKER_01 (04:09):
Just don't so we come with a humble and grateful
heart aligned onto the Lord.
SPEAKER_00 (04:17):
Two, we deliberately pursue a relationship with our
Savior, Lord and Savior byputting Him first, setting aside
the beats and the boots, and allthe distractions and all the
demands in our lives and ouroverbusyness and our endless
entertainment to do one thing,to focus on him this time.
SPEAKER_01 (04:40):
Now do that by studying his holy his holy
scripture and by um prayer.
The last battle is we fight foreach other, we lock our shields
of faith together and um prayfor one another, fight for one
(05:05):
another.
So um we pray for faith, we prayfor wisdom, discernment,
strength, courage, protection,and peace.
SPEAKER_00 (05:23):
Right.
So, without further ado, let'sget our first battle one.
SPEAKER_01 (05:29):
Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you.
SPEAKER_00 (05:32):
Thank you for waking us up this morning, Lord, for
your protections through thenight, your countless
protections throughout our life,Lord.
SPEAKER_01 (05:40):
Help us see those.
Trust in you.
Thank you for the chance,another chance to get it right.
Stop doing life our way andstart doing it your way.
Die to self and be more likeChrist.
SPEAKER_00 (06:04):
Your creation.
This earth, everything in it.
Top of Mount Everest to thebottom of the deepest trench,
the ocean.
SPEAKER_01 (06:19):
Thank you for it all.
All the animals, all the plants,all the environments and trees
and fish and everything else,Lord.
Thank you for people.
Help us to love our neighbor asourselves.
(06:41):
Love each other like you lovedus.
SPEAKER_00 (06:44):
Help us to be present to those around us and
to not be distracted.
SPEAKER_01 (06:50):
Look each other in the eye.
Truly hear one another.
And help us to forgive.
We thank you for your commongrace.
Sorry, for your divine grace.
SPEAKER_00 (07:05):
Thank you for choosing us before the
foundation of the world.
Writing our name into the bookof life.
SPEAKER_01 (07:10):
You loved us first before we loved us while we were
your enemy.
Fought for us.
We pray that this time wouldglorify you and only you, serve
you and only you.
We pray for wisdom anddiscernment this text.
(07:36):
Text of Psalm 34 today.
SPEAKER_00 (07:39):
Give us the strength and courage to walk it out in
our life.
We pray all these things inJesus' name.
Amen.
Alright, that is one battledone.
Let's go ahead and get to thetext.
SPEAKER_01 (07:55):
Let's see here.
Can I actually read the textwith all right?
Psalm 34, and again, I'm readingout of the ESV.
SPEAKER_00 (08:11):
So I'm gonna read you the setting, and then we'll
read it, and then we'll go andwe'll look at it deeper.
So uh here is the setting in thebackground of this.
Understand what's going on inthe world.
Because of course, if you justread this cold and you don't
(08:32):
know the setting, um you'regonna be lost.
Psalm 34, the warrior's praiseunder pressure, training,
courage, fear of God, andrighteous living in battle.
So Psalm 34 was forged in one ofthe most chaotic, humiliating,
(09:00):
and dangerous moments of David'slife.
His escape from Saul intoPhilistines' torred territory.
Desperate and alone, David fledto Gaf, the hometown of Goliath,
carrying the giant's own sword.
It was the last place on earthhe should have gone.
The Philistines recognized himas Israel's champion.
(09:22):
David's life hung by a thread,with no army, no allies, no
weapons drawn, and no escaperoute.
David resorted to pretending hewas insane, scratching on doors,
letting drooling and lettingsaliva run down his beard,
destroying every shred ofdignity just to survive.
SPEAKER_01 (09:45):
Played the role of crazy man and made himself a
wretch.
SPEAKER_00 (09:54):
This moment shattered any illusion of
self-reliance.
The lion slayer and the giantkiller was reduced to a
desperate fugitive, and it wasprecisely from that cave after
that humiliation that Davidwrote Psalm 34.
The psalm is a testimony thatGod delivers when we fail.
(10:17):
God is near when we are broken.
God is faithful when we areterrified.
God is worthy of praise evenwhen we are defeat, feel
defeated.
SPEAKER_01 (10:30):
From that cave of desperation comes a psalm of
praise under pressure, fear ofGod over fear of man, righteous
living in hostile territory,God's deliverance of the broken
and the haunted.
So it is the themes you're goingto hear are God hears the cries
(10:56):
of the afflicted.
SPEAKER_00 (10:57):
True fearlessness flows from fearing God alone.
Righteous character isbattlefield discipline.
God encamps around those whofear him.
Suffering is real, God delivers.
As warriors, I want you to payattention to these themes that
courage is not bravado, it isdependence on God.
(11:19):
The warrior's battlefield isboth external and internal.
The man who fears God can standagainst any threat.
SPEAKER_01 (11:36):
So that in mind, let us now dive into Psalm 34, shall
we?
Morning, Steve Raleigh.
SPEAKER_00 (11:52):
34 of David, when he changed his behavior before
Abimelech, so that he drove himout and he went away.
SPEAKER_01 (12:01):
That's him talking, it's the Bible saying that they
pretend to be mad and else.
Great story.
SPEAKER_00 (12:21):
Let the humble hear and be glad.
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord and Heanswered me and delivered me
from all my fears.
Those who look to him areradiant, their faces shall never
be ashamed.
SPEAKER_01 (12:40):
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and
saved him out of his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encampsaround those who fear him,
delivers them.
SPEAKER_00 (13:00):
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
O fear the Lord, you his saints.
Those who fear him have no lack.
The young lions suffer want andhunger.
Those who seek the Lord lack nogood thing.
Verse 11.
Come, O children, listen to me.
(13:21):
I will teach you the fear of theLord.
A man, what man is there whodesires life and loves many
days, that he may see good?
Keep your tongue from evil andyour lips from speaking deceit.
Turn away from evil and do good.
Seek peace and pursue it.
(13:42):
That's so important, the pursuitpart.
We all seek stuff, but do wedeliberately pursue it?
SPEAKER_01 (13:49):
It's all Mr.
SPEAKER_00 (13:51):
Warrior Way is all about pursuit.
The eyes of the Lord are towardthe righteous, and his ears
towards their cry.
Face of the Lord is againstthose who do evil, to cut off
the memory of them from theearth.
When the righteous cry for help,the Lord hears, delivers them
out of their troubles.
(14:12):
Lord is near to thebrokenhearted, saves the
crushing spirit.
Many are the afflictions of therighteous.
The Lord delivers him out ofthem all.
Keeps off his bones, not one ofthem is broken.
Affliction will slay the wicked.
Those who hate the righteouswill be condemned.
(14:34):
The Lord deems the life of hisservants.
None of those who take refuge inhim will be condemned.
SPEAKER_01 (14:43):
So let's go ahead and dive into this now, shall
we?
SPEAKER_00 (14:50):
Verses one through three, invitation to praise.
Oh do I need a cup of coffeethis morning?
Two nights less than four hourssleep.
I was uh very thankful for myalarm this morning.
SPEAKER_01 (15:05):
David calls the faithful to magnify Yahweh with
him.
Okay.
SPEAKER_00 (15:26):
David calls the faithful to magnify Yahweh with
him.
This is remarkable.
A man who escaped by actinginsane now leads a worship
rally.
Praise is not dependent ondignity, on deliverance.
As warriors, we know that God,when God delivers you, testify.
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Your praise strengthens thewhole shield wall.
Testimonies are it's mandatorythat we deliver.
Tell those, because it is nowmore evidence of God coming
through to somebody that thepeople are seeing and right in
front of them or have knowntheir whole life.
That is true credibility, andwhy our testimony is so
(16:08):
important.
Verses four through seven,testimony of deliverance.
David sought Yahweh and Godanswered.
God delivered him from allfears, radiated joy through
those who looked to him, savedthe afflicted man, sent his
angelic host to encamp aroundhis warriors.
SPEAKER_01 (16:31):
Warriors, fear melts when God becomes your fear and
your refuge.
Verses eight through fourteen,training in the fear of Yahweh.
SPEAKER_00 (16:45):
This section is the warrior's discipleship course.
David commands (16:48):
taste and see the goodness of God, fear
Yahweh, seek refuge in Him,listen to instruction, keep your
(18:18):
tongue from evil, turn from eviland do good.
Seek peace and pursue it.
This is battlefield character.
Warriors, God trains warriors byshaping their speech, conduct,
self-control, and moral courage.
(18:43):
Yahweh sees, hears, and drawsnear.
God sees the righteous, hearstheir cries, is against
evildoers, is near thebrokenhearted, saves the
crushing spirit.
David knows firsthand he wasbroken, hunted, humiliated.
SPEAKER_01 (19:00):
God met him there.
For his brokenness is notweakness.
It is the forge where God forgesthe heart.
God's perfect strength andstrong in our weakness.
(19:23):
19 through 22, protection andvindication.
SPEAKER_00 (19:27):
David teaches a hard truth.
The righteous suffer manyafflictions, but Yahweh's
delivered, Yahweh delivers fromall of them.
Not a broken, a bone is broken.
That verse, uh, not a bone isbroken.
That's prophetic of Christ onthe cross.
The Romans typically they did tothe guy, the two people that
(19:49):
were crucified with Christ, iswhen they wanted to speed up the
execution of the cross, whichthey did.
Um, you know, Jesus wascrucified.
Normally, they come up and theybreak their legs because that's
where you would die.
(20:10):
You would suffocate.
Um, and like you would have topush down on your legs to stand.
So they would break theirfemurs, the hammer, giant
sledgehammer, and um, and youwouldn't be able to stand, not
to mention that internally fromthey did that to the other two
(20:38):
people, but Jesus they did not,they stabbed him with a spear
instead.
SPEAKER_01 (20:45):
Again, pointing to this verse, and not a bone would
be broken.
Evil kills the wicked, Godredeems his servant.
Warrior suffering is part of thefight, deliverance is the part
of the promise.
(21:06):
So, themes we'll see here.
SPEAKER_00 (21:09):
See here, deliverance comes from God, not
self-rescue.
Fear of God replaces fear ofman.
SPEAKER_01 (21:18):
This is pivotal for Christians to understand that we
have relationship with Godcompletely twisted, and getting
a healthy, awesome fear of theLord get our lives in balance.
(21:39):
We fear the Lord, will we sin asmuch as we do?
Fear the Lord, will we betrayhim?
Unfortunately, too many and dueto deliberate efforts to
(22:01):
confuse, distort, and erase Godfrom our lives.
Not enough people fear Godanymore.
God trains his warriors inrighteousness.
SPEAKER_00 (22:18):
Suffer is certain, so is deliverance.
Christ fulfills this psalm asthe righteous one, whose bones
were not broken.
SPEAKER_01 (22:34):
So some warhair applications here.
SPEAKER_00 (22:49):
How does this how do we take this verse and apply it
to our life in our daily orseven battlefields?
Faith, fear God, not man, seekhis presence when pressure
rises.
Family, model repentance, praiseand righteous speech in the
home.
(23:09):
Fitness, train your body as youtrain your spirit.
Discipline kills fear.
Fundamentals, build habits thatreinforce readiness, situational
awareness, verbal discipline andself-control.
Finances, use money righteously,avoid deceit, greed, and
manipulative speech.
Fellowship, strengthen theshield wall, testify to God's
(23:32):
deliverance.
SPEAKER_01 (23:41):
So verse 34.
SPEAKER_00 (23:44):
Sorry, Psalm 34 is David's field manual for
warriors under pressure.
It shows us that godly strengthis not forged in comfort,
crisis, in caves, in fear, inhumiliation, the moments when
every earthly support collapses.
(24:05):
From that battlefield, Davidteaches us four crucial
realities.
One, praise is a weapon, not amood.
David praises God beforecircumstances change.
This trains the warrior's heartto anchor in God's character
rather than in shiftingconditions.
Fear of God kills the fear ofman.
(24:28):
Every soldier knows that fear isreal.
But scripture teaches that fearis conquered not by willpower,
but by a greater fear.
Reverence for Yahweh.
When God becomes the supremeauthority, no earthly enemy can
control your heart.
This is why Christians overseasis so much stronger than us.
(24:50):
Rather than deny who Jesus is,they would rather die.
SPEAKER_01 (24:57):
Die in horrible rays, and they do not renounce
Christ.
It's disgusting.
SPEAKER_00 (25:18):
Three, righteous character is combat readiness.
Psalm 34 connects holiness tosurvival.
Guarding your tongue, pursuingpeace, turning from evil, and
doing good are not softcommands.
They're battlefield disciplinesthat keep your soul sharp and
your steps ready.
Remember, there is no purpose towinning a fight and losing your
(25:41):
soul.
There is purpose in say you're acasualty of a fight.
SPEAKER_01 (25:47):
Keep eternal soul ever.
SPEAKER_00 (25:53):
Or God delivers his warriors not by removing the
battle, by standing with them init.
Remember, nothing grows strongerin comfort.
SPEAKER_01 (26:05):
Nothing.
Everything degrades in comfort.
SPEAKER_00 (26:09):
And God is forging you into the man or woman that
you're going to be in heaven.
As you die to self and becomemore Christ-like, as you work
through your sanctification, Godwill stand with you, not remove
your battles.
The righteous suffer manyafflictions, but Yahweh delivers
(26:33):
from all of them.
His nearness to the broken andhis promise to redeem his
servants guarantees victory,even when the fight is fierce.
This psalm shapes warriors whopraise boldly, live righteously,
endure hardships, and fight withconfidence because they know the
(26:55):
commander himself camps aroundthem.
Christian warriors, fear God,fight evil, speak truth, pursue
peace, and trust the commanderwho encamps around his own and
delivers them from every battle.
(27:16):
So, warriors, stand up, warrior.
Lift your head.
The commander of heaven's armiesgoes with you.
You are not fighting alone.
The God who hears, sees, anddelivers surrounds you like a
fortress.
Step into this day withrighteous speech, disciplined
action, and a heart that fearsGod more than the enemy.
(27:39):
Praise boldly, live righteously,stand courageously, lock
shields, advance the line, carrythe light of Christ into the
house.
The king is with you.
Now fight like it.
SPEAKER_01 (27:54):
That is Psalm 34.
So let's get our third and finalbattle one.
Hey Victor, good to see you.
So let's go ahead and pray now.
(28:14):
Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, wethank you for your word.
We thank you for Psalm 34.
Lord, help us to pull wisdom anddiscernment.
Your lessons.
(28:36):
Nurture our soul with thesewords.
To change who we are, to help usdie to self.
Give us the strength and courageto be able to walk out to fear
you above all other things.
That if we fear you, we cannotfear anything else.
(28:57):
But we also pray for protectionand peace.
This fellowship, the persecutedchurch all across the world, our
troops overseas, our firstresponders at home, our veterans
of yesteryear.
Lord help.
(29:20):
Help us.
SPEAKER_00 (29:31):
Pray that America would turn from her sin, hit her
knees, repent and seek yourface, that you would see her and
heal her, so that we could onceagain be one nation under God,
indivisible with liberty andjustice for all.
Now I call upon this fellowshipto put on the full armor of God,
to strap on the shield of thepick up the sword of the spirit,
(29:53):
and step forward to join theshield war.
Locking our shields of faith tothe left and right.
We march forward to take groundfor your kingdom, your glory
forever.
All right, everyone.
God bless you.
Love you, and I will see youtonight at 9 p.m.
for Warrior Church.
Welcome to your daily battle Bible study, the
Bible study where we fight threebattles Monday and Friday.
One, we fight ourselves, get ahumble and grateful heart
aligned unto the Lord.
Um, God is holy, holy, holy, andwe are not.
God is God and we are not.
Right?
So come to him humbly,understanding that Jesus' bro
(01:18):
culture is wrong, and that youknow, Jesus is our savior, yes,
but our Lord is savior.
SPEAKER_01 (01:29):
So uh we also come to him grateful, grateful
because our blessings areinnumerable.
Our blessings are the mostblessed nation and blessed
(01:49):
people in history, and we takeit for granted, has made us a
spoiled, soft, entitled peoplehas made us, wow apologize, has
made us the weakest Christiansto ever exist.
SPEAKER_00 (02:08):
Hear that, hear that alpha males.
They're the weakest Christiansto ever exist.
We get depressed if DoorDashdoesn't come in time or
Instacart slow or you know,never mind like what we see our
brothers and sisters have goingon in Africa, slaughtered by
(02:31):
tens of thousands.
World does nothing.
World does nothing.
SPEAKER_01 (02:37):
You know, if you want to see, want to ask me for
once, do I want to do um I thinkthere's only one place in the
world right now I'd be willingto send spec ops into smoke some
terrorists, and that's guyskilling these monsters killing
(02:59):
these Christians.
SPEAKER_00 (02:59):
I think they kidnapped a bunch of Catholic
school kids.
And um, God's sake, I would bewilling to send good righteous
men to wipe out and exterminatevile, you know, care about that
(03:25):
more than I care about Ukraine,care about that more than I care
about a thousand other thingsout there, and um I wish the
world would the world would comethrough for that.
SPEAKER_01 (03:39):
And um, or there's none left.
Or there's none left.
SPEAKER_00 (03:45):
You know, the distraction right now is let's
talk about Israel until wevomit.
Meanwhile, Christians are beingbutchered.
Our our parts of our own body,the body of Christ, are treated
like they have no value, but wewill praise a secular country
against our Lord and Savior morethan anything.
SPEAKER_01 (04:09):
Just don't so we come with a humble and grateful
heart aligned onto the Lord.
SPEAKER_00 (04:17):
Two, we deliberately pursue a relationship with our
Savior, Lord and Savior byputting Him first, setting aside
the beats and the boots, and allthe distractions and all the
demands in our lives and ouroverbusyness and our endless
entertainment to do one thing,to focus on him this time.
SPEAKER_01 (04:40):
Now do that by studying his holy his holy
scripture and by um prayer.
The last battle is we fight foreach other, we lock our shields
of faith together and um prayfor one another, fight for one
(05:05):
another.
So um we pray for faith, we prayfor wisdom, discernment,
strength, courage, protection,and peace.
SPEAKER_00 (05:23):
Right.
So, without further ado, let'sget our first battle one.
SPEAKER_01 (05:29):
Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you.
SPEAKER_00 (05:32):
Thank you for waking us up this morning, Lord, for
your protections through thenight, your countless
protections throughout our life,Lord.
SPEAKER_01 (05:40):
Help us see those.
Trust in you.
Thank you for the chance,another chance to get it right.
Stop doing life our way andstart doing it your way.
Die to self and be more likeChrist.
SPEAKER_00 (06:04):
Your creation.
This earth, everything in it.
Top of Mount Everest to thebottom of the deepest trench,
the ocean.
SPEAKER_01 (06:19):
Thank you for it all.
All the animals, all the plants,all the environments and trees
and fish and everything else,Lord.
Thank you for people.
Help us to love our neighbor asourselves.
(06:41):
Love each other like you lovedus.
SPEAKER_00 (06:44):
Help us to be present to those around us and
to not be distracted.
SPEAKER_01 (06:50):
Look each other in the eye.
Truly hear one another.
And help us to forgive.
We thank you for your commongrace.
Sorry, for your divine grace.
SPEAKER_00 (07:05):
Thank you for choosing us before the
foundation of the world.
Writing our name into the bookof life.
SPEAKER_01 (07:10):
You loved us first before we loved us while we were
your enemy.
Fought for us.
We pray that this time wouldglorify you and only you, serve
you and only you.
We pray for wisdom anddiscernment this text.
(07:36):
Text of Psalm 34 today.
SPEAKER_00 (07:39):
Give us the strength and courage to walk it out in
our life.
We pray all these things inJesus' name.
Amen.
Alright, that is one battledone.
Let's go ahead and get to thetext.
SPEAKER_01 (07:55):
Let's see here.
Can I actually read the textwith all right?
Psalm 34, and again, I'm readingout of the ESV.
SPEAKER_00 (08:11):
So I'm gonna read you the setting, and then we'll
read it, and then we'll go andwe'll look at it deeper.
So uh here is the setting in thebackground of this.
Understand what's going on inthe world.
Because of course, if you justread this cold and you don't
(08:32):
know the setting, um you'regonna be lost.
Psalm 34, the warrior's praiseunder pressure, training,
courage, fear of God, andrighteous living in battle.
So Psalm 34 was forged in one ofthe most chaotic, humiliating,
(09:00):
and dangerous moments of David'slife.
His escape from Saul intoPhilistines' torred territory.
Desperate and alone, David fledto Gaf, the hometown of Goliath,
carrying the giant's own sword.
It was the last place on earthhe should have gone.
The Philistines recognized himas Israel's champion.
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David's life hung by a thread,with no army, no allies, no
weapons drawn, and no escaperoute.
David resorted to pretending hewas insane, scratching on doors,
letting drooling and lettingsaliva run down his beard,
destroying every shred ofdignity just to survive.
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Played the role of crazy man and made himself a
wretch.
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This moment shattered any illusion of
self-reliance.
The lion slayer and the giantkiller was reduced to a
desperate fugitive, and it wasprecisely from that cave after
that humiliation that Davidwrote Psalm 34.
The psalm is a testimony thatGod delivers when we fail.
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God is near when we are broken.
God is faithful when we areterrified.
God is worthy of praise evenwhen we are defeat, feel
defeated.
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From that cave of desperation comes a psalm of
praise under pressure, fear ofGod over fear of man, righteous
living in hostile territory,God's deliverance of the broken
and the haunted.
So it is the themes you're goingto hear are God hears the cries
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of the afflicted.
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True fearlessness flows from fearing God alone.
Righteous character isbattlefield discipline.
God encamps around those whofear him.
Suffering is real, God delivers.
As warriors, I want you to payattention to these themes that
courage is not bravado, it isdependence on God.
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The warrior's battlefield isboth external and internal.
The man who fears God can standagainst any threat.
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So that in mind, let us now dive into Psalm 34, shall
we?
Morning, Steve Raleigh.
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34 of David, when he changed his behavior before
Abimelech, so that he drove himout and he went away.
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That's him talking, it's the Bible saying that they
pretend to be mad and else.
Great story.
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Let the humble hear and be glad.
Oh magnify the Lord with me.
Let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord and Heanswered me and delivered me
from all my fears.
Those who look to him areradiant, their faces shall never
be ashamed.
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This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and
saved him out of his troubles.
The angel of the Lord encampsaround those who fear him,
delivers them.
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Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
O fear the Lord, you his saints.
Those who fear him have no lack.
The young lions suffer want andhunger.
Those who seek the Lord lack nogood thing.
Verse 11.
Come, O children, listen to me.
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I will teach you the fear of theLord.
A man, what man is there whodesires life and loves many
days, that he may see good?
Keep your tongue from evil andyour lips from speaking deceit.
Turn away from evil and do good.
Seek peace and pursue it.
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That's so important, the pursuitpart.
We all seek stuff, but do wedeliberately pursue it?
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It's all Mr.
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Warrior Way is all about pursuit.
The eyes of the Lord are towardthe righteous, and his ears
towards their cry.
Face of the Lord is againstthose who do evil, to cut off
the memory of them from theearth.
When the righteous cry for help,the Lord hears, delivers them
out of their troubles.
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Lord is near to thebrokenhearted, saves the
crushing spirit.
Many are the afflictions of therighteous.
The Lord delivers him out ofthem all.
Keeps off his bones, not one ofthem is broken.
Affliction will slay the wicked.
Those who hate the righteouswill be condemned.
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The Lord deems the life of hisservants.
None of those who take refuge inhim will be condemned.
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So let's go ahead and dive into this now, shall
we?
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Verses one through three, invitation to praise.
Oh do I need a cup of coffeethis morning?
Two nights less than four hourssleep.
I was uh very thankful for myalarm this morning.
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David calls the faithful to magnify Yahweh with
him.
Okay.
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David calls the faithful to magnify Yahweh with
him.
This is remarkable.
A man who escaped by actinginsane now leads a worship
rally.
Praise is not dependent ondignity, on deliverance.
As warriors, we know that God,when God delivers you, testify.
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Your praise strengthens thewhole shield wall.
Testimonies are it's mandatorythat we deliver.
Tell those, because it is nowmore evidence of God coming
through to somebody that thepeople are seeing and right in
front of them or have knowntheir whole life.
That is true credibility, andwhy our testimony is so
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important.
Verses four through seven,testimony of deliverance.
David sought Yahweh and Godanswered.
God delivered him from allfears, radiated joy through
those who looked to him, savedthe afflicted man, sent his
angelic host to encamp aroundhis warriors.
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Warriors, fear melts when God becomes your fear and
your refuge.
Verses eight through fourteen,training in the fear of Yahweh.
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This section is the warrior's discipleship course.
David commands (16:48):
taste and see the goodness of God, fear
Yahweh, seek refuge in Him,listen to instruction, keep your
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tongue from evil, turn from eviland do good.
Seek peace and pursue it.
This is battlefield character.
Warriors, God trains warriors byshaping their speech, conduct,
self-control, and moral courage.
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Yahweh sees, hears, and drawsnear.
God sees the righteous, hearstheir cries, is against
evildoers, is near thebrokenhearted, saves the
crushing spirit.
David knows firsthand he wasbroken, hunted, humiliated.
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God met him there.
For his brokenness is notweakness.
It is the forge where God forgesthe heart.
God's perfect strength andstrong in our weakness.
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19 through 22, protection andvindication.
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David teaches a hard truth.
The righteous suffer manyafflictions, but Yahweh's
delivered, Yahweh delivers fromall of them.
Not a broken, a bone is broken.
That verse, uh, not a bone isbroken.
That's prophetic of Christ onthe cross.
The Romans typically they did tothe guy, the two people that
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were crucified with Christ, iswhen they wanted to speed up the
execution of the cross, whichthey did.
Um, you know, Jesus wascrucified.
Normally, they come up and theybreak their legs because that's
where you would die.
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You would suffocate.
Um, and like you would have topush down on your legs to stand.
So they would break theirfemurs, the hammer, giant
sledgehammer, and um, and youwouldn't be able to stand, not
to mention that internally fromthey did that to the other two
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people, but Jesus they did not,they stabbed him with a spear
instead.
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Again, pointing to this verse, and not a bone would
be broken.
Evil kills the wicked, Godredeems his servant.
Warrior suffering is part of thefight, deliverance is the part
of the promise.
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So, themes we'll see here.
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See here, deliverance comes from God, not
self-rescue.
Fear of God replaces fear ofman.
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This is pivotal for Christians to understand that we
have relationship with Godcompletely twisted, and getting
a healthy, awesome fear of theLord get our lives in balance.
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We fear the Lord, will we sin asmuch as we do?
Fear the Lord, will we betrayhim?
Unfortunately, too many and dueto deliberate efforts to
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confuse, distort, and erase Godfrom our lives.
Not enough people fear Godanymore.
God trains his warriors inrighteousness.
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Suffer is certain, so is deliverance.
Christ fulfills this psalm asthe righteous one, whose bones
were not broken.
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So some warhair applications here.
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How does this how do we take this verse and apply it
to our life in our daily orseven battlefields?
Faith, fear God, not man, seekhis presence when pressure
rises.
Family, model repentance, praiseand righteous speech in the
home.
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Fitness, train your body as youtrain your spirit.
Discipline kills fear.
Fundamentals, build habits thatreinforce readiness, situational
awareness, verbal discipline andself-control.
Finances, use money righteously,avoid deceit, greed, and
manipulative speech.
Fellowship, strengthen theshield wall, testify to God's
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deliverance.
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So verse 34.
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Sorry, Psalm 34 is David's field manual for
warriors under pressure.
It shows us that godly strengthis not forged in comfort,
crisis, in caves, in fear, inhumiliation, the moments when
every earthly support collapses.
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From that battlefield, Davidteaches us four crucial
realities.
One, praise is a weapon, not amood.
David praises God beforecircumstances change.
This trains the warrior's heartto anchor in God's character
rather than in shiftingconditions.
Fear of God kills the fear ofman.
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Every soldier knows that fear isreal.
But scripture teaches that fearis conquered not by willpower,
but by a greater fear.
Reverence for Yahweh.
When God becomes the supremeauthority, no earthly enemy can
control your heart.
This is why Christians overseasis so much stronger than us.
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Rather than deny who Jesus is,they would rather die.
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Die in horrible rays, and they do not renounce
Christ.
It's disgusting.
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Three, righteous character is combat readiness.
Psalm 34 connects holiness tosurvival.
Guarding your tongue, pursuingpeace, turning from evil, and
doing good are not softcommands.
They're battlefield disciplinesthat keep your soul sharp and
your steps ready.
Remember, there is no purpose towinning a fight and losing your
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soul.
There is purpose in say you're acasualty of a fight.
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Keep eternal soul ever.
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Or God delivers his warriors not by removing the
battle, by standing with them init.
Remember, nothing grows strongerin comfort.
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Nothing.
Everything degrades in comfort.
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And God is forging you into the man or woman that
you're going to be in heaven.
As you die to self and becomemore Christ-like, as you work
through your sanctification, Godwill stand with you, not remove
your battles.
The righteous suffer manyafflictions, but Yahweh delivers
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from all of them.
His nearness to the broken andhis promise to redeem his
servants guarantees victory,even when the fight is fierce.
This psalm shapes warriors whopraise boldly, live righteously,
endure hardships, and fight withconfidence because they know the
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commander himself camps aroundthem.
Christian warriors, fear God,fight evil, speak truth, pursue
peace, and trust the commanderwho encamps around his own and
delivers them from every battle.
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So, warriors, stand up, warrior.
Lift your head.
The commander of heaven's armiesgoes with you.
You are not fighting alone.
The God who hears, sees, anddelivers surrounds you like a
fortress.
Step into this day withrighteous speech, disciplined
action, and a heart that fearsGod more than the enemy.
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Praise boldly, live righteously,stand courageously, lock
shields, advance the line, carrythe light of Christ into the
house.
The king is with you.
Now fight like it.
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That is Psalm 34.
So let's get our third and finalbattle one.
Hey Victor, good to see you.
So let's go ahead and pray now.
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Dear Heavenly Father, Lord, wethank you for your word.
We thank you for Psalm 34.
Lord, help us to pull wisdom anddiscernment.
Your lessons.
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Nurture our soul with thesewords.
To change who we are, to help usdie to self.
Give us the strength and courageto be able to walk out to fear
you above all other things.
That if we fear you, we cannotfear anything else.
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But we also pray for protectionand peace.
This fellowship, the persecutedchurch all across the world, our
troops overseas, our firstresponders at home, our veterans
of yesteryear.
Lord help.
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Help us.
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Pray that America would turn from her sin, hit her
knees, repent and seek yourface, that you would see her and
heal her, so that we could onceagain be one nation under God,
indivisible with liberty andjustice for all.
Now I call upon this fellowshipto put on the full armor of God,
to strap on the shield of thepick up the sword of the spirit,
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and step forward to join theshield war.
Locking our shields of faith tothe left and right.
We march forward to take groundfor your kingdom, your glory
forever.
All right, everyone.
God bless you.
Love you, and I will see youtonight at 9 p.m.
for Warrior Church.
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