Ps. 17, 18 [The Message]

Ps. 18 is a warfare Psalm. God did not permit David to build the Temple because he had too much blood on his hands. However, his Psalms about warfare instruct us on how to achieve spiritual victories through prayer and praise. Whenever we read about his fighting, we apply it to spiritual warfare.

We don’t use carnal weapons We use spiritual ones. [2 Cor. 10:4]

When we sense conflict, we praise the Lord and immediately begin praying. Some battles are longer than others. We don’t give up. We pray continually day and night until we get victory. [Luke 18:7] (This is a key passage. Christians should have it memorized)