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Pray God's Promises Back to Him
All commentators highlight David's simple yet profound prayer: "Do as you have said." Charles Spurgeon calls this the "very essence of prayer." It teaches believers to take the specific promises of God found in Scripture, present them to Him, and confidently ask for their fulfillment. This is not a demand but a faith-filled plea based on God's own unchanging character and word.
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2 Samuel
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Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Samuel 7:23–25
19th Century
Preacher
And what one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name…
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 7:25
17th Century
Pastor
And now, O Lord God
From confessions of unworthiness, and of the goodness of God, and a recital of favours conferred…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 7:18–29
17th Century
Minister
David's prayer is full of the breathings of devout affection toward God. He had low thoughts of his own merits. All we have, must be looked upon as…