Psalm 119:145-147 was written about crying out. Verse 145-146 says, “I cry out with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord! I will keep Your statutes. I cry out to You; save me, and I will keep Your testimonies.”

I love Psalm 34:6 which says, “This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.” I have pondered this verse for years. The Lord saved him out of all his troubles. Saved means delivered him out by taking him through, as He did with the three Hebrew young men. Daniel 3:25-27.

The power in crying out is the acknowledgment that we can do nothing on our own. There is no inkling of pride. There is no looking to self. It is a wholehearted dependence. Let’s look at Asa’s example. He had an army of 580,000. The other army was a million men and 300 chariots.