The document discusses how God protects and helps those who follow him. It provides passages from Psalms, Isaiah, and Matthew that describe how God answers calls for help, gives strength to the weary, chooses and protects Israel, and stays with those who fear him. The Matthew passage specifically talks about how Jesus prayed in Gethsemane to submit to God's will as he faced impending suffering.

1. The LORD Protector
PSALM 20:1
1 May the Lord answer you when you are
in distress;
may the name of the God of Jacob protect
you.
2 May he send you help from the sanctuary
and grant you support from Zion.

2. The LORD Protector
Isaiah 40:27-29
27 Why do you complain, Jacob?
Why do you say, Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord;
my cause is disregarded by my God”?
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
29 He gives strength to the weary
and increases the power of the weak.

3. The LORD Protector
Isaiah 41:8-10
8 “But you, Israel, my servant,
Jacob, whom I have chosen,
you descendants of Abraham my friend,
9 I took you from the ends of the earth,
from its farthest corners I called you.
I said, ‘You are my servant’;
I have chosen you and have not rejected you.
10 So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

4. The LORD Protector
Matthew 26:36-42 Gethsemane
36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called
Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go
over there and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two
sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be
sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to them, “My
soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.
Stay here and keep watch with me.”
39 Going a little farther, he fell with his face to
the ground and prayed, Wish prayer - “My Father, if it
is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as
I will, but as you will.”

5. The LORD Protector
Matthew 26:40-42
40 Then he returned to his disciples and found
them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with
me for one hour?” he asked Peter. 41 “Watch and pray
so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is
willing, but the flesh is weak.”
42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My
Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away
unless I drink it, may your will be done.”