At least eight times in the Psalms, the writers call out to God for help. “O Lord, do not be far from Me…hasten to help me!” (22:19; 71:12). “Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord!” (70:1; 40:13; cf. 38:22). “Help me, O Lord my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy” (109:26). “Help me!” (119:86). “Let Your judgments help me” (119:175). Another eight times, the psalmists each refer to God as “My help” (27:9; 40:17; 63:7; 70:5; 94:17; 119:173; 121:1-2). Then, twice more (along with a quotation from Psalms in the book of Hebrews), the writers rejoice, “The Lord is my helper” (30:10; 54:4; cf. Heb. 13:6).
A mother in Matthew 15 prayed my favorite (and repeated multiple times daily) prayer, “Lord, help me!” (15:25).
Is the Lord “your help”? Is He “your helper”? How often do you pray and plead, “Lord, please help me!” In crisis, in choices, in grief, in straits of every kind, “Lord, please help me!”