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Pray the Word with David Platt

#1,009 – Children are a Heritage from the Lord (Psalm 127)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Pray, Radical, Prayer, Christian, John Piper, Bible, Religion & Spirituality, David Platt, Christianity, Bible Study, Devotional, Spirituality, Baptist, Louie Giglio

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🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Let's lift up children and spouses for whom home is not a safe place. Father, we ask that You help children to be valued as a heritage from the Lord. Explore more content from Radical.

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Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

0:04.4

Psalm chapter 127.

0:07.0

One of my favorite chapters in the Bible about family.

0:09.7

I'm going to read the whole thing.

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It's five verses.

0:13.2

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build labor in vain.

0:19.7

Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in

0:24.8

vain. It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil,

0:33.4

for he gives to his beloved sleep. Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,

0:40.6

the fruit of the womb a reward.

0:43.8

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior

0:46.3

are the children of one's youth.

0:49.7

Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them.

0:53.5

He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his

0:56.7

enemies in the gate. Is that not an awesome picture of the Lord who builds the house, the Lord

1:06.3

who gives children as a heritage, the fruit of the womb, a reward, a gift, like arrows in the hand

1:15.0

of a warrior. Children are a blessing to those whose quiver is full with them. Oh, there's so many

1:25.2

different directions we could pray based on this but I want to read a prayer

1:29.9

request that came in I'm not going to mention the name or all the details because of some of

1:35.8

the sensitive nature of it so again people just sending in specific prayer request to pray for

1:41.6

during this pandemic at radical.net slash prayer request.

1:46.8

And this one comes in and talks about two children in a home where their dad is verbally abusive.

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