#1,046 – The Infinite Value of Christ (Matthew 13:45–46)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 20 June 2020
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
We lay our plans and futures before You, O God. May we trust in You and spend our lives for the sake of Jesus receiving all glory and honor forever and ever.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical dot net. |
| 0:04.8 | Matthew chapter 13 verses |
| 0:09.2 | again the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls who on finding one pearl of great value |
| 0:18.0 | went and sold all that he had and bought it. |
| 0:27.2 | Like that's it. Just those two verses and moves on to another parable. Matthew chapter 13 is filled with these short parables, this one really short, two verses, but what a potent picture. |
| 0:40.0 | The kingdom of heaven is like Jesus saying my kingdom is like a merchant in search of fine pearls and on finding one purl, one purl of great value, this merchant went and sold all that he had, everything he had, and bought it. |
| 1:06.7 | Like what if there is something that is my kingdom. |
| 1:13.0 | It is worth losing everything for. |
| 1:17.5 | Jesus said that's that's my kingdom. |
| 1:21.5 | It is something worth losing everything for. |
| 1:25.0 | Worth selling all you have, surrendering all you have, |
| 1:30.0 | letting go of all you have because my kingdom is that valuable. Or maybe another way to |
| 1:40.4 | put it is Jesus the king is that valuable. |
| 1:47.0 | Maybe it's not just something, maybe there is someone who is worth losing everything for. |
| 1:57.0 | So we pray Jesus, you are that king. You are that king of great value of infinite value. We lift our voices, our hearts, our minds to you right now as the one who is worth losing everything for. |
| 2:22.0 | You are worthy of our lives. You are better than |
| 2:26.4 | everything else this world has put together. We gladly lose it all, let go of it all, because you are that |
| 2:39.2 | valuable, your kingdom is that wonderful. So we pray just in a fresh way together today based on |
| 2:48.0 | Matthew chapter 13 verse 45 and 46. Take it all. Take our minds, our hearts, our lives, our actions, our relationships, |
| 3:01.5 | our wills, totally yours. |
| 3:05.1 | Take our money, our finances, take our future. |
| 3:09.1 | Lord, it's all yours, our plans, our dreams, |
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