#1,180 – A Light to the World (Matthew 5:14–16)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 31 October 2020
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
Rather than getting caught up in the divisiveness of the world, the church should be a light that points to Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical dot net. |
| 0:04.0 | Matthew chapter 5 verses 14 through 16 |
| 0:08.0 | Jesus says you are the light of the world. |
| 0:11.0 | A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, |
| 0:19.2 | but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, |
| 0:29.0 | so that they may see your good works and give glory to your father who is in heaven. |
| 0:37.2 | What a powerful picture that Jesus spoke not to a country or to a nation but to his people to his disciples to the church. |
| 0:48.0 | So, follower of Jesus, hear Jesus saying this to you and me together right now. |
| 0:56.4 | You're the salt of the earth. |
| 0:59.0 | You are the light of the world that is not intended to be hidden, not intended to be put under a basket, but |
| 1:09.0 | intended to be put on a stand to give light to all in the house. So let your light shine before others. |
| 1:18.0 | That people may see your life, the light of Jesus in your good works, in your loving, serving, caring for others |
| 1:31.3 | in the way you speak to and about others in the way you relate to others in every single way from in person to |
| 1:40.0 | social media and everywhere in between and the way you think and desire and speak and love and serve and live. |
| 1:47.0 | May your good deeds shine in a world where there's so much darkness in such a way that people might see your good deeds and give glory to your father who is in heaven. |
| 2:01.0 | God, we pray that this would be true of us. I pray this would be true of my life. |
| 2:04.8 | I pray this be true of my family of the church and I'm a part of. I pray for this for |
| 2:10.8 | every single person listening right now. us to be light today help us to love |
| 2:16.5 | and serve and shine today in ways that reflect your character your your truth, your grace, your mercy, your love, your |
| 2:26.5 | compassion, God amidst all these issues around us, particularly in a presidential election here in the United States. |
| 2:35.0 | God, so much darkness, God amidst the darkness of abortion, we pray that our good works, our love for moms with |
| 2:48.1 | unwanted pregnancy, our love for children in the womb, and children once they are out of the womb our love for |
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