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Pray the Word with David Platt

#372 – Our Counselor (Psalm 16:7)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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πŸ—“οΈ 17 August 2018

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Summary

The God of the universe, in His Word, calls Himself our counselor.

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Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.

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Psalm chapter 16 verse 7.

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I bless the Lord who gives me counsel

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and the night also my heart instructs me.

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What a great verse, especially when

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you were walking through some kind of decision in your life, your family, or in the church or at work,

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you're just asking for wisdom from God. I always go to Psalm chapter 16 verse 7 actually a couple of Psalms and this is one

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of them I bless the Lord who gives me counsel but a great picture God

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yahue the Lord he What a great picture of God.

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Yawe, the Lord, he gives me counsel.

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I can think about times in our life where we think,

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you know, it would be helpful if I talked to a counselor.

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Can anybody recommend a counselor for me? Then we start looking for

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counselors and then I step back and think, wait a minute. This is not to say human

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counselors aren't helpful. They certainly are, but the Lord has called himself in his

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word my counselor. The God of the universe gives me counsel. I mean this isn't just going to a buddy of mine or even some

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professional somewhere and saying hey can I get some counsel this is going

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before the God of the universe and saying,

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please counsel me, and he says, I will.

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I bless the Lord who gives me counsel.

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In the night also, my heart instructs me.

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Oh, what a great picture in the night.

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