#619 – Apart from Him We Can Do Nothing (Judges 6:15)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 20 April 2019
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God has called each of us to do that which can only be accomplished in His power at work in us.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net. |
| 0:06.0 | Judges chapter 6 verse 15 and he said to him please |
| 0:11.0 | lord how can I save Israel? |
| 0:13.5 | Behold my clan is the weakest in Manassa, |
| 0:16.1 | and I am the least in my father's house. |
| 0:19.8 | These are Gideon's words before God as God was calling him to deliver his people. |
| 0:27.0 | As God was calling him clearly to a task that Gideon did not feel he was qualified for, did not feel he was able or competent to carry out. |
| 0:37.6 | How can I do this? |
| 0:38.6 | How can I save Israel? |
| 0:40.8 | Behold my clan is the weakest and I'm the least in my house. |
| 0:45.0 | Here's the reasons and we see this can't help to think about others in scriptures. |
| 0:49.6 | Think about Moses when God called him and Moses said who am I I can't even speak you're you're |
| 0:55.2 | telling me to go to Pharaoh the most powerful ruler in the world and and tell him |
| 1:00.6 | to just let all of his slaves go like I can't do that. Think about David a |
| 1:05.7 | shepherd boy unlikely to be used by God to deliver his people, lead his people, become his people's most famous king in the |
| 1:16.6 | Old Testament. |
| 1:17.7 | You couldn't go on and on and on through scripture, unlikely people that God calls to do things that are totally beyond them. |
| 1:26.5 | It reminds me of one of my favorite quotes about David Brainardd, missionary to Native Americans up in the |
| 1:35.9 | northeastern part of the United States many many years ago. His biography, life in |
| 1:41.2 | journal are incredible. I would highly recommend anybody read that but and just dive into David |
| 1:48.0 | Brainerd in so many different ways he is helpful and instructive for us, but anyway, Brainard, one of my favorite quotes is actually from someone |
| 1:58.9 | commenting on his life and what they were compelled to pray after reading |
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