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Pray the Word with David Platt

#971 – Praying for Joy in Isolation (Psalm 97:12)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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

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πŸ—“οΈ 6 April 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Let's pray for single brothers and sisters during this time of quarantine. Amid many hours alone, may all these brothers and sisters know that the Lord is with them, for their good and for His glory.

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What's your plan as we go into the holidays for how you're going to share the

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gospel with your family members or friends who don't know Jesus? I wrote a short

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resource called Gospel Threads to help you intentionally share Christ in the

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fabric of your normal conversations around the table or the living room or wherever you are,

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and we want to send you a free copy of gospel threads to your front door.

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Just go to radical.net slash share Jesus.

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

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Psalm chapter 97 verse 12.

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Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous, and give thanks to his holy name.

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This is how this psalm ends that just extols God's greatness as the one who rains on high and the heavens proclaim

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his righteousness and the peoples of the world see his glory, God is most high over all the earth exalted above all gods.

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Then you get to the end and the Psalmest says, rejoice in the Lord oh you righteous and give thanks to his holy name

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there is a joy and a satisfaction that is found in God that nothing in this world can compare with.

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So here's why Psalm 9712 comes to my mind today as we are praying for specific people during this

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pandemic and people are sending in prayer request, radical.net slash prayer request. I am so thankful for what James Radical. right now is under some sort of shelter at home order.

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James writes, please pray for singles with no family.

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Now that most people have been sent home from work for a period of weeks which could last even longer,

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this means less human interaction.

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So let us pray that single brothers and sisters would know that they are never alone

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that each person single or otherwise knows in his or her heart that they can talk

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with our Lord each and every moment, that he

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is in-dwelling us, always with us, listening to us, and longing to be in constant communion with us. Let us please remind them that all times they

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