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Pray the Word with David Platt

Boasting in the Knowledge of God (Jeremiah 9:23–24)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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

4.91.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Pray the Word on Jeremiah 9:23–24, David Platt reminds us not to boast in riches, but in our knowledge of God.

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

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Jeremiah chapter 9, verses 23 and 24, thus says the Lord,

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let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might,

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let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this,

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that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love,

0:25.4

justice and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight to clear the Lord.

0:32.1

Oh, can I just encourage you to memorize these two verses to hide these verses in your heart?

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Let me just say it again, just to soak it in and then to pray very simply and directly

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according to it. Thus says the Lord and just to help you memorize, go from wisdom to might to

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riches, let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might,

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let not the rich man boast in his riches, don't boast in your wisdom, don't boast in your might,

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don't boast in your riches, and anyone else's wisdom or might or riches for that matter,

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let him who boasts boast in this, one thing that he understands and knows me, God says,

1:19.7

this is your boast in your life, boast in one thing that you know and understand God,

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the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice and righteousness in the earth,

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live to boast in him and knowing and understanding him, knowing that he delights in these things,

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steadfast love, justice and righteousness. Oh, you want your life to count in this world for what

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matters, then live for this one thing, God to help us, I pray over my life, I pray over every

1:57.9

single person listening to this right now, we pray together, help us not to boast in anything in

2:04.0

this world and anything we have apart from you, apart from understanding and knowing you and

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God, we pray for that in each of our lives, help us to understand you more, to know you more,

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we say together today, we want to understand and know you more, that's the one thing we want,

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