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Pray the Word with David Platt

Formed by God (Jeremiah 18:4–6)

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

🗓️ 22 July 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Pray the Word on Jeremiah 18:4–6, David Platt asks God to form and mold his people to look more like Jesus.

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0:00.0

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

0:04.0

Jeremiah chapter 18 verses 4 through 6,

0:07.5

and the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand,

0:11.9

and he reworked it into another vessel as it seemed good to the potter to do.

0:17.3

Then the word of the Lord came to me,

0:19.0

O house of Israel cannot do with you as this potter has done,

0:22.8

declares the Lord, behold, like the clay in the potter's hand.

0:27.6

So are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

0:31.2

This imagery is well known in the Bible,

0:34.8

and it is a reminder to us today of what it means to trust in God.

0:40.5

What it means to walk with God, it means to humble ourselves as clay

0:47.0

in the hand of a potter.

0:49.6

God, our Creator, who formed and fashioned us in the first place,

0:54.7

who desires to continually form and fashion you and me,

1:00.2

according to his wisdom for the accomplishment of his good will in our lives.

1:06.0

For us to rise every morning and say,

1:08.9

here I am, God, I am clay, you are the potter, mold me, make me.

1:14.9

Do whatever you desire to do in my life,

1:18.0

through my life, for the accomplishment of your purposes in my life.

1:22.8

I totally trust in you.

1:25.3

So can we just pray that right now in a fresh way today,

1:29.3

in a way that hopefully carries over into every moment of our day today,

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