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Pray the Word with David Platt

Guard your Eyes (Job 31:1–2)

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

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🗓️ 2 March 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Pray the Word on Job 31:1–2, David Platt challenges us to look only at that which glorifies God and is good for us. Explore more content from Radical.

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

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Job chapter 31 verses 1 and 2 I've made a covenant with my eyes.

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How then could I gaze at a virgin?

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What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high?

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This is a picture of Job talking about it,

0:21.0

his purity and his striving for purity, and the language is so

0:26.8

powerful, I've made a covenant with my eyes. Just think about that. My eyes and I together have a covenant are committed to

0:36.9

something and that something is glorifying God. The Almighty on high with what I look at.

0:45.0

Like I'm committed to looking at that which is pure and holy.

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Just think about that in your life like practically today.

0:54.0

Are you committed with your eyes only looking at that which is good and right and

1:01.0

glorifying to God and as a result good for you which is why this is a really good

1:07.7

covenant this is not a commitment to turn aside from all kinds of things that would be good for you.

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No, this is a commitment with your eyes to only look at that which is good for you and

1:21.0

glorifying to God. And then think about that with your ears, with anything

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you expose yourself to today. Are you focused on that which brings most glory to God.

1:35.0

That changes what you look at and you think about all the different things you'll look at on a screen today.

1:40.0

Think about all the things that you will put in front of your eyes today.

1:45.8

Make a covenant today to make sure that your eyes look at that which is good for you and glorifying to God pure and holy. Think about all

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the things your ears will listen to today and to the extent that you are able, make sure that what you hear is good for you and glorifying to God in a way that obviously affects what we think or what we desire or what we say or how we act.

2:15.0

Well, we need God's help to make covenants like this with our eyes and our ears on a daily basis. So we pray, God help us to strive after, to

2:27.8

pursue, to desire and work for purity like this. God we pray for holy covenants with our eyes and

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