Persevere in Doing Good (2 Thessalonians 3:13)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 22 October 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on 2 Thessalonians 3:13, David Platt exhorts us to persist in doing the good things God has called us to do. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:05.7	Second desolonians chapter three, verse 13, as for you, brothers, do not grow weary and doing good.
0:12.3	I, I want to encourage you to memorize that verse today. I just let it soak in your heart.
0:18.0	It's a simple verse worthy of meditation. And I know there are some of you listening to this right now,
0:26.4	likely many of you that need this word, particularly right now, just imprinted on your heart as for you,
0:35.3	brothers, so maybe try to say it out loud with me as for you, brothers, as for you, brothers,
0:41.0	say one more time, as for you, brothers, do not grow weary, do not grow weary, do not grow weary.
0:49.9	As for you, brothers, do not grow weary and doing good and doing good one more time and doing good.
0:58.4	See if you can say it with me now. As for you, brothers, do not grow weary and doing good.
1:05.5	It's weary doing good. That's the clear implication of this verse that we are prone to
1:11.7	weariness and doing good. And I know there's so many people listening to this right now who are
1:17.1	doing good by the grace of God and you. You are living to follow Jesus and to love the people
1:24.2	around you and to serve the people around you and to do the good things. God's calls you to do
1:30.9	in your life and your family and your work and it's hard and you're weary, you're exhausted,
1:38.4	you're tired and you need some encouragement. And God's word in this moment is giving you that
1:45.0	encouragement. God Himself through His word, His Spirit, is saying to your heart right now,
1:51.1	as for you, brother or sister, don't grow weary and doing good. Trust the Lord that as you do good,
1:59.2	He is using your life to bless, encourage, build up others to do good and ways far beyond what you
2:07.6	can even see. Trust God with the fruit of your doing good and ask God for strength, for power.
2:16.2	And just think about Colossians 1, 29 that we've prayed according to toil and struggle with all His
2:23.4	energy, powerfully working within you. So know that God wants to give you strength today so that you
2:30.9	might not grow weary in doing good and don't give in today or any of these weary days to the
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