Returning to God (2 Chronicles 29:2)

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

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this episode of Pray the Word on 2 Chronicles 29:2, David Platt reminds Christians that a life honoring to God is filled with returning to God and repenting of our sin. View the 2021 McLean Bible Church Reading Plan. Explore more content from Radical.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:04.5	Second Chronicles, chapter 29, verse 2.
0:08.1	And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David, his father,
0:14.4	had done.
0:16.4	I love this verse.
0:18.1	I love this chapter.
0:19.6	It is a refreshing chapter in the history of Israel,
0:24.6	or specifically Judah here, the people of God, and all these different kings who, as we looked at in 2nd Chronicles, Chapter 28, were faithless and idolatrous and immoral.
0:39.8	Hezekiah comes on the scene and this is such a refreshing chapter.
0:45.0	Second Chronicles chapter 29 just talks about all the reforms that Hezekiah made
0:51.1	returning to the Lord and calling the people to repent and return to the Lord.
0:56.5	And the result was great joy and unity and harmony and peace among God's people because
1:04.2	they were doing what was right in his eyes.
1:09.0	Oh, doesn't that just remind us that this is the way to joy and unity and harmony and
1:16.8	peace and life doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord, living through his eyes,
1:24.6	focused on his perspective according to word, in every single thing we
1:30.0	think and desire and say and do. God, to help us to do what is right in your eyes. And especially
1:40.3	on this Christmas Eve, God, we praise you for coming to us and showing us what life
1:52.5	looks like that is completely, totally right in your eyes.
1:59.5	Even as we think about Hezekiah's reforms, but then ways he fell
2:05.0	after that. Jesus, we praise you as the one who never fell, pray to sin, who always did what was
2:13.1	right in the Father's eyes. You are our Lord, our Savior. You are our life. And we want to live.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from David Platt, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of David Platt and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.