Spirit-Led Influence (Numbers 27:18)

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David Platt

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🗓️ 17 February 2025

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Numbers 27:18, David Platt calls us to lead and influence others out of the overflow of the Spirit in us. Have you signed up for Secret Church 25 yet? It’s happening online on April 11, and we’d love for you to join us. We’ll spend six hours together studying the book of Matthew, discovering how to make our lives truly count, and praying for our persecuted brothers and sisters around the world. Prices go up after February 25, so register today at radical.ne...

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0:00.0	Hi, it's David Platt. Have you signed up for Secret Church 25 yet? It's happening online, April 11th,
0:06.4	and I would love for you to join us. We're going to spend six hours together studying the book of
0:11.0	Matthew, discovering how to make our lives count for what matters most, and praying for our
0:15.7	persecuted family around the world. Prices go up after February 25th, so register today at radical.net slash
0:22.4	SC25. I'd love to see you there. Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:32.5	Numbers chapter 27, verse 18. So the Lord said to Moses, take Joshua, the son of none, a man in whom is the
0:41.2	spirit, and lay your hand on him. Oh, what a good verse. This is the transition, the succession
0:49.8	process that's the beginning between Moses and Joshua. And what I love about Numbers 27, verse 18,
0:57.7	is what qualifies Joshua for leadership. Take Joshua the son of man, God says, a man in whom is
1:07.1	the spirit, capital S, spirit, and lay your hand on him. What qualifies Joshua for leadership
1:16.5	among God's people is the fact that the spirit of God is in him, on him. It's not because
1:25.2	Joshua is the most innovative, the most creative, the most skilled,
1:31.3	the most knowledgeable, the most educated, the most, so many things that we think of when
1:36.2	it comes to leadership. And I don't want to presume Joshua didn't have some of those things.
1:42.0	Because, well, as we've prayed about in light of Scripture and Exodus
1:46.5	that talks about the Spirit of God, giving intelligence and gifts and skills for what God calls
1:53.2	people to do. But that's the point. It all comes from the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit in Joshua is who qualifies Joshua for leadership.
2:07.7	It's not about what he has. It's about who he has in him. And I just want to encourage you
2:16.2	today with this reality, because as we've prayed multiple
2:20.3	times, this is one of the glorious differences in the New Testament from the Old Testament that
2:25.2	we all have the Holy Spirit in us. And I just want you to think about any leadership you have in
2:32.7	other's lives, any influence you have in others' lives
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