Stewards of Our Influence (Micah 3:1–2)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Micah 3:1–2, David Platt reminds us of God's intention of ministering to others through our influence.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platte is a resource from Radical.net.
0:05.5	Micah chapter 3 verses 1 and 2 and I said here you heads of Jacob and rulers of the House of Israel
0:13.4	is it not for you to know justice you who hate the good and love the evil who tear the skin
0:22.8	from off my people and their flesh from off their bones what an indictment of the heads of Jacob
0:30.0	and the rulers of the House of Israel God is saying to these leaders I have put you in charge of
0:37.5	caring for my people and you've done the exact opposite you tear the skin from off my people
0:44.6	tear the flesh from off their bones what imagery of leaders who have led in such a way that they
0:52.0	don't benefit the people they are leading instead they only benefit themselves and they have
0:57.8	led to destruction among those who they are leading I read this and I just immediately think
1:04.7	about the people God entrusted me to lead and to care for as a husband to think about my wife
1:11.6	as a dad to think about my kids as a pastor to think about people in the church that I shepherd
1:18.8	I just want to encourage you think about people that you have a responsibility for leading and
1:24.9	caring for in some way maybe an official title you have of leadership or maybe it's unofficial
1:31.7	it's just a picture of influence you have in others lives and let's pray God help us to use to
1:39.3	steward the influence any leadership we have in others lives for their good God we pray for the
1:47.9	good of people we lead in any of the different ways we might lead them God we pray for the good of
1:55.7	those we oversee in some way and God for the good of anyone we have the opportunity to influence
2:01.6	today this week or next week God we pray to help us to steward our leadership and influence
2:08.0	for others good you help us to love the good and hate evil now we pray that the fruit of our
2:14.8	leadership and influence would be others experiencing your goodness and your grace and your mercy and
2:21.8	your kindness we pray that people would flourish under our leadership would flourish as a result of
2:29.2	our influence and even as we pray for the stewardship we think about the opportunities we have
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