Strength to Serve (1 Chronicles 19:13)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Christian, Bible, Baptist, Devotional, Spirituality, John Piper, Prayer, Bible Study, Religion & Spirituality, Louie Giglio, Christianity, David Platt, Pray, Radical

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🗓️ 11 August 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on 1 Chronicles 19:13, David Platt urges us to seek the good of others through God’s strength. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:06.3	First Chronicles, chapter 19, verse 13.
0:10.0	Be strong, and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God.
0:17.1	And may the Lord do what seems good to him.
0:21.4	I love the beginning of this verse.
0:25.0	Let me say it again.
0:26.3	Let it soak in.
0:27.2	Be strong and let us use our strength for our people and for the cities of our God.
0:35.1	In other words, it's not just be strong.
0:36.9	We see that exhortation all throughout
0:39.2	scripture to be strong in the Lord, but not just be strong in the Lord. Use that strength that God
0:46.5	provides for other people. Just let that soak in as you think about your day today or your life
0:53.2	right now. How can you use the
0:56.5	strength God provides you for the good of other people? I love the picture here. It's like a
1:03.6	conduit. God's strength in you for the good of others. So just think about your life right now.
1:10.5	Who can you strengthen? By the strength
1:13.5	God's providing you. Who can you encourage? Who can you help? Who can you do good for? By the strength
1:19.6	God provides you. Oh God, we pray that you would help us to live this way today. Help us to be strong in you.
1:28.7	We need your strength, oh God.
1:30.9	We need your strength in every way.
1:32.7	Apart from you, we can do nothing.
1:35.3	And we pray that you would help us to use the strength you provide for other people.
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