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Pray the Word with David Platt

Strengthened Love in Marriage (Song of Solomon 8:7)

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

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Pray the Word on Song of Solomon 8:6–7, David Platt asks God to strengthen the love in our marriages.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

0:04.0

Song of Solomon, chapter 8, verses 6 and 7.

0:08.2

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death.

0:15.5

Jealousy and spheres as the grave.

0:18.3

Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.

0:22.7

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it.

0:26.6

If a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.

0:33.1

So what a picture of the strength of love, according to God's design.

0:39.2

Like, love is strong as death, flashes or flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.

0:46.1

Many waters cannot quench love, floods cannot drown love.

0:52.6

It's stronger and more valuable than all the wealth of a man's house.

0:58.5

Yet, we all know that if we don't work at love, that it can grow weak and love can wane,

1:06.8

there is an adversary who wants to weaken the love of every husband for his wife,

1:13.2

wants to weaken the love of a wife for her husband.

1:16.5

And not just there, there's an adversary who wants to weaken the love of parents for their children

1:21.4

or children for their parents.

1:22.9

There's an adversary who wants to weaken the love of brothers and sisters in Christ for each other.

1:28.3

There's an adversary who wants to weaken the love of the church for those without Christ.

1:33.4

Just see all the different ways that the strength of love can be compromised in

1:38.5

Song of Solomon chapter 8.

1:40.0

It's talking about how God desires for that love to be strong in marriage.

1:45.2

So I want to lead us to pray for that kind of strength of love in our marriages.

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