The Restoration of God (Ezra 2:1)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 2 January 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on Ezra 2:1, David Platt prays for the restoration of God in every relationship.

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0:00.0	Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.
0:04.1	Ezra 2 verse 1. Now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of
0:11.8	those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried captive to Babylonia.
0:17.8	They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.
0:21.9	Ezra 2 gives us a picture of the people whom God was bringing back from exile to Jerusalem,
0:34.0	to Judah, to their own towns. This is a beautiful picture of God's restoration of his people,
0:43.3	of God keeping his promise to his people, of God rescuing his people from exile and redeeming them.
0:51.9	God does this over and over and over again through his word. God is the Redeemer, God is the
0:59.6	Restorer. So as I read this first and picture this scene in Ezra 2, I can't help but think about
1:08.5	and long for restoration and redemption in people around me and situations around me and not
1:19.6	just around me but around the world like I think about marriages that are struggling,
1:24.9	that I just want to pray for restoration and redemption. I think about people who have wandered away
1:32.8	from the Lord and to pray for their rescue and their redemption, to pray for circumstances where
1:40.0	people are struggling and maybe some of you walking through things right now where you just need
1:46.4	God to bring about restoration, redemption, to make things new. Who just pray that based on Ezra
1:52.5	2, verse 1, you are the Restorer, oh God, you are the one who is able to work in all things for the
2:01.6	good of your people and the glory of your name. So God, we pray for your help in all kinds of
2:10.4	different situations in our lives and the lives of people around us. God, we pray for your restoration
2:18.1	where restoration is in a restoration of relationship, a restoration of marriages, for restoration of
2:24.1	friendships. God, for restoration in your church where there's any hurt and need for healing.
2:31.2	God, for redemption that you would make things new, you would take what the adversary has
2:38.0	intended for evil and you would turn it for good. God, we pray for people who have fallen away
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