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Pray the Word with David Platt

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Short, daily meditations on God’s Word that not only drive us to pray, but drive how we pray. Featuring teacher, author, and pastor David Platt.

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#409 – Trust and Obey (Leviticus 22:20)

September 23, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.32 MB

God defines what is and what is not acceptable. May we hear God's Word and obey it.

#408 – Honoring God's Name in This World (Leviticus 21:6)

September 22, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5 MB

What are we communicating about the nature of God to the world around us?

#407 – The Lord Who Sanctifies You (Leviticus 20:8)

September 21, 2018 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.14 MB

Let's ask God to conform us more into the image of Christ. May we look more like Christ today than we did yesterday.

#406 – Love Your Neighbor as Yourself (Leviticus 19:18)

September 20, 2018 04:00 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MB

Think about how much we love ourselves. The revolutionary command of the Bible is to love others like that.

#406 – Love Your Neighbor as Yourself (Leviticus 19:18)

September 20, 2018 04:00 - 6 minutes - 5.85 MB

Think about how much we love ourselves. The revolutionary command of the Bible is to love others like that.

#405 – Keep My Statutes and Walk in Them (Leviticus 18:3–4)

September 19, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.68 MB

We are called to worship God alone. We must be aggressive to make sure we are not accommodating our lives to look like the rest of the world.

#404 – Nothing But The Blood (Leviticus 17:11)

September 18, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.9 MB

We deserve to die, but Jesus died in our place and we have life in Him through His blood shed for us. May we make this gospel known.

#403 – He Remembers Our Sins No More (Leviticus 16:21–22)

September 17, 2018 04:00 - 7 minutes - 6.45 MB

The price for our disobedience to God has been paid, and our sins are covered. Not only this, but through Christ our sins have been taken away.

#402 – Live Clean in Christ (Leviticus 15:31)

September 16, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.83 MB

Are we zealous to be pure? Have we grown complacent with our sin? God, make us clean and help us to live pure before You and one another.

#401 – Instruments of God (Leviticus 14:1–3)

September 15, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.32 MB

We must not quarantine our homes and churches of those who are viewed as unclean and outcast in the world around us. We must go to them.

#400 – Made Clean by Christ (Leviticus 13:45–46)

September 14, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 2.6 MB

Christ did not avoid the leper but went to Him. Christ redeems us and makes vile sinners clean.

#399 – The Next Generation Knowing Christ (Leviticus 12:3)

September 13, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 1.96 MB

Let us call out to God on behalf of families and children, that God will save kids through Christ and set them apart for His purpose.

#398 – Be Holy (Leviticus 11:44–45)

September 12, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.02 MB

We belong to God and have been bought with a price. God, help us not to live for our own purposes but to live set apart for the glory of Christ.

#398 – Be Holy (Leviticus 11:44–45)

September 12, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.02 MB

We belong to God and have been bought with a price. God, help us not to live for our own purposes but to live set apart for the glory of Christ.

#397 – The Severity of Sin (Leviticus 10:1–3)

September 11, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.18 MB

May we pray to God, pleading for help to kill sin rather than treating it lightly.

#396 – Glimpsing the Glory of God (Leviticus 9:6)

September 10, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 2.22 MB

Christ has made it possible for us to have a continual glimpse of the glory of God. May we long to see more of the glory of God in our lives.

#395 – A Royal Priesthood (Leviticus 8:30)

September 09, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.29 MB

Jesus has made purification for sins and we are covered by His righteousness. We have access to God through Christ and we are set apart for His purpose.

#394 – Giving Thanks to God (Leviticus 7:11–12)

September 08, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.42 MB

If we are not expressing continual gratitude to God it is likely a sure sign there is something wrong in our communion with God.

#393 – Sin Against Others is Sin Against God (Leviticus 6:2)

September 07, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.77 MB

May we confess our sins accordingly to others and to God.

#392 – The Necessity of Testifying (Leviticus 5:1)

September 06, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.69 MB

We are called, equipped, and empowered by the very Spirit of God to testify to the goodness of Christ and His gospel. God, help us not to sin with our silence.

#391 – Prone to Sin (Leviticus 4:27–28)

September 05, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.09 MB

We sin in ways we do not even realize. We rejoice that God has covered our sin in Christ and ask for grace to avoid intentional and unintentional sin.

#390 – Giving Our Best to God (Leviticus 3:1)

September 04, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.14 MB

Jesus is without blemish and uniquely qualified to save sinners. In response to this, we must live our lives for His renown.

#389 – A Pleasing Aroma to God (Leviticus 2:9)

September 03, 2018 04:00 - 2 minutes - 2.33 MB

May our lives be living sacrifices that are pleasing to God.

#388 – The Full and Final Sacrifice (Leviticus 1:4)

September 02, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MB

Leviticus points us to the need for atonement. In Christ, our sins have been atoned for, and we are welcomed into His presence.

#387 – Joy Comes with the Morning (Psalm 30:5)

September 01, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.5 MB

God, give us grace to trust that a day is coming when our sorrow will turn to joy and we will be with You forever.

#386 – The Voice of God (Psalm 29:4)

August 31, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.85 MB

The same voice that spoke the world into existence speaks to us through the pages of the Bible.

#385 – To You, O Lord, I Call (Psalm 28:1)

August 30, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.72 MB

If God did not hear us, we would go to hell. By God's grace, He hears us and attends to our needs.

#384 – We Want God (Psalm 27:4)

August 29, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.36 MB

Do we primarily see God as useful? Or do we see God primarily as beautiful? We must come to God to get God.

#383 – The Importance of Integrity (Psalm 26:11)

August 28, 2018 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.12 MB

How do we grow in integrity? By the redeeming grace of God. We need Christ to help make us people of integrity.

#382 – Make us Humble (Psalm 25:9)

August 27, 2018 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.63 MB

The key to being led in what is right and being taught the way of God is humility.

#381 – Clean Hands and a Pure Heart (Psalm 24:3–4)

August 26, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.04 MB

None of us can stand before God on our own merit. In Christ, we can ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place.

#380 – The Lord is My Shepherd (Psalm 23:1)

August 25, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.31 MB

If God is our Shepherd, what else could we want?

#379 – Separated for Our Salvation (Psalm 22:1)

August 24, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.97 MB

Jesus was forsaken on the cross to save us. He was separated from God so that we never will be.

#378 – The Joy of His Presence (Psalm 21:6)

August 23, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.74 MB

You have unhindered access to God through Christ's work on the cross and are able to constantly commune with Him.

#377 – Worthy of Our Trust (Psalm 20:7)

August 22, 2018 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.45 MB

Do not settle for trusting in what will only lead to despair. Trust in the One who will not put you to shame.

#376 – God's Word Revives the Soul (Psalm 19:7)

August 21, 2018 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.48 MB

Greater than God's revelation of Himself in the world is God's revelation of Himself in His Word.

#375 – I Love You, O Lord, My Strength (Psalm 18:1)

August 20, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 3.91 MB

The Sovereign King of Kings who upholds the universe and rules forever is our strength.

#374 – Behold His Face (Psalm 17:15)

August 19, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.42 MB

We know that amid the sorrows and sufferings of this life, we can trust that a day is coming when we will see God as He is.

#373 – Fullness of Joy (Psalm 16:11)

August 18, 2018 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.68 MB

God's plan for your life involves fullness of joy in His presence and at His right hand are pleasures forevermore.

#372 – Our Counselor (Psalm 16:7)

August 17, 2018 04:00 - 3 minutes - 2.95 MB

The God of the universe, in His Word, calls Himself our counselor.

#371 – In Christ Alone (Psalm 15:1)

August 16, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.45 MB

Only through Jesus Christ can we be welcomed into the presence of God. In Him, we have communion with God.

#370 – None Who Does Good (Psalm 14:1–3)

August 15, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.89 MB

We are all corrupt, but God has shown us great mercy in Christ.

#369 – Bountiful Blessings (Psalm 13:6)

August 14, 2018 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.67 MB

Ponder in your own life how God has dealt bountifully with you.

#368 – The Danger of Our Lips (Psalm 12:3)

August 13, 2018 04:00 - 3 minutes - 3.32 MB

We are tempted at every turn to boast or to use our words for evil rather than good.

#367 – Transcendent and Immanent (Psalm 11:4)

August 12, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MB

God rules and reigns over us. He is intricately involved in the very details of our lives.

#366 – The King of Justice (Psalm 10:17–18)

August 11, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.47 MB

Let's pray that we will care for the afflicted in the way our Savior does.

#365 – In the Palm of His Hand (Psalm 9:20)

August 10, 2018 04:00 - 5 minutes - 5.15 MB

God is sovereign over all and we remember that all authorities in this world will bend the knee before Him.

#364 – Made in God's Image (Psalm 8:3–4)

August 09, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.61 MB

The God over all creation has made you as one who reflects Him more so than anything else in creation.

#363 – The Righteous Judge (Psalm 7:11)

August 08, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.55 MB

God feels indignation every day. Put your hope in the One who will faithfully bring forth justice.

#362 – My Bones are Troubled (Psalm 6:2)

August 07, 2018 04:00 - 4 minutes - 4.16 MB

In the middle of your languishing, know that God is gracious and good.

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