Pray the Word with David Platt Surrendering to Grace (Acts 26:14–15)
Oct 18, 2025
A transformative discussion unfolds around Paul's encounter on the Damascus road, emphasizing Jesus' probing question, 'Why are you persecuting me?' The host explores personal resistance to God's work, highlighting disobedience and stubbornness. Listeners are encouraged to take inventory of their spiritual lives, focusing on sins of commission and omission. The importance of trusting God's plan is underscored, along with a heartfelt prayer for humility and spiritual transformation. The episode wraps up with a plea for prayer for persecutors, seeking divine intervention.
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Resisting God's Good Work
- David Platt highlights that Paul was resisting not just Jesus but the good work God wanted to do in his life.
- This resistance is framed as stubbornly working against God's transformative purposes rather than submitting to them.
Do An Honest Spiritual Inventory
- Take inventory of your life to find areas of disobedience or omission and confess them.
- Trust God in hard circumstances and stop pushing back against His work in you and through your circumstances.
Pray To Be Moldable
- Pray for humility and pliability, asking God to make you like soft clay in His hands.
- Resolve not to resist God's shaping work and obey His word in the immediate tasks He calls you to do.