Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.

I want to do something a little different on this episode of Pray the Word.

I want to pray through a long passage of scripture,

Romans chapter 1, verses 18 through 32.

We're just going to jump right in and start to pray according to it.

And as we pray, to take our place as intercessors,

praying, pleading for God's grace in our lives, repenting of sin in our lives,

and praying and pleading for God's grace in the culture and country around us.

So Romans chapter 1 verse 18 says the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness

and unrighteousness of men who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

God, we pray that truth would reign in our country and that you would save us from ungodliness and unrighteousness.

For what can be known about God is plain to them because God has shown it to them.

For his invisible attributes, namely His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly perceived

ever since the creation of the world and the things that have been made.

So they are without excuse.

God, help us to see you in your glory.

All across our country, God, we pray for open eyes to see who you are in your greatness,

in your goodness. God, deliver us. We pray from godlessness, from secular thinking and living that assumes you are not sovereign and good and all-powerful and all-wise and our supreme judge.

God, we pray, God, we pray for an increased God-centeredness in our country.

For although they knew God, Romans 121 says,

For although they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks to Him,

but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened,

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