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Jeremiah chapter 47 verse 6.

Ah, sword of the Lord, how long till you are quiet, put yourself into your scabbard, rest and be still.

There are two exclamation points in Jeremiah Jeremiah,

Jeremiah is pleading, he sees God's judgment coming,

and he is interceding for the nations who are going to experience God's judgment.

He's calling out, crying out for mercy.

And this picture in Jeremiah should drive our understanding of prayer.

We know from God's word that his judgment is coming upon sinners who are separated from

him who have not put their trust in Jesus, we know judgment is coming.

That doesn't mean we delight in that.

Instead, we are driven to pray, to plead for God's mercy.

And this is what we see all throughout scripture that prayer is intercession,

pleading on behalf of another who is in need of mercy.

So I look at an unreached people today like the Aurora in India,

over 4 million of them in Central and Northern India, Hindus, almost 100% Hindu.

There are few if any followers of Jesus.

Some would say no known followers of Jesus among the

Aurora today. And so I'm I'm reading about this people their rigorous work ethic their culture of good works relying

upon their accomplishments to win God's favor and I know from God's word that there's not enough good works in the Aurora to win the favor of the one true holy God.

I know that there are over 4 million Aurora right now who are

sinners separated from God worshiping all kinds of other gods that cannot save them.

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