#827 – Praying for all People (1 Timothy 2:1–4)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 14 November 2019
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Summary
This passage exhorts us to pray for everyone. May we as followers of Christ be faithful to pray for leaders and those in high places and also pray for those in low places all over the world.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from radical. net. |
| 0:06.0 | 1st Timothy chapter 2 verses 1 through 4 |
| 0:10.0 | first of all then I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and |
| 0:17.2 | thanksgivings be made for all people. |
| 0:20.3 | For kings and all who are in high positions, |
| 0:23.0 | that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, |
| 0:27.0 | godly and dignified in every way. |
| 0:30.0 | This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. |
| 0:42.0 | This command could not be any clearer. |
| 0:46.3 | God has called us to pray, intercede, |
| 0:51.8 | thank God for all people, including, and he specifies kings and all who are in high |
| 0:59.5 | positions, so that we may live a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified. |
| 1:06.7 | Like this is good, praying like this is good, living like this is good, |
| 1:11.8 | it pleases God our Savior because God desires all people to be |
| 1:17.1 | saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. |
| 1:21.2 | So let me just ask the question, like, is this command reflected in your prayer life? |
| 1:28.6 | Are you praying? |
| 1:30.2 | Am I praying continually for all kinds of people, including and especially for kings and for those who are in high positions? |
| 1:40.0 | Are we praying for these people for these purposes so that we may live peaceful, quiet lives, |
| 1:49.0 | Godly, dignified lives, praying in light of God's desire for all people to be saved and come to a |
| 1:57.6 | knowledge of the truth. So I want us to pray like this and encourage one |
| 2:02.2 | another to pray like this and encourage one another to pray like this continually. |
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