Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

One that shall not be destroyed. Is that sound familiar? Here's Daniel in the Old Testament

talking about one like a son of man to whom the ancient of days gives dominion and glory and a

kingdom that all peoples nations and languages should serve him and his dominion is an ever-lasting

dominion that will never pass away. His kingdom will never be destroyed. This is a beautiful, powerful,

clear, captivating picture of Jesus in the book of Daniel. And I almost feel like a broken record

when I think about how we've been praying through the book of Daniel. But we see it over and over

and over again. Don't we? God's kingdom encompasses all peoples nations and languages. We see those words

over and over and over again. God wants his glory, specifically the glory of Jesus, the son of man

to be made known among all peoples nations and languages. This is why we're here. We live today

for this purpose to pray according to this purpose. And when we pray like this for peoples and

nations and languages around the world to believe that God is hearing our prayers and God's

answering our prayers when we pray like this, that we're participating with him and the

accomplishment of his purpose in the world. And then as we pray like this, then to live for this

today, I could make no sense to pray for the spread of Jesus glory among the Western Maninca

people of synagogue like we're about to do and then not live for Jesus glory right around us in

schools and workplaces and neighborhoods and cities and our own country among the nations where

we live, the ethnic groups surrounding us to live for the glory of Jesus and more and more people

and people groups around us to give our lives toward this and in all the different places where

we're going to school and we're working. That's the beauty of God's design, his holy spirit in every

single one of us today for the spread of his glory, his kingdom through us. So we say, oh God,

yes, use our lives today to point people to Jesus, the son of man to whom all dominion and glory

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