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

Heal their land. These verses are often quoted or mentioned when we think about

revival. Even in a particular country or nation I've heard them quoted or

mentioned and saying if we would just do this as Christians in the United States

then God would bring blessing to the United States. When the reality is this is

a specific promise that was given to God's people, the people of Israel, it's

specifically attached to the land that he had provided for them and his

physical blessings in that place. At the same time we definitely see a picture

here that is reiterated all over scripture that God responds to repentance and

prayer and people seeking his face with mercy and forgiveness and healing.

Not in a way that if you trust in Jesus, if you follow Jesus, if you obey him

that you are guaranteed physical prosperity or blessing in this world but the

universal principle that we see all over scripture is true. It is good to

humble yourself before God to pray to seek his face and to turn from wicked

ways. It's always good for an individual to do that. It's always good for a

family to do that, for a church to do that, for the church to do that, for any

people to do that, for the nations to do that. And so it's entirely right for us

to pray exactly this over our lives and our families and our churches over the

nations where we live and the nations of the world. So let's pray second

Chronicles 7, 13 and 14 and light of what we see all over scripture. God, we

humble ourselves before you right now. We confess that you are God, we are not,

you are perfect in all your ways and we are sinful in our ways. We are all prone

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