Interceding for the Unreached (Jeremiah 47:6)
Pray the Word with David Platt
David Platt
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🗓️ 18 August 2022
⏱️ 4 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Pray the Word on Jeremiah 47:6, David Platt calls believers to pray for the unreached people groups.
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| 0:00.0 | Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net. |
| 0:04.0 | Jeremiah chapter 47 verse 6, |
| 0:07.0 | Ah, sword of the Lord. How long till you are quiet? |
| 0:11.0 | Put yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still. |
| 0:15.0 | That verse ends with an exclamation point. This is Jeremiah watching |
| 0:20.0 | as the sword of God's judgment is coming upon the nations |
| 0:25.0 | and Jeremiah is interceding for those nations asking God to have mercy. |
| 0:32.0 | Ah, sword of the Lord. How long till you are quiet? |
| 0:36.0 | This picture in Jeremiah is a reminder to us of God's call in our lives |
| 0:43.0 | to be intercessors for people and nations and peoples |
| 0:49.0 | who are under the judgment of the Lord and need his mercy. |
| 0:54.0 | We have been called to stand in the gap and to intercede on their behalf. |
| 0:59.0 | Are you doing that? Are you faithfully interceding for people in need of God's mercy |
| 1:05.0 | around you for people who don't know Jesus? |
| 1:08.0 | Just think of all the faces you'll see today or this week that you work with, |
| 1:13.0 | that you live with neighbors and people you meet. |
| 1:16.0 | Are we interceding for all these people and for nations? |
| 1:21.0 | That's the whole picture here under the judgment of God for people groups. |
| 1:25.0 | That's why we pray like we do for unreach peoples on this podcast |
| 1:28.0 | and why we need to pray continually in our lives for our nation, for other nations. |
| 1:33.0 | So let's do it. God, we will faithfully stand in the gap right now |
| 1:38.0 | and pray for people around us who are under your judgment. |
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