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

On the side of God, our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge

of the truth.

So many things, people in the world, in all kinds of positions that we can pray for, that

we must pray for, based on God's Word to us in 1 Timothy 2, I mean, it says, supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanks be made for all people.

Well, that pretty much covers it.

You got 7 billion people in the world.

I would need to be praying for people all around us, people all around the world.

And then specifically, there's obviously an emphasis here in verse 2 on kings and all

who are in high positions that we should intercede for leaders in the world with thanks

giving for God sets up leaders, the design of God, and setting up leaders, this is Romans

13, and really all throughout the Bible, and we think about God setting up kings in the

Old Testament.

The design of God was for the good of his people to set up good authority for his people

in ways that lead to good for all people.

And so we have a responsibility before God to pray like this, knowing that God is the

Savior who desires all people, including kings and all her in high positions to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

So I want to lead us to pray for different leaders in this way, and hopefully this time

will prompt you to pray for other leaders when you think about other people that come

to your mind amidst the all people that 1 Timothy 2 is referring to in the world.

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