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

2. John, verse 12, though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink.

Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete.

What a verse. To hear John say under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit that it is good

for the completion of joy to be face to face with brothers and sisters in Christ, not to settle

for using paper and ink in John's words and to think about that reality today,

how much we communicate over text or email or social media in this way or that way.

Instead of communicating face to face, coming together and talking with one another, it is not good.

There is incomplete joy when we settle for communication that is not face to face.

This has huge ramifications for our lives, our relationships, and all the more. So when we think about the

metaverse, and we think about ever-increasing opportunities for communication through other

mediums, to never let those replace coming to one another and talking face to face

in ways that increase our joy.

And even as I think about how we are praying for the church in Afghanistan

and the spread of the gospel in Afghanistan this month,

to realize that, yes, there are so many avenues for the spread of the gospel

through technology that we need to explore. At the same time,

yes, there are so many avenues through technology that we need to explore for the spread of

the gospel in places like Afghanistan. At the same time, there is no replacement for going

to people sitting down with them and talking face to face

about the greatest news in the world. There is great need for workers in the harvest field who

will do that, who will leave where they live in the United States or anywhere else and go to people face to face who've

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