Pray the Word with David Platt Trusting God’s Sovereign Rule (Jeremiah 46:1)
Dec 27, 2025
Explore God's sovereignty over all nations and how it should shape our view of world events. Discover the urgency of praying for the unreached, with over 3 billion yet to hear the gospel. Engage with practical prayer habits for news headlines and intercede for conflict zones like North Korea and Somalia. Learn how the church is mobilizing efforts globally and the important role each believer can play in spreading the Gospel. Your contributions can be doubled to support these vital projects.
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Personal Response To Unreached Peoples Work
- A speaker testifies that Radical's work reaching unreached groups felt like "a piece of heaven" as they saw lives changed.
- The speaker was surprised by the scale of people who don't know Jesus and urged involvement through Radical.
God's Sovereignty Reframes World News
- David Platt highlights God's sovereignty over all nations, not just Israel, as foundational to how we view world events.
- Seeing news through God's sovereign rule reframes headlines as contexts for prayer and gospel urgency.
Use News Headlines To Prompt Prayer
- Pray for nations whenever you encounter news, letting headlines prompt intercession rather than passive consumption.
- Make praying for the spread of God's word to all nations a regular, immediate response to world events.