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Pray the Word with David Platt is a

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resource from radical.net. Proverbs

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25, verse 25, like

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cold water to a thirsty soul,

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so is good news from

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a far country. What a

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great verse, especially as we

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think about how each

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day on this podcast we pray for

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an unreached people group, an

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ethnic group in the world that

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has little to no access to

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the gospel. They've not heard the

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good news of Jesus

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and who He is and how much He

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loves them and how He's made

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a way for them to be

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restored to relationship with God for

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eternal life. They've never even heard

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it. It's not that somebody's told

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them that news and

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they've rejected it. They've

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never even been told. So

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as we think about these unreached people groups

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in the world, thousands of

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them, over 7,000

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of them today, classified

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as unreached, listen to this

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proverb, verse 25 of chapter

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25, like cold water to

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a thirsty soul, so

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is good news from a far

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country. This is what we're praying

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for. Every time we

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pray for unreached people, we're praying that

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good news would spread from

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a far country like

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cold water to thirsty

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souls. And just imagine,

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just imagine being in a

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place where you've never been told. heard the good

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news of who God is

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and how much God loves

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you and how He has sent

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His Son to die on a

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cross for your sins and risen

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from the dead, conquered death so

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that you could have eternal life

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and eternal hope. Enjoy

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eternal love in

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relationship with God. Imagine never having

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heard that and then you hear

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it. Like cold water to a

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thirsty soul so is good news

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from a far country. So brothers

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and sisters let's pray for this.

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Let's not let that ever become

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rote to us to pray

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for unreached people and then to

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give to get

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the good news from a far

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country to them to get cold

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water to thirsty souls that need

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Jesus and to live toward this end to

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in each of our lives say

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God how can I play

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a part in spreading

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good news the

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gospel to every people group

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in the world. Oh God we

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pray that you would help each

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of us to know the

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part the unique and significant part

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you're calling us to

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play in this. Starting with

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our praying God we pray

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today specifically for the

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Drukpa Amdo people this Tibetan Buddhist people

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group 750,000 of them totally unreached by

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the gospel. God we pray for the

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Drukpa Amdo people we intercede

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for them right now may

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they receive good news

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from a far country. God sends

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someone to share the gospel

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with them knowing it's hard to get to

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the Drukpa Amdo people. There's so

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many different barriers. God we pray break

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down those barriers and cause the gospel

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to spread to them we pray. And

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help us, God, to use our

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resources toward this end, use our

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money to get the gospel of

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those who've never heard it. Our

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skills, the opportunities we have, God

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help us to be sensitive to

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opportunities we have right around us

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to reach nations, unreached people groups

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that you have brought to our

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doorsteps, to our neighborhoods. And

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God, we pray that you would help us individually

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and our families and our churches

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to work well

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together for the spread

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of good news to

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every corner of the earth,

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for the spread of the gospel throughout the world.

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God help us not to

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live our lives turning a deaf

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ear and a blind eye to

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unreached people in the world. God

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help us to live, to

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get good news, cold

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water to thirsty souls

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all around the world. We

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pray this in light of your word in Proverbs 25

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verse 25 in Jesus name. And

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even as I say in Jesus name,

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thank you God for the people who

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worked to get good

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news to us. God help us to

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do the same for others that they

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might know the name of Jesus. They

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might enjoy and

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pray, experience communion with

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you in Jesus name.

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Amen. May it be so. Amen.

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Amen.