David Platt is pastor of McLean Bible Church in Washington, D.C. and the founder of Radical.net
Metro Washington, DC
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"Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God." Billy Graham
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My thoughts last night in a letter to our church family: mcleanbible.org/prayerforthe…
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Could I ask you to pause for a moment, pray for J.D., and ask God to make a way for him to come into our family? Thanks. (4/4)
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We are not worried or panicked about elections, no matter how important they may seem. For that matter, we don't worry or panic about anything. Instead, we seek the kingdom of Jesus and his righteousness with true peace and total confidence in his supreme reign.
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Of this, be sure: No declaration by a government can change a definition from God. (Gen. 2:24) #marriage
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Add my name to the list of countless people whose lives have been shaped by the Influence of @RaviZacharias. He joins a great cloud of witnesses in Heaven who beckon us to proclaim the truth and grace of Christ with passion on earth. ow.ly/pIlo50zKVTM
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Met a Mexican pastor today who said, “God brought the nations to the doorstep of our church; and we decided to love them rather than ignore them.” His church turned their building into a shelter and is now planting churches among refugees in their community.
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I am grateful for and wholeheartedly affirm Christian zeal to care for children in the womb through the political process. Let’s match it with Christian zeal to care for women with unwanted pregnancies and to foster and/or adopt vulnerable children in our homes.
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25 years ago, sat down with this girl at a Waffle House and we decided to officially date each other. By God's grace, 25 years later, we're still dating. Just not always at the Waffle House.
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14 years ago today, I became a dad. Thank You, God, for adoption. Thank You, God, for my first son.
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About to go off the grid into the Amazon. Please pray for the spread of the gospel there among people & places where it hasn’t gone.
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In one orphanage we were in, a year ago 3-5 kids were dying every single week. By God's grace through partnership with the church, only one child has died there in the last 6 months. What happens when the church believes and obeys James 1:27?
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Please pray for Voddie Bauchum, a great brother who is in open heart surgery right now. And please pray for his wife, Bridget, and their children.
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Before race and justice are political or cultural issues, race and justice are biblical issues.
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Irony of the cross…The ultimate symbol of death and sin becomes the ultimate source of life for sinners.
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“The Orphan Who Found His Home” - Our whole family was in tears today when our 12-year-old read us this poem he decided to write for Valentine’s Day...
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About to head high into the Himalayas among the isolated and unreached. Would appreciate your prayers...
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Love this from @FrommJake at my alma mater. Far more important than football.
Holly Rowe
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When you are in a church gathering, at a conference, or reading a book, test what you hear. If it does not align with God's Word, do not believe it. #praytheword bit.ly/2HWw4SQ
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Could I ask you to pause for a moment and pray for our son, J.D., to pray for God to make a way for him to come into our family soon, and to pray for countless other children in need of a family today? Thanks. (5/5)
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Marriage will ultimately make it (Rev 19). Supreme Court justices cannot overturn or overcome the Supreme Judge of creation.
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Fireworks from Iwo Jima. A visible reminder of Admiral Nimitz’s quote at the bottom of the memorial: “Uncommon valor was a common virtue.”
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Would you pause for a moment right now and plead for the peace, justice, and mercy of Christ to be made known in Aleppo?
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Coaching my super kind, sometimes shy 9-year-old in basketball, and as we walked into the gym today, he said, “It’s time to crush some little kids’ dreams.”
I laughed until…he proceeded to nail a last-second buzzer beater.
#boom
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Gospel. Transformation. Every one of these men and women used to live on the streets of Brazil addicted to crack.
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J.D. IS HOME!!!
After 3.5 years of waiting, Jeremiah Daniel Platt is officially home in our family.
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15 years ago today, my dad suddenly and unexpectedly went to be with the Lord. He was my best friend and biggest encourager, and my life is fruit of God's grace toward me in him. I praise God for my dad...and I praise God that though he died, he lives (Jn 11:25).
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He grew up in the Congo where his dad was killed while spreading the gospel. Now he has served for decades making disciples and multiplying churches in remote, impoverished villages. Praise God for faithful missionaries.
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A prayer for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as they become President and Vice President today.
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Truly overwhelmed today by God's grace. Celebrating my 40th birthday with my precious wife & kids, encouragement from many of you, and then my Bible reading "just so happened" to be Joshua 14. Blown away by verses 7-9. May I/we wholly follow Him all my/our years.
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With a heavy heart I share that @IMB_SBC missionaries Randy and Kathy Arnett lost their lives today in a car accident in Africa. Please join us in praying for their family and friends. We grieve with hope (1 Thess. 4:13-18).
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May we display the gospel more clearly in our marriages as we declare the gospel more compassionately in our culture.
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Most hilarious line in Bible is Pilate on Jesus' tomb: "Make it as secure as you can."
Good luck w/that.
(via @drmoore)
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If we’re not careful, we can spend a lot of time reading news articles about the terrorist attack on Israel, and Israel’s response, and little time doing what matters most:
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March for life with the crew. Thankful beyond words for a mom in Kazakhstan and another in China who chose life.
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Spending time with rural pastors & met a hero among heroes. This brother pastors a church, leads a Bible school he started for pastors, and he and his wife (who has breast cancer) run a school (in their house!) for street children. Will you pause & pray for them?
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Just some perspective on how gigantic NFL players are...and how little my family and I are. Thanks, @NickWilliams_98.
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This pastor is a farmer, he has 8 kids, and he walks 10 miles one way to the place where the church he serves gathers together for worship.
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Just spent the last couple of hours talking about the gospel with these Muslim scholars from North Africa who visited @mcleanbible tonight. Would you pause and pray for God’s grace upon them?
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Whether in Belgium, Pakistan, or anywhere else, Jesus' resurrection is our only hope for life in a world of terror & death.
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Will you pause and pray that over the next two days, God will ignite these 60,000 18-25 year-olds at @passion268 in the Mercedes Benz Stadium with zeal to spread His gospel and His glory among all the nations?
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YES, LORD!!!
May all that is good at Asbury continue & spread across campuses and churches…in ways that can only be explained by God’s Spirit & only be attributed to God’s glory.
O God, without hesitation or reservation, we need - and we want - more of You!!!
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As the state of Virginia votes this week on bills that would increase abortions, would you pause and plead for God to open our eyes in our country to see the beauty of children and women, and the wonder of what He is doing in pregnancy. bit.ly/38JUfOI
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Would you please pray now for a large gathering of unbelievers in the Horn of Africa? About to preach the gospel...please pray that the Holy Spirit will do what only He can do and draw many people to the hope of Christ.
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Got engaged on the UGA campus 23 years ago this week. Man, SO MUCH has happened since then. Except for Georgia winning a national championship.
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Celebrating 23 years of marriage today. Went to the mountains for a couple of nights and got stuck amidst the snow and ice without power. Adding it to 23 years of memorable moments with this most beautiful woman.
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Praying in light of Las Vegas. Let’s spend more time on our knees than we do watching the news: ow.ly/v2W130fApI0
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"He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord" (Prov. 18:22). Grateful for the favor God granted me 18 years ago today...
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Celebrating 20 years of marriage with this beautiful gift of God’s grace who I don’t deserve...along with all kinds of kids who are constantly photo-bombing every picture we try to take.
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Pity of the cross…Over 6000 people groups still haven’t even heard about it. God, help us to change this.
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Preaching the next three days in South Korea. Please pray with me that God might move in power by His Spirit through His Word for His glory on the Korean Peninsula.
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Unreached people are hard to reach. From a tunnel underground at the North Korean border...
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Today was my son's 4th birthday. But I haven't met him yet. We were 5 days away from going overseas to adopt him when travel to his country shut down in early February. (1/4)
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Pretty upset that they pulled me in the 5th inning. :)
RT @rglynchburg: Is it just us or is @plattdavid pitching for the @astros tonight?
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Sitting here looking at texts from Darrin Patrick over the years. They are filled with him encouraging me, particularly in challenging days. Would you pause and pray for Amie and their four children? ow.ly/dKEo50zBlDq
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Thanks for praying for this trip to the Amazon. Saw God move in amazing ways. Much work still to be done...
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Don Bouldin became my pastor when I was 10. In the days to come, he mentored me, married Heather & me, and modeled integrity, humility, kindness, gentleness, & wisdom for me in unmatched ways. Today, he went to be with the Lord. Thank You, God, for Don Bouldin.
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Would you pause and pray for the Spirit’s leadership in a large gathering of pastors in the horn of Africa? We’re about to explore what God says in His Word about the traits of a church, the urgency of mission, and the destructive effects of the prosperity gospel.
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Jesus is alive and He is Lord! Let’s pray now that many people (among many peoples) will come to know His life as they trust His lordship today.
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So proud of and grateful for God's grace in Wawa, a member of our @mcleanbible family, who's performing the national anthem at the Super Bowl tonight in ASL. Here he is sending us out with the Great Commission this morning...
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Amazing Christmas Eve seeing all kinds of people come to Christ and celebrate through baptism. How great is our God and His gospel! Merry Christmas from the Platt crew...
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Irony of the cross…The ultimate symbol of death and sin becomes the ultimate source of life for sinners. #goodfriday
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The measure of success in a church is not how many people are sitting in a seat, but whether or not the people in those seats are looking more and more like Jesus. bit.ly/2Lny5q3
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11 years ago today, this little man in Kazakhstan changed our lives. Happy Adoption Day, Caleb!!!
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To the African-American brothers and sisters in @mcleanbible and beyond: I lament with you and love you with brotherly affection, abhorring what is evil, longing for what is good, and constant in prayer with and for you and your families (Rom. 12:9-21).
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I woke up this morning to new pictures of him in his orphanage, and then I read the first verse that just so happened to be in my Bible reading plan. “Jesus told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart” - Luke 18:1. (3/4)
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Four kids (and a dad) put a lot of love into this homemade edible arrangement. It may not look perfect, but we saved ourselves $100! #happymothersday
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One of the greatest punchlines in the Bible: "You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive" (Gen. 50:20). God is always, always working for the good of His people. #praytheword bit.ly/2LqEtwo
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I look up to and praise God for @ThabitiAnyabwil and @mikekelsey. Proclaiming the gospel, praying the Word, doing justice, loving mercy, and humbly glorifying God. Proud to stand beside them, learn from them, and labor with them.
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"An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels." (Proverbs 31:10)
By God's grace, I found her...and 22 years ago today, we were married.
Thank You, God! May You be magnified in us together... (Psalm 34:3)
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There is coming a day when the trumpet will sound and Christ will come back for His bride. Until He returns, may we be faithful to Him. #praytheword bit.ly/2Il9QJ7
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For the last 6 months, I’ve been pleading every single day for a way to go to him. As a dad, I would do anything possible to make that happen. (2/4)
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Let’s work to see gospel hope proclaimed and healthy churches planted among refugees all over the world. @IMB_SBC
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RT @pastorjgkell: Why do we call it "Good Friday" if it's the day Jesus was hung on a cross?
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At the US-Mexico border, spending time with brothers and sisters on both sides. Especially as citizens of another world, God give us wisdom and courage to live for justice and mercy in this one.
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100 years ago, South Korea was unreached. Today, there are over 10 million followers of Jesus here. God, raise up men and women who will live and die in places around the world for the fruit of literally millions of souls in eternity.
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So I’m away with my family for a couple days and was giving myself a quick haircut. And I sure thought the guard was on the clippers. When I buzzed it across the top of my head.
But there was no guard.
Not much choice after that but to finish the job.
Here’s to a new look…
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Grateful for @drtonyevans influence on my life and family, along with so many others. And grateful to preach with him this weekend on caring for unborn children, their moms, and their dads.
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Anyone who turns from sin and trusts in Christ will be saved from God's judgment and will be with Him forever. Who can you share this news with today? #praytheword bit.ly/2XuOsHA
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Please pray for my spiritual father in ministry, Jim Shaddix. He had brain surgery last Friday, they learned it was stage 4 cancer, and they’re doing another even more delicate surgery tomorrow. Please pray for Jim’s doctors, Jim’s wife (Debra), their family, and for Jim.
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Heather and I disagreed on which of two pictures to send out for Christmas, so I’m going to post them both and let you choose what you prefer.
Merry Christmas from the Platt crew!
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Application of the cross…We are saved not by human achievement, but by divine accomplishment.
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Said my 10-yr-old son (and coach the last few weeks) to me: “Even if you had bounced it across the plate, dad, I still would have been proud of you. But I probably would have buried my head in my hands when you weren’t looking.” Thanks for your encouragement, son.
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Let’s leave behind an American gospel that prostitutes Jesus for the sake of comfort, power, politics, and prosperity in our country and live to exalt Jesus above everything in this world.
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Out of the country training pastors and ministry leaders from different countries. 12 hours in the Word together over the next 2 days. Would appreciate your prayers for fruit from this time in the Word that lasts for years (actually, forever).
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World population reaches 8 billion today.
God created, knows, and loves every one of them.
And over 3 billion of them have little to no access to the gospel right now.
What a time to be alive. Let’s pray, give, go, and live to make His love known among all of them.
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Congrats to the @Nationals! Grateful for Rendon and a variety of other guys on the team who are more “Christian” than “baseball player.” bpnews.net/53796/nationals-r…
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Race, justice, and biblical discipleship: Opening our eyes to racial injustice, grieving over it, and working against it is not divisive; it’s discipleship. The more we become like Jesus, the more we live to do justice (Micah 6:8).
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