Hello friend. There are days when the bad news feel close enough to touch—a diagnosis you didn’t expect, a country unraveling in war, a prayer that still hasn’t been answered. In moments like that, it can feel as though the story has stopped in the dark. 

But Scripture teaches us this: “weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning” (Psalm 30:5). 

While his people are weeping, waiting, and wondering what comes next, God is still at work. Not absent. Not delayed. Not indifferent. He is faithfully holding us through every part of the story, leading us toward the day when sorrow gives way to joy.

In today’s edition:

🇱🇾 How Christ is drawing people to himself in Libya, where the church often has to remain unseen.

🗓️ What it looks like to live with resurrection hope when life feels more like Friday than Sunday.

🇺🇦 Why Ukraine needs more than relief—and how the church can embody hope in a weary land.

Where the Church Stands Unseen 🇱🇾

Libya remains one of the hardest places in North Africa to follow Jesus. 

Though the gospel has ancient roots there, today less than 3% of Libyans identify as Christian, and most of the country remains unreached. Years of political fragmentation, violence, and instability have made life especially dangerous for believers. For Christians—especially converts from Islam—following Jesus can mean rejection, surveillance, and the constant pressure to keep their faith hidden.

Radical’s partners use online outreach in Libya and the surrounding region to connect seekers with believers for evangelistic conversations and discipleship, helping bring the hope of the gospel to those who may never encounter it openly.

God continues to sustain a small and often isolated body of believers, many of whom have little or no safe local fellowship. Even in the shadows, Christ is still drawing people to himself.

How to Pray:

🙏🏼 Pray for the gospel to spread across Libya and for many to see that Jesus is the one true Savior.

🙏🏼 Pray for isolated believers to be protected, strengthened, and connected to safe fellowship and discipleship.

🙏🏼 Pray for peace and stability in Libya, and for God to use local gospel leaders to make disciples and strengthen his church.

Living like it’s Friday or Sunday? 🗓️

The other day I was reading Genesis 37, and I was struck in a fresh way by the last two verses. After Joseph’s brothers sell him into slavery and convince their father, Jacob, that Joseph is dead, we read this about Jacob in verses 35-36:

“All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, I shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him. Meanwhile the Midianites had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the guard.”

What struck me in meditating on these verses was how God was working while Jacob was weeping. As Jacob was mourning over death, God was orchestrating a plan for life…not just for Jacob, but for his entire family, including the very sons who had just trafficked their brother.

It all made me think about the disciples on Good Friday. We can only imagine all the emotions they felt, the questions they had, the confusion they experienced, and the sadness that weighed them down.

Yet when you think about it, we’re not actually that distant from those disciples.

How many times in this wearying world have we experienced similar emotions, questions, confusion, and sadness? When tragedy strikes our families or friendships? When death steals away someone we love? Or when a situation seems essentially hopeless?

Amidst such emotions, questions, confusion, and sadness, it’s really good to remember: God is working. As followers of Jesus, we know that Good Friday is not the end of the story. We know that Resurrection Sunday is coming. And this changes everything.

Specifically, this changes our outlook on our lives. Without question, we still grieve. But in the words of 1 Thessalonians 4:13, we grieve with hope. We mourn with supernatural comfort and confidence that one day the King who conquered sin and death will make wrongs right for all who know him.

And this changes our outlook on the world. When you read the news, for example, about the Middle East, there’s much reason to grieve. At the same time, there’s much reason to rejoice, for the church in the region is growing and the resurrection power of Jesus is spreading.

The gospel is a constant reminder that when we see—and feel—reasons to weep, we can trust that God is at work.

So ask the question today: where do things feel like Good Friday in your life or in the world around you? Then press in and pray—and live—like you know Resurrection Sunday is coming. And share that good news with a weary world that desperately needs to hear it.

—David Platt

Hope for a Weary Land 🇺🇦

After years of full-scale war, Ukraine is still carrying enormous pain. 

The conflict has become Europe’s largest displacement crisis since World War II, with families scattered, cities scarred, and daily life shaped by grief, uncertainty, and endurance. Even as Ukrainians continue to show remarkable resilience, the weight of war presses deeply on homes, churches, and communities. 

Ukraine is often seen through headlines about maps, missiles, and negotiations. But beneath those headlines are millions of image-bearers—neighbors, children, widows, pastors, and weary believers—who need more than relief. They need the steady hope of Christ. 

In moments like this, the church has a unique opportunity to embody that hope through prayer, presence, and practical love.

How to Pray:

🙏🏼 Pray for peace that is just, durable, and protective of the vulnerable.

🙏🏼 Pray for families who are displaced, grieving, or exhausted—that God would sustain them with daily mercy and surround them with care.

🙏🏼 Pray for churches in Ukraine to remain steady and compassionate, serving as places of refuge, truth, and hope in the middle of war.

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