David Platt - Something Needs to Change: An Urgent Call to Make Your Life Count

Rugged. Authentic. Gritty. Real. Worshipful. There are no other books like this one. I always pick up Davids books with a sense of excitement and, quite honestly, apprehensionbecause I know that areas of compromise and complacency in my life are going to be exposed. But this book exceeded even my high expectations, for which I am grateful. And so will you be. As David writes, its time to run, not walk. Lets go.

J. D. Greear, president of the Southern Baptist Convention

Extraordinary and challenging. Ive just never read a book like this before. I am so moved. Bring your full heart to this story and watch how God opens your eyes, changes your mind, and broadens the dreams you have for your life.

Annie F. Downs , bestselling author of 100 Days to Brave and Remember God

If you dare to read this book, you might just have an unexpected encounter with Jesus that leaves you weeping on the floor, as Davids experience did. Something changes within us when the seemingly overwhelming needs of the world present themselves simply in the life of a single person. Ultimately, I pray your compassion will be transformed to action.

Santiago Jimmy Mellado , president and CEO of Compassion International

Grippingly vulnerable, humble, and unforgettable, this book holds the catalytic power for life change. Platt leads you on an astonishingly transparent interior journey of his heart and mind, demonstrating transformative, cruciform discipleship in real time.

Ann Voskamp, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Broken Way and One Thousand Gifts

I wholeheartedly recommend Something Needs to Change. God spoke to me through it, and thats the best I can say about any book.

Randy Alcorn , founder of Eternal Perspective Ministries and author of If God Is Good

Riveting. Wrecking. Raw. Something Needs to Change is a harrowing physical and spiritual journey through areas of deep need, tenuous terrain, and spiritual oppression, as well as a beautiful, hope-filled invitation to come penetrate the present darkness with the light of Christ. This resource will reawaken your faith, reorient you to the calling of Christ, and remind you of the importance and value of your role in Gods redemption story.

Louie Giglio, pastor of Passion City Church, founder of Passion Conferences, and author of Not Forsaken

Something Needs to Change will bring you to a crossroads in your faith: Who and what are you living for? If heaven and hell are real and there are billions of people who dont know Jesus, then what are you going to do about it? Prepare to be challenged.

Jennie Allen , author of Nothing to Prove and founder of IF:Gathering

Few of us will trek the Himalayas, let alone face the type of suffering and need that people experience daily in that region and around the world. In Something Needs to Change, David Platt serves all of us by exposing us to the stories and lives of those he encountered during his personal journey through this mountainous region. We all want our lives to count, and Platt helps guide us toward a vision for just that.

Trillia Newbell, author of Sacred Endurance, Enjoy, and the childrens book Gods Very Good Idea

The message of David Platts new book, Something Needs to Change, could not be more timely. I have witnessed the kind of heartbreaking situations David describes, and I agree with him that what needs to change to address such suffering is us. It is only when we yield to the transformative work of the Holy Spirit in usto make us more like Jesusthat we can participate in the transformation God is doing around the world. I know personally how much joy can be found in allowing Christ to work in and through me this way. Read this book, join the journey, and be open to the change God wants to do in you!

Edgar Sandoval Sr., president of World Vision U.S.

In some parts of the world, following Jesus is a dangerous business. The trek described in these pages details events seen and heard through multiple trips on Himalayan trails, where the gospel is not always welcome. Everything and everyone described in this book is real, but for security reasons, key names, places, times, and other details have been altered to protect the people involved.

Why the Tears?

Alone in a guesthouse at the base of the Himalayas, I found myself on my knees, face to the floor, sobbing. Scattered around me was the evidence of my past weeka backpack, trekking poles, hiking boots. I was fresh off a weeklong journey through some of the highest mountains in the world and only hours from a flight home to the States.

But I hadnt planned on ending my trip with out-of-control tears.