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DANIEL AND PRAYER
DANIEL’S FIRST PRAYER
• Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the
matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 18
He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of
heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his
friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise
men of Babylon. Daniel 2:17-18
DANIEL’S FIRST PRAYER
•WHAT WAS THE GOAL OF DANIEL'S PRAYER?
•SELF PRESERVATION
DANIEL’S SECOND PRAYER
• Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been
published, he went home to his upstairs room where the
windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he
got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God,
just as he had done before.11 Then these men went as a
group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help.
Daniel 6:10-11
• “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not
sin—and you become angry with them and give them over to
their enemies, who take them captive to their own lands, far
away or near; 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land
where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in
the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have
done wrong, we have acted wickedly’; 48 and if they turn
back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their
enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the
land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen
and the temple I have built for your Name; 49 then from
heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea,
and uphold their cause. 1 Kings 8:46-49
DANIEL’S SECOND PRAYER
•Daniel’s prayer was
powered by SCRIPTURE
not by his EMOTIONS OR
NEEDS.
DANIEL’S THIRD PRAYER
• Give ear, our God, and hear; open your eyes and see the
desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make
requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your
great mercy. 19 Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For
your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your
people bear your Name.” 20 While I was speaking and praying,
confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my
request to the Lord my God for his holy hill — 21 while I was still
in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came
to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 He
instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give
you insight and understanding. 23 As soon as you began to pray, a
word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly
esteemed. Daniel 9:18-23
DANIEL’S PRAYER WAS UTTERLY
GOSPEL-CENTRIC
THREE THINGS TO CONSDER….•1) How much of my prayer is self-centric?
•2) How much of my prayer is driven by scripture and how much by my emotions and needs?
•3) How much of my prayer is Gospel-centric?
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