Daniel - Closer to Home: Lessons Learned from a Faithful Prayer Warrior
Pastor Phil Moser
03.20.22
Pastor Phil Moser
03.20.22
15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a name for yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 âO Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, âŚbecause for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a by word among all who are around us.17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my God, incline your ear and hear. 18 âŚOpen your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.â
Daniel 9:15-19
Daniel 9:15-19
The kingdoms of men will not endure, BUT the kingdom of God will last forever.
A Quick Review of the Idea of the Kingdom
â˘A kingdom assumes a ruler and a surrendered people.
â˘A kingdom assumes a ruler and a surrendered people.
â˘A kingdom still exists even if the king is away for a time or ruling from a distance.
â˘A kingdom of surrendered people would look forward to the return of the King.
Lessons Learned from a Faithful Prayer Warrior
(1)When you pray, allow Godâs Word to inform and shape your prayer (Dan. 9:1-2)
(1)When you pray, allow Godâs Word to inform and shape your prayer (Dan. 9:1-2)
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeansâ 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years.
Daniel 9:1-2
â˘INFORM: If we know the will of God from the Word of God, then we know how to pray to God.
Daniel 9:1-2
â˘INFORM: If we know the will of God from the Word of God, then we know how to pray to God.
11 This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste.
Jeremiah 25:11-12
âŚto fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
2 Chronicles 36:21
â˘SHAPE: If we practice the key parts of biblical prayers, then we know our prayers are properly composed.
This prayer is a model for believers today as they approach God. âŚit proceeds with adoration of the Lord, is followed by confession of personal and national sin, and concludes with the prophetâs petition. Here is the proper order, for only after the Lord is praised and sin confessed is the believer qualified to offer requests to the holy God.
S.R. Miller
Jeremiah 25:11-12
âŚto fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
2 Chronicles 36:21
â˘SHAPE: If we practice the key parts of biblical prayers, then we know our prayers are properly composed.
This prayer is a model for believers today as they approach God. âŚit proceeds with adoration of the Lord, is followed by confession of personal and national sin, and concludes with the prophetâs petition. Here is the proper order, for only after the Lord is praised and sin confessed is the believer qualified to offer requests to the holy God.
S.R. Miller
Lessons Learned from a Faithful Prayer Warrior
(1)When you pray, allow Godâs Word to inform and shape your prayer (Dan. 9:1-2)
(1)When you pray, allow Godâs Word to inform and shape your prayer (Dan. 9:1-2)
(2)When you pray, acknowledge the distance between you and God (9:3-19).
â˘When we WORSHIP, we praise God for who he is and what he does (9:4).
â˘When we WORSHIP, we praise God for who he is and what he does (9:4).
â˘When we REPENT, we acknowledge our failures and request Godâs forgiveness (9:5-14).
â˘When we ASK, we ask humblyâknowing God is God, and we are not (9:15-19).
15 And now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made a name for yourself, as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly. 16 âO Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your wrath turn away from your city Jerusalem, your holy hill, âŚbecause for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a by word among all who are around us.17 Now therefore, O our God, listen to the prayer of your servant and to his pleas for mercy, and for your own sake, O Lord, make your face to shine upon your sanctuary, which is desolate. 18 O my God, incline your ear and hear. 18 âŚOpen your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.â
Daniel 9:15-19
Lessons Learned from a Faithful Prayer Warrior
(1)When you pray, allow Godâs Word to inform and shape your prayer (Dan. 9:1-2)
(1)When you pray, allow Godâs Word to inform and shape your prayer (Dan. 9:1-2)
(2)When you pray, acknowledge the distance between you and God (9:3-19)
(3)When you pray, realize the spiritual realm is at work (Dan. 9:20-23).
20 While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the LORD my God for the holy hill of my God, 21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, âO Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understanding. 23 At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.
20 While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my plea before the LORD my God for the holy hill of my God, 21 while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight at the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 He made me understand, speaking with me and saying, âO Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understanding. 23 At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.
Daniel 9:20-23