Bible Lesson: Intercessory Prayer:
Daniel Prays That Jerusalem Will Be Restored.
Bible Text:
Daniel 9:20-23 NLT
20 I went on praying and confessing
my sin and the sin of my people, pleading with The Lord my God for
Jerusalem, His holy mountain.
21 As I was praying, Gabriel, whom I
had seen in the earlier vision, came swiftly to me at the time of the
evening sacrifice. (3:00 P.M.
Time of prayer.) (2nd
visit, Daniel 8:15-18 )
22 He explained to me, “Daniel, I
have come here to give you insight and understanding.
23 The moment you began praying, a
command was given. And now I am here to tell you what it was, for you
are very precious to God. Listen carefully so that you can understand
the meaning of your vision.
Godly Daniel confessed his own sins,
and the sins of his people.
II Chronicles
7:14 KJV
If My people, which are called by My
name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn
from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will
forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Job 42:10 KJV
And The Lord turned the captivity of
Job, when he prayed for his friends: also The Lord gave Job twice as
much as he had before.
Psalm 66:18 KJV
If I regard
iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear me:
Psalm 103:1-3
KJV (See David's psalms of
repentance, 32, 51.)
1 Bless The Lord, O my soul: and all
that is within me, bless His holy name.
2 Bless The Lord, O my soul, and
forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine
iniquities..."
Proverbs 28:13
KJV
He that covereth his sins shall not
prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Jeremiah 29:13
KJV
And ye shall seek Me, and find Me,
when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.
Colossians 3:13
KJV
Forbearing one another, and
forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as
Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
James 5:16 KJV
Confess your faults one to another,
and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual
fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
Daniel had not
finished his prayer, and God sent Gabriel to give him a message.
Daniel 9:23 NLT
The moment you began praying, a
command was given. And now I am here to tell you what it was, for you
are very precious to God...”
The person or
people, who confess their sins and forsake them, are precious to The
Lord.
Psalm 4:3 KJV
But know that The Lord hath set
apart him that is godly for Himself: The Lord will hear when I call
unto Him.
Psalm
38:15 KJV
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou
wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Psalm 55:17 KJV
Evening, and morning, and at noon,
will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice.
Daniel 9:23 KJV
“...Listen carefully so that you
can understand the meaning of your vision.
Psalm 111:10 KJV
The fear of The Lord is the
beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do His
commandments: His praise endureth for ever.
Hosea 8:2 KJV
Israel shall cry unto Me, My God, we know thee.
Israel shall cry unto Me, My God, we know thee.
Malachi 3:17 KJV
And they shall be Mine, saith The Lord Of Hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
See blog postings: Daniel's 70th Week Daniel's 70 Weeks
And they shall be Mine, saith The Lord Of Hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
See blog postings: Daniel's 70th Week Daniel's 70 Weeks
Does God Hear And Answer Prayer?
I Chronicles
16:11 KJV
Seek The Lord
and His strength, seek His face continually.
Psalm 6:9 KJV
The Lord hath
heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer.
Psalm 55:17 KJV
Evening, and
morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear
my voice.
Psalm 65:2 KJV
O thou that
hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
Psalm 66:19 KJV
But verily God
hath heard me; He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Psalm 91:15 KJV
He shall call
upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will
deliver him, and honor him.
Psalm 102:17 KJV
He will regard
the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
Psalm 122:6 KJV
Pray for the
peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Proverbs 15:8,29
KJV
8 The sacrifice
of the wicked is an abomination to The Lord: but the prayer of the
upright is His delight.
29 The Lord is
far from the wicked: but He heareth the prayer of the righteous.
Isaiah 56:7 KJV
"... for
Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Isaiah 58:9 KJV
Then shalt thou
call, and The Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and He shall say,
Here I am...:"
Isaiah 65;24 KJV
And it shall
come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they
are yet speaking, I will hear.
Zechariah 13:9
KJV
And I will
bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver
is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on My
name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is My people: and they
shall say, The Lord is my God.
Matthew 5:44 KJV
But I say unto
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them
that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and
persecute you;
Matthew 7:7,8
KJV
7 Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you:
8 For every one
that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened.
Matthew 18:19,20
KJV
19 Again I say
unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father
which is in heaven.
20 For where
two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the
midst of them.
Matthew 21:22
KJV
And all things,
whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Matthew 26:41
KJV
Watch and pray,
that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but
the flesh is weak.
Mark 11:24 KJV
Therefore I say
unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them.
Luke 11:9,10 KJV
9 And I say
unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
Luke 18:1 KJV
And He spake a
parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not
to faint;
Luke 21:36 KJV
Watch ye
therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape
all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before The Son
Of Man.
John 15:7 KJV
If ye abide in
Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it
shall be done unto you.
John 16:24 KJV
Hitherto have
ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy
may be full.
Ephesians 6:18
KJV
Praying always
with all prayer and supplication in The Spirit, and watching
thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Philippians 4:6
NLT
Don’t worry
about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you
need, and thank Him for all He has done.
Colossians 4:2
NLT
Devote
yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
I Thessalonians
5:17 KJV
Pray without
ceasing.
I Timothy 2:8
KJV
I will
therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without
wrath and doubting.
James 5:13 KJV
Is any among
you afflicted? let him pray..."
I Peter 4:7 KJV
But the end of
all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
I John 3:22 KJV
And whatsoever
we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do
those things that are pleasing in His sight.
Revelation 8:3-5 NLT (Prayers heard and kept)
3 Then another
angel with a gold incense burner came and stood at the altar. And a
great amount of incense was given to him to mix with the prayers of
God’s people as an offering on the gold altar before the throne.
4 The smoke of
the incense, mixed with the prayers of God’s holy people, ascended
up to God from the altar where the angel had poured them out.
5 Then the
angel filled the incense burner with fire from the altar..."
Psalm 141:2 KJV
Let my prayer be set forth
before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening
sacrifice.
