STRANGER THINGS … THE GREAT AND AWESOME GOD

DANIEL 9:1-19, DANIEL’S PRAYER

DANIEL’S PRAYER HELP SHAPE WORLD HISTORY AND MOMENTOUS EVENTS IN THE REDEMPTION OF ISRAEL.

RECOGNITION, Vv.1-2,

“WHAT SCRIPTURE SAYS IS WHAT GOD SAYS AND WHAT GOD SAYS HAPPENS.”~

FYALL

“WHERE THE MIND IS NOT BRIMMING WITH THE BIBLE, THE HEART IS NOT GENERALLY BRIMMING WITH PRAYER.”

JOHN PIPER

ADORATION, Vv.3,4

PERSPECTIVE,

CONFESSION, 3b -14

SACKCLOTH …

“FASTING IS THE WITHHOLDING OF FOOD FROM THE BODY FOR THE SAKE OF PRIORITIZING SOMETHING ELSE, SUCH AS PRAYER. SACKCLOTH WAS A ROUGH MATERIAL, MOST LIKELY MADE FROM ANIMAL SKIN, AND WAS A MARK OF REPENTANCE, ASHES SYMBOLIZE COMPLETE RUIN, IN OTHER WORDS, THE POSTURE DANIEL TOOK WAS A VISIBLE LAMENT.

DAVID HELM

SIN …

“DANIEL CONFESSES THE REALITY OF HIS SIN AND THE PEOPLES SIN BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN CALLED TO CARRY THE BURDEN AS HIS OWN EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT CAUSE THE BURDEN. HE FEELS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PEOPLE UNDER HIS CARE.” BRYAN CHAPELL

SHAME …

GUILT IS A VERDICT, AN AWARENESS OF FAILURE AGAINST A STANDARD

EMBARRASSMENT, IS A FEELING F AWKWARD SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS THAT IS INSPIRED BY FAUX PAS (I HAVE SPINACH CAUGHT IN MY TEETH) OR A PASSING COMMENT (FRIEND JOKES AT MY EXPENSE) OR THE LIKE.

HEBREW MEANING, WHITENING THE FACE

SHAME IS A FEELING, A SENSE OF EXPOSED FAILURES BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE

SUPPLICATION/PETITION, Vv.15-19

“PRAYER IS NOT SO MUCH AN ACT AS IT IS AN ATTITUDE – AN ATTITUDE OF DEPENDENCY, DEPENDENCY UPON GOD.”

ARTHUR PINK

APPLICATION