Daniel's prayer

  Almost everyone knows the story of Daniel and the Lion’s Den. He had been thrown in there because he refused to follow the Kings decree to pray to no one but the king for 30 days. He was a prayer warrior who spent time with his God three times a day and was not going to obey an earthly king forbidding him to pray to the Creator of the universe (Daniel chapter 6). Perhaps you may have wondered how Daniel prayed during these prayer sessions. Check out chapter 9 of his book and see! Daniel’s prayer for his people in exile in Babylon can be found in chapter 9 of the book of Daniel and is a great example of how we can pray to our Father and Lord.

    “Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting and ashes. And I prayed to the LORD my God and made confession, and said, ‘O lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments. O Lord righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You. (Daniel 9:3-5,7)

     “Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.” (Daniel 9:17,19)

    O that we would pray like that! With humility and passion Daniel cries out to the Lord and asks for forgiveness, not only for himself, but for his people. We need to cry out for our people too! We need to ask forgiveness for our nation, our leaders, and our church as we ask forgiveness for ourselves also. (Read all of chapter 9 of the book of Daniel.)

Pray that:

1.God will forgive our nation and our leaders for leading us down a path of disobedience and rebellion against His laws and precepts.

2. God will forgive us for not being obedient to His words and commandments.

3. We are more faithful in praying for revival in our own hearts and the hearts of the members of our church.

4. The Lord will let revival begin in me.