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 Well, as Pastor David mentioned, it's a gift to be here with you today.

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 It's a testimony of God's grace and kindness.

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! I'll never forget last year messaging Pastor that I needed to cancel because I was in the hospital for leukemia and didn't know when I was going to be getting out.

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 And so today it's just such a pleasure to be here with you and it's always an honor to be able to share God's Word with His people.

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 This morning we will be studying Daniel chapter 9, the first 19 verses.

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 And the message, the title of our message today is Praying to a Sovereign God.

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 As we read through this passage, two overarching questions rise to the surface.

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 The first is this.

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 If God is sovereign over the kingdoms of the earth and over the course of history, including the events of our individual lives, and He is,

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 then what role do our prayers play in His sovereign plan?

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 After we attempt to answer that question, we will spend the rest of our time with the second one.

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 How then shall we pray?

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 I hope you came hungry this morning because this passage is an all-you-can-eat buffet.

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 And it's impossible for us to exhaust the amazing and rich content of this passage with the time that we have together.

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 And so it's my goal to adequately scratch the surface for us and to send you home with enough to enjoy for the rest of the week.

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 We have a lot of content to cover, so let's begin.

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 Daniel 9, chapter 1, verse 1.

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 One of the primary messages in the book of Daniel is that God is sovereign over the kingdoms of the world and over the course of history.

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 In the beginning two verses of chapter 1 of our book, it says that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem and besieged it,

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 and the Lord gave Jehoiakim, king of Judah, into his hand.

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 In chapter 2 of Daniel, God prophetically gives both king Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel a panoramic view of the Gentile kingdoms of the world that would rise,

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 starting with Babylon and extending all the way until the end of time when Christ's everlasting kingdom smashes them all and reigns supreme forevermore.

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 His kingdom is the stone not cut out by human hands that becomes a great mountain which fills the whole earth.

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 Daniel, chapter 2, verses 34 through 35.

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 These mighty, terrible kingdoms of man become as chaff which the wind blows away before him.

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 As Daniel says in chapter 2, verse 21, he changes times and seasons.

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 He removes kings and sets up kings.

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 He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

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 And in verse 37, Daniel declares that it is the God of heaven that has given you, O king Nebuchadnezzar,

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 the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell,

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 the children of man, the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all.

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 Interestingly enough, in chapter 4,

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 this same man to whom God had given the beasts of the field is stricken to become like a beast of the field

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 because he thinks that by his own sovereignty he rules over the world.

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 And for the next seven years, we see great king Nebuchadnezzar exercise his free will

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 as he eats grass with the cattle in the field.

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 Still, God preserves his throne.

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 After all this time,

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 now you and I know politics.

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 The leader of the most powerful empire in the world goes insane,

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 and there's no coup to replace him?

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 Over the course of seven years?

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 This is only by the sovereign hand of God,

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 and it's because God's intent was to humble him, not replace him.

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 When the time was right,

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 God restored him,

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 and this once pagan king who gave glory to himself

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 is now giving glory to whom glory is due.

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 For his dominion is an everlasting dominion,

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 and his kingdom endures from generation to generation.

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 All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing,

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 and he does according to his will

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 among the hosts of heaven

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 and among the inhabitants of the earth.

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 And none can stay his hand or say to him,

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 what have you done?

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 Daniel chapter 4, verses 34 through 35.

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 Well, we come to chapter 9.

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 And in partial fulfillment of Jeremiah 25, verse 12,

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 Belshazzar, king of Babylon,

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 was killed on October 16, 539 B.C.

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 Babylon fell to the Medo-Persian Empire.

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 And as it says in Daniel chapter 5, verse 30,

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 Darius received the kingdom.

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 We are now in the first year of Darius' reign.

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 So it could be 539 or it could be 538 B.C.

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 when Daniel perceives the 70 years.

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 We're not quite certain who Darius the Mede really is.

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 No historical documents outside the Bible

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 give record of him specifically.

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 The word Darius is used in inscriptions

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 for at least five Persian rulers,

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 indicating that this is probably a title

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 rather than a name.

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 While commentators and historians

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 have different opinions about his identity,

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 there is good evidence that Darius

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 could be King Cyrus himself.

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 For one, historically,

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 there is no interval of rulership

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 between Belshazzar of Babylon

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 and Cyrus who conquered Babylon.

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 It's also interesting to note

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 that Cyrus was born in 600 B.C.,

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 which means he was about to turn 62

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 when he conquered Babylon.

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 The same age as Darius

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 in Daniel chapter 5, verse 30,

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 when he received the kingdom.

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 Coincidence or not,

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 whether Darius is Cyrus

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 or Darius is some agent ruling

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 for Darius

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 over the realm of the Chaldeans,

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 the important thing for us to understand

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 is ultimately Cyrus is king

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 of the Medo-Persian Empire

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 and it is Cyrus

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 who in his first year

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 in 538 B.C.

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 issues the decree

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 for the Jews to return to Jerusalem

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 according to Ezra chapter 1, verse 1.

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 And it is Cyrus

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 or in Ezra chapter 1, verse 1.

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 This too is by the sovereign hand

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 of the Lord

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 because more than 150 years earlier,

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 God had spoken

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 through the prophet Isaiah.

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 Cyrus, he is my shepherd

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 and he shall fulfill all my purpose

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 saying of Jerusalem,

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 she shall be built

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 and the temple,

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 your foundation,

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 shall be laid.

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 I believe that Daniel at this time

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 was already aware

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 of Isaiah's prophecy.

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 In fact, according to the Jewish historian

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 Josephus,

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 it was Daniel

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 as Cyrus' prime minister

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 who shared Isaiah's prophecies

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 with Cyrus,

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 influencing him

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 to make the decree.

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 I'm sure it was quite a spectacle

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 for Daniel

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 knowing Jeremiah 25

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 and Jeremiah 29

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 and Isaiah 44

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 and Isaiah 45,

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 witnessing

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 the judgment

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 of Babylon

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 by a kingdom

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 inferior to them,

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 the chest of arms

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 of silver,

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 as it were,

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 led by a man

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 named none other than Cyrus.

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 But here we read

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 in our passage

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 what really arrests

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 Daniel's attention

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 are the words of Jeremiah

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 which he had sent

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 in a letter

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 to the surviving exiles

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 of Babylon.

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 It's recorded

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 in Jeremiah 29

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 and we don't have time

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 to read both chapters

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 25 and 29

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 but we will read

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 29 verses 10 through 14.

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 It says,

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 For thus says the Lord,

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 when 70 years

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 are completed

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 for Babylon,

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 I will visit you

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 and I will fulfill

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 to you my promise

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 and bring you back

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 to this place

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 for I know the plans

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 I have for you

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 declares the Lord.

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 Plans for welfare

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 and not for evil

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 to give you a future

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 and a hope.

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 Then you will call upon me

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 and come to me

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 and pray to me

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 and I will hear you.

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 You will seek me

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 and find me

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 when you seek me

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 with all of your heart.

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 I will be found by you

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 declares the Lord

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 and I will restore

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 your fortunes

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 and gather you

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 from all the nations

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 and all the places

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 where I have driven you

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 declares the Lord.

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 And I will bring you

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 back to the place

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 from which I sent you

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 into exile.

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 Daniel realizes

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 that the end

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 of the 70 years

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 is imminent.

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 His entire life

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 was a testimony

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 to the sovereign power

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 of God

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 which drove Israel

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 into exile,

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 transformed the heart

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 of a pagan king,

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 exalted him repeatedly,

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 Daniel,

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 to high positions

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 of influence

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 in a foreign land

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 who shut the mouths

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 of hungry lions

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 and revealed to him

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 divine mysteries

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 and visions

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 of the future.

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 Here he perceives

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 that God

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 is about to fulfill

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 his word again.

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 So what is Daniel's promise?

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 Does he resign

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 to some form

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 of fatalism

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 and just sit back

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 and wait and say,

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 ah, God's got this?

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 No.

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 Convinced of God's faithfulness

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 to fulfill his word.

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 By faith,

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 he is driven

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 into fervent,

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 intercessory prayer.

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 Why?

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 Because faith moves us

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 to draw near to God

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 and to unite ourselves

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 with him

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 in his purposes.

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 And we do that

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 through prayer.

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 This is the purpose

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 of true

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 and effective prayer.

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 God responds favorably

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 to our faith.

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 He promises

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 that when we call

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 upon him

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 and come

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 and pray to him,

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 he will hear us.

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 And he will be found

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 by us

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 when we seek him

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 with all of our hearts.

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 And he will fulfill

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 his promises to us

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 by his sovereign power.

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 God's promise,

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 referenced by Jeremiah,

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 to restore Israel

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 to their land

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 and to fellowship

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 and communion with him

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 are rooted

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 in the Abrahamic

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 and Mosaic covenants.

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 In Genesis 12,

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 verse 7,

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 he tells Abram,

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 to your offspring

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 I will give this land.

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 And in Genesis 15,

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 God himself passes

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 through the pieces

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 in a covenantal ceremony

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 indicating that

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 the fulfillment

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 of his covenant

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 with Abram

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 and Abram's offspring

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 depended on him alone.

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 Then in Deuteronomy

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 chapter 28,

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 Moses lays before Israel

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 the promise

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 of blessings from God

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 when they obey

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 his commandments

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 and remain loyal

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 and faithful to him.

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 Followed by the promise

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 of curses from God

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 when they turn against him

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 in rebellion

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 and disloyalty,

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 including exile

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 from the land.

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 Prophetically,

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 in Deuteronomy

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 chapter 28,

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 verse 49,

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 Moses warns,

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 the Lord will bring

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 a nation against you

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 from far away,

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 from the end of the earth,

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 swooping down

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 like the eagle.

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 It's no coincidence

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 that in Daniel

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 chapter 7,

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 verse 4,

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 Babylon

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 is envisioned

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 as a lion

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 with eagle's wings.

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 This very image

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 decorated the city

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 of Babylon,

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 including the very throne room

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 of King Nebuchadnezzar himself.

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 For many years,

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 God was abundantly generous

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 in his blessings

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 toward Israel.

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 And tragically,

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 Israel responded

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 with hardness of heart,

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 rebellion,

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 and idolatry.

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 They suffered the curses

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 God promised

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 for their disobedience.

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 But just as God

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 had promised

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 to curse Israel

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 for their disobedience,

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 he also promised

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 restoration

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 when they repented

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 and turned to him.

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 At this time,

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 in Daniel chapter 9,

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 God had yet

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 to restore Israel

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 back to their land.

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 And Israel

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 had yet to call upon him

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 and come and pray to him.

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 In fact,

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 we see in verse 13

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 of Daniel's confession,

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 as it is written

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 in the law of Moses,

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 all this calamity

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 has come upon us,

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 yet we have not

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 entreated

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 the favor of the Lord

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 our God,

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 turning from our iniquities

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 and gaining insight

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 by your truth.

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 So Daniel turns

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 to God

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 in prayer.

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 And God responds

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 immediately.

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 Within that same year,

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 Ezra chapter 1

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 says that

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 the Lord stirred up

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 the spirit of Cyrus,

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 king of Persia,

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 to make the decree

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 for Israel

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 to return to Jerusalem

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 so that the temple

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 may be rebuilt.

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 Consequently,

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 Israel returns

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 to Jerusalem

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 and the temple

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 is rebuilt.

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 And later,

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 in Ezra chapter 10

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 and in Nehemiah chapter 9,

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 Israel as a nation

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 turns to God

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 in repentance

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 and prayer,

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 reminiscent

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 of Daniel's prayer

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 in our passage today.

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 We see in this example

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 before us

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 that through true

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 and effective prayer,

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 Daniel is moved

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 to fulfill God's word

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 by faith

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 and obedience.

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 and through Daniel's prayer,

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 God is moved

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 to fulfill his word

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 by a sovereign power.

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 Ultimately,

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 God used Daniel

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 as his instrument

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 to fulfill

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 his sovereign purpose.

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 So we see

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 God's sovereignty

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 working divinely

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 through responsible

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 human agency

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 to accomplish

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 his purposes.

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 In this,

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 we see the power

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 of true

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 and effective prayer.

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 Jesus said,

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 ask and it will be

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 given to you.

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 Seek and you will find.

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 Knock and it will be

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 opened to you.

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 For everyone who asks

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 receives

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 and the one who seeks

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 finds

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 and to the one who knocks

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 it will be opened.

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 Matthew chapter 6

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 verses 7 and 8.

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 He also says

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 in Matthew chapter 21

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 verse 22,

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 whatever you ask

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 in prayer,

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 you will receive

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 if you have faith.

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 James tells us

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 the prayer of a righteous

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 person has great power

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 as it's working.

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 James chapter 5

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 verse 18.

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 God moves powerfully

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 in response

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 to faithful prayer

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 not only to change

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 the course of history

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 and the external

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 circumstances

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 of our lives,

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 but also to change

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 the conditions

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 of our hearts.

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 Reordering

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 our affections,

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 revealing

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 his wisdom

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 and reconciling

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 us to himself.

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 In the end,

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 God's purposes

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 are fulfilled

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 within us,

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 through us,

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 and around us.

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 If only we knew

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 the greatness

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 of the power of God

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 that works

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 through prayers,

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 we would not be

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 so slothful

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 and casual

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 in our exercise

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 of it.

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 we would pray

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 without ceasing

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 as the Apostle Paul

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 urges us to do

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 and as Daniel

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 demonstrated

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 throughout his life

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 even when he is

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 threatened to be cast

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 into a dead alliance.

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 However,

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 not all prayers

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 are true

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 and effective.

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 James also says

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 you ask

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 and do not receive

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 because you want

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 to spend it

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 on your own passions.

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 And Jesus said

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 when you pray

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 you must not be

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 like the hypocrites.

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 Matthew chapter 6

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 verse 5.

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 And so we turn

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 now to our next

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 question.

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 How then

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 shall we pray?

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 In the following

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 verses of our passage

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 Daniel models

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 for us

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 true and effective

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 prayer.

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 The kind of prayer

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 that pleases

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 and moves

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 the heart

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 of God.

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 We begin

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 with a posture

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 of true

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 and effective

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 prayer.

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 the first thing

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 we notice

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 in our passage

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 is Daniel's faith.

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 Daniel trusted

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 the word of God.

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 Furthermore,

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 he trusted

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 the scriptures

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 as the word

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 of God.

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 It says in Daniel

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 chapter 9

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 verse 2

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 he perceived

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 in the books.

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 In other words,

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 he was studying

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 the scriptures

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 and it was his faith

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 and what he read

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 that resulted

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 in the marvelous

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 prayer that follows.

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 Daniel's prayer

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 is informed

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 by God's word

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 and energized

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 by his faith

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 in God

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 to fulfill

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 what he promised.

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 This emphasizes

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 the fact

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 that anyone

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 who wishes

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 to approach

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 God in prayer

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 must do so

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 on the basis

00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.659
 of faith.

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 We know this

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 because without faith

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 it is impossible

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.579
 to please God

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 for whoever

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 would draw near

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 to God

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 must believe

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 that he exists

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 and that he rewards

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 those who seek him.

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 Hebrews chapter 11

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 verse 6

00:18:52.579 --> 00:18:54.640
 True and effective

00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:56.180
 prayer is always

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 preceded by faith

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 in God.

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 A firm reliance

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 on the character

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 of God

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 and on his ability

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 to fulfill

00:19:03.620 --> 00:19:04.660
 his promises.

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 And all true

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.880
 and effective prayer

00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:09.279
 is shaped

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 and guided

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 by what God

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 has already said

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 in his word.

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 The next thing

00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.480
 we notice

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:17.680
 is Daniel's

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 fervency.

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 In verse 3

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 it says

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 then I turned

00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.579
 my face

00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:24.839
 to the Lord God.

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 We know

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 from Daniel

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 chapter 6

00:19:27.779 --> 00:19:28.360
 verse 10

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 that it was

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.640
 Daniel's custom

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 to pray

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 three times daily

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 while he faced

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 Jerusalem.

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 But I believe

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 that there is

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 much more

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 to this expression

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 than just

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 his physical

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 position.

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 This speaks

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 of a sincerity

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 of heart

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 and mind

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 of focused

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 determination.

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 an undivided

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 devotion

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 to his cause.

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 It reminds us

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 of the man

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 in Luke

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 chapter 11

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 who's knocking

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 on his friend's

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 door for a loaf

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 of bread

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 in the middle

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 of the night.

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 It's that

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 persistence.

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 It's that attitude

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 that he demonstrates.

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 It also reminds us

00:20:08.339 --> 00:20:09.400
 of the persistent

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 widow who

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 is petitioning

00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:12.200
 the unjust

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 judge

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 for justice.

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 it reminds us

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 of the commitment

00:20:19.100 --> 00:20:19.680
 and devotion

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 that was spoken

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 of about Christ

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 by the prophet

00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.180
 Isaiah.

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 Because the

00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.319
 sovereign Lord

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:25.960
 helps me

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 I will not

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.500
 be disgraced.

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 Therefore

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 I have set

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 my face

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 like flint

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 and I know

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 I will not

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 be put to shame.

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 Isaiah

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 chapter 50

00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.100
 verse 7.

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 And Jesus

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 fulfilled this

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 in Luke

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 chapter 9

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 verse 51

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 when it says

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 when the days

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 drew near

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 for him

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 to be taken

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 up

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 he set

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 his face

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 to go

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 to Jerusalem.

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 This expression

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 speaks of

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 unwavering

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 commitment

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 to the will

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 of God.

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 Not even

00:20:58.679 --> 00:20:59.519
 Nebuchadnezzar

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 or Cyrus

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 could command

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.700
 the devotion

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.200
 that God

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.799
 received

00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.819
 from Daniel.

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 This was

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 repeatedly

00:21:06.799 --> 00:21:07.439
 demonstrated

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 throughout Daniel's

00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:09.019
 life and

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 now is

00:21:09.580 --> 00:21:10.120
 being repeated

00:21:10.120 --> 00:21:10.620
 again

00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:11.200
 in his

00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:11.539
 prayer.

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 This

00:21:12.860 --> 00:21:13.600
 fervency

00:21:13.600 --> 00:21:15.440
 was further

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.160
 expressed

00:21:16.160 --> 00:21:17.279
 by seeking

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:17.819
 him by

00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.319
 prayer

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 and pleas

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.960
 for mercy

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 with fasting

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 and sackcloth

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 and ashes.

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 God

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.620
 was the

00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.580
 chief object

00:21:26.580 --> 00:21:27.860
 of Daniel's

00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.539
 pursuit.

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 He fasted

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 so that he

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 would not be

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 diverted from

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 prayer to

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 food by

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 food.

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 He dressed

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 in sackcloth

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 as a sign

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 of abject

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 need

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 and he

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 covered

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 himself

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.819
 in ashes

00:21:41.819 --> 00:21:42.680
 which was

00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.160
 a traditional

00:21:43.160 --> 00:21:44.160
 sign of

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 grief

00:21:44.579 --> 00:21:45.559
 and humility.

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 Is this

00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:48.519
 kind of

00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.059
 fervency

00:21:49.059 --> 00:21:49.720
 characteristic

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.259
 of your

00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:50.839
 prayer life?

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.200
 Is it

00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:53.619
 characteristic

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.119
 of your

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.519
 posture

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:55.279
 before God

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.539
 as you

00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.099
 attempt to

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:56.579
 draw near

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.019
 to him?

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.859
 How easily

00:21:58.859 --> 00:21:59.240
 are we

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.920
 distracted

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:01.839
 by our

00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.279
 prayers,

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:02.900
 by something

00:22:02.900 --> 00:22:03.519
 as simple

00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:04.839
 as the

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:05.180
 ding

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.500
 of a

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.720
 text

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.200
 message?

00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.700
 How often

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.480
 do our

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.119
 thoughts

00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:10.740
 wander

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.740
 even while

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.379
 we're in

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:12.900
 the middle

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.819
 of speaking

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:14.319
 with God

00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.740
 in prayer?

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:17.740
 God

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.400
 help us

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.240
 to have

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.019
 the fervency

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.539
 of Daniel

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.440
 when we

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:21.759
 come to

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.039
 him in

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.379
 prayer.

00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:25.079
 The last

00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:25.339
 thing we

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:25.599
 need to

00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:26.299
 quickly note

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:27.619
 is Daniel's

00:22:27.619 --> 00:22:28.299
 humility.

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:29.859
 Unlike

00:22:29.859 --> 00:22:30.440
 many

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.160
 major,

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:31.940
 other major

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:32.380
 characters

00:22:32.380 --> 00:22:32.700
 of the

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:32.860
 Old

00:22:32.860 --> 00:22:33.320
 Testament,

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:34.360
 no obvious

00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:34.920
 sin is

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.340
 attributed

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:36.019
 to Daniel

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.320
 despite his

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:37.840
 exile to

00:22:37.840 --> 00:22:38.160
 Babylon.

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:39.500
 Now we

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:39.860
 know he

00:22:39.860 --> 00:22:40.140
 wasn't

00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.720
 sinless,

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.400
 but Daniel's

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:44.279
 life is as

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.880
 blameless as

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.340
 we could ever

00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:45.900
 hope to be.

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.920
 Yet through

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.740
 his confession

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.440
 and pleas for

00:22:49.440 --> 00:22:49.860
 mercy,

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:51.360
 Daniel humbly

00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:51.380
!

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.620
 acknowledges his

00:22:52.620 --> 00:22:53.460
 personal guilt

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.380
 and identifies

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.140
 himself with

00:22:55.140 --> 00:22:55.640
 the sins of

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.279
 God's people

00:22:56.279 --> 00:22:57.380
 and accepts

00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:58.220
 the harsh

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:59.039
 discipline that

00:22:59.039 --> 00:22:59.500
 God has

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.059
 brought upon

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.320
 them.

00:23:00.319 --> 00:23:01.839
 This is

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.259
 remarkable

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.879
 because we

00:23:02.879 --> 00:23:03.559
 never see

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.519
 Daniel complain

00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:05.359
 about the

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.839
 fact that

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.179
 he was

00:23:06.179 --> 00:23:06.980
 torn from

00:23:06.980 --> 00:23:07.559
 his home

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:08.119
 and his

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:09.019
 family at

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.339
 an early

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.740
 age.

00:23:10.379 --> 00:23:10.839
 We never

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.460
 hear him

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.419
 murmur about

00:23:12.419 --> 00:23:13.019
 the chaotic

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:14.119
 circumstances of

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.980
 his life or

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.500
 the numerous

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.579
 threats to

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:17.299
 end his life

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:17.779
 because of

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.299
 his obedience

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.759
 to the

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.000
 Lord.

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.839
 There is a

00:23:20.839 --> 00:23:22.419
 question that

00:23:22.419 --> 00:23:23.759
 we often want

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.419
 to ask God

00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:24.859
 in prayer,

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.839
 and we can

00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:27.460
 ask it in

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.099
 two radically

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.859
 different ways.

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:29.500
 It's this

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.000
 question,

00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:30.699
 God, why

00:23:30.699 --> 00:23:31.039
 are you

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.479
 doing what

00:23:31.479 --> 00:23:31.740
 you are

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.039
 doing?

00:23:33.639 --> 00:23:34.479
 The first

00:23:34.479 --> 00:23:34.939
 way that we

00:23:34.939 --> 00:23:35.679
 can ask it

00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.519
 is with the

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.199
 attitude of

00:23:37.199 --> 00:23:37.679
 those in

00:23:37.679 --> 00:23:39.079
 1 Peter 1

00:23:39.079 --> 00:23:40.379
 10, where

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:40.779
 it says,

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.859
 concerning the

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.939
 salvation, the

00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:43.639
 prophets who

00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.519
 prophesied about

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.219
 the grace that

00:23:45.219 --> 00:23:45.659
 was to be

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:46.799
 yours, searched

00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:48.059
 and inquired

00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:49.959
 carefully, inquiring

00:23:49.959 --> 00:23:50.919
 what person or

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:51.959
 time the Spirit

00:23:51.959 --> 00:23:52.759
 of Christ in

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.159
 them was

00:23:53.159 --> 00:23:54.179
 indicating when

00:23:54.179 --> 00:23:54.679
 he predicted

00:23:54.679 --> 00:23:55.399
 the sufferings of

00:23:55.399 --> 00:23:55.959
 Christ and the

00:23:55.959 --> 00:23:56.959
 subsequent glories.

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:58.740
 God's wisdom

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.920
 is a mystery

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.539
 to us.

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.779
 This first

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.740
 attitude is

00:24:02.740 --> 00:24:03.180
 born of

00:24:03.180 --> 00:24:04.420
 humility and

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.200
 a desire to

00:24:05.200 --> 00:24:05.779
 know God's

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.600
 wisdom and

00:24:06.600 --> 00:24:07.160
 to join

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.980
 ourselves to

00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:08.720
 him and

00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.259
 his purposes.

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:11.720
 Second way

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.299
 we can ask

00:24:12.299 --> 00:24:13.000
 this question

00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.779
 is with the

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.279
 attitude of

00:24:15.279 --> 00:24:15.660
 those in

00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.660
 Isaiah 45

00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:18.799
 9, where

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.100
 it says,

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:19.600
 woe to

00:24:19.600 --> 00:24:20.160
 him who

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:21.039
 strives with

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.840
 him who

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:22.600
 formed him,

00:24:23.220 --> 00:24:24.100
 a pot among

00:24:24.100 --> 00:24:24.980
 earthen pots.

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.140
 does the

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.720
 clay say

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.099
 to him

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.680
 who forms

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.400
 it, what

00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:28.779
 are you

00:24:28.779 --> 00:24:29.740
 making, or

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.319
 your work

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.839
 has no

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.319
 handles?

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.860
 The second

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.599
 attitude is

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:34.000
 born of

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.559
 pride and

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.339
 a desire for

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:37.299
 God to

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.920
 join himself

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:38.880
 to us and

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.519
 our purposes.

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:41.160
 It's a

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:42.420
 rejection of

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.240
 God's wisdom

00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.220
 and pursuit

00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.019
 to go another

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.360
 way.

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.460
 True and

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:48.339
 effective prayer

00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:49.759
 can only come

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.420
 from a heart

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.160
 that is humble

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:52.779
 and we should

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:53.539
 not accept to

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.559
 receive a

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.440
 favorable answer

00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:55.779
 from the

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.319
 Lord when we

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.019
 approach him

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.879
 in pride.

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.659
 For God

00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:01.099
 opposes the

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:02.159
 proud but

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.839
 gives grace

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.460
 to the

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.779
 humble.

00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:05.519
 James 4

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:06.099
 6.

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.419
 So what

00:25:08.419 --> 00:25:08.659
 are the

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:10.179
 properties of

00:25:10.179 --> 00:25:11.179
 true and

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.919
 effective prayer?

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:13.720
 With the

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.359
 posture of

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:14.759
 faith,

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.139
 fervency,

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.279
 and humility,

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.179
 Daniel fills

00:25:19.179 --> 00:25:20.099
 his prayer

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:21.240
 with worship.

00:25:22.179 --> 00:25:22.700
 And you can

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.440
 also fit

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.039
 thanksgiving

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.480
 under this

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.160
 category as

00:25:25.160 --> 00:25:25.360
 well.

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.660
 He worships

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:29.059
 him as the

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.680
 great and

00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:30.440
 awesome God

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:30.960
 who keeps

00:25:30.960 --> 00:25:31.660
 covenant and

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.740
 steadfast love

00:25:32.740 --> 00:25:33.740
 in verse 4.

00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.100
 In verse 7,

00:25:36.220 --> 00:25:36.799
 to you

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:37.500
 belongs

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.180
 righteousness.

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.820
 In verse 9,

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:42.019
 to you belong

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:43.299
 mercy and

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.759
 forgiveness.

00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:46.039
 In verse 12,

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.759
 he has

00:25:46.759 --> 00:25:48.039
 confirmed his

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.600
 words,

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.799
 speaking of

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.759
 God's truthfulness

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.859
 and faithfulness

00:25:51.859 --> 00:25:52.480
 to his word.

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:54.960
 In verse 14,

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.099
 the Lord has

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:57.039
 kept ready the

00:25:57.039 --> 00:25:57.980
 calamity and

00:25:57.980 --> 00:25:58.700
 has brought it

00:25:58.700 --> 00:25:59.319
 upon us,

00:25:59.619 --> 00:26:00.660
 acknowledging that

00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:02.099
 he is just in

00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:02.759
 his judgment

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.559
 upon sin.

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:06.480
 True prayer

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.500
 and worship

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:09.019
 are inseparable.

00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:11.559
 How can you

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:12.359
 draw near to

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:12.779
 the most

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:14.740
 holy God

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.319
 without

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.119
 worshiping him?

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:17.779
 it is the

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.199
 natural

00:26:18.199 --> 00:26:19.079
 outflow of

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:19.699
 a heart

00:26:19.699 --> 00:26:20.759
 that loves

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.339
 the Lord

00:26:21.339 --> 00:26:22.199
 and seeks

00:26:22.199 --> 00:26:22.719
 communion

00:26:22.719 --> 00:26:23.319
 with him.

00:26:24.959 --> 00:26:25.659
 As we

00:26:25.659 --> 00:26:26.139
 attempt to

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:26.639
 draw near

00:26:26.639 --> 00:26:27.099
 to him,

00:26:27.239 --> 00:26:27.979
 we recognize

00:26:27.979 --> 00:26:29.139
 that he is

00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:29.619
 the great

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.099
 and awesome

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.519
 God.

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.219
 He is

00:26:32.219 --> 00:26:32.719
 majestic

00:26:32.719 --> 00:26:33.379
 and holy

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:34.219
 and therefore

00:26:34.219 --> 00:26:34.879
 there is

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.939
 this infinite

00:26:35.939 --> 00:26:36.579
 chasm

00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.459
 that separates

00:26:37.459 --> 00:26:37.899
 us from

00:26:37.899 --> 00:26:38.139
 him.

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.099
 Do you ever

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:40.059
 feel that

00:26:40.059 --> 00:26:40.659
 when you

00:26:40.659 --> 00:26:41.759
 try to

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.079
 pray?

00:26:43.439 --> 00:26:43.759
 That you're

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.379
 coming to a

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:45.000
 holy God

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.420
 and just

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.119
 it's like

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.920
 how do I

00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.359
 cross

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.940
 the chasm?

00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:50.500
 If we want

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.960
 to commune

00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:51.359
 with him,

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.279
 something has

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.660
 to bridge

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.240
 that gap.

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.160
 What else

00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.740
 is there

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.579
 except that

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:57.180
 he is the

00:26:57.180 --> 00:26:57.599
 God who

00:26:57.599 --> 00:26:58.220
 keeps covenant

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.920
 and steadfast

00:26:58.920 --> 00:26:59.339
 love,

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.819
 calling us

00:27:00.819 --> 00:27:01.299
 to the

00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:02.019
 reconciliation

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:02.900
 and intimate

00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.460
 fellowship

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.640
 made possible

00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:05.859
 only by the

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.160
 covenant

00:27:06.160 --> 00:27:06.920
 fulfilled for

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.259
 us in

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:07.660
 Christ.

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.440
 Therefore,

00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:10.559
 we are

00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:11.099
 encouraged,

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.799
 let us

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.319
 draw near

00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.700
 with a

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.440
 true heart

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.220
 and full

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.700
 assurance

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.259
 of faith

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.080
 with our

00:27:16.080 --> 00:27:16.360
 hearts

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:16.900
 sprinkled

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.360
 clean

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.000
 from an

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:18.240
 evil

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.900
 conscience

00:27:18.900 --> 00:27:19.519
 and our

00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:19.920
 bodies

00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:20.400
 washed

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.860
 with pure

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.240
 water.

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.340
 But who

00:27:23.340 --> 00:27:23.700
 are the

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.539
 benefactors

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.519
 of this

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.900
 covenant

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:27.200
 and steadfast

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.600
 love?

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.319
 It is

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.819
 those who

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.380
 love him

00:27:30.380 --> 00:27:31.080
 and keep

00:27:31.080 --> 00:27:31.240
 his

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.640
 commandments.

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.480
 Verse 4.

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.460
 The covenant

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.500
 applies only

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:36.980
 to true

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.660
 worshipers.

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.420
 Unbelievers

00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:40.240
 and hypocrites

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:41.059
 should not

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:42.180
 expect to be

00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:43.019
 pardoned or

00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.720
 indulged by

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.100
 God.

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.299
 Worship

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.860
 must be

00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.259
 true,

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:47.340
 flowing from

00:27:47.340 --> 00:27:47.740
 a heart

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.299
 of love,

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.720
 not fake

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.480
 ritualism.

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.420
 We see

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:52.860
 this from

00:27:52.860 --> 00:27:53.259
 the beginning

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.960
 chapters of

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.380
 the Bible

00:27:54.380 --> 00:27:55.220
 when God

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.720
 was pleased

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.220
 to accept

00:27:56.220 --> 00:27:56.620
 the true

00:27:56.620 --> 00:27:57.200
 worship of

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.960
 Abel but

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.819
 rejected the

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.460
 hypocritical

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.440
 offering of

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.759
 Cain.

00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:03.240
 Unless we

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:03.920
 love God,

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.759
 we have no

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.420
 reason for

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.440
 concluding that

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:07.319
 he will approve

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.840
 of any of

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:08.480
 our actions.

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:10.420
 all our

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.900
 duties will

00:28:10.900 --> 00:28:11.599
 become corrupt

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.319
 before him.

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.099
 As Jesus

00:28:14.099 --> 00:28:14.620
 said in

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:15.180
 John chapter

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:15.559
 4,

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:16.220
 true

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.000
 worshipers

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.799
 are those

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.519
 who worship

00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.099
 the Father

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.940
 in spirit

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.680
 and in truth.

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:21.759
 They are the

00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.140
 kind of

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.579
 worshiper

00:28:22.579 --> 00:28:23.200
 that the

00:28:23.200 --> 00:28:23.440
 Father

00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:23.920
 seeks.

00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:26.440
 True

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:26.799
 worship

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.200
 pleases

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.259
 God and

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:28.779
 it also

00:28:28.779 --> 00:28:29.400
 prepares

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.360
 our hearts

00:28:30.360 --> 00:28:31.420
 for confession

00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:32.960
 and repentance.

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.220
 When we

00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:36.100
 behold God

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.440
 and his

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.120
 majesty and

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.560
 perfection,

00:28:37.840 --> 00:28:38.640
 we immediately

00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.700
 become aware

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:41.460
 of how far

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.920
 we fall

00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:42.539
 short of

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.039
 his glory.

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:44.740
 True

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.519
 prayer seeks

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.019
 to close

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.640
 that gap

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.279
 and bring

00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:47.740
 us back

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.420
 into fellowship

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.000
 and union

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.640
 with him.

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:51.880
 As J.C.

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:52.600
 Ryle once

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:52.920
 said,

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.060
 praying and

00:28:54.060 --> 00:28:54.620
 sinning will

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.220
 never live

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.800
 together in

00:28:55.800 --> 00:28:56.140
 the same

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:56.480
 heart.

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:57.960
 Prayer will

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.900
 consume sin

00:28:58.900 --> 00:29:00.180
 or sin

00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:01.120
 will choke

00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:01.539
 prayer.

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:02.639
 Isn't

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.019
 that true?

00:29:05.399 --> 00:29:06.219
 David is

00:29:06.219 --> 00:29:06.819
 thorough and

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.579
 specific in

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.339
 recounting his

00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:09.159
 sins and

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:09.679
 the sins

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.179
 of his

00:29:10.179 --> 00:29:10.539
 people.

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.679
 Eleven of

00:29:12.679 --> 00:29:13.219
 the fifteen

00:29:13.219 --> 00:29:13.759
 verses of

00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.199
 his prayer

00:29:14.199 --> 00:29:14.939
 are spent

00:29:14.939 --> 00:29:16.000
 in confession.

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.219
 He is

00:29:18.219 --> 00:29:19.000
 unhurried.

00:29:20.239 --> 00:29:20.519
 He does

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.279
 not minimize

00:29:21.279 --> 00:29:22.239
 the seriousness

00:29:22.239 --> 00:29:23.199
 or number

00:29:23.199 --> 00:29:23.619
 of them.

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.299
 He makes

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.259
 no excuses.

00:29:27.739 --> 00:29:28.379
 He openly

00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:29.139
 acknowledges

00:29:29.139 --> 00:29:30.059
 their culpability

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:31.039
 and calls

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.680
 their sin

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:32.299
 for what

00:29:32.299 --> 00:29:32.839
 it actually

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.299
 is.

00:29:34.299 --> 00:29:34.879
 It was

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.420
 not by

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.000
 accident

00:29:36.000 --> 00:29:36.879
 or by

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.420
 mistake

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.059
 of ignorance

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.500
 that they

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.159
 disobeyed,

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.680
 but their

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.440
 disobedience

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.299
 was willful,

00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:42.119
 wicked,

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.599
 and rebellious.

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.579
 He declares,

00:29:45.899 --> 00:29:46.519
 the Lord is

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.960
 righteous

00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:48.559
 in all the

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.980
 works he

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.460
 has done.

00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:50.899
 There is

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:51.940
 no justifiable

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:53.500
 reason that

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.099
 Israel had

00:29:54.099 --> 00:29:54.759
 departed from

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:55.159
 the Lord

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.779
 and rebelled.

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.460
 And though

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.859
 the Lord

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.379
 tried to

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.020
 correct them

00:29:59.020 --> 00:29:59.380
 through the

00:29:59.380 --> 00:29:59.880
 prophets,

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.400
 they compounded

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.260
 their culpability

00:30:02.260 --> 00:30:03.300
 by hardening

00:30:03.300 --> 00:30:03.900
 their hearts

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.800
 and refusing

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.820
 to repent.

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:08.380
 To him

00:30:08.380 --> 00:30:09.100
 belongs

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.700
 righteousness,

00:30:10.280 --> 00:30:11.080
 but to us

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:12.140
 open shame.

00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:14.840
 How often

00:30:14.840 --> 00:30:15.780
 we underestimate

00:30:15.780 --> 00:30:16.600
 the weight

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.640
 and magnitude

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:19.080
 of our wickedness

00:30:19.080 --> 00:30:19.420
 and guilt

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:20.180
 before God

00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:21.060
 or try to

00:30:21.060 --> 00:30:21.720
 minimize it.

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:23.620
 we can be

00:30:23.620 --> 00:30:24.660
 so slothful

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.299
 in our

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:25.900
 confession.

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.579
 Instead of

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.000
 taking the

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.400
 time to

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.079
 really name

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.700
 our offenses

00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:30.440
 toward God

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.400
 and grieve

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:32.120
 over the

00:30:32.120 --> 00:30:32.720
 grotesque

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.319
 nature of

00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:33.559
 them,

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.299
 we try to

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.819
 brush them

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.620
 away with

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:35.980
 a single

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.339
 word.

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:39.000
 But Daniel

00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.640
 models for

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.100
 us true

00:30:40.100 --> 00:30:40.779
 penitence

00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:42.160
 in the right

00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:42.880
 way to honor

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.900
 God through

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.460
 confession.

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:47.220
 True

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:47.759
 confession

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.400
 then leads

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:49.900
 us to

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.500
 restoration

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.579
 and

00:30:51.579 --> 00:30:52.220
 reconciliation.

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.839
 On the

00:30:54.839 --> 00:30:55.380
 basis of

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.740
 God's

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.140
 mercy

00:30:56.140 --> 00:30:56.319
 and

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:56.819
 righteousness,

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.680
 Daniel

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.259
 pleads

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:58.799
 for

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.480
 restoration.

00:31:00.660 --> 00:31:01.119
 Of your

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.480
 city

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:02.019
 Jerusalem

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.559
 in

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:02.880
 verse

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:03.819
 16

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:03.960
 and

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:04.299
 18.

00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.640
 Of

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:05.839
 your

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.359
 sanctuary

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:07.220
 which

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.539
 lies

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.119
 desolate

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.799
 in

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.039
 verse

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.500
 17.

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:10.960
 And

00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:11.099
 your

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:11.579
 people

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.299
 verse

00:31:12.299 --> 00:31:12.779
 19.

00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.619
 This

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.039
 is

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.619
 exactly

00:31:15.619 --> 00:31:16.059
 what

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.420
 God

00:31:16.420 --> 00:31:16.779
 said

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:16.940
 he

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.079
 had

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.339
 planned

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.519
 to

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.819
 do

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.180
 through

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:18.339
 the

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.539
 words

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.700
 of

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.140
 Moses,

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.000
 Isaiah,

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.819
 Jeremiah,

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:22.019
 and other

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.500
 prophets.

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.220
 It was

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.759
 Daniel's

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.279
 confidence

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.039
 in the

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:26.440
 character

00:31:26.440 --> 00:31:26.859
 of the

00:31:26.859 --> 00:31:27.180
 covenant

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.660
 keeping

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.079
 God

00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.579
 that he

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.059
 is able

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.880
 to boldly

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.420
 pray for

00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.779
 God

00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:31.559
 to restore

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:31.819
 these

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.180
 things.

00:31:33.220 --> 00:31:34.019
 As I

00:31:34.019 --> 00:31:34.359
 have said

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.859
 before,

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.200
 true

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.680
 prayer

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.599
 seeks to

00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:38.099
 close the

00:31:38.099 --> 00:31:38.700
 gap between

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.279
 us and

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.599
 God

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.460
 and unite

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.900
 ourselves

00:31:40.900 --> 00:31:41.440
 with him

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:41.980
 and his

00:31:41.980 --> 00:31:42.380
 purposes.

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.579
 God

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.440
 stands ready

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.000
 to forgive

00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:47.140
 and to

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.740
 restore

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.259
 us

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:49.000
 if we

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.140
 will

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.400
 just

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.680
 seek

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:49.880
 him

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:50.019
 in

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.240
 true

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:50.660
 faith

00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.180
 and

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.599
 repentance.

00:31:53.019 --> 00:31:53.539
 What

00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:53.859
 stands

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.160
 between

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.440
 you

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.579
 and

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:54.740
 him

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:55.059
 today?

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.819
 What

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:56.960
 is

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.380
 stopping

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:57.779
 you

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.220
 from

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:59.000
 experiencing

00:31:59.000 --> 00:31:59.519
 the

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.960
 restoration

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.519
 that he

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.799
 wants

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:00.980
 to

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.599
 accomplish

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.019
 in

00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:02.160
 your

00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.559
 heart

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.019
 and

00:32:03.019 --> 00:32:03.420
 life?

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:05.519
 Abandon

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:05.759
 your

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.099
 idols.

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.220
 They

00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.539
 can't

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:07.839
 save

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.079
 you.

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.299
 Turn

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.480
 to

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.640
 the

00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:09.960
 one

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.400
 and

00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:10.680
 only

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.140
 sovereign

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:11.559
 God

00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:12.000
 who

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.539
 saves

00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.299
 and

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.879
 restores.

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.039
 This

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.460
 brings us

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.819
 to our

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.139
 last

00:32:17.139 --> 00:32:17.299
 and

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.599
 final

00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:18.039
 point.

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.420
 The

00:32:19.420 --> 00:32:19.920
 pursuit

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.599
 of

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.019
 true

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.500
 and

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:21.839
 effective

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.240
 prayer.

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.700
 What

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.200
 is

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.859
 the

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.220
 ultimate

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:26.779
 goal

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.659
 of

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:28.099
 true

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.740
 and

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.059
 effective

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.480
 prayer?

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.359
 It's

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:31.680
 the same

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.079
 answer

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.440
 to the

00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.839
 question

00:32:32.839 --> 00:32:33.119
 what

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.299
 is

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:33.460
 the

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:33.759
 chief

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.039
 end

00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:34.180
 of

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.519
 man

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:34.940
 that

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.059
 we

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.319
 read

00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.420
 in

00:32:35.420 --> 00:32:35.519
 the

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:35.960
 Westminster

00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:36.500
 confession

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.720
 of

00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.019
 faith

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.920
 to

00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:38.440
 glorify

00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:38.879
 God

00:32:38.879 --> 00:32:39.119
 and

00:32:39.119 --> 00:32:39.259
 to

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:39.639
 enjoy

00:32:39.639 --> 00:32:39.839
 him

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.200
 forever.

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:44.720
 Daniel

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.279
 expresses

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:45.720
 that

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.059
 at

00:32:46.059 --> 00:32:46.200
 the

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.359
 end

00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:46.460
 of

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:46.599
 his

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:46.980
 prayer.

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.000
 Oh

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.379
 Lord,

00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:48.740
 hear.

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.079
 Oh

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.359
 Lord,

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.740
 forgive.

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.099
 Oh

00:32:52.099 --> 00:32:52.359
 Lord,

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.619
 pay

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.079
 attention

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.299
 and

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.559
 act.

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.180
 Delay

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.639
 not

00:32:54.639 --> 00:32:55.059
 for

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.240
 your

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.539
 own

00:32:55.539 --> 00:32:56.000
 sake.

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:56.740
 Oh

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.000
 my

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.440
 God,

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.039
 because

00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:58.420
 your

00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.920
 city

00:32:58.920 --> 00:32:59.180
 and

00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.339
 your

00:32:59.339 --> 00:32:59.759
 people

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.240
 are

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.720
 called

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.259
 by

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:01.639
 your

00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.019
 name.

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.460
 Daniel

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.799
 chapter

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.139
 9,

00:33:04.159 --> 00:33:04.299
 verse

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.799
 19.

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.399
 As

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:06.740
 long

00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:06.940
 as

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.399
 Israel

00:33:07.399 --> 00:33:07.920
 remained

00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:08.079
 in

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.539
 exile

00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.259
 and

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.759
 Jerusalem

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.180
 lay

00:33:10.180 --> 00:33:10.339
 in

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.799
 ruins,

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:11.420
 they

00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.619
 were

00:33:11.619 --> 00:33:12.439
 a

00:33:12.439 --> 00:33:13.039
 byword

00:33:13.039 --> 00:33:13.399
 among

00:33:13.399 --> 00:33:13.719
 all

00:33:13.719 --> 00:33:13.899
 the

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.139
 pagan

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.659
 nations

00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:15.159
 of

00:33:15.159 --> 00:33:15.279
 the

00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.639
 world.

00:33:16.239 --> 00:33:16.319
 And

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.439
 the

00:33:16.439 --> 00:33:16.659
 God

00:33:16.659 --> 00:33:16.799
 of

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.159
 Israel

00:33:17.159 --> 00:33:17.699
 appeared

00:33:17.699 --> 00:33:17.859
 to

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.000
 be

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.459
 powerless

00:33:18.459 --> 00:33:19.079
 and

00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.339
 without

00:33:19.339 --> 00:33:19.839
 glory.

00:33:21.659 --> 00:33:22.259
 Daniel

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.659
 wanted

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.059
 to see

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.439
 God's

00:33:23.439 --> 00:33:23.959
 promises

00:33:23.959 --> 00:33:24.619
 of

00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.099
 restoration

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.939
 fulfilled.

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.459
 He

00:33:27.459 --> 00:33:27.719
 wanted

00:33:27.719 --> 00:33:28.059
 to see

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.539
 for all

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:28.739
 of

00:33:28.739 --> 00:33:29.059
 God's

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.399
 people

00:33:29.399 --> 00:33:29.619
 to

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.059
 finally

00:33:30.059 --> 00:33:30.539
 return

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.719
 to

00:33:30.719 --> 00:33:30.959
 him

00:33:30.959 --> 00:33:31.339
 with

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:31.500
 their

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:31.739
 whole

00:33:31.739 --> 00:33:32.159
 hearts.

00:33:33.259 --> 00:33:33.839
 And

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:33.979
 he

00:33:33.979 --> 00:33:34.239
 wanted

00:33:34.239 --> 00:33:34.459
 to

00:33:34.459 --> 00:33:34.659
 see

00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:35.099
 God's

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.439
 glory

00:33:35.439 --> 00:33:35.779
 fill

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:35.979
 the

00:33:35.979 --> 00:33:36.319
 earth

00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:36.959
 as

00:33:36.959 --> 00:33:37.119
 the

00:33:37.119 --> 00:33:37.519
 stone

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.799
 not

00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.119
 cut

00:33:38.119 --> 00:33:38.399
 with

00:33:38.399 --> 00:33:38.679
 human

00:33:38.679 --> 00:33:39.139
 hands

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:39.779
 becomes

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.139
 a great

00:33:40.139 --> 00:33:40.439
 mountain

00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:40.859
 that filled

00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.059
 the

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.619
 God's

00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:43.319
 love.

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.399
 Don't

00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:43.719
 you want

00:33:43.719 --> 00:33:43.879
 that

00:33:43.879 --> 00:33:44.099
 too?

00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:45.979
 I know

00:33:45.979 --> 00:33:46.359
 I do.

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:48.319
 So let's

00:33:48.319 --> 00:33:48.739
 turn with

00:33:48.739 --> 00:33:49.099
 our whole

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.359
 hearts

00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:49.779
 to God

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.179
 in prayer.

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.019
 Gracious

00:33:54.019 --> 00:33:54.299
 Heavenly

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:54.719
 Father,

00:33:55.719 --> 00:33:57.819
 you are

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.459
 so holy

00:33:58.459 --> 00:34:00.059
 and you

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.419
 are so

00:34:00.419 --> 00:34:00.719
 good.

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.679
 Thank you

00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:03.000
 for your

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.359
 mercy

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:03.699
 and your

00:34:03.699 --> 00:34:04.059
 kindness.

00:34:04.059 --> 00:34:04.500
 God

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:06.399
 thank you

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:07.240
 for

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.859
 Christ

00:34:07.859 --> 00:34:09.299
 and for

00:34:09.299 --> 00:34:09.480
 the

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.799
 covenant

00:34:09.799 --> 00:34:10.039
 that

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.460
 allows

00:34:10.460 --> 00:34:10.699
 us

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:10.860
 to

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.059
 draw

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.340
 near

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.559
 to

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:11.759
 you

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:11.940
 with

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.460
 confidence

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.739
 and

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.320
 boldness.

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.719
 Thank you

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:16.019
 God

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.579
 for changing

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:16.860
 our

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.320
 hearts.

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.500
 I pray

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:19.880
 Lord

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.519
 that you

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:22.000
 would

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.320
 help

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.679
 us

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:24.539
 and give

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:24.860
 us the

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.299
 faith

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:26.659
 and the

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.299
 fervency

00:34:27.299 --> 00:34:28.420
 and the

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:28.900
 humility

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.400
 that we

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:29.799
 need

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:31.380
 in our

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:31.619
 prayer

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.059
 life.

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:34.219
 I pray

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:34.500
 God

00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:34.679
 that you

00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:34.799
 would

00:34:34.799 --> 00:34:35.099
 give us

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.420
 hearts

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.820
 of true

00:34:35.820 --> 00:34:36.519
 worshipers

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:39.179
 and that

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.480
 God

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:39.779
 you would

00:34:39.779 --> 00:34:40.099
 give us

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:40.519
 hearts

00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.039
 ready

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:42.000
 to

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.619
 confess

00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.539
 and to

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:43.960
 repent.

00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.400
 And I

00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:47.639
 pray

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:47.980
 Lord

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.539
 that God

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:48.880
 you would

00:34:48.880 --> 00:34:49.079
 bring

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.739
 restoration

00:34:49.739 --> 00:34:50.000
 and

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.559
 reconciliation

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:51.179
 Lord

00:34:51.179 --> 00:34:51.759
 where there

00:34:51.759 --> 00:34:52.119
 still

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.759
 remains

00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:53.659
 a distance

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.019
 between

00:34:54.019 --> 00:34:54.340
 us

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.779
 and you.

00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:56.719
 Align

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.059
 us

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.539
 with your

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.000
 purposes.

00:34:59.099 --> 00:34:59.360
 Teach

00:34:59.360 --> 00:34:59.719
 us your

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.039
 will.

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.639
 And

00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:01.880
 Lord

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.500
 I pray

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.940
 that you

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.340
 would be

00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:04.000
 glorified

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:05.440
 by our

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.880
 lives.

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:07.900
 Help

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:08.440
 us Lord

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.500
 we ask

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.420
 in Jesus

00:35:10.420 --> 00:35:10.860
 name.

00:35:11.860 --> 00:35:12.119
 Amen.

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 Thank you.