![]() What Are Other Times Daniel Prayed in the Bible?ĭaniel prays throughout, you guessed it, the book of Daniel. But Daniel was keenly aware of how important confession is. We often don’t like to explore our sinful nature. Depending on which denomination you attended growing up, you may not have thought much about confession or had the best experience with it. God, as I’m experiencing these consequences, I call upon your mercyĪ key part of Daniel’s prayer is confession. God, you warned me about the consequences of our sinĤ. God, here’s how I (or we) have messed upģ. God, here’s how you’ve moved in the pastĢ. If we break down Daniel’s prayer into bullet points, it looks like this:ġ. Photo credit: ©Getty Images/Sasiistock What are the Main Points of David’s Prayer? He reminds the Lord that Israel is his chosen people. Daniel asks God to turn away from his anger and relent on his punishment. Perhaps David even uttered this prayer soon after Babylon took Daniel himself captive. Most scholars think he had these visions earlier in life (so probably during the Babylonian period). Remember that Daniel is either having these visions during Babylonian or Persian rule. Eventually, God always relented and had mercy on his people, bringing them out of their bondage. Here Daniel remembers that although foreign powers such as Egypt had taken over Israel in the past, God heard his people’s cries (see the entire book of Judges). Although God relents for a short period, if his people continue to disobey, sin’s consequences tend to catch up with them. Those in the Northern kingdom were displaced by Assyria, and those in the Southern kingdom by Babylon. God had chosen Daniel to be one of his prophets.ĭaniel acknowledges the consequences of Israel’s sin. The fact the Israelites ignored the prophets would have been fresh in Daniel’s mind, as God is warning Daniel of future events. ![]() Not only that, but God sent prophets to warn them of their impending future. Daniel admits that he, along with his people, have disobeyed God. Although the Bible never shows Daniel ever doing anything wrong (one of the few seemingly sinless figures), Daniel doesn’t portray himself as blameless. Often, if you broke a covenant, it resulted in death.ĭaniel moves to a time of confession. If you upheld your end of the deal, the other party was required to do so. For those of us unfamiliar with covenants, these were essentially two-party agreements. ![]() He acknowledges that God upholds his promises to those who obey his commands. But I will break down what happens in each of these verses.Īs we do so, remember that Daniel is coming out of several terrifying visions of Israel’s (and the church’s) future.ĭaniel prays to God. You can click the link above to read them for yourself. Now to avoid giving my editor a headache, I won’t be quoting all of these verses. What is Daniel’s prayer exactly? As mentioned above, this particular prayer takes place in Daniel 9:4-19. This article will consider what happens in Daniel’s prayer and how we can model our prayers to God after the one found in Daniel 9. After Daniel receives a rather harrowing vision (or set of visions) in Daniel 7 and Daniel 8, he decides to pray to Yahweh right after.
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