Message Notes

PLANNED PRAYER EFFORT

1. I set my face toward the LORD God Daniel 9:3a

2. To make request: Daniel 9:3b

a) By prayer

b) By supplications

c) With fasting

d) Sackcloth

e) Ashes

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

1. I prayed to the LORD my God Daniel 9:4a

2. And made confession Daniel 9:4b

AN ANALYSIS OF DANIEL’S PRAYER

O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments. Daniel 9:4c

A. Formal approach chosen

1. Proper address

a) Lord

b) Great and awesome God

2. Core knowledge of God

a) Who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love Him
(Cf. Deuteronomy 7:9)

b) With those who keep His commandments
(Cf. Exodus 34:6-7; 10:12-13)

B. Confession of sin

We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and judgments.

Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land. Daniel 9:5-6

1. Sinned

2. Committed iniquity

3. Done wickedly

4. Rebelled

5. Departing from God’s precepts and judgments

6. Did not heed God’s servants the prophets:-

a) They spoke in the Lord’s name

b) Guilt on all concerned:-

i) Kings

ii) Princes

iii) Fathers

iv) People of the land