Introduction

• Daniel 9:1-19

Is prayer my first reaction?

• Daniel 9:1-3
• Jeremiah 25:11; 29:10-11 – Daniel must have been reading these verses.
• We must train ourselves to think about spiritual things and make time to pray.
• I Thessalonians 5:16-18
• Daniel 9:4-15

God is just.

• The Israelites were being punished for their sin – not for no reason.
• Deuteronomy 28:1-2, 15 – The people knew the arrangement God had made with them.
• Hosea 4:6
• Romans 3:3-5; Psalms 51:4
• Let us revere God!

We are guilty.

• Daniel 9:5, 8 – We need to be honest like this with ourselves.
• I John 1:8
• I Peter 3:21
• Psalms 51:12
• It is good for us to feel guilty when we sin because that motivates us to come back to God.

“O Lord, forgive!”

• Daniel 9:16-19
• Romans 3:23-24
• Am I appealing to God’s loving nature or am I ignoring Him?