Introduction
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?