daily reading 8.2 (Daniel 6:1–5)

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daily reading 8.2 (Daniel 6:1–5)


5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023



Our opening prayer this week:

Day by day, your mercies, Lord, attend me, 
bringing comfort to my anxious soul. 
Day by day, the blessings, Lord, you send me
draw me nearer to my heav’nly goal. 
Love divine, beyond all mortal measure, 
brings to naught the burdens of my quest; 
Savior, lead me to the home I treasure, 
where at last I’ll find eternal rest.

Day by day, I know you will provide me 
strength to serve and wisdom to obey; 
I will seek your loving will to guide me
o’er the paths I struggle day by day. 
I will fear no evil of the morrow, 
I will trust in your enduring grace. 
Savior, help me bear life’s pain and sorrow 
till in glory I behold your face.

Oh, what joy to know that you are near me 
when my burdens grow too great to bear; 
oh, what joy to know that you will hear me 
when I come, O Lord, to you in prayer. 
Day by day, no matter what betide me, 
you will hold me ever in your hand. 
Savior, with your presence here to guide me, 
I will reach at last the promised land. Amen.


Daniel 6:1–5

  • Darius decided to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, stationed throughout the realm, 2 and over them three administrators, including Daniel. These satraps would be accountable to them so that the king would not be defrauded. 3 Daniel distinguished himself above the administrators and satraps because he had an extraordinary spirit, so the king planned to set him over the whole realm.
  • 4 The administrators and satraps, therefore, kept trying to find a charge against Daniel regarding the kingdom. But they could find no charge or corruption, for he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
  • 5 Then these men said, "We will never find any charge against this Daniel unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God."




For yourself pray:

  • That your faithful service to others does not go unnoticed.

For others pray:

  • That God glorifies his holy name by spreading the good news of his Son by his Spirit in Myanmar

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:


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