daily reading 8.4 (Daniel 6:10–14)

 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 6:10–14

  • When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upstairs room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
  •  11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.
  •  12 So they approached the king and asked about his edict: "Didn't you sign an edict that for thirty days any person who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions' den?" 
  • The king answered, "As a law of the Medes and Persians, the order stands and is irrevocable."
  •  13 Then they replied to the king, "Daniel, one of the Judean exiles, has ignored you, the king, and the edict you signed, for he prays three times a day."
  •  14 As soon as the king heard this, he was very displeased; he set his mind on rescuing Daniel and made every effort until sundown to deliver him.

Helpful notes on Daniel 6:10–14

 




For yourself pray:

  • That God gives you the heart to pray more regularly and humbly, like Daniel, in Christ

For others pray:

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:


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