daily reading 8.5 (Daniel 6:15–18)

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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 6:15–18

  • Then these men went together to the king and said to him, "You know, Your Majesty, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or ordinance the king establishes can be changed."
  •  16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions' den. The king said to Daniel, "May your God, whom you continually serve, rescue you!"
  •  17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing in regard to Daniel could be changed.
  •  18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No diversions were brought to him, and he could not sleep.
Helpful notes on Daniel 6:15–18

 




For yourself pray:

  • That you serve God continually for Jesus' sake

For others pray:

  • That God gives comfort to someone you know who is fears he/she is near death

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:


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