daily reading 11.3 (Daniel 9:1–6)

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


Our opening prayer this week:

Lord, hear me in your faithfulness; Reply in your great might.
Judge not your servant; none who lives Is righteous in your sight.
My enemy has sought my life And crushed me to the ground;
And made me live in darkness like The dead, no longer found.

My spirit faints within me, Lord, My heart is desolate;
Yet I remember your past deeds, All that your hands have set.
My soul gasps like a thirsty land, My hands in prayer are spread.
Lord, hear me. Do not hide your face, Lest I be like the dead.

At daybreak let me find your love; I know that you are true.
Show me the road that I must walk; I lift my soul to you.
And save me from my enemies; I flee to you in need.
Teach me to do what pleases you; Let your good Spirit lead.

Daniel 9:1–6

  • "In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, a Mede by birth, who was made king over the Chaldean kingdom— 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books according to the word of the LORD to the prophet Jeremiah that the number of years for the desolation of Jerusalem would be seventy.
  •  3 "So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.  4 I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: 
  • "'Ah, Lord—the great and awe-inspiring God who keeps his gracious covenant with those who love him and keep his commands— 5 we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from your commands and ordinances. 6 We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land."
Helpful notes on Daniel 9:1–6

 


























For yourself pray:

  • That God makes you depend on him and his mercy in Christ more

For others pray

  • That God glorifies his holy name by spreading the good news of the kingdom of the Son he loves in Pakistan

A psalm to listen to, as time allows:

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