Daily Daniel etc in 2023

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, And make your heart our place of rest. Come with your grace and heavenly aid And fill the souls that you have made. To you, the Counselor, we cry, To you the Gift of God Most High, The Fount of life, the Fire of love, The Soul’s anointing from above. Your light to every thought impart, And shed your love in every heart. The weakness of our former state With deathless might invigorate. Drive far away our wily foe And your abiding peace bestow; If you are our protecting guide, No evil can with us abide. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And you, from both, as Three in One That we your name may ever bless And in our lives the truth confess. Praise we the Father and the Son And Holy Spirit, with them one, And may the Son on us bestow The gifts that from the Spirit flow!   Zechariah 1:18 –21 Then I looked up and saw four horns. 19  So I asked the an...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, And make your heart our place of rest. Come with your grace and heavenly aid And fill the souls that you have made. To you, the Counselor, we cry, To you the Gift of God Most High, The Fount of life, the Fire of love, The Soul’s anointing from above. Your light to every thought impart, And shed your love in every heart. The weakness of our former state With deathless might invigorate. Drive far away our wily foe And your abiding peace bestow; If you are our protecting guide, No evil can with us abide. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And you, from both, as Three in One That we your name may ever bless And in our lives the truth confess. Praise we the Father and the Son And Holy Spirit, with them one, And may the Son on us bestow The gifts that from the Spirit flow!   Zechariah 1:14 –17 So the angel who was speaking with me said, "Proclaim: The L O...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, And make your heart our place of rest. Come with your grace and heavenly aid And fill the souls that you have made. To you, the Counselor, we cry, To you the Gift of God Most High, The Fount of life, the Fire of love, The Soul’s anointing from above. Your light to every thought impart, And shed your love in every heart. The weakness of our former state With deathless might invigorate. Drive far away our wily foe And your abiding peace bestow; If you are our protecting guide, No evil can with us abide. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And you, from both, as Three in One That we your name may ever bless And in our lives the truth confess. Praise we the Father and the Son And Holy Spirit, with them one, And may the Son on us bestow The gifts that from the Spirit flow!   Zechariah 1:12 –13 Then the angel of the L ORD  responded, "How long, L ORD ...

  5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, And make your heart our place of rest. Come with your grace and heavenly aid And fill the souls that you have made. To you, the Counselor, we cry, To you the Gift of God Most High, The Fount of life, the Fire of love, The Soul’s anointing from above. Your light to every thought impart, And shed your love in every heart. The weakness of our former state With deathless might invigorate. Drive far away our wily foe And your abiding peace bestow; If you are our protecting guide, No evil can with us abide. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And you, from both, as Three in One That we your name may ever bless And in our lives the truth confess. Praise we the Father and the Son And Holy Spirit, with them one, And may the Son on us bestow The gifts that from the Spirit flow!   Zechariah 1:7 –11 On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is ...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Be now our Joy on earth, O Lord, And be our future great Reward. Alleluia! Alleluia! Then, throned with you forever, we Shall praise your name eternally. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! O risen Christ, ascended Lord, All praise to you let earth accord, Alleluia! Alleluia! You are, while endless ages run, With Father and the Spirit One. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!  Amen. Zechariah 1:4 –6 "Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the L ORD  of Armies says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to me—this is the L ORD 's declaration. 5  Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever? 6  But didn't my words and my statutes that I commanded my servants the prophets overtake your ancestors? '" So the people repented and sai...

  5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Be now our Joy on earth, O Lord, And be our future great Reward. Alleluia! Alleluia! Then, throned with you forever, we Shall praise your name eternally. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! O risen Christ, ascended Lord, All praise to you let earth accord, Alleluia! Alleluia! You are, while endless ages run, With Father and the Spirit One. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!  Amen. Zechariah 1:1 –3 In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the L ORD  came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo: 2  "The L ORD  was extremely angry with your ancestors. 3 So tell the people, 'This is what the L ORD  of Armies says: Return to me—this is the declaration of the L ORD  of Armies—and I will return to you, says the L ORD  of Armies." Helpful notes on Zechariah 1:1–3 For yourself pray: T...

  5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Be now our Joy on earth, O Lord, And be our future great Reward. Alleluia! Alleluia! Then, throned with you forever, we Shall praise your name eternally. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! O risen Christ, ascended Lord, All praise to you let earth accord, Alleluia! Alleluia! You are, while endless ages run, With Father and the Spirit One. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!  Amen. Psalm 126 A song of ascents.   When the L ORD  restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2  Our mouths were filled with laughter then, and our tongues with shouts of joy. Then they said among the nations, "The L ORD  has done great things for them." 3  The L ORD  had done great things for us; we were joyful. 4  Restore our fortunes, L ORD , like watercourses in the Negev. 5  Those who sow in tears...

  5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Be now our Joy on earth, O Lord, And be our future great Reward. Alleluia! Alleluia! Then, throned with you forever, we Shall praise your name eternally. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! O risen Christ, ascended Lord, All praise to you let earth accord, Alleluia! Alleluia! You are, while endless ages run, With Father and the Spirit One. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!  Amen. Haggai 2:20- –23 The word of L ORD  came to Haggai a second time on the twenty-fourth day of the month: 21 "Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah: I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. 22  "I will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the Gentile kingdoms. I will overturn chariots and their riders. Horses and their riders will fall, each by his brother's sword. 23  "On that day "—this is the declaration of L ORD  of Armies—"I wil...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Be now our Joy on earth, O Lord, And be our future great Reward. Alleluia! Alleluia! Then, throned with you forever, we Shall praise your name eternally. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! O risen Christ, ascended Lord, All praise to you let earth accord, Alleluia! Alleluia! You are, while endless ages run, With Father and the Spirit One. Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!  Amen. Haggai 2:15 –19 "Now from this day on, think carefully: Before one stone was placed on another in the L ORD 's temple,  16 what state were you in? When someone came to a grain heap of twenty measures, it only amounted to ten; when one came to the winepress to dip fifty measures from the vat, it only amounted to twenty.   17  "I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you didn't turn to me—this is the L ORD 's declaration.  ...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Revealer of God’s Holy Word, You come to us from God’s great throne, From God, the Father and the Son, O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God.   O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Enlighten us by that same word; Unless your grace the power should give, None can believe in Christ and live, O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Increase our faith in our dear Lord; Teach us to know the Father's love, And his dear Son, who reigns above: O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Lead us to love your sacred Word; The holy flame of love impart, That charity may warm each heart; O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. Amen. Haggai 2:10 –14 On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the L ORD  came to the prophet Haggai: 11  "This is what the L ORD o...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Revealer of God’s Holy Word, You come to us from God’s great throne, From God, the Father and the Son, O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God.   O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Enlighten us by that same word; Unless your grace the power should give, None can believe in Christ and live, O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Increase our faith in our dear Lord; Teach us to know the Father's love, And his dear Son, who reigns above: O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Lead us to love your sacred Word; The holy flame of love impart, That charity may warm each heart; O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. Amen. Haggai 2:6 –9 For the L ORD  of Armies says this: "Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. 7  I will shake al...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Revealer of God’s Holy Word, You come to us from God’s great throne, From God, the Father and the Son, O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God.   O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Enlighten us by that same word; Unless your grace the power should give, None can believe in Christ and live, O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Increase our faith in our dear Lord; Teach us to know the Father's love, And his dear Son, who reigns above: O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Lead us to love your sacred Word; The holy flame of love impart, That charity may warm each heart; O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. Amen. Haggai 2:1 –5 On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the word of the L ORD  came through the prophet Haggai: 2 "Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, ...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Revealer of God’s Holy Word, You come to us from God’s great throne, From God, the Father and the Son, O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God.   O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Enlighten us by that same word; Unless your grace the power should give, None can believe in Christ and live, O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Increase our faith in our dear Lord; Teach us to know the Father's love, And his dear Son, who reigns above: O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Lead us to love your sacred Word; The holy flame of love impart, That charity may warm each heart; O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. Amen. Haggai 1:12 –15 Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the entire remnant of the people obeyed the L ORD  their God and the words of the ...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Revealer of God’s Holy Word, You come to us from God’s great throne, From God, the Father and the Son, O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God.   O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Enlighten us by that same word; Unless your grace the power should give, None can believe in Christ and live, O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Increase our faith in our dear Lord; Teach us to know the Father's love, And his dear Son, who reigns above: O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God, Lead us to love your sacred Word; The holy flame of love impart, That charity may warm each heart; O Spirit of Life, O Spirit of God. Amen. Haggai 1:7 –11 The L ORD of Armies says this: "Think carefully about your ways. 8 Go up into the hills bring down lumber, and build the house; and I will be pleased with it an...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Christ be my leader by night as by day; Safe through the darkness for he is the way. Gladly I follow, my future his care, Darkness is daylight when Jesus is there. Christ be my teacher in age as in youth, Drifting or doubting for he is the truth. Grant me to trust him; though shifting as sand, Doubt cannot daunt me; in Jesus I stand. Christ be my Savior in calm as in strife; Death cannot hold me, for he is the life. Nor darkness nor doubting nor sin and its stain Can touch my salvation: with Jesus I reign. Amen. Haggai 1:1 –6 In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the L ORD  came through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, the governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest: 2 "The L ORD  of Armies says this: These people say: The time has not come for the house of the L ORD  to be rebuilt." 3...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Christ be my leader by night as by day; Safe through the darkness for he is the way. Gladly I follow, my future his care, Darkness is daylight when Jesus is there. Christ be my teacher in age as in youth, Drifting or doubting for he is the truth. Grant me to trust him; though shifting as sand, Doubt cannot daunt me; in Jesus I stand. Christ be my Savior in calm as in strife; Death cannot hold me, for he is the life. Nor darkness nor doubting nor sin and its stain Can touch my salvation: with Jesus I reign. Amen. Ezra 7:8 –10 Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of the king. 9 He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month since the gracious hand of his God was on him. 10 Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the L ORD , obey it, and teach its statutes a...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Christ be my leader by night as by day; Safe through the darkness for he is the way. Gladly I follow, my future his care, Darkness is daylight when Jesus is there. Christ be my teacher in age as in youth, Drifting or doubting for he is the truth. Grant me to trust him; though shifting as sand, Doubt cannot daunt me; in Jesus I stand. Christ be my Savior in calm as in strife; Death cannot hold me, for he is the life. Nor darkness nor doubting nor sin and its stain Can touch my salvation: with Jesus I reign. Amen. Ezra 7:1 –7 After these events (about 57 years after the temple was completed) , during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra—Seraiah's son, Azariah's son, Hilkiah's son, 2 Shallum's son, Zadok's son, Ahitub's son,  3 Amariah's son, Azariah's son, Meraioth's son, 4 Zerahiah's son, Uzzi's son, Bukki's son, 5 Abishua'...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Christ be my leader by night as by day; Safe through the darkness for he is the way. Gladly I follow, my future his care, Darkness is daylight when Jesus is there. Christ be my teacher in age as in youth, Drifting or doubting for he is the truth. Grant me to trust him; though shifting as sand, Doubt cannot daunt me; in Jesus I stand. Christ be my Savior in calm as in strife; Death cannot hold me, for he is the life. Nor darkness nor doubting nor sin and its stain Can touch my salvation: with Jesus I reign. Amen. Ezra 6:19 –22 The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. 20 All of the priests and Levites were ceremonially clean, because they had purified themselves. They killed the Passover lamb for themselves, their priestly brothers, and all the exiles. 21 The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves ...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Christ be my leader by night as by day; Safe through the darkness for he is the way. Gladly I follow, my future his care, Darkness is daylight when Jesus is there. Christ be my teacher in age as in youth, Drifting or doubting for he is the truth. Grant me to trust him; though shifting as sand, Doubt cannot daunt me; in Jesus I stand. Christ be my Savior in calm as in strife; Death cannot hold me, for he is the life. Nor darkness nor doubting nor sin and its stain Can touch my salvation: with Jesus I reign. Amen. Ezra 6:13 –18 Then Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates River, Shethar-bozenai, and their colleagues diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed. 14 So the Jewish elders continued successfully with the building under the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished the building according to the command of the God of Israel...

5-days-a-week through Daniel and other late OT books in 2023 Our opening prayer for this Easter week: Jesus, shepherd of the sheep, Who your Father’s flock does keep, Safe we wake, and safe we sleep, Guarded still by you. In your promise firm we stand; None can take us from your hand. Speak— we hear— at your command, We will follow you. By your blood our souls were bought;  By your life salvation wrought;  By your light our feet are taught, Lord to follow you.  Father draw us to your Son;  We with joy will follow on  Till the work of grace is done,  There to live with you. We in robes of glory dressed, Join the assembly of the blest, Gathered to eternal rest In the fold with you. Amen. Ezra 6:8 –12 I hereby issue a decree concerning what you are to do, so that the elders of the Jews can rebuild the house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men out of the royal revenues from the taxes of the region west of the Euphrates River, so that the work wi...