The Daily Fountain Devotional Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 12 December 2024 – TOPIC: STANDING IN THE GAP IN PRAYER
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THE DAILY FOUNTAIN
DAILY DEVOTIONAL OF THE
CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION)
DATE: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024
TOPIC: STANDING IN THE GAP IN PRAYER
9:1. In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the lineage of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans —
9:2. in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years [specified] by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
9:3. Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
9:4. And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,
9:5. “we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments.
9:6. “Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land.
9:7. “O Lord, righteousness [belongs] to You, but to us shame of face, as [it is] this day — to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You.
9:8. “O Lord, to us [belongs] shame of face, to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
9:9. “To the Lord our God [belong] mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.
9:10. “We have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His laws, which He set before us by His servants the prophets.
9:11. “Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, and has departed so as not to obey Your voice; therefore the curse and the oath written in the Law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against Him.
9:12. “And He has confirmed His words, which He spoke against us and against our judges who judged us, by bringing upon us a great disaster; for under the whole heaven such has never been done as what has been done to Jerusalem.
9:13. “As [it is] written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us; yet we have not made our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and understand Your truth.
9:14. “Therefore the LORD has kept the disaster in mind, and brought it upon us; for the LORD our God [is] righteous in all the works which He does, though we have not obeyed His voice.
9:15. “And now, O Lord our God, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and made Yourself a name, as [it is] this day — we have sinned, we have done wickedly!
9:16. ” O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people [are] a reproach to all [those] around us.
9:17. “Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate.
9:18. “O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.
9:19. “O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”
THE MESSAGE:
When Daniel understood from Scriptures that the Jeremiah’s prophesied year of release of Israel from the 70 year Babylonian captivity was approaching, he began to pray on behalf of the people. He started by recognising God as Israel’s faithful covenant Lord. He then confessed the nation`s sinful and rebellious conditions and acknowledged that they had been justly punished for their iniquity. But he nevertheless, pleaded for God’s forgiveness and restoration. Daniels prayer is a model of intercessory prayer for a nation. He was proactive in seeking the Lord, praying and fasting, repenting and confessing personal and national sin. This is necessary in order to obtain mercy and avert God’s wrath and judgement.
Dearly beloved,we should be like Daniel interceding for our land rather than criticisng our leaders and complaining about the ill in the land. We should appeal for God’s mercy to turn away His anger. Prayer of intercession averts disaster from individuals and whole communities and turns God face of favour and mercy towards His people.
PRAYER: Lord turn Your wrath and Your judgement away from Your people and show us Your salvation in Jesus’ Name. Amen
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