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Getting Through to God: The Kind of Prayer that God Answers
Sermon Notes
Key Question: How can we get through to God when we pray?
1. Let God get through to you first.
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.
—Daniel 9:2
2. Respond with the right posture of prayer.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
—Daniel 9:3
3. Expect to receive an answer.
At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured by God.
—Daniel 9:23
Small Group Discussion Questions:
1. Daniel mentions that the desolation of Jerusalem would last 70 years (9:2). What is this desolation of Jerusalem about according to Jeremiah 25:7-14?
2. What prompted Daniel to pray intensely and plead with the Lord concerning the desolation of Jerusalem (cf. Jeremiah 29:10-14)?
3. Leviticus 25:1-7 speaks about the day of rest that God instituted for Israel to obey. Even the institution of rest for the land was not obeyed by the people. God’s instruction was that they can sow, plant, and harvest but on the 7th year, the land is to have a Sabbath of rest, a Sabbath to the Lord. The disobedience to this command for 490 years made God collect a year for every seven years of Israel’s disobedience (2 Chronicles 36:20-21). Thus, Israel’s exile is for a total of seventy years.
God calculates and keeps track of our compliance with his regulations. Have you experienced facing the consequences of your past sinful actions? Share with your group, if you are comfortable, how God dealt with your past sin.
4. Read Daniel’s prayer in verses 4-19. What principles on prayer can we learn from Daniel that will teach us how to pray effectively? Share one with your group that impressed you the most.
5. Read Daniel 9:18. What does this tell us about how God answers our prayers?
6. How would you describe God’s answer to Daniel’s prayer (Daniel 9:20-27)?
7. Share with your group how God answered a prayer you made in the past. Spend time praising and thanking God for his faithfulness.
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Key Question: How can we get through to God when we pray?
1. Let God get through to you first.
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.
—Daniel 9:2
2. Respond with the right posture of prayer.
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
—Daniel 9:3
3. Expect to receive an answer.
At the beginning of your petitions an answer went out, and I have come to give it, for you are treasured by God.
—Daniel 9:23
Small Group Discussion Questions:
1. Daniel mentions that the desolation of Jerusalem would last 70 years (9:2). What is this desolation of Jerusalem about according to Jeremiah 25:7-14?
2. What prompted Daniel to pray intensely and plead with the Lord concerning the desolation of Jerusalem (cf. Jeremiah 29:10-14)?
3. Leviticus 25:1-7 speaks about the day of rest that God instituted for Israel to obey. Even the institution of rest for the land was not obeyed by the people. God’s instruction was that they can sow, plant, and harvest but on the 7th year, the land is to have a Sabbath of rest, a Sabbath to the Lord. The disobedience to this command for 490 years made God collect a year for every seven years of Israel’s disobedience (2 Chronicles 36:20-21). Thus, Israel’s exile is for a total of seventy years.
God calculates and keeps track of our compliance with his regulations. Have you experienced facing the consequences of your past sinful actions? Share with your group, if you are comfortable, how God dealt with your past sin.
4. Read Daniel’s prayer in verses 4-19. What principles on prayer can we learn from Daniel that will teach us how to pray effectively? Share one with your group that impressed you the most.
5. Read Daniel 9:18. What does this tell us about how God answers our prayers?
6. How would you describe God’s answer to Daniel’s prayer (Daniel 9:20-27)?
7. Share with your group how God answered a prayer you made in the past. Spend time praising and thanking God for his faithfulness.