God speaks today Friday | July 8, 2022
Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
(Daniel 6:13)And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
(Luke 6:12) Perseverance in prayer
The prayers recorded in the Bible may be short in words, but the godly men of God spent many hours in deep and intense prayer. Short devotions result in weak faith and a narrow character. It takes time for God to permeate our spirit, and short devotions break the channel of God's grace. Extensive prayer in the early hours of the day works to rekindle and invigorate a decayed spiritual life. Prayer is the most important occupation, and to dedicate ourselves to it, we must have calm, time, and purpose. Our age is not distinguished by prayer, and we need to relearn the value of prayer and make it a priority in our lives. The man who can bring preachers and the church back to prayer will be the greatest benefactor of our age.
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Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
(Daniel 2:25)There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
(Daniel 3:12)Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
(Daniel 5:13)And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
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