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March 19, 2020

Red Sea Rule #7 – Exodus 14:19-20, Envision God’s Presence

Exodus 14:19-20, Envision God’s Presence This is Red Sea Rule #7 in Robert Morgan’s book THE RED SEA RULES. The angel of God reflecting God’s glory in the cloud went before the people of Israel leading them in the wilderness. Exodus 13:21-22 tells us that “the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light that they might travel by night.” But in Exodus 14, Pharaoh had a change of heart and assembled his army along with 600 chariots to pursue the Hebrews. God’s glory in the cloud led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made camp. When Pharaoh’s army arrived, the Hebrews were trapped between the Red Sea and the devil (Pharaoh) behind them. Amazingly, the pillar of cloud with God’s glory in it went from before them to behind Israel so that it came between the Egyptians and the camp of the Hebrews. God’s glory in the cloud, which had given light to Israel was a cloud of darkness to the Egyptians. In Exodus 14:19, we read that “Then the angel of the Lord who was going before the host of Israel moved and went behind them…coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel”. The angel spoken of here representing God is spoken of in Isaiah 63:9 as “the angel of His presence” who saved them, and in His love redeemed them. This sounds an awful lot like the pre- incarnate Christ. We know that before the incarnation (birth) of Jesus He existed as God in heaven, therefore according to the function of the Trinity, the messenger from God was no doubt the pre-incarnate Christ. John 1:18 refers to Christ by saying that no one has ever seen God the Father, but Christ has made Him known. Jesus is a perfect image here of giving light to those who follow Him, but those (the Egyptians in this case) who reject Him remain in darkness. Jesus comforts believers, but simultaneously condemns those who reject Him. Paul’s metaphor in 2 Cor. 2:14 applies here that the Gospel of Christ is a sweet aroma to those who believe, but a stench of death to others. Jesus Christ has our back and He also leads us from the front. He is both our Good Shepherd and our shield. Psalm 18 and Psalm 23 David did a beautiful job of depicting God’s leading from our front and protecting us from behind in Psalm 19 and 23. When Saul and his army were chasing David, he wrote Psalm 18 of God delivering him. The Lord was David’s “rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God , my rock in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation. I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised and I am saved from my enemies.” In v. 35 we read, “You have given me the shield of your salvation and your right hand has supported me”. In everybody’s favorite Psalm 23, David wrote that God is his shepherd who leads him to all the good things he needs like the green pastures, the still waters, and the paths of righteousness. God also restores his soul, meaning that God encourages and builds him up giving him spiritual life and vitality in the dark days of discouragement and fear. Even though he is facing death, David is so encouraged by the presence of the Lord that he “fears no evil”. God comforts him through the hard times. When his enemies surround him, God is there with David meeting his needs. Therefore David can look forward in faith and rest in the fact that God will bring “goodness and mercy” for David in the end and David would “dwell in the house of the Lord forever”. Positive Visualization Recognizing that God’s enveloping presence surrounded and protected the people of Israel, we also need the positive visualization of God’s presence with us as both a guide and a guard. I know that all sports psychologists report positive results from positive visualization, especially on the golf course. Many great players are defeated by their own negative images. I asked a guy who normally hit a fade off the tee why he suddenly developed a hook. He said, “There was out of bounds on the right”. Anxiety, stress, and fear are not only caused by the reality of circumstances, but the fear of the unknown, and the image of doom and gloom in your mind usually produces bad results. Therefore, what could be more productive than positive visualization of God’s presence with you? If God is with us what could overcome us? The next step is to figure out what to visualize. What works best for you, or what do you relate to? David imagined God as his rock, his shield, his refuge, and his fortress. When looking for guidance David envisioned God as his good Shepherd. Isaiah visualized being carried by the wings of eagles, and Moses saw God’s glory as the pillar of fire in the cloud. Jacob saw God’s ministering angels going up and down the stairway to heaven. The Apostle John saw the glorified Christ as a High Priest, a Judge, and a King in Rev. 1:12-16. Which is Better: Exemption from the Trial or God’s Presence with you in the Trial? Let’s consider three Bible stories—Jacob’s fear of Esau in Genesis 32, David’s fear of Saul in 1 Samuel 21, and Paul’s thorn in the flesh of 2 Cor. 12. Jacob wrestling with God, came away with a limp, but even though he limped for the rest of his life, his name got changed in Genesis 32 from Jacob the Deceiver to Israel. Israel meant striving with God in the sense that he had previously lived only for himself but now he lived for God. David’s ten years of running from Saul, found him enduring much hardship living in caves and always on the run. He learned to trust God and live by faith in God’s promises of deliverance. All his circumstances turned out for good as he was proven to be innocent and worthy to be Israel’s king. Paul had a terrible physical pain that he prayed three times for God to relieve it, but God let him know that the pain actually kept Paul humble and of great use for the Lord’s work. Paul had been a proud man, but God found a way to humble him so he could be of great use in taking the Gospel to the world. One theologian asked his students “Why does God give a dog fleas? To let him know that he is a dog.” Through humiliation comes God’s blessing. In James 4:6,10 we read, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble…Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you”. Psalm 139, We Are Never Alone! In Psalm 139, the psalmist makes the point of God’s ever-presence. God knows everything that is going on, and no matter where I go He is there. God knows everything about me, and He even knows what I am going to say and do! God is behind me and ahead of me. I can be sure He is there whether I am coming or going. Nothing makes His presence more known to me than crisis situations. When the Red Sea blocks me from going forward, and the 600 iron chariots of Pharaoh threaten me from behind, I must turn to the Lord to save me. As David also said in Psalm 46:1, “God is a very present help in time of trouble”. Remember that God’s presence with you not only means your protection, but should also be a deterrent from sin. In THE RED SEA RULES, Robert Morgan offers four suggestions concerning God’s enveloping presence: 1. Affirm God’s nearness in your heart—dwell on it, be aware of it, remind yourself often, 2. Visualize God’s presence in your mind as David visualized God as his refuge or fortress, 3. Access God’s nearness through prayer—speak to Him often, communicate, 4. Reflect God’s presence in your attitude and activities. As Paul wrote in Col.3:17, “whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God”. No matter what you are doing, have the attitude that you are doing it for God’s glory. CHARLIE TAYLOR Lesson 6 Podcast:

March 12, 2020

Red Sea Rules 5 and 6-Stay Calm and Live by Faith

Listen to Audio: <audio class="wp-audio-shortcode" id="audio-3305-1" preload="none" style="width: 100%;" controls="controls"><source type="audio/mpeg" src="http://charlietaylorministries.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/Spring20L6.mp3?_=1" /><a href="http://charlietaylorministries.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/Spring20L6.mp3">http://charlietaylorministries.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/Spring20L6.mp3</a></audio>   In Exodus 14:13-14, after the people panic at seeing Pharaoh’s army advancing, Moses told them, “Fear not, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord…the Lord will fight for you, while you keep silent”. The people were ready to give up and surrender, but Moses was telling them to wait and by faith trust God to work in their lives. Red Sea kind of problems are not solvable by you and me. Psalm 37:7-8 says to rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him, and don’t give up. 107 times in the Old Test. And 43 times in the New Test. We are told to “fear not” because God is with us. Fear is an emotion or a feeling, and we are to live by faith and not feelings. Appearances are that we may have good reason to fear, but we have a stronger ally on our side than the Egyptian army. Therefore move from fear to faith, because “greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). Does that mean that we do nothing? Of course not, we read in the next verse Exodus 14:15 “Tell the children of Israel to go forward”. Crisis type problems are not solved easily, but we can do something every day. Therefore Red sea Rule #6 is TAKE THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP BY FAITH. Live one day at a time, and do some simple logical thing every day, even if its just getting organized. Jesus told His followers in Matt.6:34, “Don’t be anxious about tomorrow…live one day at a time”. Faith is one of the most used words in Christianity, but I doubt that many Christians really fully understand what Biblical faith is. Fortunately, Hebrews 11:1 gives us a great definition of faith, and then proceeds to illustrate faith in Biblical examples throughout the rest of the chapter. Hebrews 11:1 says that faith is “the assurance of things hoped for, and the conviction of things not seen.” By this he means that the following examples in ch.11 illustrate that they believed God’s Word so strongly that it was a reality to them even though it had not happened yet. Being a reality to them, it convicted them to respond accordingly. There is no other explanation for Noah building the ark when it had never flooded before, or Abraham leaving his home to go to a foreign unknown land. The only reason they would respond so radically is the firm conviction that what God had said would definitely happen. The opposite of this kind of faith was shown in Numbers 13-14 by Israel in the wilderness at Kadesh-Barnea. God told the people He would give them the land and dispossess the evil Canaanites. God led them to the southern border of Canaan, and commanded them to go in, but they hesitated. After spies brought the scouting report that the Canaanites were numerous, big, and well armed, the people of Israel balked, and would not go in to the Promised Land. Their unbelief was so severe that they even desired to go back to Egypt (Nu.14:4). They knew of God’s presence and power because they had seen His glory at Mt. Sinai and heard His voice as thunder when God gave them the Ten Commandments. They had seen awesome miracles as God devastated Egypt through the ten plagues, and then parted the Red Sea so they could escape the Egyptian army. God had provided them manna from heaven and water in a barren land. They clearly had what we can call “intellectual assent” of God’s power and presence, yet they did not believe in God in such a way that they were committed to respond to the risk of going into the land. The author of Hebrews differentiates between true Biblical faith that has faith in God’s promises and commands such that it responds as if it is a reality to them, and worldly faith that is nothing more than intellectual assent. Winners and Losers Nothing seems so important in the world we live in as winning. I remember Patton’s great speech in the academy award winning movie with George C. Scott. As Patton was encouraging his troops, he said, “Americans love a winner, and they will not tolerate a loser!” In Hebrews 11:1-31, the author tells the stories of sixteen great winners. They were heroes of the Bible who were delivered from peril, won great victories, and all of them were empowered to be winners during their mortal lives. These are the guys we want to be like along with all the glory that goes with it. We see ourselves as David slaying Goliath, or Joseph who saves Israel, or Moses who parts the Red Sea. We are typically not interested in being like Isaiah who was sawn in two, or Jeremiah who was beaten and imprisoned. Nevertheless, there is a major pivot in verse 35 that tells us these poor saps (in the eyes of men) were equally approved by God because of their faith. The astounding, shocking but obvious truth is that God has not promised wholesale relief, deliverance, or miracles on call in this life for all His people at all times in every situation. Not all of us will be winners in this life from the world’s point of view. Dynamic Certainty The Bible is full of example after example that biblical faith is a dynamic certainty in God’s Word. It is a future certainty of the future promises of God as if they were in the present. It is a present certainty that brings the invisible God in view such that you act now based on that belief. By faith all the heroes of the Bible responded to God’s Word as certainty, and in this way they were “approved by God”, and He declared them righteous. Each of these characters was willing to accept the worst the world has to offer-death, because of their trust in the best God has to offer-the final resurrection unto eternal life. In Hebrews 11:32-34, he listed six more obvious men of faith-Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel. Each lived in very difficult times in which faith was very rare, each battled huge odds, each stood alone in their faith, and each of these men had flawed character. I think the thing that surprises most Christians when they finally study these stories in depth is that these supposed heroes were not great men in and of themselves, and they were men of lusts and passions as we are. We can relate to these characters. We may be pessimistic like Gideon, or selfish like Samson, or lustful like David. Nevertheless, by their faith they were of great use to the Lord, and God blessed them. Verse 33 lists how God empowered them to conquer kingdoms, administer justice, obtain promises. Verse 34 tells us they shut the mouths of lions, quenched the flames, and escaped the sword. Verse 35 tells the power they gained from God of great strength, mighty in battle, routed armies, and brought back the dead. The point is that God can do these things, has done them, and may do them in your life. God responds to faith. The Great Pivot—but Everybody Else The pivot to a different kind of power received by faith occurs in verse 35. The previous examples of faith received temporal mortal deliverance, and were winners even by the world’s demented perspective, but they were rare and not the norm. The action switches to “others” or everybody else who was not delivered, but received the power by faith to persevere through adverse situations, but did not escape them. Everybody else had victory too, but it was spiritual-the only kind that God guarantees. The emphasis changes to perseverance. How could anyone persevere through scourgings, chains, imprisonment, being stoned, and threatened with death when by simply shutting up or recanting they could be released? Faith empowered them to obey God and persevere to the end. They did “not accept their release”, but continued to preach a very unpopular message of imminent judgment. Their faith empowered them to persevere because they were looking for a “better resurrection”, meaning not just a resuscitation of their mortal life like those in the beginning of v.35, but the final resurrection unto eternal life. The Greek word that our English version translates resurrection is anastasis which simply means rising. They had no particular word for “the” final resurrection, so the author differentiated between the raising of the widow’s son by Elijah and the ultimate final resurrection unto eternal life by calling it “a better resurrection”. These people in view in v.35-40 were looking for something better than just physical temporal victories. They had an eternal perspective looking forward to that ultimate resurrection into a perfect eternal body instead of just some temporary resuscitation like Lazarus received. The world was not worthy of these faithful men because they were righteous and holy in God’s view. Just as these faithful believers did not deserve to be tortured and killed, the world in its evil and violence was not deserving of their righteousness. Results of Faithfulness What were the results for these faithful people? 1. They all died before the ultimate promise of the Messiah was fulfilled. They all died before Jesus came. They lived in hope of God’s great promise which was the means of their salvation and forgiveness. They knew not when or exactly how, but that God would do it. 2. They were all commended for their faith by God. He honors their faith, and will reward it in the end. The people he is mentioning in v.36-39 did not receive what was promised in their lifetime. By this he means they all died before Jesus came. The great promise of God to all generations was the Savior who would redeem mankind. They died before Jesus was crucified, but God had forgiven their sins based on what Jesus would do in the future as Paul wrote in Romans 3:25, “in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed (before Christ)”. God looked forward to the cross of Christ for the full payment of the guilt of sin incurred by the people of faith in the Old Testament. Heb.11:40 says that God had provided something better for us, meaning that when Christ came He brought the New Covenant of grace which is a better covenant that the author has been trying to get his audience to embrace throughout the book of Hebrews. The last phrase of v.40 delivers a perplexing statement, “so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.” First of all we can see that the “us” refers to the beneficiaries of the New Covenant, which is all that have lived during and after Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. “They” refers to the Old Testament believers that died before Christ came. When he writes “apart from us they should not” he means that we will all experience being made perfect together in the resurrection that is unto eternal life. Another way of saying verse 39-40 would be to paraphrase it by saying, “The Old Testament believers gained the approval of God by their faith, but their sins were not atoned for until Christ was crucified, and this happened after they died; because God provided the New Covenant in our lifetime, so that we could all be resurrected into perfect eternal bodies together.” This fits in the context of his previous “better resurrection” statements of v.35 and his statements about Christ’s sacrifice and offering as perfecting for all time those who are sanctified in 10:14. In 1 Peter 1:10-11, Peter is discussing the salvation of our souls, and he wrote, “As to this salvation the O.T. prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful search and inquiry seeking to know what person or time the Spirit within them was indicating…It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you”. The guys in the O.T. found out that the Messiah would not come in their lifetime, but what He would do would benefit them also. They served the Lord just as Abraham did, not for benefits in their lifetime, but like Abraham they were looking for “a better country, that is a heavenly one”(Hebrews 11:16). Therefore, with us they will be blessed with the “better resurrection” in which we will all be made perfect. CHARLIE TAYLOR

March 5, 2020

The Prayer of a Righteous Man

The Prayer of a Righteous Man Red Sea prayers are crisis prayers, emergency prayers, and tend to be very intense! In Exodus 14:10, The Egyptians were marching after them, and they became VERY frightened, so the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord”. During seaside prayers like this, fear has a good result because it puts us totally dependent on the Lord. In his book, RED SEA RULES, Robert Morgan says God brings us to places that scare us so that He may bring us to our knees. Prayer tends to calm us, give us an outlet—a reliable place to go. When you can’t go forward, sideward, and you can’t go back, then its time to look upward and talk to the Lord. We are like David in 2 Samuel 22 when it looked like King Saul had him cornered. David later wrote Psalm 107 about this saying, “In my distress I cried out to the Lord…and He heard my voice.” Crisis time prayers are intense, urgent, and even life threatening event prayers. Do we have a personal God who cares about our individual situation—Absolutely! C. S. Lewis wrote, “God has determined that His actions of love and mercy go hand in hand with His people’s response and faith. God’s plan to govern the church is like a partnership. God granted believers a role in causality. Think of a playwright who allows his characters to affect the play, and then incorporates all their actions into the final result He so determined. The scenes and the conclusion are fixed by the author (God), but the details are left to the actors to improvise.” As a model prayer, I like to refer to Daniel’s prayer taken from Daniel 9. Daniel had been taken captive to Babylon in 605 BC. At the time of his great prayer in Daniel 9:1-19, Daniel was in his eighties. It was about 537-538 BC. Therefore Daniel had been a captive in Babylon for almost seventy years. He had seen the kingdom transferred to the Medes and Persians. Daniel was a student of God’s Word and God’s promises, therefore he remembered the words of Jeremiah the prophet, “When 70 years have been completed, I will fulfill My word to bring you back to this place. For I know the plans that I have for you…plans for welfare to give you a future. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.”(Jer.29:10-14) We know from Daniel 9:2 that he had a copy of Jeremiah’s scroll. Therefore, Daniel hoped that the captivity of the Jews and desolation of Jerusalem was almost over. In his prayer in chapter 9, Daniel was humbly responding to this Scripture, and he was encouraged to pray for the restoration of Jerusalem. There are two main theories for the seventy year period. Daniel seemed to believe that the period started with his captivity in 605 and ended when the Jews arrived back at Jerusalem about 536, but others date it from 586, when Jerusalem was actually destroyed, to 515 when the Temple was rebuilt in Jerusalem. Ezra 1:1 seems to confirm 605-536 because it says that Cyrus allowed the return of the Jews as a fulfillment of the Word of the Lord by the prophet Jeremiah at that time. Ezra says that 49,897 Jews returned to begin rebuilding the Temple, and arrived about 536 BC. The important point is that Daniel believed that the Word of God would be fulfilled by prayer. Prayer is the Sound that Faith Makes Webster’s defines prayer as an address or petition to a god in word or thought. Barna polling service says more people believe in prayer than believe in God. Certainly many more people pray than study the Bible, go to church, or practice any religious activity. Avowed atheists admit that they pray when they get in trouble. Very few of these people can articulate confidently whom they are praying to. The majority approach God when and if they need Him as if He is a benevolent grandfather or a genie in a bottle. One guy told me that God is his good buddy who always has his back. All this reminds me of that story of the little boy who was saying his prayers as his Dad put him to bed. He spoke softly until he got to the part about giving him a new bicycle, and then he spoke loudly. His Dad said, “God can hear you”, and the boy said “I know but mom is in the next room”. Then there was the young unmarried lady who had just heard a sermon on unselfish prayer, so she prayed, “Please give my mother a handsome son-in-law!” My point is that typically the point of view of the human race about prayer is far different than the Bible’s. In my view there are several model prayers for us to study in the Bible, and one of the best is Daniel 9:3-19. Daniel has faith in the promise of God to restore the Jews and rebuild Jerusalem and the Temple. His prayer here in Daniel 9 is the sound that faith makes. His prayer is made up of three parts: 1. v.4-11 is confession of sin, 2. v.11-14 is acknowledgment of the just judgments of God, 3. v.15-19 is a plea for God’s mercy. Prayer of Confession Daniel begins in v.4 by contrasting the faithfulness of God who keeps His promises and always loves us, to the unfaithfulness and disobedience of mankind. Then Daniel gives a very comprehensive description of Israel’s sin using four different words for sin in verse 5. Notice also that even though Daniel is the only major character in the Bible with no known sins, he identifies himself as a sinner. J. Vernon McGee was preaching a sermon on universal depravity when a student corrected him that Daniel was without sin. McGee showed him Romans 3:23 and Daniel’s confession here and said, “Either Daniel was a sinner or he lied here, which made him a sinner.” In verse 5 we have the four fold extent of Israel’s sin using different Hebrew words for each. It is as if Daniel is making sure he doesn’t miss any part of the general nature of being a sinner, or the external acts of sinning. In English we translate that we have sinned in general, we have committed serious crimes, conducted ourselves wickedly, and been rebellious against God’s authority and God’s Word. To make matters worse in v.6, they were warned many times and had every opportunity to repent, but would not listen. In verses 7-8 he gave a valuable contrast between the righteousness of God compared to the shame and guilt of Judah, Jerusalem, and all Israel. Clearly God was justified in driving them into the far away countries because of their unfaithful deeds. He repeats again a comprehensive guilt of all the people including kings, princes, and our fathers. He is saying that for centuries their leaders and their ancestors were rebellious and guilty. Again in v.9 he gives the contrast of God’s attributes of compassion and forgiveness versus the people’s rebellion and disobedience. Every step of the way for over 400 years God was willing to forgive and bless, but finally He had no choice but to act in severely disciplining His people. How bad did it get? In v.10-11, they have not obeyed, have not lived by His teaching, and have ignored the prophets. Who is guilty? All of Israel had transgressed and turned aside in disobedience. This corporate national guilt is a very interesting concept for us to contemplate. It seems that if we as believers turn a blind eye to the gross depravity, perversions, violence, corruption, and wickedness in our country we may be held responsible for the moral state of the nation. It is interesting to see how America continues to turn a blind eye to pornography, blasphemy, depravity, and my personal favorite, corruption on Wall Street. I constantly ask businessmen what they think about corporate executives making huge salaries and bonuses while the company’s stock value goes down. Everyone knows that most politicians are depraved and corrupt. People acknowledge it’s true but don’t seem to care. We operate in a culture of thieves, but we just continue everyday to go about our business as usual. God Did the Right Thing Daniel begins v.12 with “Thus” or “Therefore”, meaning because we are guilty God has spoken against us and brought calamity upon us. The severity of the calamity is brought out by saying that it was unique in history. Nevertheless, God is righteous and justified in bringing the calamity because He was being faithful in keeping His Word. This “Word” was first given by Moses before they ever came into the land. Moses gathered them on the eastern bank of the Jordan River before they ever came in to possess the land. The Book of Deuteronomy is our record of what Moses told the people as his farewell address. Moses gave a great warning and promise from God in Deuteronomy 28, “It shall come about if you will not obey the Lord your God…the Lord will bring you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known…and you shall become a horror…your sons and daughters will go into captivity…Because you did not serve the Lord your God…therefore you shall serve your enemies…” Plea for God’s Mercy Now in Dan.9:15-19, he turns in his prayer to his great burden and supplication. Notice that Daniel always appeals only to God’s attributes of love, compassion, grace, and mercy. I have heard every manner of prayer, and have noticed a tendency in myself, and others to insert a certain sense of entitlement. Why should God help us-because we are good people. Why should God get me out of this trap-because I need Him to. Why do I deserve deliverance-because God shouldn’t have made me if He wasn’t going to take care of me. I could go on and on with this sense of entitlement I think we all share in different degrees, but you get the point. Daniel’s prayer stands out because there is absolutely no sense of entitlement at all. Daniel appeals to God based solely on God’s attributes. We deserve nothing but a good whipping, but you God are loving and merciful so please turn your righteous wrath away and reconcile your people. In the Old Testament, the standard illustration of God’s power to deliver is the deliverance from Egypt in Exodus. Therefore Daniel appeals to the Lord, “O Lord who has brought Thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and has made a great name for Thyself”, in other words, Lord just as you delivered Israel out of Egypt, please now deliver us out of Babylon. God has righteously disciplined Israel so Daniel approached God on the basis of His precedent of delivering Israel before, His attributes of compassion and mercy, and because Jerusalem is His city therefore it will bring honor to God and be a testimony to the nations. In v.18 he repeats again that “we are not presenting our supplications before Thee on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Thy great compassion.” In verse 19 Daniel emphasizes the urgency of the situation. About eighteen months later, King Cyrus of Persia issued a proclamation that the Jews could go back to their homeland and rebuild. You can see this in Ezra 1:1-4. Why did the powerful King do this? The text says “in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the prophet Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia”. Let me comment on some observations about prayer based on Daniel’s prayer. First, he prayed according to God’s word. He earnestly desired God’s will to be done, and was seeking it unselfishly. Secondly, Daniel believed in his heart God’s promises would be brought about by prayer. He believed that he had a part to play in God’s will. Thirdly, Daniel was persistent. We can derive from ch.6 that he prayed this way everyday. Fourth, Daniel was concerned with God’s honor and glory, and he had a concern for knowing God and developing the relationship as his priority. CHARLIE TAYLOR Lesson 4 Podcast:

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