1. “So I Turned To The Lord…”
Daniel 9:1-24

3. Matthew 5:9 NIV
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.

4. Daniel 9:1 NIV84
In the first year of Darius…who was made ruler over the Babylonian kingdom -

5. Daniel 9:2 NIV84
…I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

6. Daniel 9:3 NIV84
So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

8. Daniel 9:2 NIV84
…I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

9. Daniel 9:3 NIV84
So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

10. Jeremiah 29:10 NIV
This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my good promise to bring you back to this place. 

11. Jeremiah 29:11 NIV
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 

12. Jeremiah 29:12-13 NIV
Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

13. Hebrews 4:12 NLT
For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

14. Isaiah 55:11 VOICE
So it is when I declare something. My word will go out and not return to Me empty, But it will do what I wanted; it will accomplish what I determined.

16. Isaiah 55:6 NIV78
Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

17. John Wesley
“God does nothing except in response to believing prayer.”

18. Daniel 9:2 NIV84
…I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the LORD given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.

19. Daniel 9:3 NIV84
So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.

20. Daniel 9:4 NIV84
I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed: "O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with all who love him and obey his commands,

21. Daniel 9:5 NIV84
We have sinned and done wrong. We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away from your commands and laws.

22. Daniel 9:6 NIV84
We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.

23. Daniel 9:7a NIV84
Lord, you are righteous, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah and people of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far…

24. Daniel 9:7b NIV84
…In all the countries where you have scattered us because of our unfaithfulness to you.

25. Daniel 9:8 NIV84
O LORD, we and our kings, our princes and our fathers are covered with shame because we have sinned against you.

26. Daniel 9:9-10 NIV84
The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him; we have not obeyed the LORD our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.

27. Daniel 9:11a NIV84
All Israel has transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you. Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses…

28. Daniel 9:11b NIV84
…The servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you.

29. Daniel 9:12 NIV84
You have fulfilled the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us great disaster. Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem.

30. Daniel 9:13 NIV84
Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.

31. Daniel 9:14 NIV84
The LORD did not hesitate to bring the disaster upon us, for the LORD our God is righteous in everything he does; yet we have not obeyed him.

32. Daniel 9:15 NIV84
Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and who made for yourself a name that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong.

33. Daniel 9:16a NIV84
O Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts, turn away your anger and your wrath from Jerusalem, your city, your holy hill…

34. Daniel 9:16b NIV84
…Our sins and the iniquities of our fathers have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn to all those around us.

35. Daniel 9:17 NIV84
Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, O Lord, look with favor on your desolate sanctuary.

36. Daniel 9:18 NIV84
Give ear, O God, and hear; open your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears your Name. We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.

37. Daniel 9:19 NIV84
O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For your sake, O my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.

39. Daniel 9:20 NIV84
While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the LORD my God for his holy hill-

40. Daniel 9:21 NIV84
While I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

41. Daniel 9:22 NIV84
He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.”

42. Daniel 9:23 NIV84
“As soon as you began to pray, an answer was given, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the message and understand the vision:”

43. Daniel 9:24a NIV84
"Seventy 'sevens' are decreed for your people and your holy city to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for wickedness...”

44. Daniel 9:24b NIV84
“…To bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy.”

45. Ephesians 3:20a AMP
Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly…

46. Ephesians 3:20b AMP
… Far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]--

47. Habakkuk 2:14 NIV
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.

48. Habakkuk 3:2 NIV84
LORD, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O LORD. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known; in wrath remember mercy.