a prayer example

​The book of Daniel contains prophetic wonder, history, and mystery.  It’s also a book that models the importance of prayer.  Here is Daniel, exiled from his homeland, repatriated in a foreign land, and trusting God at the same time.  While the book shows instances of him praying on 8 different occasions (Dan. 6:10, 13; 9:3–4, 17, 20–21; 10:12). It’s when he faces difficulty early in the book, we get a wonderful description of his habit of prayer:  “When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upstairs room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day  Bhe got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.” (Dan. 6:10) Praise God!

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