RHBC 164: Faithful: Intense Times Require Intense Prayer

1. #9 “Faithful: Intense Times Require
Intense Prayer”
Series: Living Faithfully in Babylon

2. Jake DeShazer
Mitsuo Fuchida

3. I. The Importance of Jeremiah’s
Prophecy (9:1-2; 2 Chron.
36:21-23)

4. A. The Prophecy concerned a
time (9:1)
B. The Prophecy concerned a text
(9:2)

5. A. The Prophecy concerned a
time (9:1)
B. The Prophecy concerned a text
(9:2)

6. “I will eliminate the sound of joy and
gladness form the-the voice of the groom
and the bride, the sound of the millstones
and the light of the lamp. This whole land
will become a desolate ruin, and these
nations will serve the king of Babylon for 70
years. When the 70 years are completed, I
will punish the king of Babylon and that
nation-This is the Lord’s declaration-the land
of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will
make it a ruin forever.”
Jeremiah 25:10-12

7. “But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent
word against them by the hand of His
messengers, sending them time and time
again, for He had compassion on His people
and on His dwelling place. But they kept
ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His
words, and scoffing at His prophets, until
the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against
His people that there was no remedy.”
2 Chronicles 36:15-16

8. “He deported those who escaped from the
sword to Babylon, and they became servants
to him and his sons until the rise of the
Persian kingdom. This fulfilled the word of
the Lord through Jeremiah and the land
enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the
desolation until 70 years were fulfilled.”
2 Chronicles 36:20-21

9. II.The Intensity of Daniel’s
Prayer (9:3-19)
A. Daniel’s Prayer began
with God’s Character
• He appeals to God’s
Person (9:4)

10. II.The Intensity of Daniel’s
Prayer (9:3-19)
A. Daniel’s Prayer began with
God’s Character
• He appeals to God’s
Person (9:4)

11. •He appeals to God’s
Patience (9:5-6)
•He appeals to God’s Just
Punishment (9:7-8)
•He appeals to God’s Pity
(9:9)

12. B. Daniel’s Prayer Remembers
God’s Covenant (9:10)
• A Confession of National Guilt
• The Curses Came True
• Compassion sought for the
Glory of
God’s Own Sake (9:14-
19)

13. •Based on God’s
Gracious Nature
•Based on God’s Great
Name

14. III. The Immediate Answer to
Daniel’s Prayer (9:20-27)

15. A. The Messenger of God Comes
(9:20-23)

16. Kim Davis, Rowan County Clerk

17. B. The Message Gabriel Conveys
(9:24-27)
Act 1 – 49 years (v 25)
Rebuilding Jerusalem

18. Act 2 – 434 years (v 26)
Christ’s Ministry on Earth- 27-30 A.D.
(7x7=49, 7x62= 434, 49+434=483)

19. Act 3 -3-7 years (v. 27)

20. “If scripture is God’s message to
us, then prayer is our response to
Him. May we convene often and
powerfully in the throne room of
the Universe.
--Dr. Deron Cobb