HonorBound Devotion: March 8, 2010
Read Daniel 9:6-7 – Neither have we heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings and our princes, to our fathers and all the people of the land. O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day — to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You (NKJV).
In this prayer, Daniel confessed to God that the people had not been obedient to His Word. Disobedience to God is the root of all sin. God sent prophets time after time to warn the people, but they repeatedly refused to listen. Daniel’s heart broke because of the blatant disobedience. Daniel was one of those who had remained faithful to God, so his prayer was a prayer of repentance and intercession. He was standing in the gap on behalf of sinful people. Men, be an intercessor. Instead of always praying for yourself, intercede on behalf of others.
– Cecil Culbreth serves as president of His Story Ministries, equipping the church to pray on behalf of students in America.
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