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.”Lord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.”O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
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… Daniel prays Daniel 9 verse 19 oh Lord hear oh Lord forgive oh Lord listen and act beautiful wow do not delay for your own sake my God for your city that's Jerusalem and your people the Jews are called by your name he's making this cry by the way from Babylon now while I was speaking and praying and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God, that's Zion. Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning being caused to fly swiftly, reached me about the time of the evening offering. It's three o'clock in the afternoon, Jewish time. And he informed me and talked with me and said, oh Daniel, I have now come forth to give you skill to understand. Verse 23, at the beginning of your supplications, the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore, consider the matter and understand the vision. So Daniel is praying. The angel Gabriel responds, and we're going to learn more about how does this dovetail into what we're talking about. Fast forward over to Daniel chapter 10, verse 12. Then he said to me, do not fear, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, isn't that amazing? The angel knew this. What about your heart? What about my heart? What about our passions to know God more? Apparently angels know about our passion, …
… but on account of Your great compassion. O Lord, hear. O Lord, forgive. O Lord, listen and take action for Your own sake. O my God, do not delay because Your city and Your people are called by Your name. saying exactly what Jesus said in the prayer. Hallowed be your name. Who you are is at stake. It's about your reputation of God. You're identified with this people. Things are not going well with this people. Do whatever you have to do for the sake of your own reputation, your own name, your own honor. There's a very similar prayer to that in Jeremiah 32. That's somehow the way that even Jonah prayed in his dilemma. So prayer begins with this deep, profound understanding. Before it is anything to do with requests, it is a worshipful experience. Our Father who art in heaven. Our Father. Wonderful. Go over to chapter 7, verse 7 in Matthew. Ask and it will be given to you, Jesus says. Seek and you will find. …
… THY SANCTUARY THAT IS DESOLATE, NOW UNDERSCORE THIS PHRASE, FOR THE LORD'S SAKE. AND THEN DANIEL NINE VERSE 19, O LORD, HEAR, O LORD, FORGIVE, O LORD, HEARKEN AND DO, DEFER NOT, NOW LISTEN, for thine own sake, O my God, for thy city and the people that are called by thy name. Do you pray for the glory of God? Do you know what most of us want? We want to have revival so we can return to our own ways, so we can go back again one more time once God gets us out of the difficulty we're in. Do you have a burning yearning in your heart for the glory of God? I do. I want to see God's glory spread over this land. I want to see God do something again that cannot be explained by the pundits on television and the news anchors. I want something that cannot be explained by technology, personality, propaganda, or persuasion. I want the glory of God, the removal of guilt, AND THE GLORY OF GOD. THAT OUGHT TO BE THE CONCERN OF OUR PRAYERS FOR AMERICA. THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IS REVIVAL. NOT FOR BELLEVUE'S SAKE, NOT FOR OUR DENOMINATION'S SAKE, NOT FOR AMERICA'S SAKE, BUT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD. NOW LOOK UP HERE AND LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. IT IS PRAYER TIME IN AMERICA. WOULD YOU AGREE? IT IS PRAYER TIME IN AMERICA. AND THIS CHURCH NEEDS TO BE A CHURCH OF PRAYER AND FASTING. NOW, AGAIN, I WANT TO ASK YOU, ARE YOU ON PRAYING GROUND? JAMES …