Before we move unto the next prayer I wanted to share what Spurgeon preached about this prayer of Daniel...
"Prayer makes the darkest cloud withdraw,
Prayer mounts the ladder Jacob saw,
Gives exercise to faith and love,
Brings every blessing from above.
Restraining prayer, we cease to fight;
Prayer makes the Christian armour bright;
And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees."
He goes on to say...
"The motive is this, "Oh! that God could be glorified,
that Jesus might see the reward of his sufferings!
Oh! that sinners might be saved,
so that God might have new tongues to praise him, new hearts to love him!
Oh! that sin were put an end to,
that the holiness, righteousness, mercy, and power of God might be magnified!"
" This is the way to pray; when thy prayers seek God's glory,
it is God's glory to answer thy prayers.
When thou art sure that God is in the case,
thou art on a good footing.
If thou art praying for that which will greatly glorify him, t
hou mayest rest assured thy prayer will speed.
But if it do not speed, and it be not for his glory,
why, then thou mayest be better content to be without it than with it.
So pray thou, but keep thy bowstring right;
it will be unfit to shoot the arrow of prayer
unless this be thy bowstring,
"God's glory, God's glory"--
this above all; first, last, and midst; the one object of my prayer."
I know we are not used to the "thou" or the "Thy" but read his words to extract the message...when we pray if our focus is the glory of God then our prayers bring forth the glory of God.
If you are interested in reading the full sermon go to http://www.biblebb.com/files/spurgeon/danpat.txt
See you tomorrow!
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