Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

Daniel chapter 6, verse 10.

When Daniel knew that the document had been signed,

he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem.

He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God,

as he had done previously. What a picture. Here is Daniel. As soon as he knew, a document had been signed that anyone who prays to God, anyone who

worships, anyone besides the king, will be killed. As soon as Daniel hears that, what does he do?

Like he doesn't sit back and think, okay, now how can I pray but it not cost me?

How can I find like a loophole here?

No, Daniel believes that prayer is more important than life itself.

He is willing to die so that he can pray.

And he immediately goes up to his house, windows open, gets down on his knees, and he lifts his hands in prayer to God,

just like he'd always done.

Prayer more important than life, willing to die so that he can pray.

Is prayer that important to you like this is for for daniel this is not just an activity he does

at the beginning of meals or kind of quickly to start off the day or quickly to end the day like

this is more important than life for dan intimacy with God intercession before God this is

more important than life this is I'm willing to die to experience this is prayer that

important to you and I want to encourage you if if your heart just resounds yes to that question, yes, prayer is more important to me than life.

Yes, I would, I would die before I don't pray.

Like, absolutely.

Then I want to encourage you to take Daniel 610 as an encouragement to go even deeper in your time in prayer even longer in your time

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