Prayer is not to change the mind of God, for God already desires the best.

Did you know that?

Did you know that God desires the very best for you?

You don't want to change his mind about that, do you?

Prayer is to line you up with His will, which is already the best.

Welcome to Grace to you with the Bible teaching of John MacArthur.

I'm your host, Phil Johnson.

John Knox was not a soldier, a politician, or aristocrat in his

native Scotland, yet the most powerful person in his country, Mary, Queen of Scots, said she feared

this pastor's prayers more than all the assembled armies of Europe. Strong testimony to the power of prayer, power that you can take hold of for the benefit

of your loved ones, your church, and unbelievers you know.

The question is, how exactly do you pray with such power?

Do you need to use specific phrases?

Will God answer a short, two-minute prayer? Do you need to pray

longer, maybe for an hour or more? Is there a time requirement for prayers to be effective?

John MacArthur answers those questions in his series called Elements of True Prayer. And now

with today's lesson, here is John. We're going to be looking at

the ninth chapter of Daniel, Daniel chapter nine. And really, it's not so much a preaching

as it is a teaching chapter. In fact, the whole book comes across that way in many places.

Not so concerned to exhort you, to proclaim to you

as I am to just share with you the things that flow from this marvelous text. If we were to back up

to chapter six, a familiar chapter in the book of Daniel where we find Daniel in the lion's den.

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