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Daniel chapter 9, verses 20 through 23.

While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel,

and presenting my plea before the Lord my God, for the holy Hill of my God, while I was speaking in prayer,

the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the first, came to me in swift flight

at the time of the evening sacrifice. He made me understand, speaking with me and saying,

O Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understand. He made me understand, speaking with me and saying,

O Daniel, I have now come out to give you insight and understanding.

At the beginning of your pleas for mercy, a word went out,

and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved.

This passage is amazing. Just let it soak in. There's a time we could talk about here that we don't have time to address, but this picture of Daniel

praying to God, confessing his sins, other sins, presenting his plea for mercy before the Lord

my God, for the Holy Hill of my God. What a picture. This is Daniel just communing with God.

And as he's praying, an angel comes and tells him, when you began pleading for mercy, not just on this day, but this goes back.

There's a lot more happening here in Daniel chapter 9.

A word went out.

And that's what I want to just focus on for our time to pray together today is when we pray, things happen in the heavenly realm

that we can't see that affect what happens in the world, in the physical realm. Don't underestimate

what is happening when you are communing with God.

You are joining in spiritual battle with a spiritual weapon, prayer.

Your prayers of praise, of repentance, of confession of sin,

your prayers of petition and intercession in your life for others' lives

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