Hello and great Sunday to everyone

“He (God) gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak…. But those
who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength“ Isaiah 40:28-31. I want you to ponder
on that truth today. Right now in your homes, in your rooms, or wherever you are right
now listening to these truths, we may face weariness in life of how we may survive
another crisis. You may feel that our prayers may seem to do little. But Let me tell you
this from the heart of the scripture that we have a Great God who attends to our very
cries. We have the heavenly host who is close to the brokenhearted. And we have the
covering of the power of the blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ whom we are called by His
Name.
We ask the question how must one face weariness? How must a Christian continue to
dwell in faith when faith is tested?
We have a similar story of one man who faced the desolation of his city and his country.
On how he knocked on the heavens and on how God responded to this man. I entitled
this message “knocking on Heaven”- Let us spend a few moments in prayer.
Knocking on Heaven
Daniel 9:18-23
 18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open
Your eyes and see our desolations and the city
which is called by Your name; for we are
not presenting our supplications before You on
account of any merits of our own, but on account
compassion 19 O Lord,
of Your great compassion. Lord hear! O Lord,
Lord
forgive! O Lord,
Lord listen and take action! For Your
own sake, O my God, do not delay,
delay because Your
city and Your people are called by Your name.”
name
 20 Now while I was speaking and praying,
praying
and confessing my sin and the sin of my people
Israel,
Israel and presenting my supplication before
the LORD my God in behalf of the holy mountain
of my God, 21 while I was still speaking in prayer,
prayer
then the man Gabriel,
Gabriel whom I had seen in the
vision previously, came to me in my extreme
weariness about the time of the evening
offering.
 22 He gave me instruction and talked with me
and said, “O Daniel, I have now come forth to
understanding 23 At
give you insight with understanding.
the beginning of your supplications
the command was issued,
issued and I have come to
tell you, for you are highly esteemed;
esteemed so give
heed to the message and gain understanding of
the vision.
Introducing Daniel
“Din-Judge & El- GOD”
“God is my Judge”
Known as a man who prayed
facing Jerusalem
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house;
and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on
his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he
did aforetime.
Daniel 6:10; 9:20b
Known as a man of Integrity
But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine,
and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this
way.
Daniel 1:8
 Known as a man who faced
the Lions
My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have
not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever
done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.“
Daniel 6:22
 Known as a man who is
faithful to God
Then they said to the king, "Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays
no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still
prays three times a day.“

Daniel 6:13
 Known as a man who found
favor among high ranking
unbelievers
Now God had caused the official to show favor and compassion to
Daniel,
Daniel 1:9
Known as a man who always
points to God
thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom
and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you
have made known to us the dream of the king.“ Daniel 2:23
 Known as a man who
interpreted the inscription of
the wall
Daniel 5:1-31
Mene mene, Tekel, Upharsim
 A LIFTED PRAYER v.18
v.18-
18-19
• Incline Your Ear (Lintot ‫) לנטות‬
• Open Your eyes and see our desolation
• I come not by righteousness but because of your great compassion
• Hear Oh Lord (shema ‫) שמע‬
• Listen Oh Lord (lehakshiv ‫) להקשיב‬
• Forgive Oh Lord
• Take Action
• Do not Delay
• Your City, Your people
• Called by Your name
 Called by Your Name
…to those who have been sanctified in Christ
Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every
place call on the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, their Lord and ours: -Christians-
1 Cor. 1:2
 -Christians-
and when he had found him, he brought him
to Antioch. For a whole year they met with
the church and taught a great many people.
And in Antioch the disciples were first called
Christians.
Acts 11:26
Daniel has a Habit
of Praying
 AN ANSWERED PRAYER v.20
v.20-
20-23
• God Intervened & Interrupted
• At the beginning of the prayer God commanded
Gabriel to visit Daniel
• God spoke through the Angel
• God came to his time of weariness
• God came at the hour of the evening sacrifice
• God comforted Daniel that he is highly Esteemed
 Approaching God in Prayer
within our very Homes/Rooms
Daniel 6:10
…he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber
toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and
prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime
1. CALL OUT
2. CAST ON
3. HOLD ON
4. LIVE OUT
1.Call Out- Cry out in prayer, humbly confess to
God v.19

2. Cast On- surrender our prayers, emotions,

our weariness to the love of the Lord v.18b&21c

3.Hold On- God answers prayer, He gives us

wisdom and understanding to understand the
times and season v.21-22

4. Live Out- live a life that pleases God v.23b

1. CALL OUT
2. CAST ON
3. HOLD ON
4. LIVE OUT