RTW 2024

Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer.

Daniel 10:12

“There may be hindering factors of which a praying Christian knows nothing as he wonders why the answers to his requests are delayed. Nevertheless, he is to keep on praying. It may be that he will not receive an answer because he has given up on the twentieth day when he should have persisted to the twenty-first day.” - Gleason L. Archer

When I pray:

• God hears our prayers right away. 
• The enemy works right away.

In our “21” days …

• Seek understanding through prayer, not the internet.
• Stay humble, humbled through fasting… self-denial.

OK… but:

• How long do I fast?
• How long do I seek?

I don’t know the answer to those questions, but I do know these verses.

• Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
  Matthew 6:33

• So, humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right time he will lift you up in honor.
  1 Peter 5:6

• Never stop praying.
  1 Thessalonians 5:17

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three full weeks
Daniel 10:2 (ESV)

Possible reasons for Daniel’s mourning

• Not enough Israelites returned to Jerusalem.
• Ezra’s opposition when he returned.
• He didn’t return to Jerusalem.

Daniel was around 84 years old, and perhaps felt he could serve his people better by staying put.

Keep praying… never stop.