...surrender of the entire life to Him. And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant...love him, and to them that keep his commandments. (Daniel 9:4) Without obedience, our professed love for God is fruitless and dead. Further, without...

...fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. . .1 prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant...love Him, and to them that keep His commandments. - Daniel 9:3-4 Daniel was a man of righteous character and a man of prayer, kneeling and making supplication...

...exemplary in his life and commitment, identified himself with the sin that took Israel into captivity. 'We have sinned and have committed iniquity and have...wickedly and have rebelled even by departing from your precepts and your judgments' (Daniel 9:5). Job likewise prayed for his children lest they fail...

...I prayed unto the LORD my GD, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful GD, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; 9:5: We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by...

...ting, and sackcloth, and ashes: And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love Mm, and to them that keep his commandments; This was the quality of response he provoked from heaven;...

...12:26). When God is exalted and glorified by His creatures' obedience, Daniel 9:4 notes that God gives "mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments." Jesus teaches at John 14:23: "If a man loves me, he will keep my word." God wills that no harm come...