Heart-Cry Conference Session 1

Daniel Henderson, President – Strategic Renewal

A Portrait of Passionate Prayer – Daniel 9

• All the truth in the world will do you little good until you have seen it evidence in the life of someone else
  
• What a man is, he is on his knees – nothing more, nothing less, that's it
  

5 Marks of Passionate Prayer:

1. Birthed from the truth of God's Word (v 9)

• Daniel's response to what he read in Jeremiah: He set himself to seek the Lord
  
• The best way to begin prayer is to let God start the conversation through His Word
  
• G. Mueller – tried to start prayer by other means but he languished until he began with the Bible
  
• We must learn to pray with open Bibles
  
• John Piper – where the heart is not brimming with the Word, the heart will not be full of prayer
  

2. Concerned with the honor of God's name (v 4)

• Daniel offered a Godward prayer
  
• The only thing that motivates God is his own glory
  
• Daniel was captivated with a view of God
  

3. Sustained by a longing for God's presence (v 17)

• Daniel sought the Lord
  
• He set his face to seek the Lord
  
• 1 Corinthians 14 – an amazing encounter when God shows up an d lost people know that "God is in your midst."
  
• "Forgive us for loving programs more than your presence."
  

4. Marked by anguish over the condition of God's people (vv 6-15)

• Bruce Wilkerson – When God moves upon a people, he baptizes a man with anguish
  
• Anguish: to feel what God feels for your church
  

5. Answered in accordance with God's plan (v20-23)