Read today’s texts first: Daniel 9,10; Psalm 123; Luke 5
MAXIMize YOUR DAY
Spiritual power comes through building up the spirit by denying the flesh and relying on the “Bread of Life.”
The title here may be a tad misleading – we’re not talking about living loosely here. Quite the opposite. Daniel was a man of incredible discipline, making time to pray every day, without fail. The only time he broke from the routine was to pray more and add another discipline of fasting.
This is the way Daniel did battle. Most soldiers, like athletes, eat a high protein diet, then build up the body to overpower the opposition. But Daniel’s enemy, like ours, was not flesh and blood. Spiritual power comes through building up the spirit by denying the flesh and relying solely on the “Bread of Life”.
After three weeks of prayer and fasting down by the river, Daniel heard from Gabriel about the effects of his warfare. While he prayed, the armies of heaven, led by Michael, were mobilized to overcome the Prince of Persia, a demonic principality. It was the beginning of the end of the Jewish captivity, leading ultimately to their release by Cyrus. That one man, agonizing in prayer by the river, was the pivotal battle – a foreshadowing of Jesus at Gethsemane.
“Lord, may I never underestimate the power of prayer and the need to move forward today, on my knees.”
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