#9 2 prayer problems

This is a opportunity to see a important issue about prayer and faith.

1.   Where did the devil go??

Here he is for Daniel.   Let's look at Dan. ch.6:7.   The problem has come so as to punish those who pray.
If you look at Dan.10:12-13,  you will see it's not just people that is involved here.  The battle is in the spiritual realm.  Are we supposed to think anything has changed??   What a battle mental it is to pray.  To be busy and all kinds of things.  Even long term waiting for answers.  God is learning us faith.  faith involves action.  See Daniel's  faith?  He will pray anyway.  To him it was more important than being put in a lion's den.

Is there a den today??     1Pet. 5:8   the devil goes about as a roaring lion seeking whom to devour.

We must see that Jesus will be with us in the den.  2Tim. 4:7

Preaching about prayer is easy.  Doing it with answers is another thing.  I like what it said in ch.10:12.
Dan. was heard the first day he prayed righteously.  We must know and have faith we were heard.
God is not deaf and he has total balance ears.  He told Moses who made man's mouth?  God let him know he who makes the mouth , can fix a mouth.  We must remind God we are believing and not insult him by saying he hasn't heard.  He knows before we ask, he is just looking for a true believing heart.

Think about this.   The words in this last paragraph,  reveal how to get answers.  it is obvious the devil will try to keep people from reading this prayer helper material.

The Hebrew people knew about lions also.  Num. 23:24  spiritually  people were seen as a lion.  That is when they rise up like a lion (devil)  against God's people.  Really just like 1Pet. 5:8 isn't it.
For the Hebrews, they should realize why they are in a type of lion den.  They should see hope being Daniel is delivered out of the lion den.

A.  They must pray.  Even though facing things in life that tempt to sin.
B.  They were in this den because they were unfaithful.  yet by the mercy of God would still be protected.
C.   Their captivity would one day end.
D.  There is no escaping the lion den for us, till we're out of here.  When we have the Holy Spirit in us, truly
we are not alone in the den.  People who don't endure are lion's supper. 1Tim.4:1-2  show that the lion is still on the loose.  Jesus is our deliverer.

A spiritual picture in Judges 14:6.    It was not Samson, but the Spirit of God in him that defeated the lion.
See---  it is not weapons here.  2Cor. 10:4  the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God.      God bless.