Daniel 9:16-19

We who are called by His name represent the Godhead. Our lives should be a reflection of not only His grace, mercy and love but also of our ability to do what is right because we love Him and He loves His creation. He is kind to the unkind and merciful to those who do not merit mercy (such as we once were). My hope and prayer is that in doing His will and abiding in His love we will be living examples of the transformation that comes to all who accept His salvation in Christ Jesus. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit and collectively we are the Body of Christ… we should see His reflection in both.

It is important to note that the only basis for Daniel’s appeal was the grace of God.

Daniel 9:16-19

¹⁶ “O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us. ¹⁷ Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord’s sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate. ¹⁸ O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies. ¹⁹ O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.”

Now therefore, stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord which He did to you and your fathers: 

1 Samuel 12:7

In You, O Lord, I put my trust; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness. 

Psalm 31:1

And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to the Lord for it; for in its peace you will have peace. 

Jeremiah 29:7

and when they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name: 

1 Kings 8:48

O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it for Your name’s sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You. 

Jeremiah 14:7

yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong, we have committed wickedness’; 

1 Kings 8:47