Adult/Teen Bible Study Lesson 12, Jan 4, 2015
How is your prayer life? Have you prayed for anything this week? Have you ever prayed for anything and wondered why God was taking so long to answer? James 4:3 tells us that we do not receive answers because we are asking amiss. But delays in answers to prayer are not always due to our failures or God’s delay in answering. Sometimes the answers could be delayed because of spiritual warfare. This is exactly what happened to God’s response to Daniel’s prayers.
In this lesson we will consider: the dynamic of pursuing God in prayer, the privilege God extends to us through prayer, and the invisible spiritual perspective that will help us in our Christian life.
Daniel chapter ten is the preparation and background for the final vision that God gave to Daniel regarding his people and the future events. We will delve into the final vision in the next lesson. Let this present lesson teach you principles regarding your own personal walk with God.
Read Daniel 10:1 - 21
I. Pursuit – Dan. 10:1 – 3
1. What was revealed to Daniel and what does he tell us about it in the first verse of chapter 10?
2. What was Daniel doing for three full weeks? What was his activity during this time? (v. 2, 3)
3. What was the purpose for such activity? See verse 12. Who initiated this activity?
II. Privilege – Dan. 10:4 - 12
4. When and where did Daniel see the vision? (v. 4)
5. What was Daniel’s vision of? (v. 5)
6. Who seems to be described here? (v.6) Compare Revelation 1:13 – 17; 2:18.
7. Who saw this vision? (v.7, 8) Who had been deliberately seeking understanding? What principle might you conclude from these facts?
8. What was Daniel’s response to this great vision and the voice? (v.8, 9)
9. How was Daniel strengthened and encouraged? (v.10 – 12)
III. Perspective – Dan. 10:13 – 21
10. What reason does the messenger give for the delay in coming to Daniel? (v. 13)
11. What was Daniel to understand about the vision? (v.14)
12. How was this experience affecting Daniel? (v. 15 – 17)
13. What exhortation is Daniel given that we can also apply to our lives? (v. 19) Compare the following verses:
· 1 John 4:10, 16
· 1 John 4:18
· 2 Peter 1:2; John 14:27
· Philippians 4:13
14. What was still taking place in the spiritual realm? (v. 20, 21)
15. Do Christians today need to be concerned about such things as spiritual battles between good and evil angels? See Ephesians 6:10 – 13, 18.
Conclusion: Could it be that God desires us to be engaged in the battle for righteousness? Do our prayers have an effect on our ability to serve Him? Consider the exhortation given in 1 Timothy 2:1 – 3 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour. Are you willing to pay the price necessary to personally seek knowledge and understanding from God?
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