*Seeing God’s Plan
Message Notes
Ray Parascando *
*Isaiah 55:8 / CEB, “My plans aren’t your plans, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.”
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1.Stay in
Daniel 9:20-22 / NLT, “While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill— 21 while I was still in prayer, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice. 22 He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.”
Psalm 86:11 / NLT, “Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to your truth! Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you.”
Psalm 119:27 / NLT, “Help me understand the meaning of your commandments, and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds.”
2.Remember that God
Daniel 9:23 / NLT, “The moment you began praying, a command was given. And now I am here to tell you what it was, for you are very precious to God. Listen carefully so that you can understand the meaning of your vision.”
First Peter 5:7 / ESV, “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
3. Hurry up and
Daniel 9:24-27/ NLT, “A period of seventy sets of seven has been decreed for your people and your holy city to finish their rebellion, to put an end to their sin, to atone for their guilt, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to confirm the prophetic vision, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. 25 Now listen and understand! Seven sets of seven plus sixty-two sets of seven will pass from the time the command is given to rebuild Jerusalem until a ruler—the Anointed One—comes. Jerusalem will be rebuilt with streets and strong defenses, despite the perilous times. 26 “After this period of sixty-two sets of seven, the Anointed One will be killed, appearing to have accomplished nothing, and a ruler will arise whose armies will destroy the city and the Temple. The end will come with a flood, and war and its miseries are decreed from that time to the very end. 27 The ruler will make a treaty with the people for a period of one set of seven, but after half this time, he will put an end to the sacrifices and offerings. And as a climax to all his terrible deeds, he will set up a sacrilegious object that causes desecration, until the fate decreed for this defiler is finally poured out on him.”
Psalm 27:14 / ESV, “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!”
My next steps
Read: Daniel 9
Memorize: Isaiah 55:8; Psalm 27:14, 86:11, 119:27; 1 Peter 5:7
Wait well for God’s plan to unfold.
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