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Sunday, January 29, 2023

Text: Daniel 4:1-3

Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.” (NLT)

#1—The End—Nebuchadnezzar’s Testimony

Daniel 4:1-3

#2—The Dream

Daniel 4:4-187     

#3—The Dream’s Meaning

Daniel 4:19-27

#4—Fulfillment of the Dream

Daniel 4:28-33

#5—Lesson Learned

Daniel 4:34-37

Acts 17:28 “for in Him we live and move and have our being,”

Proverbs 16:18 “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

Proverbs 18:12 “Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty, and before honor is humility.”

Additional Scriptures for consideration: Proverbs 3:34; 11:2; 16:18; 18:12; Jeremiah 9:23; James 4:6, 10; and 1 Peter 5:5

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Text: Daniel 3:14-18

Bible Reading: Joshua 1:9 “This is my command—be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” (NLT)

#1–King Nebuchadnezzar—

            Daniel 1:10— “you would endanger my head…..”

            Daniel 2:12—”destroy all the wise men of Babylon”

#2–The story of the golden image and the command to bow—

            Daniel 3:1-13—

#3–Enter Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—

            Daniel 3:14-18

#4–Three great phrases from the Old Testament—

            Judges 16:22 “the hair of his head began to grow again….”

            Ezekiel 37:7— “there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling;”

            Daniel 3:18— “but if not….”

#5–Why Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego did not bow—

            Exodus 20:3-5

#6–Daniel 3:19—Seven times hotter

#7–Daniel 3:24—Now there are four?

Psalm 34:17-19 “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. {18} The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart and saves such as have a contrite spirit. {19} Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord deliver him out of them all.”

John 16:33 “In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

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Sunday, January 15, 2023

Text: Daniel 1:8-14; 15-17; & 18-21

Bible Reading: Psalm 84:11-12 “For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right. O Lord of Heaven’s armies, what joy for those who trust in you.” (NLT)

#1–Review: Daniel 1:2—God’s judgment upon Judah (Israel)

          Prophesied in Habakkuk 1:5-7a & Isaiah 39

#2–Daniel 1:8-14—Daniel and his friends made a choice not to allow their circumstances to become a source of bitterness or anger.

They did not get angry with God

They did not allow themselves to become offended

They did not turn their back on God or the beliefs they had grown up

• Double-down—to continue to do something in an even more determined way than before

Verse 9—God’s favor

Verse 10—Fear of King Nebuchadnezzar

#3–Daniel 1:15-17—The results are in!

• If you want good outcomes in your life, you must make sure that what you put in, is what God has for you

#4—Daniel 1:18-21—Three years later……

Verse 21—Daniel’s length of service to the Babylonian & Persian kings was 65-70 years

“Being in the world is much like a chemist handling poison. We must be careful to that we do not ingest it.” Warren Wiersbe

Romans 12:1-2 “I beseechyou therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. ² And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

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Sunday, January 8, 2023

Text: Daniel 1:1-7

Bible Reading: Psalm 9:9-10 “The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.” (NLT)

Text: Daniel 1:1-7

#1—It’s not fair!

Verse 3—Kidnapped

Verse 4—The Cream of the crop

Verse 5—Babylonian Brainwashing

          Three years—

          Food that had been offered to idols; food that was contrary to Hebrew laws

Literature that denies the supremacy of God; Literature that puts forth many false gods

Verse 6—Hebrew names tell us a lot

          Daniel—God is my judge

          Hananiah—The Lord is gracious

          Mishael—Who is what God is?

          Azariah—the Lord has helped me

Verse 7—New Babylonian names

          Belteshazzar—Bel (chief god of Babylon) protects my life

          Shadrach—Servant of Aku, the moon god

          Meshach—the shadow of the prince or who is this?

          Abednego—Servant of Nego, the god of wisdom or morning star

Why did these “bad” things happen to these “good people?”

What led to these events? Why was there a 70-year exile?

          Leviticus 25:4–

God had not abandoned Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. God as not abandoned us!

Psalm 9:9-10 “The Lord is a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.”