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Opening
Last Sunday we started this series entitled “Starting the Year with Daniel”
We learned a few things that we can, or must do whenever we face difficult situations
Through Daniel, the words of Jesus was again proven trustworthy by God
Jesus said, “what is impossible with men, is possible with God” (Matthew 19:26)
What are evidently impossible to the magicians, astrologers, fortune tellers, are made possible by God
God revealed to Daniel the interpretation of king Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, and he got promoted as ruler over Babylon, and in charge of all its wise men
Who wants to be promoted?
Let me see your hands...
BREATHE!
But before that happened, there were series of things that Daniel did
Things where we can learn “cross cultural” and “cross generational” principles that are still applicable today in our daily modern lives
BREATHE!
These are not in your outline, you may go ahead and write them down if you may…
When reading the Bible, sometimes you find yourselves wondering when you encounter things that may be inexplicable, or things that may be bizarre
Things that seems to be irrelevant to our time and culture
Take note that what we are studying today are written about 2,500 years and many cultures ago, and in the passing of time, a lot of things have changed
BREATHE!
We know that God talks to us, through His Spirit, primarily through His Word, the Bible
If you recall, I had a sermon that taught about how God talks to us
I compared and illustrated "how God talks to us” by using the stars in the constellation
That receiving the messages of God, is like connecting those stars
And one of those stars, as a matter of fact, the very prime one, is His Word, the Bible
We believe that the Bible is the supreme authority of our faith, and understanding it very carefully is truly crucial
We believe that the words in the Bible are written by inspired men of God
We believe that it is infallible, in other words, it never fails
We believe that is in inerrant, meaning, free from error
And important things such as cultural, historical and grammatical background shall be cautiously considered whenever we try to interpret the scriptures
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Because our first goal in interpreting the Bible is to know what the author meant to the original audience, or first hearers
And the second goal should be, to find what a passage says to us “today”
Keep in mind that there is only one interpretation
However, while there is only one interpretation, there could be several “principles” where we can learn sevaral “life applications”
I’ll be talking more on this when we start our Sunday School Course on “Hermeneutics” this Spring
Meanwhile, let me go back to my sermon
BREATHE!
Facing your “Mission Impossible” the way Daniel did, could deliver you through, and could get you promoted in various fields
Promoted at work, career, family, school or even promotion in the ministry of God
We learned from Daniel how we should face tough, difficult or impossible-looking scenarios
The first 6 things we learned from Daniel are:
Don’t Panic
Ask Why
Never Rush and Ask for Time
Invite people to pray with you (Life Group)
Empathize with Others (even with the unbelievers)
Lay your Problems and Petitions before God
As we continue to look into the life of Daniel, turn your Bible to
Turn your Bible to
Text: Daniel Interprets the Dream
While you do that, let me take you to the words that God gave to Jeremiah
Jeremiah by the way is a contemporary of Daniel
Their prophetic activities are some time around the 6th Century before Christ
And here is what God said through Jeremiah
And that was what Daniel and his friends exactly did, they called upon the most high God
And the mystery of King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream was revealed to them
Facing the Impossible with Daniel (continued)
The 7th thing that we can learn from Daniel when facing the impossible is to…
Facing the Impossible with Daniel (continued)
7. Ask God for Supernatural Help
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Ask and it shall be given
Seek and you shall find
Knock and doors will be opened
8. Praise the God of Heaven
Praise His name
Praise His name
What’s in a name?
How important is your name to you?
What are you willing to give or do, to protect your name?
To those of you who have children, did you find it challenging when you named your kids?
Did you ever wonder what your name truly means?
I googled my name and this is what I got
English form of the Roman family name Antonius, which is of unknown Etruscan origin.
The most notable member of the Roman family was the general Marcus Antonius (called Mark Antony in English), who for a period in the 1st century BC ruled the Roman Empire jointly with Augustus.
When their relationship turned sour, he and his mistress Cleopatra were attacked and forced to commit suicide, as related in Shakespeare's tragedy 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1606).
The name became regularly used in the Christian world due to the fame of Saint Anthony the Great, a 4th-century Egyptian hermit who founded Christian monasticism.
Its popularity was reinforced in the Middle Ages by the 13th-century Saint Anthony of Padua, the patron saint of Portugal.
It has been commonly (but incorrectly) associated with Greek ανθος (anthos) "flower", which resulted in the addition of the h to this spelling in the 17th century.
My name is most popular here in the United States followed by Canada, and least popular in the Netherlands
What about Emmanuel?… it means “God with us”
How important is your name to you?
What are you willing to give or do, to protect your name?
Our name, shem in Hebrew is very important
It represents who we are, our character, our personality, our reputation
In Ecclesiastes says these
“Fine perfume”, in other translations, “Precious Ointment”, may literally means great wealth
Because in the ancient world, an abundance of oil was a sign of wealth
Hence, the passage means that a good name is better than great wealth
The scripture also said that our day of death is better than the day of birth, what does that mean?
It means, it is what you make up of your name while you live, and until you die
That’s why we put “epitaph” in the tombstones of those who passed
BREATHE!
So turn to your neighbor and ask...
How fragrant is your name?
How reputable is your name?
Did people baptized you with an Alias?
Anthony the “cheater”, Anthony the “adulterer”, the “arrogant”
Philip the “thief”
Ryan the “liar”
“Juan Tamad”
You don’t want those negative aliases attached to your names, do you?
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