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Scripture Reading: Daniel 6:20-23 . Title of Message: God is Faithful “God is faithful!” Silas’s Accident Praying for your spiritual refreshment this week Pastor and for satan to be subdued. It must be important if all of these distractions have occurred already. - Jon Griffeth “God is faithful!” Deuteronomy…

Today we are going to start another series of sermons in Daniel. I know we have not yet finished John. We will return to John. However, at this time, I believe it would be good for us to spend some time with Daniel. The book of Daniel takes us along with Daniel to Babylon, where he served for about 70…

Introduction Last week we looked at the Rise of Greece The division of Alexander the Great’s empire into four parts. The Rise of the Seleucid king, Antiochus IV His persecution of the Jews. =============== Then we transitioned to his greater and later counterpart, the end times antichrist. He will win…

Tell me! (Telephone ringing slide) _ _ _ _ _ _ do not read below_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Wise men were not very wise were they? But God’s wisdom was made known to Daniel and now time to let the king know the meaning of the dream. (Intro/illustration) You went to the doctor, you told him your symptoms, he did…

Review In the sixth chapter of Daniel, the Babylonian Empire is consigned to history, but Daniel continues on under the rule of the Medes and the Persians. Much more, he is elevated to a high position of power. Daniel, by his pleasant disposition and by his diligence, earned the favor of Darius the Mede.…

History Lesson Chapter 10 of Daniel introduces the final vision of Daniel. It is important to pay attention to context. It is a prophesy, a specific prophesy as it will impact specific people. 14 “Now I have come to give you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the latter days, for…

Review In Daniel 6:10-14 , we learned that no matter our season of life, God never stops testing our consecration. By this time, Daniel may have been 80-90 years old, but still, his faithfulness in prayer and his faithfulness to the Lord was going to face a severe test. Daniel’s enemies set a trap and…

Daniel 6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom; and over them three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss. Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other high…

Intro: We’ve been making our way through Daniel chapter 6 and last week we ended with Daniel being thrown into the Lion’s den and a huge stone, sealed with the signets of the King and the other political leaders being placed over the opening of the den. Part of what we looked at last week were the charges…

Intro: George Müller was a Christian evangelist and the director of the Ashley Down orphanage in Bristol, England. He lived from 1805 - 1895… (Betty??) If you have never read or heard the biography of George Müller, I would highly encourage you to do so. George Müller was a man of prayer… The following…

Key Passage In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god…

Intro: Last week we opened chapter 6 of Daniel. This is where we find the famous Sunday School lesson of “Daniel in the Lion’s Den”… and, as is my custom, we are taking our time going through this account even though it may seem like a familiar story. Last week we looked at Daniel’s Faithfulness… 1.…

Intro: Today we open up Chapter 6 of Daniel. This is where we find the account of “Daniel in the Lion’s Den”. I have to admit… when I first came to this chapter I had to go back a read it over again because, the first time I read it this week, I basically skimmed over it due to its familiarity. In doing…

1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and…

“He is” - the stranger in the fire The Son of Man coming in the clouds of Heaven Messiah would be 'a son of man' given an everlasting kingdom ( Dan 7:13-14 , Luke 1:31-34 ) Messiah (Anointed One) would come 483 years after the decree to rebuild Jerusalem ( Dan 9:25 , John 12:12-23 ) Messiah (Anointed…

Daniel’s faith in God remained secure even though Daniel was an exile in a foreign land; what features of secure faith can we learn from Daniel’s example of faith?

Last week we began a series called Prayer that Works. We looked Elijah’s prayer and how we can pray like a righteous man. Today we are going to look at the prayer of Daniel. How many of you pray a prayer and then you feel like giving up? Supposedly this is a true story. There was a Welsh Woman who lived…

Intro Frankly, I don’t know where to start with this passage today. It has been the hardest passage to deal with for preaching, not because the content is so obscure or confusing, but because it seems so irrelevant and unimportant to us here today in 2021. Why do we care about all these details of ancient…

Intro Ready to have you mind blown? I know for some of you what you will hear this morning will be new and weird and wonderful. It will open up you eyes to read the scripture in a way that you’ve never appreciated before. Some of you will think it’s crazy, and I can live with that. Some of our English…

Intro Emerging Patterns We took a break from Daniel last week, but now we’re back into it. Do you remember where we’ve been in Daniel so far? Quick refresher... God’s people of Israel had been defeated and several waves of God is faithful to provide for his people in exile. A series of stories make up…

King Nebuchadnezzar, To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth: May you prosper greatly! It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me. How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal…

Intro Apocalypse - what does it mean? In means “Revelation” Apocalyptic writing is confusing and weird, but ultimately it is there to reveal a message, not hide it. So we’re looking at apocalyptic writing today. It may be confusing and strange, but it is here to reveal God to us. To reveal his plan of…

1 In the third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first. 2 And I saw in the vision; and when I saw, I was in Susa the citadel, which is in the province of Elam. And I saw in the vision, and I was at the Ulai canal. 3 I raised my…

Daniel and his friends experienced a forced adventure when they were taken away to Babylon. And every choice they made led to a specific consequence. However, these men made choices based on their faith in God, and God blessed and preserved His faithful ones in a dangerous foreign land. Today we have…

Intro Recap: God is the Hero of Daniel - Demonstrating God’s faithfulness to his faithful few while they are exiles away from home. Series of stories on a theme - it’s not a history book, it is a book of encouragement with highlights from Daniel’s career. This chapter compliments chapter 3 - just like…