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Introduction Sometimes the reputation of God suffers because of the regrettable behavior of professing Christians. You are walking through the break room at work and overhear a conversation. A woman in your office is venting about why she will never attend church because of some past grievances. As you…

Intro: We have been making our way through the Book of Daniel. Last week we finished Chapter 8 and instead of starting Chapter 9 today, I decided that it may be a good spot to interject a sermon that goes along with our theme and hopefully answers a question that I have heard many times and have also…

Sermon 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…

Jubilee Community Church Philippians 1:8–11 (KJV 1900) For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere…

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…

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…

Introduction Sometimes your Willingness to Wait on God will Cause Others to Despise You 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…

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 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…

Illustration: A Ridiculous Law 8.44.020 Permit Required. The wearing of shoes with heels which measure more than two inches in height and less than one square inch of bearing surface upon the public streets and sidewalks of the City is prohibited, without the wearer’s first obtaining a permit for the…

Unbreakable Faith We’ve been looking at the life of Daniel and his friends for the last 4 weeks. They all faced a changing culture that ripped everything they were familiar with away from them then demanded that they change and be like a new culture. Their changing culture demanded that instead of relying…

Tough as Nails Today we are starting a new series we are calling “Unbreakable”. In this series we are going to look at the first few chapters of the book of Daniel. For several weeks now, God has been putting Daniel on my mind. Specifically this early part of his life. As I was preparing for this series…

We have been going through the study of God being on the throne. When Jerusalem was overthrown, God was in control. When Daniel and his friends went in exile to Babylon, God was in control. When king Nebuchadnezzar thought he had almighty power, God is still on the throne. In chapter 3 we looked at Hananiah,…

Having the right stuff, which is God’s spirit. Pride Excellent Spirit Jealousy worship Faithfulness ( 4 vs ) Deliverance The true God. Throughout the kingdom there were 120 district officials or satraps (the Persian name for the officials). Leadership Ministries Worldwide. (2008). Daniel-Hosea (p. 77).…

Mission Updates Verse Memorization If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life,…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Be Excellent! We are called to be excellent in all that we do, and do all things in the name of the Lord (Col3:17). Daniel is going to be a great example of being excellent in our passage today. 17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Introduction 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? Question: What does it mean to live by faith? Faith is more than a feeling.…

Love and Courage 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” Jesus…

Daniel is old now. Served under the reign of Neb from 605-562 B.C. - 43 years. Darius came to power in 521 BC. Don’t be afraid to live an upright life! Daniel had an excellent spirit. King planned to set him over the entire kingdom. The other officials were not happy! They tried to find fault with him.…

Matthew 2:1-12 Tradition and Truth Who were the wisemen? Where did they come from? Magi- Persian king makers, possibly descended from Daniel’s leadership of Satraps ( Dan. 6 ) kept the memory of Daniel’s revelation of the presentation of Mashiach Nagid ( Dan. 9 ) possibly influenced by strong Jewish…

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…

Courage Under Fire As we start, I want you to imagine yourself in a room filled with powerful individuals — individuals who hold your future in their hands. They give you a choice: to stay quiet about your faith in Jesus Christ or face severe consequences. What would you do? Would you keep quiet for…

Intro; As we come to the end of our study on “What Is Faith?” , we’re going to look at a montage of people and their faith. One main theme runs through these last verses on faith and it’s “A Faith that Perseveres”. The word perseverance means “to bear up under.” It describes someone who remains steadfast…