Kings Shall Know…

"The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.' " Daniel 2:47 (NKJV) Babylon's king Nebuchadnezzar had a dream.  He had asked all his "counselors" to tell him the dream, and its interpretation - none …

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Set Your Heart

Daniel was praying, fighting a spiritual battle.  You will be able to see that as  you read the tenth chapter of Daniel.  He desired to understand what he had seen and heard concerning the visions and dreams.  As this "man" appears to him he is weakened, and then strengthened. We hear the messenger call Daniel …

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This Evil is Come Upon Us

We are looking at a recorded prayer of Daniel today.  Daniel is confessing the sins of his people, his nation while they are held captive in Babylon.  He has read the prophet Jeremiah (Daniel 9:2), and saw the great need for the repentance of the people.  The place to begin repentance is with myself. Hear …

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Honoring the King of Heaven

For the most part chapter four of Daniel is the writing of Nebuchadnezzar, sharing his personal testimony of a tragic, yet humbling, and redeeming time of his life and reign as king of Babylon.  He had grown proud and arrogant (4:28-30), and the King of heaven brought him down. The following are the final words …

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He That Reveals Secrets

Do you have any secrets?  Secrets that only you know, and you have shared with no one else; not even your husband, wife, friend, or any relative?  Guess what.  There is One who knows them.  Whether you believe it or not there is One who knows your thoughts, your dreams, your wants and desires.  He …

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Captive and Useful

Whether we Christians would like to admit it or not we are strangers in a foreign land.  That does not matter what part of the world we live in.  We are both citizens and captives in our respective countries, and lands. We are citizens of nations, because we are in the world.  We are captives …

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Our Hope in Troubled Times

"Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from …

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His Eternal Dominion

"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His …

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The Matter of a King Revealed

"Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are His: and He changeth the times and the seasons: He removeth kings, and setteth up kings: He giveth …

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111511 O man greatly beloved, fear not:

"Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, and said, 'O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong.' And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, 'Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened …

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111411 His dominion is an everlasting dominion

"I saw in the night visions, and, behold, One like the Son of Man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him.  And there was given Him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve Him: His …

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111311 Thy God whom thou servest continually, He will deliver thee

"Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, 'Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, 'That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.'  Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king …

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111211 …The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure

"And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.    Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone …

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