No Matter What
Series: Stand Alone Sermons
June 19, 2022
Dave Smith
We have no indication whatsoever that Daniel of the Scriptures was a father. However, for this Father's Day Sunday, we will take a glimpse at a familiar chapter in the book bearing his name about perhaps the most famous story of Daniel's life... the night he spent in a den of lions because he ignored the king's decree. ---------- But our message this week is not about a den of hungry lions. Instead, it is the character and integrity of the man that fueled the circumstances of not only this story, but every other story of his life contained in Scripture. Principles that guided his life and his faith in God that led him to follow, revere, and trust God NO MATTER WHAT!
Episode Notes
Daniel 6:2-9
BIG IDEA
We need to be different from the world... by being the same with God!
Daniel 6:10 — …when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.
- Choose to be dependable (2 Corinthians 13:5)
- Choose to be determined (Psalm 17:1-5)
- Choose to be devoted (Daniel 3:16-18)
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” —John Wooden
- Act with consistency (Acts 4:18-20)
“Obedience is an act of faith; disobediences is the result of unbelief.” —Edwin Louis Cole
- Act with confidence (Psalm 146:3-5, Philippians 3:3b-4, 7-9a)
- Pray with persistence (Luke 18:2-5, Ephesians 6:18)
- Pray with perception (Acts 5:41)
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