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Only God Is Able to Deliver Rev. Thomas A. West, Sr February 18, 2024 Daniel 3:1-28 Is there anyone in the house today who has ever been in a situation the seemed impossible to get out of. I'm talking about a sticky situation. You know the kind where the more you tried to get away from it, the more your…

It was the year 320, AD, when the Roman emperor Licinius ordered the people to worship him as an emperor god. To refuse such an order, was seen as treason, sedition from the Roman government and treason was punished by death. When the orders came down to the Roman 12th legion, 40 of it’s members refused…

Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Image 1 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the…

Hope in Exile Key Passage At this time some astrologers came forward and denounced the Jews. They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “May the king live forever! Your Majesty has issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music must fall down…

Joe Meek was a man who was obsessed. Born in Newent, Gloucestershire, England, in 1929, he was a boy who showed an early knack for electronics and a deep passion for music. In fact, by his teens, he had built his first radio transmitter, which was just one step on his journey into music and technology.…

Welcome Good morning everyone. Today we are continuing on in our sermon series on prayer. This will be our last Sunday looking at prayer, I will be home with a new baby next Sunday and then the following week we are going to begin our Advent series. For Advent this year we are going to go through the…

8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. Resolving to stand firm will bring opposition 4 And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples,…

Put yourself, it you can, in a scenario where the nation that you love so much has fallen. Your city was destroyed. And you have been taken captive. Everything you own has been destroyed or looted. Everyone you know if either dead or also taken captive to be a slave as you are. Are you carried off to…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

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…

The Gospel Project® for Adults Leader Guide ESV, Unit 16, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Summary and Goal Though leaders come and go, God remains. This session extols God’s unlimited power and goodness…

1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall…

The Gospel Project® for Adults Leader Guide ESV, Unit 16, Session 1 © 2019 LifeWay Christian Resources Permission granted to reproduce and distribute within the license agreement with purchaser. Summary and Goal Though leaders come and go, God remains. This session extols God’s unlimited power and goodness…

The Ground work the book of Esther narrates the actions of Esther and her cousin Mordecai as they save the Jewish people from genocide during the reign of King Xerxes (Ahasuerus King of Persia). these events take place in Persia’s capital city of Susa. Esther and many other Jews have settled here after…

INTRODUCTION From a Christian perspective, having overwhelming peace in times of hardship means Having an unshakable sense of calm and trust in God even in the midst of difficult circumstances. This kind of peace goes beyond mere human understanding and is the result of having a deep faith in God's goodness,…

20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And on some have compassion, making a distinction; 23 but others save with fear, pulling them out…

We need only a teeny weeny bit of it, Yet, sometimes we don’t seem to have enough; It doesn’t just see the obvious but takes hold of the unthinkable; Sometimes it defies logic yet it’s not blind; The courageous love it, the weak shun it; The intellectuals question it, the simple go through with it; It’s…

1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink;…

18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19 And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20…

Intro “In the year of Christ 286, a most remarkable affair occurred; a legion of [Roman] soldiers, consisting of six thousand six hundred and sixty-six men, contained none but Christians. This legion was called the Theban Legion, because the men had been raised in Thebias: they were quartered in the…

Perhaps you heard about the officer who was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial . The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman’s credibility.... Q: "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?" A: "No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description…

Introduction Daniel 3 continues to describe the challenges that Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah encountered during their forced relocation to Babylon. When faced with the option to defile themselves and disobey God, they bravely chose to obey. Despite all the problems, we see that God’s hand of…

Unbreakable - week 2 Do you remember the last strange dream you had? We’ve probably all had the dream where you show up to school or work in your underwear. When I was a kid I had so many dreams about being able to fly and being able to run faster by running on all fours like a dog that I believed they…

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…

Big Idea of the Message: No matter where you are in life, you are not forgotten by God. “This story takes place in Babylon, where the Jews are living as exiles. In Daniel 1 , the king requests some of the youth of the nobility to be sent to live in the palace. The characters of this story are all part…