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In Daniel 4, Nebuchadnezzar encounters the power of the God of Israel for a third and final time. What is God trying to teach this great king? What does Nebuchadnezzar learn? What can we learn, today, from this clash of human empire and divine sovereign? Join Malcolm as he delves into the drama of Daniel chapter 4.

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19 Haftarah: Isaiah 54:1–10 Review Three Weeks Picture of the Three Weeks of Sorrow/ 3 Rebukes 7 Consolations: “Nachamu Nachamu,” the doubled consoling. Comforted but Zion said Sometimes, you can feel alone even when you are with the one you love, especially when they…

Story of Daniel and his friends being brought out of their nation, their culture. Daniel and his friends stayed true to their faith and enjoyed the culture and influenced it. Most people today think we have to choose sides… either give in to the culture or live a life if faith. As we look at Daniel,…

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…

Pride goeth before the fall. This was a favorite verse of mine as a child, because I loved to quote it against my siblings if I thought they were acting arrogantly about anything. It was one of my favorite weapon verses, that was handy to whip out to guilt someone into a change of behavior. Imagine my…

Interpretation 19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was dismayed for a while, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.” Belteshazzar answered and said, “My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its…

King Nebuchadnezzar’s feelings towards Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had changed quickly. Going from “do you think your God is greater than me” and “throw them in the fiery furnace”, his tune changed to “worship their God” and “you’ll be torn limb from limb if you don’t”. I don’t know that his attitude…

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…

Remember the message of the book of Amos. Big Idea of Amos: Sin has consequences, responsibility accompanies privilege, God is faithful, and whether your circumstances are from your choices or outside forces, there is hope for the hopeless. In the Bible, visions and dreams are often revelatory in nature.…

When we are Thankful We are more satisfied 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Be thankful unto him, and bless his name. When we take all the praise. We turn into People we don’t want to be. 24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most…

Intro Can you see the stars? If you look out the window can you see the stars? What if I told you there was a way that you could, right now, in the middle of the day, see the stars? You might think that you would need to climb up really high and stick your head out of the atmosphere so you could see....…

Overcoming Conflict We are studying the first few chapters of the book of Daniel and barely scratching the surface of the amazing wisdom set forth by Daniel and his friends. The book of Daniel is one of the most appropriate books in scripture that addresses the challenges we face in our culture today.…

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…

What could possibly be bigger than me? Who is in control of everything? (Hint) Who created the universe and everything in it? God All strength and power, all wisdom, knowledge and understanding, all talent, gifting and abilities, all wealth and authority belong to and are given by God the creator, weather…

When we call ourselves Christians, we will usually acknowledge that God is in control. We admit that He is sovereign. But to what extent? What are the things that we say that God is sovereign over, but then we are anxious about? We come back to King Neb. He has seen the power of God to reveal dreams,…

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…

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…

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…

Intro Story of Daniel and his friends being brought out of their nation, their culture. Daniel and his friends stayed true to their faith and enjoyed the culture and influenced it. Most people today think we have to choose sides… either give in to the culture or live a life if faith. As we look at Daniel,…

Be careful what you think will bring you peace and happiness. Financial success does not equal happiness or peace. Watch out for pride. We will see it in the story of Neb. Neb has a dream that doesn’t put him at rest. We have something that the world does not have - the Lord. Be spirit filled! Neb attested…

Vengeance, Revenge, Retribution, Retaliation. Fearful words that have brought immeasurable suffering to the world. Words which describe some of the thinking behind the endless cycles of violence which we see all around us. Thinking which we wish would go away when we see it applied on our TV screens…

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…

Exiled to Babylon in 605 B.C., Daniel was one of several young men chosen to serve in Nebuchadnezzar’s court. When Persia conquered Babylon in 539, Daniel was again given a position of power. He remained faithful to God in both of these hostile environments. From the interpretation of dreams, to the…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…