Sermon Tone Analysis

How do we find some certainty in our lives?

Tell the story of Daniel’s capture and overall life.

Being offered comfort and choice options to entice or tempt you.

We go to comforts to distract ourselves from living in our true identity.

Daniel = “God is my judge”.

Hananiah = “God has favoured”.

Mishael = “who is what God is”

Azariah = “Jehovah has helped”.

Belteshazzar = “lord of the straitened’s treasure”

Shadrach = “royal” or “the great scribe”.

Meshach = “guest of a king”.

Abed-nego = “servant of Nebo”.

This is what we came to talk about.

Daniel made up his mind, resolved, and purposed in his heart.

He wanted permission to eat what he knew God had said was good to eat.

Is there something God has challenged you to make up your mind, resolve, and purpose in your heart to do?

Is there something He wants you to say yes to and in turn no to something else?

What is Holy Spirit telling you to eat instead?

Maybe you are already doing this.

Maybe God told you to not do something and start doing something else already and you have been walking in that direction.

The next challenge is have you tested and purposefully looked at the results of your obedience?

He then challenged those in charge of his life to test after ten days to see who was better.

How do we find some certainty in our lives?

If we really want something certain and sure in your lives, we need to hear His voice and act on that.

Certainty comes from hearing God and acting on what you heard.

We need to make up our minds, resolve, and purpose in our heart to walk that direction.

We need to test and look at the fruit and results of those choices.

Look and see in ten days to see the results of what God is doing because of your obedience.

The fruits of the Spirit comes from looking at the fruit of following the voice of God.

Activation:

What is Holy Spirit telling you to eat?

This could be:

Praying daily, Praying over strangers, praying in tongs, instead of your phone, instead of

eating healthy, stop drinking and drinking water instead,

stopping a bad habit and adding something good in its place,

Holy Spirit could tell you what He wanting for you.

Confidence, peace, trust, loved, brave...

Test and see the fruit of your obedience.

Look in ten days of being consistent to see the benefits of what God is doing because of your obedience.

After being consistent for ten days look to see the fruit.

If you know the objective look at that area specifically to see the fruit.

Confidence, peace, trust, loved, brave...

Other Resources:

made up his mind

3820 לֵב, לֵב קָמָי [leb /labe/] n m.

A form of 3824; TWOT 1071a; GK 4213 and 4214; 592 occurrences; AV translates as “heart” 508 times, “mind” 12 times, “midst” 11 times, “understanding” 10 times, “hearted” seven times, “wisdom” six times, “comfortably” four times, “well” four times, “considered” twice, “friendly” twice, “kindly” twice, “stouthearted + 47” twice, “care + 7760” twice, and translated miscellaneously 20 times. 1 inner man, mind, will, heart, understanding.

1A inner part, midst.

1A1 midst (of things).

1A2 heart (of man).

1A3 soul, heart (of man).

1A4 mind, knowledge, thinking, reflection, memory.

1A5 inclination, resolution, determination (of will).

1A6 conscience.

1A7 heart (of moral character).

1A8 as seat of appetites.

1A9 as seat of emotions and passions.

1A10 as seat of courage.

3823 לָבַב, לָבַב [labab /law·bab/] v.

A primitive root; TWOT 1071, 1071d; GK 4220 and 4221; Five occurrences; AV translates as “ravished my heart” twice, “make” once, “made cakes” once, and “be wise” once. 1 to ravish, become intelligent, get a mind.

1A (Niphal) to take heart, become enheartened, become intelligent.

1B (Piel) to ravish the heart, encourage, make heart beat faster. 2 (Piel) to make cakes, bake cakes, cook bread.