June 16th, 2024 - FIghting for Faith

Scripture Passage: Daniel 6

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Ancient History 101
Assyria, Babylonia, Media, Persia
Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius

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Daniel

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The Plot
7 the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict…

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Daniel’s Prayer Life
10 he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to God, just as he had done before.

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Lions’ Den

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Darius’ Faith
16 the king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!”

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Faithlessness and Faithfulness

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Adversity and Integrity

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When Daniel heard about the law forbidding his prayer, he did not rally the troops for a strike or armed resistance, he prepared himself for death. The same can be said concerning the three friends in Daniel 3. Christians do not fight for their beliefs by assaulting or killing, but by dying.

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Fighting for Faith