OK, so I know I just posed a lot about the program I'm doing right now and the kind of work they have us doing, but I also want to share some pretty big news with you guys. I haven't told many people until now because I wasn't sure, but now I am happy to announce that I will be coming back to YWAM to staff the Awaken DTS in April! xD
I love YWAM and I love seeing the change in people's lives when they go through DTS. It changed my life when I did mine and I have seen many of my now friends grow in huge ways from the discipleship they received here. It is an awesome program that I highly recommend to anyone who wants to grow radically in their relationship with God. I have been honored to be a part of it in the past and I am trilled to get to be a part of it again! I wasn't exactly planning on staffing again, although it's something that I do love very much. God hadn't given me any indication in the last couple years that He was going to have me do it again, so I had accepted the fact that my ministry would be done somewhere else. But over the last month, He had started putting it on my heart pretty heavily again and so I looked into it. I prayed a lot about it and felt His direction to staff the DTS in April, which just so happens to be the one that three of my good friends are leading! ^_^ They prayed about it and have accepted me onto their team!! ...So if you've ever given thought to doing a DTS, you should consider coming to do ours in April! ;D It's gonna be a blast!! Now that that plan is in place, it changes everything I thought was going to happen next year... I am looking into finding housing for that time period and have already started breaking down what my budget will have to be. Simply to cover flights, housing, and food, I will need to have around $1,800 in monthly support. That's not including things like personal living expenses (shampoo, gas money, etc.) I'm really handing that over to God to provide, because I have no idea where that's going to come from. Thankfully, I already have a handful of people in my life who have been incredible blessings in partnering with supporting me. I am praying that God would put it on even more people's hearts to join that team so I can keep advancing in the kingdom work God has me doing. As always, I will be working during the short couple of months I'm at home and also looking for more creative ways to fund-raise. The good thing is that I have peace that this is what He's calling me to, so He is the one who is faithful to make a way for this to happen. He's come through in miraculous ways in the past and I have confidence that He won't abandon me now.
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I already shared a post about Daniel, but I thought I'd add Ezekiel just for good measure. Ma props to anyone who actually has the patience to read either of these - I just wanted to put it out there for anyone who's actually interested. Plus, I get a lot of personal revelation from doing these so I think it's something people should try doing on their own if you ever want to take the time to. It only takes an hour or two to read it and highlight these verses (unless you pick an obscenely long book like Genesis) EzekielContext:
Ezekiel, son of Buzi, was from a priestly family that had been exiled to the land of Babylon. He had been carried off into exile along with many of his people during the second exile at the hands of king Nebuchadnezzar in 597 BC. (Nelson’s, pg 219) He was 30 years old, the age when priests would have begun their service in the temple, when God called him into service as a prophet instead. Based on his response to God asking him to eat defiled food, it also appears as if his family was one of the few that had remained faithful to God. (Kerry Neve Ast) This call came in the year 593 BC, and he continued serving God as a prophet until about 571 BC. (Source View, pg 1054) During this time, he lived among the community of exiles in Babylon and spoke out only what God gave him words and signs for. During this time, the Jewish exiles eagerly awaited and expected that they would get to go back to Judah soon, but Ezekiel warned them otherwise. When Jerusalem was finally destroyed and the temple burned in 586, the people probably realized that this was never going to happen. At this time, the words Ezekiel gave shifted from warning the people to giving them hope that there would be restoration eventually. After they failed to repent and the city was destroyed, his call for hope would have seemed ridiculous yet welcome. The thought of true restoration would have seemed beyond unlikely, yet Ezekiel and the other prophets had been proved right and so there was good reason to believe them. Nevertheless, they still had to stay and wait in Babylon until the determined 70 years had passed. Summary: The purpose of Ezekiel’s prophecies was to warn the people that they needed to repent – both the people in exile with him and the people still in Jerusalem. The people were still living in rebellion against God, even as they were being judged for their sins. There was still a chance to avoid complete destruction, and so he was calling for complete repentance at the last minute. After that did not work, he began preaching of hope of restoration to remind them that they had not been abandoned by God. In this, he repeats themes like the rebellious house of Israel, individual retribution, and that God does not take pleasure in the death of the wicked. The main idea is to bring awareness of God’s kingdom to people who were too far into sin to know what was true or not. Ezekiel was the voice of God’s plans speaking into a backwards and upside down world. “Like the books of Daniel and Revelation, Ezekiel belong to the genre of “apocalyptic” writings.” (Nelson’s, 220) “The book of Ezekiel can be broken into four sections:” -The call and commission of Ezekiel (chs. 1-3). In this section, Ezekiel gets called as a watchmen to warn his people. His tongue is also bound so he can only speak the words God gives him. -The judgement on Judah (chs. 4-24). During this time, Ezekiel has a vision about the atrocious sin going on in the temple in Jerusalem. He also enacts many different symbols that God gives him to do, such as laying siege to a clay city and digging a hole through the wall of his house. -The judgement on the Gentiles (chs. 25-32). In Jewish mindset, the fact that there are 7 chapters of judgement symbolizes the number of completion and the complete judgement upon their enemies. This is a section that would give them comfort and hope. (Kerry Neve Ast) The nations that are judged in this section are Tyre and Egypt. It also gives an allegory of the king of egypt being like an eagle and Judah being a lofty cedar tree. Chapter 28, which talks about the king of Tyre, has also been interpreted by some to describe Satan. -The restoration of Israel (chs. 33-48). Also in this section, the armies of Gog and Magog assemble against the righteous ones of God, but God defeats them. Ezekiel also sees a vision of the temple yet to come, which is very different than the temple they had known previously. (Nelson’s, pg 220) Character and Nature: “But look, I have made you as obstinate and hardhearted as they are. I have made your forehead as hard as the hardest rock!” (Ezekiel 3:8-9) I think this is one of my favorite verse in the Bible. (I just laugh so hard!) God knew who He was sending Ezekiel to talk to and He knew that they were going to give him a hard time, so he prepared Ezekiel for everything he would encounter. This preparation came in the form of giving him the words to say, yes, but it was also a preparation of the quality of his heart. God doesn’t want to send His children in before He gives them the tools they will need…in Ezekiel’s case, this meant being the most stubborn Jew he could possibly be (which is saying a lot!). “Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel.” (Ezekiel 3:17) God knew His people needed as many warning as possible, so He put people in place to be those voices of warning. A watchman’s job was to see disaster coming and give the people a heads up. God didn’t want to give them any excuse that they didn’t know what was going to happen. He’s a God who doesn’t want to catch us off guard. “I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be speechless and unable to rebuke them, for they are rebels. But when I give you a message, I will loosen your tongue and let you speak.” (Ezekiel 3:26-27) This is actually a verse God has spoken over me an multiple different times in my life. I think for us to truly speak purely from God, we need to learn not to speak from ourselves. For Ezekiel, this was much more literal than for most. God wants His messengers to be reliable and consistent, so He will enable us to speak only His truth by whatever means necessary. “They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for idols.” (Ezekiel 6:9) I could go on and on about this, but I think the meaning is pretty easily understood. YHVH is a God of deep, passionate emotions, and He felt their betrayal and rejection deeper than we could ever understand from our own heartbreak. The people didn’t realize that, but He wanted to show them. “I will turn my eyes from them as these robbers invade and defile my treasured land.” (Ezekiel 7:22) God cannot stand the sight of evil being done where He intended good. His precious and treasured possession is still important to Him even when they are being disciplined, and He still did not want to see this disaster befall them even when it was so deserved. “Although I have scattered you in the countries of the world, I will be a sanctuary to you during your time in exile.” (Ezekiel 11:16) SO MUCH GRACE!!! God is the place we can run to no matter what. Even in the midst of receiving a completely due punishment, we can run to Him and be guaranteed His covering. “So I, YHVH, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves. I will do this to capture the minds and hearts of all my people who have turned from me to worship their detestable idols.” (Ezekiel 14:4-5) Nothing He does is truly out of anger. Even His discipline is out of love and a desire for restored relationship. YHVH is not a vengeful, spiteful God like the pagan Gods. He is so far above that, and He proved it every way possible. “As surely as I live, says sovereign YHVH, I take no pleasure in the death of wicked people. I only want them to turn from their wicked ways so they can live.” (Ezekiel 33:11) God does not delight in seeing us suffer, even when we have rejected Him completely. Even the wicked were originally made in His image. He dreamed about them and their futures too, and He loves them from that place even when they grieve His heart so much. “But I judge each of you according to your deeds.” (Ezekiel 33:20) God is just. He does not play favorites. He uses the same measure to weigh every single human heart and we can know that whatever the result, it is entirely fair. GRP: “I, sovereign YHVH, will gather you back from the nations where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel once again.” (Ezekiel 11:17) Even when He is sending them out, He is already planning their welcome home party. Even when they don’t deserve to live, He is planning on building them back up to be strong and healthy. However much pain they have to go through, He wants to give them even more blessing after that. “And I will give them singleness of heart and put a new spirit within them. I will take away their stony, stubborn heart and give them a tender, responsive heart, so they will obey my decrees and regulations. Then they will truly be my people, and I will be their God.” (Ezekiel 11:19-20) As a people that had been so divided and had such a broken past within their own house, this is restoration beyond anything they had ever had. He isn’t just going to bring them back to their former height, He is going to bring them into a place they never even had before. That’s the result of true loving discipline – positive growth. “Then at last my fury against you will be spent, and my jealous anger will subside. I will be calm and will not be angry with you anymore.” (Ezekiel 16:42) His anger will never last forever. Even when He’s fed up and uses big words like “never,” He always follows it up with “but.” “Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you when you were young, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you…And I will reaffirm my covenant with you, and you will know that I am YHVH.” (Ezekiel 16:60, 62) God takes covenants seriously, even though they had forgotten how to. He is a God who remembers even when we forget, and even when we have desecrated the covenant beyond recognition, He will just make a new one. “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols.” (Ezekiel 36:25) He is the water that cleans us. Our sin is just gunk on top of the creation He made and loves, so He is the one who has the power to rinse us off and reveal His beautiful sculpture beneath. “Look! I am going to put breath into you and make you live again! I will put flesh and muscles on you and cover you with skin. I will put breath into you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am YHVH.” (Ezekiel 37:5-6) YEESSS!!! God can even bring the bones of a broken life back to life! There is do death too final for God’s resurrection power – either in our own lives or for a nation. “I will bring them home to their own land from the places where they have been scattered. I will unify them into one nation on the mountains of Israel.” (Ezekiel 37:21-22) Say what you will, but nothing is impossible for God. I believe that He can and will bring all 12 tribes back from the corners of the earth to stand before Him as the re-unified body of the nation of Israel. If God’s heart is to see us unified as the body of Christ, then that same desire applies just as strongly to the first people to bear His covenant. We have all been grafted into the ancient vine that He planted so long ago, and His heart will not rest until He sees every branch restored. Making Him Known: “Son of man, do not fear them or their words. Don’t be afraid even though their threats surround you like nettles and briers and stinging scorpions. Do not be dismayed by their dark scowls, even though they are rebels. You must give them my messages whether they listen or not.” (Ezekiel 2:6-7) Fear of man requires us not to fear God, and that is not a place we can live from if we are to be His representation to this world. No threat should be menacing enough for us to fear them more than God, because as soon as we do that means we believe that their power to harm us is stronger than God’s power to protect us. That’s the opposite of what we are supposed to be proclaiming (both in words and in actions) to a world that needs to see how much better He is. “Son of man, eat what I am giving you – eat this scroll!” (Ezekiel 3:1) What God gives you to take, take in fully! You can’t halfheartedly live in your destiny or the gifts He has given you. If He has given you a message to preach, you can’t only sort of proclaim it. We need to take it in and make it a part of everything we say and do. “Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately.” (Ezekiel 3:17) In other words, delayed obedience is disobedience. *not original* While there are cases in which that statement may not always be true, I think we only need to look at our hearts to see if it’s applicable. If God has given me something to speak out and I hesitate, it’s because either I’m not sure in what He has given me to say or I’m more afraid of that person’s reaction than I am of God. Either way, that heart posture is not one that gives Him glory. “So I spoke the message as he commanded me, and breath came into their bodies.” (Ezekiel 37:10) I LOVE that Ezekiel was a partner in this process. God could have just brought the bones to life and it would have made the same point of His resurrection power, but I think the point He was trying to make was bigger than just His ability to bring life from the dead. I think God wanted Ezekiel to know that he was God’s partner. He wants us to partner with Him to bring new life into those dead areas in the world around us. He can do anything on His own – He doesn’t need us for any of it – but He wants us to be a part of the process! His restoration is so much sweeter when we can get His heart for it and have an inheritance in the fruit of His healing. So don’t be afraid to step in where He opens that door, even when it feels like something way too big for you to handle. Sorry it's been so long since I've posted, I've had no free time in about a month lol. I thought it would be fun to share a bit more of what I've been doing, so here's an excerpt from my homework this week. =) It looks long and daunting, but it's actually really interesting to put together and I hope you can appreciate what God had shown me in it. We do one of these essays for each book of the Bible after we've read it out loud in our small groups and gotten a lecture about it in class. On average, we do 5 of these a week. These last few weeks, though, it's been more like 7. Needless to say, we don't do much else. ;) I picked the book of Daniel to share because everybody loves Daniel =) It's a book people are a little more familiar with than, say, Habakkuk. (Although I highly encourage reading Habakkuk - it's not too long and jam packed with good stuff!) Daniel is also one of my favorite characters from the Bible. ^_^ DanielHistorical Background and Context:
(We have to give two or more paragraphs of the historical context of the author and the time period in which each book was written. It doesn't change the impact of the message, necessarily, but it does help explain why certain messages were being given at that time and what impact it would have had on the people hearing them.) The book of Daniel was written by Daniel, whose name means “God is my judge.” “Possibly a member of Judah’s royal family, he was taken captive to Babylon around 605 BC, at the time of Babylon’s first invasion of Jerusalem.” (Source View, pg 1118) Even as a young man probably in his teens, Daniel and his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were committed to follow God’s commands and not defile themselves by becoming like the Babylonians. They continued to serve YHVH as God and refused to eat unclean food or to prostrate themselves before idols of any kind, even in the face of certain death. Despite being blatantly countercultural, all four of these godly men were protected by God and given incredible favor in this pagan land as they followed God. “Daniel ministered for the full duration of the Babylonian captivity as a prophet and government official, and he continued on after Babylon was overcome by the Medes and Persians in 539 BC.” (Nelson’s, pg 230) He was taken in Babylon as a captive in 605 BC and served until 536 BC when he was likely in his 90’s. (Kerry Neve Ast) The dreams he interpreted were for the king of Babylon, but the visions he saw were for the people of Israel. What he saw largely pertained to their future, so he recorded it all and preserved it for them. During this time, there were many kings that came into power. Daniel was trained and served in the Babylonian court and he had a strong influence on king Nebuchadnezzar. In fact, Daniel interpreted Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams with the help of God and came into a place of very high authority in the government because of it. Nebuchadnezzar was succeeded by Belshazzar, an Assyrian who did not know Daniel. He only called on Daniel to interpret the divine handwriting the night before he was killed and Babylon was conquered by Darius the Mede. Darius also appointed Daniel into a position of authority and seemed to love him very much based on his reaction when he was tricked into sentencing Daniel to be thrown into the lion’s den. Because Daniel lived a righteous life before God and man, he was shown favor in both the Babylonian and Persian empires as an honored wise man and government official. Meanwhile, his people were living in exile in Babylon and eventually were allowed to return to the land of Judea under the decree of king Cyrus of Persia. This is also during the time that Ezekiel was prophesying to the people in exile and overlaps the time that Jeremiah was a prophet to the people still in the land. Summary: (We also write basic summaries that include the reason the book was written and the basic layout of the structure of the book. This helps for looking back and locating where something was said.) The purpose for Daniel to write down the visions he was shown was to fill a void of hope. The people in exile were depressed and did not know what would happen to them in the future. They had no way of knowing what God would do or what would become of them as a people, so God sent Daniel these visions as words of prophecy about their future. The main idea of this was to give them hope and to assure them that YHVH is the God that sees them and knows their future. He gave it to them to be a sign that would be confirmed as everything unfolded just as He said it would. Daniel 1 is an introduction to Daniel, his friends, and what happened to them as they were taken into captivity. It is written in Hebrew. After this, Daniel can be broken up into two main sections: history and prophecy. The first main section (Daniel 2-7) chronicles the events that happened in Daniel’s lifetime, the kings he served under, and a story of what happened to his friends as well. It is written in Aramaic as it pertains to the Babylonian and Persian kings. In this, he interprets the dreams of king Nebuchadnezzar and serves the other kings as well. The second main section is Daniel 8-12. It contains the visions Daniel saw from God throughout his time in service. These can be broken up into four visions: the four beasts, the ram and goat, the seventy weeks, and the vision of Israel’s future. (Nelson’s, pg 231) Character and Nature of God: (I think this is my favorite section. We pull out verses that show aspects of God's character and then briefly explain what God showed us in each one.) >>“God gave these four young men an unusual aptitude for understanding every aspect of literature and wisdom. And God gave Daniel the special ability to interpret the meanings of visions and dreams.” (Dan 1:17) God is the giver of gifts. He is the one who enables us to operate in ways that the world can’t. He is the one who takes our natural talents and abilities and augments them with His spirit so He can use them to further His kingdom. >>“That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision.” (Dan 2:19) God is the revealer of secrets. He is the one who gives visions in the first place, so He is the one who can reveal them to His faithful servants. >>“The God whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, your majesty.” (Dan 3:17) YHVH is truly above every earthly or spiritual power. No matter what is being brought against you, we are guaranteed that God is bigger. >>“Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn’t even smell of smoke!” (Dan 3:27) God cares about the little things. He saved their lives as well as every single hair on their heads. He even protected them from the smoke. We often put Him in a backwards box that says He is too great to care about things that are not of ultimate importance, but I think He is so great that He is able to care about things too small for us to even recognize. I think He cares deeply about those little details and fleeting moments that we let pass by. >>“There is no other God who can rescue like this!” (Dan 3:29) God is unparalleled! It wouldn’t mean much if there were other powers that we could lean on instead of Him, but He is not a God who can be compared to anything else. His mighty hand can go where nothing else can and perform miracles that no one else could touch. >>“The Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world. He gives them to anyone he chooses – even to the lowliest of people.” (Dan 4:17) God is the King of kings, and He is the authority over authorities. He gives them their positions and has no problem with raising up people who don’t deserve it. God's Redemptive Plan: (Which we call GRP for short. These are verses where we see God's plan to bring redemption into a situation or any place where He had restored something that had been lost, broken, etc.) >>“Then the king appointed Daniel to a high position and gave him many valuable gifts. He made Daniel ruler over the whole province of Babylon, as well as chief over all his wise men.” (Daniel 2:48) Simply by being faithful to God and obeying His commands, Daniel is shown favor in this pagan king’s court and is almost instantly brought full circle from being a slave to a man with authority. (Sound familiar? This is a pattern with God) Way to redeem Daniel’s circumstances! >>“I see four men, unbound, walking around in the fire unharmed! And the fourth looks like a god!” (Dan 3:25) Nebuchadnezzar was blatantly dissing God when he threw His servants in the fire for standing true to their God, so the fact that then [possibly] Jesus showed up to save them is just so cool. They stood for God, and so He stood for them. >>“Then the king promoted [Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah] to even higher positions in the province of Babylon.” (Dan 3:30) Daniel was not the only one who was rewarded for faithfulness! Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah put their lives on the line for God and ended up being rewarded for their faith almost immediately. That’s not something you see very often – God’s hand is so clearly on their lives! After they proved that they would be faithful in any circumstance, He opened the door for them to have even more influence over the nation. >>“I wish the events foreshadowed in this dream would happen to your enemies, my lord, and not to you!” (Dan 4:19) I think it is redemptive that Daniel showed such loyalty to the king that had displaced him from his home, kidnapped his people as slaves, and destroyed his home. Somehow, God still gave him a heart for Nebuchadnezzar and he truly wanted to see his king be blessed. He didn’t harbor any bitterness or hatred, but was able to honor his authority the way God would have him. Now that’s kingdom! >>“But the stump and the roots of the tree were left in the ground. This means that you will receive your kingdom back again when you have learned that heaven rules.” (Dan 4:25-26) God’s discipline does not last forever, even for a wicked, pagan king like Nebuchadnezzar. He does not teach us lessons if He isn’t going to give us a chance to walk out what we’ve learned – that would be mean-hearted punishment. Discipline sees an area where you need growth, gives you the lesson even if it’s hard,and then lets you go back and try again so can apply what you learned. That’s the way the father’s heart works, and He even showed that grace to a king that didn’t know Him. >>“My God sent his angel to shut the lions’ mouths so that they would not hurt me, for I have been found innocent in his sight.” (Dan 6:22) I couldn’t talk about Daniel without throwing this verse in. I mean, how cool is it that God shut the lions’ mouths?! Trickery and intrigue had been employed to try and take Daniel out, but God wouldn’t have it. It backfired on the evil men who had tried to kill him, and God ended up being glorified in an awesome way. Making Him Known: (This is the most obscure of the sections. As I understand it, this is the application section. Any verses that we can pull out lessons that are applicable for our lives today.) >>“But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.” (Daniel 1:8) We should not be willing to let our convictions bend for the comfort of the culture we are in. What Daniel did was not easy for the Babylonians to understand or accept, but even as a young man he knew to stand up for what he knew was right. We should have the same or an even higher level of conviction to live the way God has commanded. >>“Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened. He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon.” (Dan 2:17-18) Daniel recognized the power of unity. He knew not to stand alone when everything came to a head – he went to the people who kept him accountable and asked them to stand in prayer with him. We are not supposed to go lone wolf in the kingdom of God. God created us to stand together as a community and a body, especially when the enemy is attacking us. >>“Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.” (Dan 2:19) Always praise God for what He has done. Always. >>“O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God whom we serve is able to save us…But even if he doesn’t, we want to make it clear to you, your majesty, that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue you have set up.” (Dan 3:16-18) We do not answer to earthly authorities. We need to honor them when God has placed us under them, but they are not the ones we actually answer to. God is the one who we truly answer to and we should only be concerned with what He thinks about us. We cannot live boldly for Jesus if we are intimidated by what people will think of us. >>“I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me.” (Dan 4:2) When God has done something in our lives, we should want to tell everybody about it! Even Nebuchadnezzar understood that. God’s works are worth telling everybody about. God is such a gift and a blessing, it would be irresponsible and dishonoring to keep that to ourselves. >>“Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past and be merciful to the poor.” (Dan 4:27) That’s a pretty straight forward call to repentance. >>“My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High and honored the one who lives forever.” (Dan 4:34) This may sound like two things happening in succession, but eastern thought doesn’t separate them and I wouldn’t want to either. Sanity = praising God. To not praise the God who is worthy of all our worship would be insanity. To see His power and not respond with utter reverence would be crazy. So for us to walk in sanity is to lift His name up in praise. That is the only logical and natural response to encountering His glory – to make Him known! >>“But they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy.” (Dan 6:4) That is how all of the people of God should live! That is the kind of example we should be giving everywhere we go. To honor God with every part of our lives results in us being noticeably different from the world in a good way. Where people living for themselves would act selfishly or dishonestly, people living for the glory of God should only give reason for His name to be honored. >>“But 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 towards Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.” (Dan 6:10) This goes right back to not being intimidated by man. If you truly fear God alone, then no threat should be enough to change the way you live for God. Live unashamed for God and He will be unashamed of you. |
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