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Belief in Real Life

Explore the biblical story of Daniel 1-3, where faith, resilience, and trust in God's plan are exemplified through the experiences of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah in Babylon. Witness their unwavering dedication to serving God amidst trials.

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Belief in Real Life

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  1. Belief in Real Life Daniel 1-3

  2. Belief in real life begins with a daily decision to serve Him first!

  3. “I do not pray that you may be delivered from your pains, but I pray God earnestly that He would give you strength and patience to bear them as long as He pleases.” Brother Lawrence – The Practice of the Presence of God

  4. Real Life History Babylon invades Jerusalem – takes captives Treated well in order to serve the king Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah move up in the ranks Daniel interprets a dream, further movement Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah stand for God

  5. Daniel 3:21-23 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore, because the king’s command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

  6. Daniel 3:24-25 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O King.”“Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”

  7. Belief in Real Life What were they thinking?

  8. Daniel 3:16-18 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”

  9. Belief in Real Life … …is total resignation to trusting in God’s plan.

  10. Daniel 2:47 The king answered Daniel, and said, “Truly your God is the God of gods, the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you could reveal this secret.”

  11. Belief in Real Life How did this happen?

  12. Daniel 2:17-19 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the decision known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,that they might seek mercies from the God of heaven concerning this secret, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

  13. Belief in Real Life … …is total resignation to trusting in God’s plan. … is praying and waiting on the Lord.

  14. Daniel 1:17-18 As for these four young men, God gave them knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom; and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. Now at the end of the days, when the king had said that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.

  15. Daniel 1:19-20 Then the king interviewedthem, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they served before the king. And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.

  16. Belief in Real Life Why were they able to excel?

  17. Daniel 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

  18. Belief in Real Life … …is total resignation to trusting God’s plan. … is praying and waiting on the Lord. … begins by daily purposing to live for Him and not ourselves.

  19. Belief in real life begins with a daily decision to serve Him first!

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