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We're not built for guilt, guilt is bad for you, you're forgiven before you ever sinned, 3 times a day, say God loves "me", get it, you need it, declare, confess the Word out loud, overcome your past, convince yourself God loves you, God sent His only Son to die for you, God said David was after His own heart, David did more right than he did wrong, you will do more right than you do wrong, admire your goodness, don't fixate on the bad, Satan wants to convince you you're bad, don't be grieved by your mistakes, say good things about yourself, do more right than you do wrong, say good stuff about, 1 Kings 19:1-5 New International Version (NIV)Elijah Flees to Horeb 19 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” 3 Elijah was afraid[a] and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.” 5 Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.” Elijah killed & chopped in pieces 450 people, he was threatened death, he went a day's journey through the wilderness , the gods were tested, God was proven, Elijah waa tired, needed rest, laid, slept, an angel touched him, get up, eat, that was all he needed, don't do things you don't have peace about, move on to holier, get better people in charge, pray my meds get mail delivered, joyce said let men think they're right, people don't like controller, manipulator, fault finders, take a break, don't be hard on yourself, men & women are different, joyce said women take care of people, help, sacrifice, resource, aid people, joyce said women do all the work, don't give up, stay in faith believing God is in charge, never give up, read the Word, be refreshed in God, humbly pray, discover rest in Christ, you can do anything you need to do through Christ, trust God, Everyday of your life was written in God's book, trouble Will pass, God will break through, you are not hopeless or helpless, it's all about JESUS, stand on God's promises, be healthy, strong, & productive in God, treat the cause of pain, JESUS is the true source of life, give kids Christian cartoons, have faith in God, spread the gospel, God is healing us, God's promotion in our life comes BECAUSE of an excellent spirit, JESUS was raised from the dead, outline ps 16, God delights in excellence, define excellence excellence [ˈeks(ə)ləns] NOUN the quality of being outstanding or extremely good. "a center of academic excellence" · [more] synonyms: distinction · quality · high quality · superiority · brilliance · greatness · merit · caliber · eminence · preeminence · supremacy · peerlessness · transcendence · value · [more]archaic an outstanding feature or quality. , surpassing, superior, God delights in excellence, build in JESUS, do your best, maintain excellence, be clean & tidy, uncluttered, then pray for better, God does EVERYTHING with excellence, stay upright, Be clean, groomed, smell good, have a spirit of excellence, ignore criticism, be observant, have standards, take risks for God, The Book Of Daniel Introduction INTRODUCTION 1. One of the more fascinating books of the Bible is the book of Daniel... a. The first six chapters contain accounts of faith that inspire both young and old b. The last six chapters are filled with apocalyptic visions that challenge even the most advanced Bible students and scholars 2. It is a book that has often been attacked and abused... a. Attacked by liberals who deny its inspiration b. Abused by many who have taken its visions out of context to support all kinds of wild theories concerning the second coming of Christ 3. But when properly read and understood, the book of Daniel can... a. Inspire us to greater faithfulness in our service to God b. Strengthen our faith in the inspiration of the Bible [In this lesson, we shall introduce the book and look at it as a whole, beginning with...] I. DANIEL AND HIS TIMES A. THE MAN... 1. The name “Daniel” means “God is my judge” 2. He was a person of deep and abiding faith a. As a youth, he purposed not to defile himself - Dan 1:8 b. When old, he persisted in serving God despite threats against his life - Daniel 6:10 10Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, 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 his God, just as he had done before. 3. God blessed Daniel because of his faith a. He rose to great heights in the kingdoms of Babylon and Persia - Daniel 2:48 48Then the king placed Daniel in a high position and lavished many gifts on him. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and placed him in charge of all its wise men. Daniel 6:1-3 1It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, 2with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. 3Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. b. He served as a statesman, a counselor to kings, and a prophet of God 4. Daniel was contemporary with Jeremiah and Ezekiel a. Jeremiah prophesied in Jerusalem before and during the Babylonian exile (626-528 B.C.) b. Ezekiel prophesied in Babylon among the exiles (592-570 B.C.) c. Daniel prophesied in the capital of Babylon (605-586 B.C.) 5. Nothing is known of his personal life outside of the book a. He descended from one of Judah’s prominent families, if not from royal blood - Dan 1:3 b. At an early age (12-18) he was taken from his family to be trained in the courts of Babylon - Daniel 1:3-4 3Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king's service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility- 4young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. c. Whether he ever married is uncertain B. THE TIME IN WHICH HE LIVED... 1. Some key dates to remember a. 612 B.C. - Fall of Nineveh, capital of Assyria 1) Assyria had ruled the world since the days of Tiglath-Pileser (845 B.C.) , hang onto God's laws, get knowledge & skill, make your identity in God your source, maintain a heart for God, don't compromise, be 1 of conviction, the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom . , receive honor from God, don't compromise, stand on the Word, bow to no God, promote God, don't fear man, Dan 3:1-15, comment, 15, he thought he was superior, be moral no matter what, God flows through people, Here are the relevant passages (NASB)... Exodus 33:20 But He said, "You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!" Genesis 32:30 So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved." Neither of these passages is intended to be taken literally. We know this with absolute certainty because God is invisible (Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:17), so seeing Him with our physical eyes in a literal sense can simply never happen. Further, God is not a material being, limited in space or time -- He has no material physical attributes, such as a face (Jeremiah 23:24; 1 Kings 8:27; John 4:24; Luke 24:39). The Bible frequently speaks of things like God's face, His hand (Deuteronomy 3:24; 1 Samuel 5:7), His finger (Exodus 8:19, 31:18; Deuteronomy 9:10), His wings (Psalm 17:8, 36:7), etc. The attribution of human characteristics to something that is not human is called an "anthropomorphism". These types of statements are metaphors, poetic language, figures of speech, and so on. Since we know that these passages are not intended to be taken literally -- neither of them are -- they must mean something slightly different than what they literally say. In Exodus 33:20, most commentators seem to agree that God's face is here a metaphorical reference to His most intimate presence. Many of these commentators refer to it as seeing God's full glory (Exodus 33:18). In Genesis 32:30, however, the phrase "face to face", which comes up frequently in the Old Testament and appears to be a common idiom (Exodus 33:11; Deuteronomy 5:4, 34:10; Judges 6:22), carries with it the meaning "as equals", or "open and not hidden", or perhaps "up close and personal". Jacob fought one who appeared as a man and Jacob beat him. Jacob was rightly astounded that God appeared to him as an equal, spoke with him as one speaks with another human, and was especially astounded that he was allowed to win the fight! So we see that both statements are clearly necessarily metaphorical, and they are metaphorical in very different ways, and since they do not address the exact same thing, they are not contradictory. If there are other apparent Pentateuch discrepancies you would like to see addressed on this website, please ask. God bless you in your studies of the scriptures, God works through people, everybody will stand before God, Dan 4 he settles God is ruler, John 4:37 For in this case the saying 'One sows and ... https://biblehub.com/john/4-37.htm The Disciples Return and Marvel … 36 Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together. 37 For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”…