Let ThyKingdomCome
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Daniel Not Lording His Mature Faith Over His Fellow Jews But Entering Their Situation With Clarity And Compassion
4 And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5 w e have sinned and… Continue reading
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Including Himself In Bearing The Weight Of His People’s Sin before God, Daniel’s Compassionate Grief Foreshadowing And Reflecting Christlike Care
4 And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, 5 w e have sinned and… Continue reading
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God Often Blessing His People Despite Their Disobedience
Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. — Daniel 9:3 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put… Continue reading
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Having Seen Much In His Life, Daniel Witnessing God’s Undeterred Faithfulness Even When His People Remained Idolatrous And Rebellious
1 In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the… Continue reading
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God Honoring Daniel’s Life And Practice Of Faith That Was Fueled By His Consistent Conversation With The Lord In Prayer
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. — Jeremiah 29:10 2 in the first year of his reign, I,… Continue reading
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God’s Sovereignty And The Prayers Of His People Mysteriously combining To Accomplish God’s Plans
Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. — Acts 17:25 The LORD is faithful to all his promises and loving toward all he has… Continue reading
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Surrounded By People In Spiritual Peril, God’s People Balancing Both Eternity’s Dreadful Reality And Certain Hope
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. — Matthew 5:12 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace… Continue reading
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Believers Confidently Awaiting Eternity With Jesus In The New Heaven And Earth To Come
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” — John 16:33 15 I am not asking that You take… Continue reading
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Comprehending We Desperately Need A Savior After We Understanding The Pervasiveness Of Human Sin And The Reality Of God’s Judgment
28 Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and… Continue reading
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God Providing The Way, Truth, And Life Through His Son Jesus Christ To Save Men From Sin’s Destruction
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. — Romans 5:12 For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you… Continue reading
Let Thy Kingdom Come 