Category: Book of Daniel
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When We Finally Look Up
Nebuchadnezzar refused to listen to Daniel’s warning that judgment was coming. Instead, he arrogantly admired the Babylon he built. He ended up eating grass like an ox. When he finally looked to God, he was restored.
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When God Gives Us Time to Listen
The passage recounts King Nebuchadnezzar’s pride as he admires the city of Babylon, attributing his success to his own power despite prior warnings from God through Daniel. After a year of grace, during which he could have humbled himself, he fails to recognize the seriousness of God’s warning and mistakenly…
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Love Enough to Tell the Truth
Scripture Focus “Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was dismayed for a while, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered and said, ‘Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.’ Belteshazzar answered and said, ‘My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its…
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But If Not
Scripture Focus “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, ‘O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of…
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When We Hear God but Refuse to Listen
Scripture Focus “King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.” — Daniel 3:1 (ESV) “And the herald proclaimed aloud, ‘You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,…
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The Stone That Will Stand Forever
Scripture Focus “The head of this image was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its middle and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it…
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When Wisdom Reaches Its Limit
Scripture Focus “The Chaldeans answered the king and said, ‘There is not a man on earth who can meet the king’s demand.’” — Daniel 2:10 (ESV) “But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.” — Daniel 2:28 (ESV) Devotional Thought Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that troubled him, and…
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Daniel Was Still There
Scripture Focus “And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than…
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Don’t Forget Where You Belong
Scripture Focus “But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.” — Daniel 1:8 (ESV) Devotional Thought When we read Daniel 1 and see…
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When Education Isn’t Enough
Scripture Focus “The king assigned them a daily portion of the food that the king ate, and of the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king. Among these were Daniel, Hananiah,…
