WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.160
 The scripture reading comes from Daniel chapter 6. Please follow along on the screen, the bulletin, or your own Bible.

00:00:08.839 --> 00:00:10.679
 Starting in verse 1, we read,

00:00:10.679 --> 00:00:16.300
 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom 120 satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom.

00:00:17.019 --> 00:00:25.679
 And over them three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.

00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:33.820
 Then this Daniel became distinguished above all the other high officials and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him.

00:00:34.519 --> 00:00:37.079
 And the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

00:00:37.579 --> 00:00:44.679
 Then the high officials and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom.

00:00:45.340 --> 00:00:52.899
 But they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.

00:00:53.539 --> 00:00:54.679
 Then these men said,

00:00:54.679 --> 00:01:01.640
 We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel, unless we find it in connection with the law of his God.

00:01:02.659 --> 00:01:07.760
 Then these high officials and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him,

00:01:08.539 --> 00:01:10.159
 O King Darius, live forever.

00:01:10.780 --> 00:01:15.680
 All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors,

00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:20.219
 are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction,

00:01:20.219 --> 00:01:26.260
 that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days except to you, O King,

00:01:26.679 --> 00:01:29.060
 shall be cast into a den of lions.

00:01:29.739 --> 00:01:33.180
 Now, O King, establish the injunction and sign the document,

00:01:33.579 --> 00:01:38.079
 so that it cannot be changed according to a law of the Medes and the Persians,

00:01:38.299 --> 00:01:39.939
 which cannot be revoked.

00:01:40.739 --> 00:01:43.859
 Therefore, King Darius signed the document and injunction.

00:01:43.859 --> 00:01:47.659
 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed,

00:01:47.819 --> 00:01:52.180
 he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open towards Jerusalem.

00:01:52.819 --> 00:01:57.859
 He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God,

00:01:58.219 --> 00:01:59.620
 as he had done previously.

00:02:00.659 --> 00:02:05.460
 Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and plea before his God.

00:02:05.459 --> 00:02:09.680
 Then they came near and said before the king concerning the injunction,

00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:15.780
 O King, did you not sign an injunction that anyone who makes petition to any god or man

00:02:15.780 --> 00:02:20.699
 within thirty days except to you, O King, shall be cast into a den of lions?

00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:23.139
 The king answered and said,

00:02:24.019 --> 00:02:27.680
 The thing stands fast according to a law of the Medes and Persians,

00:02:28.019 --> 00:02:29.379
 which cannot be revoked.

00:02:30.180 --> 00:02:32.299
 Then they answered and said before the king,

00:02:32.300 --> 00:02:35.840
 Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah,

00:02:36.120 --> 00:02:38.020
 pays no attention to you, O King,

00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.100
 or the injunction you have signed,

00:02:40.420 --> 00:02:42.780
 but makes his petition three times a day.

00:02:45.480 --> 00:02:47.760
 Then the king, when he heard these words,

00:02:47.860 --> 00:02:51.180
 was much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel.

00:02:51.640 --> 00:02:54.960
 And he labored until the sun went down to rescue him.

00:02:55.580 --> 00:02:58.880
 Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king,

00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:03.199
 Know, O King, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians

00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:07.419
 that no injunction or ordinance that the king establishes can be changed.

00:03:08.400 --> 00:03:09.560
 Then the king commanded,

00:03:10.199 --> 00:03:13.439
 and Daniel was brought and cast into a den of lions.

00:03:13.939 --> 00:03:15.500
 The king declared to Daniel,

00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:19.759
 May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you.

00:03:20.639 --> 00:03:23.759
 And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den,

00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:28.439
 and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords,

00:03:28.859 --> 00:03:31.459
 that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

00:03:32.419 --> 00:03:35.579
 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting.

00:03:36.060 --> 00:03:40.680
 No diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

00:03:41.780 --> 00:03:43.180
 Then at the break of day,

00:03:43.419 --> 00:03:46.599
 the king arose and went in haste to the den of lions.

00:03:47.239 --> 00:03:49.639
 As he came near to the den where Daniel was,

00:03:49.859 --> 00:03:51.959
 he cried out in a tone of anguish.

00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:53.939
 The king declared to Daniel,

00:03:54.420 --> 00:03:56.879
 O Daniel, servant of the living God,

00:03:57.159 --> 00:03:59.439
 has your God, whom you serve continually,

00:03:59.659 --> 00:04:01.860
 been able to deliver you from the lions?

00:04:02.580 --> 00:04:04.080
 Then Daniel said to the king,

00:04:04.640 --> 00:04:05.860
 O king, live forever.

00:04:06.060 --> 00:04:09.060
 My God sent his angel and shut the lion's mouth,

00:04:09.600 --> 00:04:10.860
 and they have not harmed me,

00:04:10.980 --> 00:04:13.420
 because I was found blameless before him.

00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:16.900
 And also before you, O king, I have done no harm.

00:04:17.780 --> 00:04:19.660
 That the king was exceedingly glad

00:04:19.660 --> 00:04:22.760
 and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den.

00:04:23.480 --> 00:04:25.400
 So Daniel was taken up out of the den,

00:04:25.620 --> 00:04:27.920
 and no kind of harm was found on him,

00:04:28.100 --> 00:04:30.360
 because he had trusted in his God.

00:04:31.260 --> 00:04:32.280
 And the king commanded,

00:04:32.960 --> 00:04:35.560
 and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel

00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:38.260
 were brought and cast into the den of lions,

00:04:39.020 --> 00:04:41.420
 they, their children, and their wives.

00:04:41.420 --> 00:04:44.500
 And before they reached the bottom of the den,

00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:46.640
 the lions overpowered them

00:04:46.640 --> 00:04:49.160
 and broke all their bones in pieces.

00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:53.319
 Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples,

00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:56.700
 nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth,

00:04:57.240 --> 00:04:59.160
 Peace be multiplied to you.

00:04:59.800 --> 00:05:02.960
 I make a decree that in all my royal dominion,

00:05:03.400 --> 00:05:05.180
 people are to tremble and fear

00:05:05.180 --> 00:05:06.720
 before the God of Daniel,

00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:08.660
 for he is the living God,

00:05:09.000 --> 00:05:09.820
 enduring forever.

00:05:10.420 --> 00:05:12.620
 His kingdom shall never be destroyed,

00:05:13.020 --> 00:05:15.320
 and his dominion shall be to the end.

00:05:15.840 --> 00:05:17.640
 He delivers and rescues.

00:05:17.960 --> 00:05:19.460
 He works signs and wonders

00:05:19.460 --> 00:05:20.920
 in heaven and on earth.

00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:23.120
 He who has saved Daniel

00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:24.740
 from the power of the lions.

00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:27.440
 So this Daniel prospered

00:05:27.440 --> 00:05:28.700
 during the reign of Darius

00:05:28.700 --> 00:05:30.920
 and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

00:05:31.640 --> 00:05:33.260
 This is the word of God.

00:05:33.260 --> 00:05:33.360
 Amen.

00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:39.020
 Great. Thank you, Irene.

00:05:39.300 --> 00:05:40.220
 Good morning, everybody.

00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:43.200
 It is good to see you again

00:05:43.200 --> 00:05:44.920
 and good to see a couple of faces

00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:46.100
 we haven't seen in a while.

00:05:47.540 --> 00:05:49.440
 It's great to be able to worship with you.

00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:50.280
 And if you're online,

00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:51.680
 good morning to you.

00:05:51.780 --> 00:05:52.860
 Welcome as well.

00:05:53.420 --> 00:05:55.000
 If you are new to Watermark

00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:55.700
 and you don't know me,

00:05:55.740 --> 00:05:56.420
 my name is Kevin,

00:05:56.580 --> 00:05:57.560
 one of the leaders here,

00:05:57.640 --> 00:05:58.980
 and it's great to be able to

00:05:58.980 --> 00:06:01.300
 look at God's word together this morning.

00:06:01.980 --> 00:06:04.920
 Now, I'm not sure how many of you are runners.

00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.080
 I, once upon a time,

00:06:07.280 --> 00:06:08.660
 used to try and run.

00:06:09.340 --> 00:06:12.840
 And when we first arrived in Hong Kong

00:06:12.840 --> 00:06:15.199
 three and a half years ago or so,

00:06:15.540 --> 00:06:17.520
 I had the bright idea.

00:06:17.640 --> 00:06:18.480
 I thought, you know,

00:06:18.680 --> 00:06:19.800
 I am young,

00:06:19.980 --> 00:06:20.740
 I am ambitious,

00:06:21.200 --> 00:06:22.040
 I am fit,

00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:24.740
 and I'm going to run from HKU,

00:06:25.259 --> 00:06:26.020
 somewhere here,

00:06:26.400 --> 00:06:27.800
 up to the top of the peak,

00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:29.020
 up the morning trail,

00:06:29.439 --> 00:06:30.520
 and just, you know,

00:06:30.980 --> 00:06:32.240
 gentle morning run.

00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:34.579
 Well, I tried it once or twice,

00:06:34.800 --> 00:06:36.400
 and that was the end of that.

00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:37.600
 And pretty soon,

00:06:37.699 --> 00:06:39.379
 I realized the hills in Hong Kong

00:06:39.379 --> 00:06:41.259
 meant that was the end of running altogether.

00:06:41.900 --> 00:06:44.199
 But I'm not sure how many of you are like me,

00:06:44.259 --> 00:06:46.220
 that every January comes around,

00:06:46.660 --> 00:06:47.540
 and I decide,

00:06:47.860 --> 00:06:49.300
 this is the year that I'm going to get fit.

00:06:49.400 --> 00:06:51.500
 This is the year I'm going to get healthy, right?

00:06:52.040 --> 00:06:52.680
 And so,

00:06:52.840 --> 00:06:55.680
 maybe it's not running,

00:06:55.780 --> 00:06:56.500
 maybe cycling,

00:06:56.740 --> 00:06:57.960
 or hiking is your thing,

00:06:58.100 --> 00:06:58.939
 or swimming.

00:06:59.139 --> 00:07:00.220
 Rhoda and I were talking about swimming

00:07:00.220 --> 00:07:00.760
 a little earlier.

00:07:01.220 --> 00:07:02.280
 And we all tend to do

00:07:02.280 --> 00:07:04.140
 the same stupid thing, right?

00:07:04.500 --> 00:07:06.180
 We think that the laws of nature

00:07:06.180 --> 00:07:07.520
 apply to everyone else,

00:07:07.640 --> 00:07:08.800
 but not to ourselves.

00:07:09.560 --> 00:07:09.800
 And so,

00:07:09.840 --> 00:07:11.160
 what I tend to do every January,

00:07:11.260 --> 00:07:12.620
 I think it's time to get fit,

00:07:13.060 --> 00:07:14.400
 and I go for a run,

00:07:14.860 --> 00:07:15.460
 and I think,

00:07:15.900 --> 00:07:16.160
 look,

00:07:16.200 --> 00:07:17.200
 I'm not going to get fit

00:07:17.200 --> 00:07:18.320
 if I don't push myself.

00:07:18.460 --> 00:07:18.600
 So,

00:07:18.660 --> 00:07:20.040
 you've got to push yourself a little bit.

00:07:20.600 --> 00:07:20.820
 And so,

00:07:20.860 --> 00:07:21.880
 when I start to get tired,

00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:22.580
 I think,

00:07:22.660 --> 00:07:22.800
 oh,

00:07:22.980 --> 00:07:23.160
 you know,

00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:24.000
 I can't stop now,

00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:25.060
 that doesn't help anything.

00:07:25.540 --> 00:07:25.740
 So,

00:07:25.840 --> 00:07:27.180
 you push yourself a little further,

00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:28.860
 and just a little further,

00:07:28.860 --> 00:07:30.280
 and a little further,

00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:31.460
 and eventually,

00:07:31.660 --> 00:07:32.439
 you get to the point

00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:33.240
 where you think,

00:07:33.460 --> 00:07:34.379
 okay,

00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:35.840
 this is about enough.

00:07:36.400 --> 00:07:37.180
 And you figure,

00:07:37.300 --> 00:07:38.120
 that's a good point

00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:39.139
 to turn around

00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:40.800
 and then make the trek home.

00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:41.860
 Right?

00:07:41.939 --> 00:07:43.160
 Does that ring a bell to anybody?

00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:45.160
 And about halfway home,

00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.040
 I figure,

00:07:46.139 --> 00:07:47.520
 my legs are so dead,

00:07:47.580 --> 00:07:49.360
 I cannot take another step.

00:07:49.420 --> 00:07:49.620
 Or,

00:07:49.840 --> 00:07:51.139
 if I make it home,

00:07:51.520 --> 00:07:52.620
 the next day,

00:07:52.620 --> 00:07:53.780
 or the day after,

00:07:53.900 --> 00:07:54.580
 two days later,

00:07:54.579 --> 00:07:56.240
 I'm really feeling it.

00:07:56.859 --> 00:07:57.620
 Does that ring a bell,

00:07:57.719 --> 00:07:58.959
 or is it only me that does that?

00:07:59.060 --> 00:07:59.240
 Okay,

00:07:59.379 --> 00:07:59.959
 Patney as well,

00:08:00.019 --> 00:08:00.419
 thank you.

00:08:01.479 --> 00:08:02.719
 Rhoda and I were talking about that.

00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:03.939
 Rhoda went swimming this week,

00:08:04.159 --> 00:08:05.300
 not swimming for a while,

00:08:05.359 --> 00:08:06.599
 and decided to swim for an hour.

00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:07.919
 And the next day,

00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:10.060
 her arms were quite exhausted.

00:08:11.599 --> 00:08:12.779
 The Bible says that

00:08:12.779 --> 00:08:13.879
 the Christian life

00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:16.279
 is actually like a race,

00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:17.120
 in some ways.

00:08:17.659 --> 00:08:18.799
 And it's a race,

00:08:18.799 --> 00:08:20.279
 that is not a sprint.

00:08:21.059 --> 00:08:23.359
 It's a race that God calls us

00:08:23.359 --> 00:08:25.239
 to run with endurance

00:08:25.239 --> 00:08:26.559
 right to the end.

00:08:27.559 --> 00:08:28.979
 The Christian life is not one

00:08:28.979 --> 00:08:30.299
 in which we are hot

00:08:30.299 --> 00:08:31.479
 for a couple of years,

00:08:31.979 --> 00:08:33.779
 serve all over the place,

00:08:33.959 --> 00:08:35.039
 burn ourselves out,

00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:37.079
 and then don't participate

00:08:37.079 --> 00:08:38.319
 in any running for the next year,

00:08:38.379 --> 00:08:39.679
 until the next year

00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:41.039
 your New Year's resolutions come.

00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:42.079
 Actually,

00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:42.839
 the Bible says

00:08:42.839 --> 00:08:44.559
 the Christian life is,

00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:46.039
 it's those who,

00:08:46.220 --> 00:08:46.819
 through steady

00:08:46.819 --> 00:08:49.000
 and consistent faithfulness

00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:50.340
 and endurance

00:08:50.340 --> 00:08:51.799
 make it to the end.

00:08:52.460 --> 00:08:53.399
 And the Apostle Paul

00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:54.399
 in the New Testament,

00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:55.500
 in the book of Philippians,

00:08:55.620 --> 00:08:57.240
 look at how he writes this.

00:08:57.299 --> 00:08:57.899
 He says this,

00:08:58.279 --> 00:08:59.419
 I want to know Christ,

00:08:59.500 --> 00:09:00.399
 and I want to know

00:09:00.399 --> 00:09:01.820
 the power of His resurrection.

00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:02.820
 In fact,

00:09:02.860 --> 00:09:03.919
 I want to attain

00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:05.120
 the resurrection.

00:09:06.000 --> 00:09:06.659
 And that means

00:09:06.659 --> 00:09:07.740
 necessarily sharing

00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:08.659
 in His sufferings.

00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:10.000
 And then he says,

00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:11.799
 so I press on

00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:13.500
 with this race

00:09:13.500 --> 00:09:15.860
 towards the goal

00:09:15.860 --> 00:09:16.820
 for the prize,

00:09:16.919 --> 00:09:17.679
 the upward call

00:09:17.679 --> 00:09:19.039
 of God in Christ Jesus.

00:09:19.779 --> 00:09:20.120
 He's saying,

00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:20.979
 this race,

00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:22.120
 this Christian walk

00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:22.579
 that I'm on,

00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:23.459
 it's like a race,

00:09:23.539 --> 00:09:25.000
 and I want to push on.

00:09:25.079 --> 00:09:25.759
 I'm not just here

00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:26.279
 to be hot

00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:27.859
 for a few good years.

00:09:28.179 --> 00:09:28.500
 Actually,

00:09:28.539 --> 00:09:29.459
 I'm going to keep on.

00:09:29.539 --> 00:09:29.959
 It's a life

00:09:29.959 --> 00:09:31.519
 of consistent endurance

00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:32.479
 following Jesus

00:09:32.479 --> 00:09:33.139
 to the end.

00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:34.259
 And then Paul

00:09:34.259 --> 00:09:35.059
 makes this amazing

00:09:35.059 --> 00:09:35.519
 little line.

00:09:35.620 --> 00:09:35.959
 He says,

00:09:36.479 --> 00:09:37.779
 those that are mature

00:09:37.779 --> 00:09:39.699
 will think this way.

00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:41.159
 And one of the things

00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:42.259
 that Paul is saying here

00:09:42.259 --> 00:09:44.079
 is that Christian maturity

00:09:44.079 --> 00:09:45.500
 is not just a matter

00:09:45.500 --> 00:09:46.639
 of length of time.

00:09:47.059 --> 00:09:47.879
 You can be a Christian

00:09:47.879 --> 00:09:49.240
 for 30 or 40 years

00:09:49.240 --> 00:09:50.080
 but still not be

00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:51.279
 very spiritually mature.

00:09:51.740 --> 00:09:52.259
 You can still be

00:09:52.259 --> 00:09:52.840
 quite immature.

00:09:53.799 --> 00:09:54.559
 Christian maturity

00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:55.600
 is those that

00:09:55.600 --> 00:09:57.139
 through consistency

00:09:57.139 --> 00:09:59.059
 and faithful endurance

00:09:59.059 --> 00:10:00.000
 press on

00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:01.100
 towards the goal

00:10:01.100 --> 00:10:02.100
 of knowing Jesus

00:10:02.100 --> 00:10:03.139
 better and deeper.

00:10:03.980 --> 00:10:04.779
 And that's actually

00:10:04.779 --> 00:10:05.480
 a lot of what

00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:06.139
 we're going to look at

00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:07.740
 today in Daniel chapter 6.

00:10:08.299 --> 00:10:09.200
 The passage that

00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:10.179
 we're going to look at today,

00:10:10.580 --> 00:10:11.220
 we're going to see

00:10:11.220 --> 00:10:11.919
 that it's those

00:10:11.919 --> 00:10:13.200
 that consistently

00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:15.460
 trust in the living God.

00:10:15.580 --> 00:10:16.759
 That's an important phrase,

00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:17.660
 the living God.

00:10:18.220 --> 00:10:19.680
 Those who live for Him

00:10:19.680 --> 00:10:20.940
 right to the end

00:10:20.940 --> 00:10:22.500
 are those who pass

00:10:22.500 --> 00:10:23.320
 through death

00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:24.060
 into life.

00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:25.500
 And that's what

00:10:25.500 --> 00:10:26.080
 we're going to see

00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:27.240
 in our passage today.

00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:28.140
 And so let's dive

00:10:28.140 --> 00:10:30.180
 into Daniel chapter 6.

00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:30.759
 And obviously

00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:32.400
 it's a very famous passage

00:10:32.400 --> 00:10:33.440
 about Daniel

00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:34.480
 and the lion's den.

00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:35.460
 A passage that

00:10:35.460 --> 00:10:35.980
 many of us

00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:36.480
 would have heard

00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:37.620
 from childhood.

00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:38.560
 But let's dive in

00:10:38.560 --> 00:10:40.440
 and see what's going on here.

00:10:40.520 --> 00:10:41.480
 So look at the first

00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:42.740
 few verses of me,

00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:44.080
 of chapter 6,

00:10:44.460 --> 00:10:45.019
 with me.

00:10:45.899 --> 00:10:47.320
 There is a new king

00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:48.060
 on the scene

00:10:48.060 --> 00:10:49.659
 and his name is Darius.

00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:51.300
 Now, who is Darius?

00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:53.340
 Well, Darius is the king

00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:55.440
 of the Medo-Persian Empire.

00:10:55.980 --> 00:10:57.480
 And what's happened here

00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:58.340
 is, I don't know

00:10:58.340 --> 00:10:58.840
 if you remember

00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:00.060
 back in chapter 2,

00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:01.580
 Chris was preaching

00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:02.420
 a few weeks ago,

00:11:03.060 --> 00:11:04.340
 and King Nebuchadnezzar

00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:05.159
 has this dream.

00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:05.960
 You remember the dream

00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:07.019
 and there's this gold,

00:11:07.180 --> 00:11:07.800
 or the statue,

00:11:07.960 --> 00:11:08.860
 there's a golden head,

00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:10.100
 a silver torso,

00:11:10.420 --> 00:11:11.220
 bronze legs,

00:11:11.220 --> 00:11:12.320
 etc., etc.

00:11:12.540 --> 00:11:13.480
 Does that sound familiar?

00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:15.759
 And what is the dream about?

00:11:16.240 --> 00:11:17.080
 The dream is about

00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:18.360
 you, O king,

00:11:18.500 --> 00:11:19.759
 are the head of gold,

00:11:20.180 --> 00:11:21.779
 you are the Babylonian Empire,

00:11:22.120 --> 00:11:22.879
 but your empire

00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:23.759
 is not going to last.

00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:24.500
 After you

00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:24.980
 is going to come

00:11:24.980 --> 00:11:25.899
 another empire,

00:11:26.100 --> 00:11:27.360
 they're going to defeat you,

00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:28.259
 and they will be

00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:29.200
 the world's superpower.

00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:30.960
 And that's happening

00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:32.080
 before our very eyes.

00:11:32.160 --> 00:11:33.019
 The Babylonians

00:11:33.019 --> 00:11:33.879
 have been wiped out,

00:11:34.340 --> 00:11:35.300
 the Medo-Persians

00:11:35.300 --> 00:11:36.259
 have conquered them,

00:11:36.320 --> 00:11:38.379
 the year is 539 BC,

00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:39.419
 and so now

00:11:39.419 --> 00:11:40.419
 the Medo-Persians

00:11:40.419 --> 00:11:41.379
 are the world's

00:11:41.379 --> 00:11:41.980
 superpower,

00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:43.220
 and Darius

00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:44.039
 is the king

00:11:44.039 --> 00:11:45.340
 who's on the throne.

00:11:45.840 --> 00:11:45.899
 Okay?

00:11:46.939 --> 00:11:48.259
 And so on one hand,

00:11:48.439 --> 00:11:49.500
 everything is different

00:11:49.500 --> 00:11:50.539
 in the book of Daniel.

00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:51.500
 It's a new king,

00:11:51.779 --> 00:11:52.600
 new empire,

00:11:52.860 --> 00:11:53.720
 new regime,

00:11:54.059 --> 00:11:54.799
 a new way

00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:56.139
 of governing the world

00:11:56.139 --> 00:11:57.139
 in many ways.

00:11:57.600 --> 00:11:57.899
 Remember,

00:11:57.980 --> 00:11:58.679
 the Babylonians

00:11:58.679 --> 00:11:59.840
 are quite autocratic.

00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:01.299
 The Medo-Persians

00:12:01.299 --> 00:12:02.299
 are a bit more

00:12:02.299 --> 00:12:03.980
 democratic in a way.

00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:04.379
 Do you remember

00:12:04.379 --> 00:12:06.179
 what Irene read to us?

00:12:06.179 --> 00:12:06.759
 They're laws

00:12:06.759 --> 00:12:07.879
 that cannot be revoked.

00:12:08.419 --> 00:12:09.819
 So everything's new

00:12:09.819 --> 00:12:10.599
 in some ways,

00:12:11.079 --> 00:12:12.259
 but on the other hand,

00:12:12.299 --> 00:12:13.059
 as we're going to see,

00:12:13.479 --> 00:12:14.679
 actually nothing's new.

00:12:15.179 --> 00:12:15.959
 Because everything

00:12:15.959 --> 00:12:16.479
 that happens

00:12:16.479 --> 00:12:17.279
 in chapter 6

00:12:17.279 --> 00:12:18.519
 is very similar

00:12:18.519 --> 00:12:19.319
 to what happened

00:12:19.319 --> 00:12:20.419
 under Nebuchadnezzar

00:12:20.419 --> 00:12:21.279
 in chapter 3.

00:12:22.059 --> 00:12:23.159
 Out of jealousy,

00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:24.139
 these leaders

00:12:24.139 --> 00:12:24.819
 go to the king,

00:12:25.139 --> 00:12:26.019
 they get this law

00:12:26.019 --> 00:12:26.859
 that's passed,

00:12:27.259 --> 00:12:28.059
 a law that says

00:12:28.059 --> 00:12:28.919
 either you worship

00:12:28.919 --> 00:12:29.419
 the king,

00:12:29.620 --> 00:12:30.500
 or you're going to

00:12:30.500 --> 00:12:31.299
 suffer some

00:12:31.299 --> 00:12:32.299
 gruesome,

00:12:32.459 --> 00:12:33.279
 torturous death.

00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:33.859
 Okay?

00:12:34.120 --> 00:12:35.539
 And that's really important

00:12:35.539 --> 00:12:37.179
 because one of the things

00:12:37.179 --> 00:12:37.599
 that we're meant

00:12:37.599 --> 00:12:38.279
 to see here

00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:39.839
 is throughout the world,

00:12:39.980 --> 00:12:41.139
 things change

00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:42.240
 all the time,

00:12:42.860 --> 00:12:43.679
 superficially,

00:12:44.199 --> 00:12:45.240
 but actually many

00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:46.059
 of the fundamental

00:12:46.059 --> 00:12:47.480
 issues of life

00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:48.779
 actually don't change

00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:49.419
 that much.

00:12:50.259 --> 00:12:51.079
 On one hand,

00:12:51.599 --> 00:12:52.579
 kingdoms come and go,

00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:53.819
 empires come and go,

00:12:54.259 --> 00:12:55.139
 leaders come and go,

00:12:55.319 --> 00:12:56.159
 democratic parties

00:12:56.159 --> 00:12:56.860
 come and go,

00:12:57.339 --> 00:12:59.019
 many things change

00:12:59.019 --> 00:12:59.500
 in life,

00:12:59.839 --> 00:13:01.099
 but actually the fundamentals,

00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:02.299
 the things that God

00:13:02.299 --> 00:13:03.120
 says are important,

00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:04.240
 actually don't really

00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:05.279
 change all that much.

00:13:05.539 --> 00:13:06.559
 From age to age

00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:07.759
 and generation to generation.

00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:09.379
 And I remember finding

00:13:09.379 --> 00:13:10.099
 this quite interesting

00:13:10.099 --> 00:13:10.899
 when we moved

00:13:10.899 --> 00:13:11.899
 from Cape Town,

00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:12.399
 South Africa,

00:13:12.539 --> 00:13:13.139
 to Hong Kong

00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:14.279
 three and a half years ago.

00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:15.939
 If you think about it,

00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:17.539
 sleepy Africa,

00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:18.019
 right?

00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:20.159
 Fast-paced Hong Kong,

00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:21.819
 worlds apart,

00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:23.459
 like the very opposite

00:13:23.459 --> 00:13:25.039
 extremes of culture

00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:25.539
 and the way

00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:26.480
 that things are done.

00:13:27.439 --> 00:13:28.219
 And yet one of the things

00:13:28.219 --> 00:13:28.799
 that struck me

00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:29.620
 when we moved here

00:13:29.620 --> 00:13:31.360
 is that in many ways

00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:32.819
 the fundamental aspects

00:13:32.820 --> 00:13:33.300
 of life

00:13:33.300 --> 00:13:34.420
 actually don't change

00:13:34.420 --> 00:13:36.160
 that much altogether.

00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.900
 In many ways,

00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:39.060
 people in Africa

00:13:39.060 --> 00:13:40.660
 and people in Hong Kong,

00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:41.180
 can I say,

00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:42.440
 we actually have got

00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:43.200
 the same longings

00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:43.800
 of our hearts.

00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:45.180
 We've got the same

00:13:45.180 --> 00:13:45.840
 insecurities.

00:13:46.420 --> 00:13:47.840
 We've got the same fears.

00:13:48.500 --> 00:13:49.460
 We all want to be

00:13:49.460 --> 00:13:50.600
 longed and appreciated

00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:51.260
 and loved

00:13:51.260 --> 00:13:52.360
 by those around us.

00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:54.780
 Marriage and parenting

00:13:54.780 --> 00:13:56.640
 are challenging.

00:13:56.639 --> 00:13:57.740
 Whether you live

00:13:57.740 --> 00:13:59.259
 in 21st century Hong Kong,

00:13:59.740 --> 00:14:01.159
 21st century Cape Town,

00:14:01.659 --> 00:14:03.139
 or 1st century

00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:04.259
 biblical times.

00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:06.039
 The longings of our hearts

00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:07.500
 are actually very similar.

00:14:08.080 --> 00:14:09.279
 And so that's what we see here.

00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:09.879
 On one hand,

00:14:10.039 --> 00:14:11.039
 everything's different,

00:14:11.720 --> 00:14:12.939
 but actually on the other hand,

00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.759
 not that much

00:14:13.759 --> 00:14:14.960
 has changed altogether.

00:14:15.659 --> 00:14:16.659
 But the other thing

00:14:16.659 --> 00:14:17.759
 that we see here

00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:18.860
 in the book of Daniel,

00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:19.699
 just as we get

00:14:19.699 --> 00:14:20.620
 into chapter 6,

00:14:21.319 --> 00:14:22.779
 is that by this stage,

00:14:23.019 --> 00:14:24.840
 Daniel is an old man.

00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:25.940
 And we mentioned this

00:14:25.940 --> 00:14:26.700
 a few weeks ago,

00:14:27.139 --> 00:14:28.660
 but Daniel's a really old man.

00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.820
 He's not like

00:14:29.820 --> 00:14:31.080
 Simon Wong old, okay?

00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:33.780
 He's properly old, okay?

00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:36.399
 Thanks, Simon.

00:14:38.300 --> 00:14:39.480
 Daniel at this stage

00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:40.060
 is kind of

00:14:40.060 --> 00:14:41.519
 probably mid-80s.

00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:43.060
 He's been in Babylon

00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:43.920
 70 years.

00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.060
 He got taken to Babylon

00:14:45.060 --> 00:14:45.920
 as a teenager,

00:14:46.139 --> 00:14:47.620
 maybe 15, 16 years old.

00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:49.139
 He's now lived,

00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:49.800
 he's outlived

00:14:49.800 --> 00:14:51.500
 the entire Babylonian empire

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.340
 70 years.

00:14:52.420 --> 00:14:53.759
 He's on to the next empire.

00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:55.460
 And so Daniel's now

00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:57.019
 somewhere in his 80s.

00:14:57.919 --> 00:15:00.159
 And often when we read

00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:01.179
 the children's Bibles,

00:15:01.319 --> 00:15:02.159
 we see these pictures

00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:03.419
 of Daniel in the lion's den.

00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:04.980
 And he's this strapping young,

00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:05.620
 you know,

00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:06.840
 25-year-old guy

00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:07.939
 in the prime of his life.

00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:09.019
 He's good looking.

00:15:09.299 --> 00:15:10.539
 But that's not the case.

00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:12.899
 Daniel is an old man here.

00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:13.779
 And one of the things

00:15:13.779 --> 00:15:15.019
 that God wants us to see

00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:15.659
 in this chapter

00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:17.879
 is how Daniel has lived

00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:19.259
 his entire life

00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:20.559
 faithfully

00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:22.059
 and consistently

00:15:22.059 --> 00:15:23.739
 trusting in God.

00:15:24.859 --> 00:15:25.939
 And can I just say

00:15:25.939 --> 00:15:27.019
 that I know that

00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:27.779
 as a church,

00:15:27.899 --> 00:15:29.219
 Watermark is generally

00:15:29.219 --> 00:15:30.359
 quite a young church.

00:15:30.919 --> 00:15:32.019
 And I love the fact

00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:32.399
 that we've got

00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:34.219
 so many amazing young people

00:15:34.219 --> 00:15:35.659
 that are really powering it

00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.879
 and doing so well.

00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:38.739
 And that is so awesome.

00:15:38.919 --> 00:15:39.439
 It's one of the things

00:15:39.439 --> 00:15:40.659
 we love about our church.

00:15:41.419 --> 00:15:43.659
 But the kingdom of God

00:15:43.659 --> 00:15:45.279
 is not just for young people.

00:15:46.079 --> 00:15:46.799
 And I know that

00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:47.500
 in Hong Kong

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.799
 we've got this interesting dynamic.

00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:50.120
 There's some churches where

00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:52.279
 until you're kind of mid-50s

00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.719
 it seems like your voice

00:15:53.719 --> 00:15:54.799
 doesn't really count.

00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.259
 Right?

00:15:55.339 --> 00:15:55.919
 You've got to like

00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:56.659
 really be

00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:58.679
 in the second half of your life

00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:59.299
 until you've got

00:15:59.299 --> 00:16:00.659
 any contribution in the church.

00:16:01.000 --> 00:16:01.799
 But sometimes

00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:02.879
 in the English church

00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:03.939
 it can feel like

00:16:03.939 --> 00:16:05.839
 once you're over 40

00:16:05.839 --> 00:16:07.159
 you're kind of past your prime

00:16:07.159 --> 00:16:07.679
 and it's just

00:16:07.679 --> 00:16:08.879
 a young person's church.

00:16:09.079 --> 00:16:10.120
 Does that make any sense?

00:16:10.439 --> 00:16:11.399
 Did anybody feel that?

00:16:11.959 --> 00:16:13.059
 Okay, are you allowed to nod?

00:16:14.099 --> 00:16:14.839
 One of the things

00:16:14.839 --> 00:16:16.059
 Daniel's going to show us

00:16:16.059 --> 00:16:17.240
 is that actually

00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:17.919
 the kingdom of God

00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.699
 we need

00:16:18.699 --> 00:16:20.299
 both young

00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:21.259
 fiery people

00:16:21.259 --> 00:16:22.219
 that are powering for God

00:16:22.219 --> 00:16:23.559
 but we actually also need

00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:24.179
 men and women

00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:25.779
 that have faithfully

00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:26.819
 and consistently

00:16:26.819 --> 00:16:28.179
 served God

00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:29.439
 and given their lives to God

00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:30.599
 for decades

00:16:30.599 --> 00:16:31.379
 after decade

00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.379
 after decade.

00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:34.179
 And so

00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:35.159
 just like Moses

00:16:35.159 --> 00:16:36.659
 who was 80 years old

00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.740
 when he went back to Egypt

00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.979
 and delivered God's people

00:16:38.979 --> 00:16:39.579
 out of Egypt

00:16:39.579 --> 00:16:40.579
 and just like Caleb

00:16:40.579 --> 00:16:42.519
 who at 85 years old

00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:43.679
 still had vision

00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.360
 and passion

00:16:44.360 --> 00:16:45.899
 to advance God's kingdom

00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:47.500
 Daniel's going to show us

00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:48.879
 that one of the marks

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:50.159
 of a mature Christian

00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:51.079
 is someone who can

00:16:51.079 --> 00:16:51.899
 consistently

00:16:51.899 --> 00:16:53.299
 and faithfully

00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:55.199
 decade after decade

00:16:55.199 --> 00:16:56.319
 give their life

00:16:56.319 --> 00:16:57.259
 to the things of God.

00:16:57.939 --> 00:16:59.000
 Okay, so that's

00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:00.019
 by way of introduction.

00:17:00.220 --> 00:17:01.059
 So let's look

00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:01.819
 what happens here.

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.500
 So as Irene read to us

00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:04.920
 Darius is the new king

00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:05.420
 in town

00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.559
 and he chooses

00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:08.559
 these 120 satraps

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.180
 these are like

00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:10.279
 governors

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:11.400
 in a sense

00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:13.580
 to rule the new empire

00:17:13.580 --> 00:17:14.900
 that he has taken over

00:17:14.900 --> 00:17:16.040
 to rule what was

00:17:16.040 --> 00:17:17.060
 the Babylonian empire

00:17:17.060 --> 00:17:19.140
 and he installs

00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:20.000
 these three men

00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:20.580
 that are kind of

00:17:20.580 --> 00:17:21.259
 the leaders

00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:22.920
 who these 120 men

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.900
 are accountable to

00:17:23.900 --> 00:17:26.100
 and Daniel soon emerges

00:17:26.100 --> 00:17:27.120
 as the leader

00:17:27.120 --> 00:17:27.920
 of the three

00:17:27.920 --> 00:17:29.300
 so he really is

00:17:29.300 --> 00:17:30.040
 kind of the top

00:17:30.040 --> 00:17:30.740
 of the pile

00:17:30.740 --> 00:17:33.019
 and this is all good

00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.540
 and well

00:17:33.540 --> 00:17:35.160
 except that office politics

00:17:35.160 --> 00:17:36.320
 soon comes into play

00:17:36.320 --> 00:17:37.640
 and the others

00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:38.380
 are jealous

00:17:38.380 --> 00:17:39.540
 because Daniel

00:17:39.540 --> 00:17:40.700
 is not a Babylonian

00:17:40.700 --> 00:17:42.100
 he's not a Medo-Persian

00:17:42.100 --> 00:17:43.259
 he's a foreigner

00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:44.660
 and he shouldn't be

00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:45.660
 at the top of the pile

00:17:45.660 --> 00:17:47.340
 and so office politics

00:17:47.340 --> 00:17:48.220
 kicks into place

00:17:48.220 --> 00:17:48.960
 and these guys

00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:49.440
 want to try

00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.080
 to take him down

00:17:50.080 --> 00:17:51.519
 but the problem is

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.460
 nothing will stick

00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:52.980
 to Daniel

00:17:52.980 --> 00:17:54.600
 he's a man of integrity

00:17:54.600 --> 00:17:56.000
 and faithfulness

00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:57.420
 there's no corruption

00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:58.799
 nothing will stick to him

00:17:58.799 --> 00:17:59.200
 and so

00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:00.180
 the one thing

00:18:00.180 --> 00:18:00.819
 they realize

00:18:00.819 --> 00:18:02.299
 is that he's faithful

00:18:02.299 --> 00:18:03.220
 to his God

00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:04.380
 and so they come up

00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:05.000
 with a plan

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.799
 of how they can

00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:06.880
 get him taken out

00:18:06.880 --> 00:18:07.900
 they've got to get

00:18:07.900 --> 00:18:08.880
 a law passed

00:18:08.880 --> 00:18:09.740
 that will pretty much

00:18:09.740 --> 00:18:10.680
 make it illegal

00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.620
 for Daniel

00:18:11.620 --> 00:18:12.740
 to serve Yahweh

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.900
 and so

00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:14.820
 that's what happens

00:18:14.820 --> 00:18:15.840
 they go to Darius

00:18:15.840 --> 00:18:16.740
 and they get Darius

00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.779
 to sign this law

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.440
 which is

00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:19.480
 no one can pray

00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:20.019
 or worship

00:18:20.019 --> 00:18:20.799
 to anyone

00:18:20.799 --> 00:18:22.180
 other than Darius

00:18:22.180 --> 00:18:22.720
 the king

00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:24.480
 and otherwise

00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:25.299
 they must face

00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:26.080
 a certain death

00:18:26.080 --> 00:18:27.420
 and Darius

00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:28.680
 like Nebuchadnezzar

00:18:28.680 --> 00:18:29.240
 before him

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:30.500
 thinks this is a good idea

00:18:30.500 --> 00:18:31.759
 he signs the law

00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:32.360
 into place

00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:33.279
 and

00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:35.060
 that means

00:18:35.060 --> 00:18:35.420
 that

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:36.340
 Daniel

00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:37.240
 is going to be in trouble

00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:38.740
 and so look at

00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.700
 what Daniel does

00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:41.019
 look at verse 10

00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:42.600
 what is Daniel

00:18:42.600 --> 00:18:43.220
 going to do

00:18:43.220 --> 00:18:44.180
 now that a law

00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:44.840
 has been passed

00:18:44.840 --> 00:18:46.360
 that makes it illegal

00:18:46.360 --> 00:18:47.340
 to pray to God

00:18:47.340 --> 00:18:48.700
 and if he even

00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:49.559
 tries to do that

00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.319
 he's going to be fed

00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:50.960
 to the lions

00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:52.799
 what is the first thing

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.819
 that Daniel should do

00:18:53.819 --> 00:18:55.319
 well let's look at

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:56.319
 verse 10 together

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:58.299
 when Daniel knew

00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.100
 that the document

00:18:59.100 --> 00:19:00.140
 had been signed

00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:01.880
 he went to his house

00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:02.940
 where he had windows

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.900
 in his upper chamber

00:19:03.900 --> 00:19:05.279
 open towards Jerusalem

00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.839
 he got down

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.420
 on his knees

00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:08.599
 three times a day

00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:09.619
 and he prayed

00:19:09.619 --> 00:19:11.059
 and he gave thanks

00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:11.759
 to his God

00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:13.240
 as he had done

00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:13.819
 previously

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:14.519
 or as another

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.420
 translation says

00:19:15.420 --> 00:19:16.879
 as was his

00:19:16.879 --> 00:19:17.539
 customs

00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:18.539
 since his

00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.680
 earliest days

00:19:19.680 --> 00:19:21.899
 friends

00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:22.279
 is that not

00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:22.779
 remarkable

00:19:22.779 --> 00:19:25.339
 just think about it

00:19:25.339 --> 00:19:25.559
 when

00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:26.740
 when anxiety

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.539
 and stress

00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.399
 come our way

00:19:28.399 --> 00:19:30.259
 when the pressure

00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:30.940
 is on

00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:32.599
 when your career

00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:33.639
 is on the line

00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:34.660
 or your reputation

00:19:34.660 --> 00:19:35.280
 is on the line

00:19:35.280 --> 00:19:35.759
 never mind

00:19:35.759 --> 00:19:36.420
 your life

00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:37.180
 is on the line

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:39.280
 how do we respond

00:19:39.280 --> 00:19:42.500
 well look at

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.360
 what Daniel does

00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:46.080
 he gets on his knees

00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:48.200
 and he prays

00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.600
 Daniel doesn't

00:19:49.600 --> 00:19:50.600
 launch a public

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:51.280
 protest

00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:52.740
 he doesn't

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.900
 protest his innocence

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:55.440
 he doesn't

00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.020
 declare

00:19:56.020 --> 00:19:57.380
 this is unjust

00:19:57.380 --> 00:19:58.480
 this is not

00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:58.800
 the way

00:19:58.800 --> 00:19:59.520
 it should work

00:19:59.520 --> 00:20:01.360
 Daniel doesn't

00:20:01.360 --> 00:20:01.960
 even go

00:20:01.960 --> 00:20:02.700
 and petition

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:04.080
 Darius the king

00:20:04.080 --> 00:20:05.200
 who does he

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.539
 bring his

00:20:05.539 --> 00:20:06.460
 petition before

00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.740
 it's not

00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.360
 king Darius

00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:10.039
 it's Christ

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.460
 the king

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.039
 of kings

00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:12.420
 Daniel gets

00:20:12.420 --> 00:20:13.140
 on his knees

00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:15.140
 and he prays

00:20:15.140 --> 00:20:17.220
 Daniel knows

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.580
 the one

00:20:17.580 --> 00:20:18.200
 who holds

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:18.640
 his life

00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.259
 in his hands

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.539
 and it's

00:20:19.539 --> 00:20:20.200
 before him

00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:21.380
 that he brings

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.100
 his petition

00:20:22.100 --> 00:20:23.539
 and friends

00:20:23.539 --> 00:20:23.980
 doesn't that

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.720
 remind us

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:25.200
 of king

00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:25.700
 Jesus

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:27.100
 Jesus

00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:27.400
 right

00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:27.779
 remember

00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.180
 he's

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.940
 it's the night

00:20:28.940 --> 00:20:29.620
 before he

00:20:29.620 --> 00:20:30.299
 is going

00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:30.759
 to go to the

00:20:30.759 --> 00:20:31.059
 cross

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.519
 he's just

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:31.819
 had

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:33.000
 a last supper

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.559
 as Simon

00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.399
 reminded us

00:20:34.399 --> 00:20:35.799
 and he knows

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.940
 that Judas

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.759
 has betrayed him

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.539
 Judas leaves

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.259
 the dinner early

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.619
 to go and

00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:40.299
 betray him

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.980
 Jesus knows

00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:42.599
 what's coming

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:43.319
 his way

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:44.480
 the next day

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.740
 he's going

00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.379
 to be crucified

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:46.539
 and what

00:20:46.539 --> 00:20:47.000
 does Jesus

00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.359
 do

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:48.519
 he goes

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.119
 deep into

00:20:49.119 --> 00:20:49.579
 the garden

00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:50.279
 of Gethsemane

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.859
 and he gets

00:20:50.859 --> 00:20:51.639
 on his knees

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:53.399
 and he prays

00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:55.359
 but notice

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:55.759
 here that

00:20:55.759 --> 00:20:56.720
 Daniel is not

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.639
 running to God

00:20:57.639 --> 00:20:58.639
 freaking out

00:20:58.640 --> 00:20:59.480
 he's not

00:20:59.480 --> 00:20:59.840
 suddenly

00:20:59.840 --> 00:21:00.640
 running to God

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:00.800
 saying

00:21:00.800 --> 00:21:01.300
 God

00:21:01.300 --> 00:21:01.700
 I need

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:01.820
 you

00:21:01.820 --> 00:21:02.220
 I'm in

00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.720
 a corner

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.660
 I've tried

00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:04.160
 everything

00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:05.320
 I don't know

00:21:05.320 --> 00:21:05.820
 where to turn

00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.200
 God

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.520
 you're my

00:21:06.520 --> 00:21:07.580
 last resort

00:21:07.580 --> 00:21:09.600
 because notice

00:21:09.600 --> 00:21:10.180
 what the scripture

00:21:10.180 --> 00:21:10.640
 says

00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:12.100
 Daniel got on his knees

00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.740
 and prayed

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:13.880
 three times a day

00:21:13.880 --> 00:21:15.720
 as was his custom

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.860
 since his earliest

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.380
 days

00:21:17.380 --> 00:21:18.620
 in other words

00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.440
 the consistent

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.900
 pattern of his life

00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:21.960
 is that through

00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.720
 thick and thin

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.540
 when Daniel is

00:21:23.540 --> 00:21:24.560
 promoted to the

00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:25.380
 highest ranks

00:21:25.380 --> 00:21:26.020
 of the land

00:21:26.020 --> 00:21:27.460
 or Daniel's facing

00:21:27.460 --> 00:21:28.300
 the death penalty

00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:29.619
 the consistent

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.799
 pattern of his life

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:32.000
 is to become

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:33.480
 a man of prayer

00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:35.059
 Daniel's not

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:35.759
 running to God

00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.819
 as a last resort

00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.759
 because he's

00:21:37.759 --> 00:21:38.500
 exhausted every

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.079
 other option

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:41.059
 he runs to God

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.539
 as prayer

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.159
 as a matter

00:21:42.159 --> 00:21:42.799
 of pattern

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:44.099
 because he knows

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:45.599
 God is God

00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.859
 and God is faithful

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.639
 and sovereign

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:51.059
 friends

00:21:51.059 --> 00:21:52.159
 no Christian

00:21:52.159 --> 00:21:52.839
 and therefore

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.759
 no church

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.980
 is greater

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.639
 than its

00:21:55.639 --> 00:21:56.559
 prayer life

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:59.460
 maybe you can ask

00:21:59.460 --> 00:21:59.619
 us

00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.240
 what is our

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.980
 prayer life

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.440
 like

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:05.500
 we've mentioned

00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.059
 this before

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.039
 but I want to

00:22:07.039 --> 00:22:08.000
 just read to us

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.700
 from the book

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.139
 of Acts

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:10.619
 what the early

00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.440
 church's prayer

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:12.019
 life was like

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.619
 this is from

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.220
 a book by

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.720
 John

00:22:13.720 --> 00:22:15.279
 Onwanitra

00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:15.659
 I think

00:22:15.659 --> 00:22:16.079
 is how you

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.500
 say his name

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:18.379
 his book

00:22:18.379 --> 00:22:18.720
 on prayer

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:19.480
 listen to how

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:20.319
 he catalogues

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:20.559
 the book

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:20.940
 of Acts

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.399
 he says

00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:22.639
 Acts chapter 1

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:23.680
 they prayed

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.420
 before choosing

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:24.960
 leaders

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:26.420
 Acts chapter 2

00:22:26.420 --> 00:22:26.900
 the Christians

00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.420
 are gathered

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.020
 together in

00:22:28.020 --> 00:22:28.300
 prayer

00:22:28.300 --> 00:22:28.860
 when the Holy

00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:29.500
 Spirit comes

00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:30.020
 upon them

00:22:30.020 --> 00:22:30.840
 at Pentecost

00:22:30.840 --> 00:22:32.240
 Acts chapter 2

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:32.960
 verse 42

00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.460
 says

00:22:33.460 --> 00:22:34.340
 they devoted

00:22:34.340 --> 00:22:34.920
 themselves

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:35.600
 to the apostles

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:36.120
 teaching

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:37.000
 and to prayer

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:38.680
 Acts chapter 3

00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.220
 we see that

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.960
 Peter and John

00:22:39.960 --> 00:22:41.040
 go to the temple

00:22:41.040 --> 00:22:42.220
 daily at the

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.020
 hour of prayer

00:22:43.020 --> 00:22:44.600
 Acts chapter 4

00:22:44.600 --> 00:22:45.140
 the apostles

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.940
 are persecuted

00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.420
 and facing

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:47.660
 opposition

00:22:47.660 --> 00:22:48.340
 and what do

00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:48.700
 they do

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.580
 they turn to

00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:49.800
 God

00:22:49.800 --> 00:22:50.380
 in prayer

00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:52.020
 in Acts chapter 6

00:22:52.020 --> 00:22:52.520
 before they

00:22:52.520 --> 00:22:53.240
 choose deacon

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.680
 leaders

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:55.040
 they pray about

00:22:55.040 --> 00:22:55.560
 and ask God

00:22:55.560 --> 00:22:55.920
 to lead

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.300
 and guide

00:22:56.300 --> 00:22:56.480
 them

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:57.100
 but the reason

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.680
 they choose

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.060
 leaders

00:22:58.060 --> 00:22:58.920
 is that the

00:22:58.920 --> 00:22:59.320
 apostles

00:22:59.320 --> 00:23:00.060
 can free up

00:23:00.060 --> 00:23:00.420
 time

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.120
 to be devoted

00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:01.780
 to preaching

00:23:01.780 --> 00:23:03.180
 and to prayer

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.840
 in Acts chapter 7

00:23:04.840 --> 00:23:05.820
 Stephen the first

00:23:05.820 --> 00:23:06.180
 martyr

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:07.160
 prays for the

00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:07.500
 forgiveness

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.000
 of those

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.480
 who are killing

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.760
 him

00:23:08.760 --> 00:23:10.180
 in Acts chapter 8

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:11.080
 Peter and John

00:23:11.080 --> 00:23:12.240
 pray with the

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:13.060
 saints in Samaria

00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:13.620
 that they might

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.140
 be filled

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.060
 with the Holy Spirit

00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:16.720
 in Acts chapter 9

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:18.120
 Peter prays

00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:19.060
 and sees a woman

00:23:19.060 --> 00:23:20.080
 rise from the dead

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:21.759
 in Acts chapter 10

00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:23.359
 Peter is daily

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:23.960
 going about

00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:24.480
 his rhythm

00:23:24.480 --> 00:23:24.960
 of prayer

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.500
 when God

00:23:25.500 --> 00:23:26.199
 visits him

00:23:26.199 --> 00:23:27.359
 challenges his

00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:28.059
 hypocrisy

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.859
 and his racism

00:23:28.859 --> 00:23:30.039
 against the Gentiles

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:31.419
 and starts the

00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:32.599
 mission to the Gentiles

00:23:32.599 --> 00:23:34.379
 in Acts chapter 12

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:35.799
 Peter is in prison

00:23:35.799 --> 00:23:36.439
 for preaching

00:23:36.439 --> 00:23:37.059
 and the church

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.059
 gathers to pray

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.319
 and he is miraculously

00:23:39.319 --> 00:23:40.500
 released from prison

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:42.220
 in Acts chapter 13

00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:43.480
 the church fasts

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.339
 and prays together

00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:45.879
 to multiply the work

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.980
 and appoint new leaders

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:48.599
 in Acts chapter 14

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.639
 after prayer

00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:50.320
 and fasting

00:23:50.320 --> 00:23:51.640
 Paul and Barnabas

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.280
 are sent out

00:23:52.280 --> 00:23:52.940
 to missionaries

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.840
 to new lands

00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.900
 and they appoint elders

00:23:54.900 --> 00:23:55.460
 in the churches

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.220
 where they have gathered

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:57.780
 and we could go on

00:23:57.780 --> 00:23:58.300
 and on

00:23:58.300 --> 00:23:58.720
 and on

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.980
 Acts chapter 14

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.800
 chapter 16

00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:01.560
 chapter 20

00:24:01.560 --> 00:24:02.660
 the early church

00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:03.400
 if there is one thing

00:24:03.400 --> 00:24:04.180
 that marked them

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.460
 there were people

00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:06.000
 who knew

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.280
 how to pray

00:24:07.280 --> 00:24:11.040
 friends if you are

00:24:11.040 --> 00:24:11.940
 a Christian this morning

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.620
 what is your

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.920
 prayer life like?

00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:18.900
 three weeks ago

00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.680
 we made the point

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.220
 that if you are

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.700
 a Christian

00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.160
 if you are going

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.740
 to serve God

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.340
 faithfully

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:23.539
 all of your days

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.180
 you are going

00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:25.240
 to face the fire

00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:26.660
 it is part of

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:28.120
 what it means

00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.820
 to be a follower

00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.380
 of Jesus

00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.400
 opposition is going

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:31.100
 to come your way

00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:32.180
 what is going

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.860
 to keep us

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.539
 consistent

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.140
 what is going

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.620
 to keep us

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.019
 faithful

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:36.039
 all of our days

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:37.060
 what is going

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.680
 to keep us

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.240
 enduring

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:39.080
 to the end

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.599
 one of the reasons

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.539
 why Daniel

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.559
 is a man

00:24:42.559 --> 00:24:43.279
 that can stand

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.619
 up to Nebuchadnezzar

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.460
 and Darius

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:46.619
 both in the

00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.419
 highs of his life

00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:48.439
 and lows of his life

00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:49.000
 is he a man

00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:49.500
 who knows

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:50.139
 how to pray

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:51.259
 and look at

00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.220
 verse 16

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:53.399
 look at Darius

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.379
 his own testimony

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.240
 about Daniel

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.879
 he says here

00:24:55.879 --> 00:24:56.759
 in verse 16

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.279
 may your God

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.519
 whom you serve

00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:00.179
 continually

00:25:00.179 --> 00:25:00.980
 deliver you

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:02.419
 again verse 20

00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:03.399
 O Daniel

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:04.279
 servant of the

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:05.179
 living God

00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:06.339
 has your God

00:25:06.339 --> 00:25:07.480
 whom you serve

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.179
 continually

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:09.060
 been able

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:09.880
 to deliver you

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.600
 from the lions

00:25:10.600 --> 00:25:12.060
 if there's one thing

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.940
 that the new king

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:14.039
 knows about Daniel

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.720
 it's this

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.820
 here is a man

00:25:15.820 --> 00:25:16.980
 who has consistently

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:18.000
 and continually

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:20.000
 served his God

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:22.580
 and so maybe

00:25:22.580 --> 00:25:23.000
 I can just

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:24.799
 the application

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.779
 for those of us

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:27.279
 that are in our 20s

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.900
 or early 30s

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:31.039
 if you're going

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.580
 to still be

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.279
 serving God

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.880
 faithfully

00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:33.940
 in your 50s

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.840
 and your 60s

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.759
 and your 70s

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.680
 and your 80s

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.880
 and God willing

00:25:37.880 --> 00:25:38.900
 in your 90s

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.900
 if you're going

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.320
 to be someone

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:41.420
 that consistently

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.260
 gives yourself

00:25:42.260 --> 00:25:42.820
 to God

00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:44.100
 can I urge you

00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:44.940
 to be those

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.860
 that know

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.260
 what it means

00:25:46.260 --> 00:25:46.780
 to be a man

00:25:46.780 --> 00:25:47.100
 or woman

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.660
 of prayer

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:50.300
 friends we said

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:50.740
 it earlier

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.700
 the Christian life

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.600
 is a race

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.260
 but it's not

00:25:53.260 --> 00:25:53.940
 a sprint

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:55.500
 and it's easy

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.380
 in your 20s

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:57.260
 and your 30s

00:25:57.260 --> 00:25:58.640
 to be involved

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.360
 in church stuff

00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:00.220
 and going to courses

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:01.560
 and having fun

00:26:01.560 --> 00:26:02.120
 with your church

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.860
 friends and stuff

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.860
 but when the pressure

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.600
 of life comes

00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:05.060
 you throw in

00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:05.920
 a couple of babies

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:07.700
 throw in a demanding job

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.920
 throw in a boss

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.960
 that grills you

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:11.240
 right Chris

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.840
 you know a bit

00:26:11.840 --> 00:26:12.279
 about that

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.900
 at the moment

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:16.000
 when the pressure

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.220
 of life comes

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:20.019
 we can find

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.640
 that we can go

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.380
 weeks

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.819
 with never getting

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.600
 into God's word

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.140
 never getting

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.720
 into prayer

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.680
 and friends

00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.620
 if Sunday morning

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.700
 is the only time

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.580
 that we ever pray

00:26:28.580 --> 00:26:29.840
 or get into God's word

00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.779
 when the storms

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.819
 of life come

00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:33.640
 our spiritual life

00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.519
 will not survive

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:36.420
 Daniel's a great

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:36.859
 example

00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:37.799
 of what it means

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:39.279
 to be a man

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.099
 that's consistently

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:41.000
 serving God

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:42.599
 but notice something

00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:43.619
 else about his

00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.160
 prayer here

00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:44.599
 I don't know if you

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.799
 saw this in verse 10

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:47.420
 this really blew me away

00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:48.700
 I never known this

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.740
 before until this week

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.500
 look at what he says

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.740
 here

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.960
 when Daniel knew

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.619
 that the document

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.339
 had been signed

00:26:53.339 --> 00:26:54.460
 he went to his house

00:26:54.460 --> 00:26:55.420
 where he had windows

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.299
 in his upper chamber

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.700
 open towards Jerusalem

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:59.359
 he got down on his knees

00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:00.019
 three times

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.740
 and he prayed

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:02.420
 and what did he do

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:04.839
 gave thanks

00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:06.200
 to God

00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:08.140
 he gave thanks

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.740
 to God

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:10.220
 as was his custom

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:12.279
 in this moment

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.519
 when due to the jealousy

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.339
 of his colleagues

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.460
 the king has signed

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.140
 an edict

00:27:16.140 --> 00:27:17.539
 which not only goes

00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.319
 against his faith

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:19.299
 but essentially says

00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:20.140
 Daniel you're going

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.940
 to the lion's den

00:27:20.940 --> 00:27:22.579
 today or tomorrow

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:24.259
 Daniel

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:26.259
 prays this prayer

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.120
 of gratitude

00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.559
 and thankfulness

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.279
 to God

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:31.220
 and it's quite amazing

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:32.059
 how often

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.779
 the New Testament

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.379
 says that

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:34.960
 one of the keys

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.139
 to the Christian life

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:37.500
 to the consistent

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.160
 Christian life

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.740
 is actually

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.960
 to live a life

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.619
 of gratitude

00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.579
 and thankfulness

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:41.960
 to God

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.819
 even in the midst

00:27:42.819 --> 00:27:43.359
 of storms

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:44.299
 listen to

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.779
 Thessalonians 1

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:47.339
 rejoice always

00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:48.819
 pray continually

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:50.700
 give thanks to God

00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:52.019
 in all circumstances

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:53.759
 Philippians says

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:55.059
 rejoice in the Lord

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.799
 I'll say it again

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.559
 rejoice

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.960
 do not be anxious

00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.799
 about anything

00:27:58.799 --> 00:28:00.619
 but in every situation

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:01.700
 with prayer and petition

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:03.460
 and thanksgiving

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.960
 present your request

00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:06.240
 before God your Father

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.419
 and so again and again

00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:09.839
 the Bible tells us

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:11.159
 that one of the marks

00:28:11.159 --> 00:28:12.259
 of Christian maturity

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:13.119
 is to know

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:14.859
 how to recognize

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:16.339
 the sovereignty of God

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.879
 and to be able

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.859
 to be thankful

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.819
 and gratitude

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:20.000
 to God

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.839
 even in the midst

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.480
 of the storms

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.079
 of life

00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:24.859
 now why is that important

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:26.079
 well

00:28:26.079 --> 00:28:27.899
 cultivating gratitude

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.500
 in other words

00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:30.460
 fighting of discontentment

00:28:30.460 --> 00:28:31.480
 is actually

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.679
 a spiritual discipline

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.919
 which is vital

00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:36.519
 to spiritual vitality

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:37.619
 friends

00:28:37.619 --> 00:28:38.500
 it's so easy

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.439
 to look around

00:28:39.439 --> 00:28:39.980
 at others

00:28:39.980 --> 00:28:40.299
 and say

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.339
 why is my life

00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.759
 so hard

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.339
 why do they

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.279
 have it so easy

00:28:43.279 --> 00:28:44.579
 it's so easy

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.899
 to compare our lives

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:47.079
 to those around us

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.939
 and to feel

00:28:47.939 --> 00:28:48.439
 that somehow

00:28:48.439 --> 00:28:49.480
 I've been hard

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.240
 but done by

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:51.699
 it's so easy

00:28:51.699 --> 00:28:52.500
 to wallow

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.460
 in discontentment

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.220
 but friends

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:55.220
 if there's one person

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:56.220
 who maybe

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.840
 could have felt

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.860
 sorry for himself

00:28:57.860 --> 00:28:59.660
 Daniel after serving

00:28:59.660 --> 00:29:00.519
 God faithfully

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.960
 for 70 years

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.400
 serving Nebuchadnezzar

00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:04.340
 serving Babylon

00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:05.980
 now serving Darius

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.420
 what does he get

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.819
 for it all

00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.480
 he gets thrown

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.360
 in the lion's den

00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:10.299
 if there's one man

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.779
 that can feel

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.759
 sorry for himself

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:13.079
 I put it to us

00:29:13.079 --> 00:29:14.220
 it's maybe Daniel

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:16.120
 and what does he do

00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:18.460
 Father I'm so thankful

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:20.400
 for your faithfulness

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:21.759
 God thank you

00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:22.779
 that you're a good God

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:23.720
 thank you that I can

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.420
 trust you

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.440
 in the circumstance

00:29:25.440 --> 00:29:27.839
 friends that's amazing

00:29:27.839 --> 00:29:30.579
 it's amazing

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:33.839
 bitterness and discontentment

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:35.059
 is like a virus

00:29:35.059 --> 00:29:36.460
 that will suck the life

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.119
 out of your walk

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:37.619
 with Jesus

00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:40.839
 and in the Christian life

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:42.279
 this race of endurance

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:44.099
 one of the spiritual disciplines

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.579
 which will get us

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:46.460
 over the line

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:48.399
 is cultivating a heart

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:49.019
 of gratitude

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:50.160
 and thankfulness

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:52.840
 and so

00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:55.000
 we know what happens here

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:56.320
 Daniel's conspirators

00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:57.380
 burst into the room

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.680
 he's on his knees

00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:00.300
 he's busy praying

00:30:00.300 --> 00:30:01.420
 not to Darius

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.440
 but to Jesus

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.519
 or to Yahweh

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.980
 and that means that

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:06.180
 Daniel needs to face

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.740
 the lions

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.060
 right

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:07.560
 and so

00:30:07.560 --> 00:30:09.320
 the story goes

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:10.300
 they march him off

00:30:10.300 --> 00:30:11.080
 to Darius

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.460
 and they say

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.900
 Darius

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:13.180
 this man is not

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:13.920
 praying to you

00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:15.000
 he's praying to Yahweh

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.420
 and he must die

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:17.500
 and Darius

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:18.640
 is actually very upset

00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:19.120
 about this

00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:20.100
 he doesn't want

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:20.720
 Daniel to die

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.720
 he likes Daniel

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:23.200
 and so he tries

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:24.200
 all sorts of things

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.160
 to pull strings

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:26.700
 to organize things

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:28.039
 but all to no avail

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:29.300
 the law

00:30:29.300 --> 00:30:30.400
 must stand

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:32.700
 the Medo-Persian law

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:32.960
 was that

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.560
 once the law

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:34.120
 had been signed

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:35.180
 it could not be revoked

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.539
 Daniel must go

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:37.580
 to the lion den

00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:39.300
 and so

00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:40.340
 he does

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:40.920
 and so

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:42.120
 Darius

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:42.960
 and the

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.460
 guard

00:30:43.460 --> 00:30:44.279
 they march him off

00:30:44.279 --> 00:30:45.039
 to the lion's den

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.899
 and Daniel's thrown inside

00:30:46.899 --> 00:30:48.879
 and we know the story

00:30:48.879 --> 00:30:50.279
 miraculously

00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:52.440
 for some reason

00:30:52.440 --> 00:30:53.599
 that night

00:30:53.599 --> 00:30:54.619
 the lions are not hungry

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:55.740
 Daniel says

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.899
 God sent an angel

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:58.099
 to close their mouths

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.920
 and Daniel survives

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:00.319
 the night

00:31:00.319 --> 00:31:01.000
 in the lion's den

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.039
 it's amazing

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.460
 that actually

00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:04.180
 the story doesn't recall

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.720
 what his life

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:06.000
 what his night was like

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.899
 in the lion's den

00:31:06.899 --> 00:31:07.579
 all we know is that

00:31:07.579 --> 00:31:08.059
 Darius

00:31:08.059 --> 00:31:09.359
 had a fretful night

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:10.159
 he couldn't sleep

00:31:10.159 --> 00:31:11.099
 he couldn't eat

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:12.420
 things are not going well for him

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.899
 but Daniel

00:31:12.899 --> 00:31:14.180
 we don't know too much about it

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.460
 but the one thing we know

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.580
 is the next morning

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:20.200
 Daniel is still alive

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:21.980
 and no one can quite believe it

00:31:21.980 --> 00:31:23.840
 and Darius knows

00:31:23.840 --> 00:31:24.840
 what this means

00:31:24.840 --> 00:31:26.340
 what this means

00:31:26.340 --> 00:31:27.259
 is that not only

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.720
 is Daniel alive

00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.440
 and living

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:31.680
 but so is his God

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:33.900
 look at verse 26

00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.420
 with me

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:36.400
 Darius makes this decree

00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:37.539
 I make a decree

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:39.720
 that in all my royal dominion

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.060
 people are to tremble

00:31:41.060 --> 00:31:41.539
 and fear

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.900
 before the God of Daniel

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:45.640
 for he is the living God

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.420
 that's the point

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:48.400
 he is the living God

00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:49.600
 enduring forever

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:50.680
 his kingdom

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.880
 shall never be destroyed

00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:53.040
 his dominion

00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:53.980
 shall stand

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.720
 to the end

00:31:54.720 --> 00:31:55.900
 he delivers

00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:56.600
 and rescues

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:57.860
 he works signs

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.360
 and wonders

00:31:58.360 --> 00:31:59.340
 in heaven above

00:31:59.340 --> 00:32:00.220
 on earth below

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:01.980
 he who has saved

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:02.620
 Daniel

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.940
 from the power

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:05.700
 of the lions

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:08.820
 now friends

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.400
 one of the things

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.900
 that I think

00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:11.280
 we are meant to see here

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:12.039
 in this passage

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:14.119
 is in many ways

00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:16.160
 Daniel is a picture

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:17.819
 or a prototype

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:20.019
 of the life of Jesus

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:21.960
 in many ways

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.940
 the life of Daniel

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:24.319
 or the chapter of Daniel

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:26.119
 reflects the life of Jesus

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:27.319
 did you notice

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.460
 how many connections

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.899
 there were

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:30.259
 between Daniel and Jesus

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:32.819
 both Daniel and Jesus

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.680
 are betrayed

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.799
 by the jealousy

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.940
 of their peers

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:38.779
 both Daniel and Jesus

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:40.840
 are sent to their death

00:32:40.840 --> 00:32:41.860
 by a weak

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:43.059
 and manipulated king

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:44.539
 in the case of Jesus

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.860
 it's Pontius Pilate

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.960
 in the case of Daniel

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:48.019
 it's King Darius

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:50.259
 both Pilate and Darius

00:32:50.259 --> 00:32:51.160
 actually didn't want

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:52.019
 to send them to death

00:32:52.019 --> 00:32:53.140
 and wanted to find ways

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:54.420
 to set them free

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:56.160
 John 20 tells us

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.279
 but both of them

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.980
 are manipulated

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.640
 by weak

00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:00.299
 and manipulated kings

00:33:00.299 --> 00:33:01.680
 and did you notice

00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:02.980
 I think it's verse 17

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:04.980
 the reference to the stone

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:06.099
 being rolled over

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.400
 the tomb

00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:08.200
 over the grave

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:09.480
 and how the king

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.299
 seals it

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:11.259
 with his signatory

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:13.279
 that's what Matthew 27

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.819
 tells us

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.700
 happens to Jesus

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.880
 and of course

00:33:15.880 --> 00:33:17.259
 both Daniel and Jesus

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:19.160
 return to the grave

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:20.860
 vindicating their claim

00:33:20.860 --> 00:33:21.740
 that their God

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.620
 is alive

00:33:22.620 --> 00:33:23.700
 and real

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:25.720
 but of course

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.519
 there are great differences

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:27.160
 as well

00:33:27.160 --> 00:33:29.240
 Daniel's traumatic

00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:29.880
 ordeal

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.759
 meant that

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:32.000
 he would potentially

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.960
 suffer and die

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:34.660
 Jesus actually

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:36.019
 did suffer and die

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:37.600
 and while Daniel

00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.539
 faced the wrath

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:39.340
 of the lions

00:33:39.340 --> 00:33:39.920
 and the wrath

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.900
 of the law

00:33:40.900 --> 00:33:41.840
 of the Medo-Persians

00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:43.200
 Jesus faced

00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:43.840
 the wrath

00:33:43.840 --> 00:33:45.240
 of God Almighty

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:47.200
 and friends

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.660
 of course

00:33:47.660 --> 00:33:48.880
 the greatest difference

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.900
 is that while Daniel

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:50.799
 went to the grave

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:52.000
 because of the jealousy

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.880
 of his enemies

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:55.120
 Jesus went to the cross

00:33:55.120 --> 00:33:55.779
 because of

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:57.160
 his great love

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:58.519
 for his enemies

00:33:58.519 --> 00:34:00.259
 remember John chapter

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.299
 20

00:34:01.299 --> 00:34:02.720
 John chapter 10

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.620
 Jesus says

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.839
 nobody takes

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.779
 my life from me

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.920
 I lay it down

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:08.000
 of my own accord

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.199
 and what that means

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:10.599
 is that

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.720
 while the life

00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:12.260
 of Daniel

00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:12.840
 is meant to be

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.679
 a great encouragement

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.240
 to us

00:34:14.240 --> 00:34:15.119
 we're not

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.679
 meant to stop

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.159
 at Daniel

00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.679
 but we're meant

00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:18.380
 to look through

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:19.360
 the life of Daniel

00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:20.619
 to the faithfulness

00:34:20.619 --> 00:34:21.139
 of Jesus

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:23.260
 we tend to look

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.699
 at the story

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.199
 of Daniel

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.539
 and think

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:25.300
 I need to be

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.980
 more courageous

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:27.400
 courage is a good thing

00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:28.519
 but the point

00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:29.039
 of the story

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.519
 of Daniel

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.260
 is not that

00:34:30.260 --> 00:34:30.920
 it's those

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.800
 that are courageous

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.440
 that are saved

00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:32.820
 in the end

00:34:32.820 --> 00:34:33.180
 or those

00:34:33.180 --> 00:34:33.480
 that have

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.020
 conviction

00:34:34.020 --> 00:34:34.820
 or consistency

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.560
 that are saved

00:34:35.560 --> 00:34:35.940
 in the end

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:36.860
 the point

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:37.360
 of the story

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:37.920
 of Daniel

00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.700
 is that

00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:39.080
 Daniel

00:34:39.080 --> 00:34:39.500
 is saved

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.240
 by the mercy

00:34:40.240 --> 00:34:41.080
 and the faithfulness

00:34:41.080 --> 00:34:41.740
 of God

00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:43.080
 I was reading

00:34:43.080 --> 00:34:43.580
 a commentary

00:34:43.580 --> 00:34:44.180
 this week

00:34:44.180 --> 00:34:44.620
 that said

00:34:44.620 --> 00:34:45.680
 the point

00:34:45.680 --> 00:34:46.540
 of Daniel 6

00:34:46.540 --> 00:34:47.020
 is that

00:34:47.020 --> 00:34:47.420
 kingdoms

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.940
 will come

00:34:47.940 --> 00:34:48.380
 and go

00:34:48.380 --> 00:34:49.340
 empires

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:49.760
 will come

00:34:49.760 --> 00:34:50.160
 and go

00:34:50.160 --> 00:34:51.140
 but the one

00:34:51.140 --> 00:34:51.540
 thing that

00:34:51.540 --> 00:34:52.160
 remains

00:34:52.160 --> 00:34:52.960
 as steadfast

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.500
 and faithful

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.300
 is Daniel

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:55.620
 and I thought

00:34:55.620 --> 00:34:56.380
 no that's not

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.860
 the point

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.320
 you got it

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:57.640
 wrong

00:34:57.640 --> 00:34:58.460
 the point

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:58.800
 is

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.780
 the faithfulness

00:34:59.780 --> 00:35:00.460
 of God

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:01.820
 not Daniel

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.880
 it's not

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.559
 Daniel's

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:03.960
 courage

00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:04.500
 that saves

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.640
 him

00:35:04.640 --> 00:35:05.260
 it's the mercy

00:35:05.260 --> 00:35:05.840
 and the kindness

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.420
 of God

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.980
 that saves

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.460
 Daniel

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:08.680
 friends

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.000
 the thing

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.420
 that God

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.840
 wants us

00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.300
 to see

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:10.660
 is that

00:35:10.660 --> 00:35:11.120
 when we

00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:12.180
 had no way

00:35:12.180 --> 00:35:12.780
 of saving

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.620
 ourselves

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:15.300
 if we

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:16.039
 will humble

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.519
 ourselves

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.240
 and cast

00:35:17.240 --> 00:35:17.660
 ourselves

00:35:17.660 --> 00:35:18.100
 on his

00:35:18.100 --> 00:35:18.580
 mercy

00:35:18.580 --> 00:35:19.519
 God

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:20.000
 is able

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.360
 to do

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.000
 the impossible

00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:22.019
 God

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.400
 is able

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:22.980
 to save

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.140
 us

00:35:23.140 --> 00:35:23.539
 from a

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:23.980
 certain

00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:24.460
 death

00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.300
 from a

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:25.740
 judgment

00:35:25.740 --> 00:35:26.320
 to come

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:26.720
 which of

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:27.019
 course

00:35:27.019 --> 00:35:27.980
 is the

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.360
 gospel

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.759
 right

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:30.860
 the point

00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.259
 of Daniel

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.579
 6

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:31.980
 is not

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.300
 that if

00:35:32.300 --> 00:35:32.599
 you have

00:35:32.599 --> 00:35:33.000
 courage

00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.739
 and faithfulness

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:34.039
 God

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:34.559
 will deliver

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:34.940
 you from

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.539
 your problems

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.739
 just listen

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:37.099
 to the

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.400
 millions

00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.099
 of martyrs

00:35:38.099 --> 00:35:38.360
 that have

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:38.599
 died

00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:38.860
 throughout

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.400
 the ages

00:35:39.400 --> 00:35:40.420
 read the

00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:41.079
 history books

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.480
 and you'll

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.739
 see

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.380
 that if

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.619
 you're

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:42.860
 faithful

00:35:42.860 --> 00:35:43.420
 to God

00:35:43.420 --> 00:35:44.119
 it does

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:44.719
 not mean

00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.019
 that you

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.619
 will outlive

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.280
 your enemies

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:47.019
 or that

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.500
 your life

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.800
 will be

00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:48.320
 rosy

00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:48.980
 or that

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.300
 everything

00:35:49.300 --> 00:35:49.639
 will be

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.000
 easy

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.579
 and convenient

00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:51.139
 if you're

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.619
 faithful to

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:51.860
 God

00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.320
 that might

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.639
 be the

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:52.900
 reason

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.259
 why you

00:35:53.259 --> 00:35:53.500
 die

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:53.920
 early

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:55.119
 no

00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:55.599
 friends

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.759
 the point

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:57.220
 is not

00:35:57.220 --> 00:35:57.460
 that

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:57.840
 Daniel

00:35:57.840 --> 00:35:58.200
 managed

00:35:58.200 --> 00:35:58.720
 to save

00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.080
 himself

00:35:59.080 --> 00:35:59.480
 but that

00:35:59.480 --> 00:35:59.880
 Daniel

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.400
 was saved

00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:01.060
 by God

00:36:01.060 --> 00:36:01.820
 in fact

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.420
 that's exactly

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.960
 what Daniel

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.320
 says

00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:04.260
 he says

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.960
 his God

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:05.380
 is the

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.240
 living God

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:07.280
 he has

00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:07.780
 saved

00:36:07.780 --> 00:36:08.160
 Daniel

00:36:08.160 --> 00:36:08.600
 from the

00:36:08.600 --> 00:36:09.000
 power

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.520
 of the

00:36:09.520 --> 00:36:09.960
 lions

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.860
 verse 27

00:36:10.860 --> 00:36:12.580
 and I think

00:36:12.580 --> 00:36:12.940
 that's the

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.380
 point of

00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:15.000
 verse 14

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.400
 I don't know

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.640
 if you

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:16.840
 we referenced

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.420
 it earlier

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.600
 verse 14

00:36:18.600 --> 00:36:19.100
 says this

00:36:19.099 --> 00:36:19.559
 then the

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:19.940
 king

00:36:19.940 --> 00:36:21.079
 was much

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.739
 distressed

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.619
 and he

00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.119
 set his

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.480
 mind

00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:24.159
 to deliver

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.679
 Daniel

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:25.739
 he labored

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.319
 until the

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.759
 sun went

00:36:26.759 --> 00:36:27.019
 down

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.799
 trying to

00:36:27.799 --> 00:36:28.380
 rescue him

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:29.059
 Darius

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:29.719
 doesn't want

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.059
 Daniel

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.599
 to die

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.239
 and so

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.579
 Darius

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:31.839
 does

00:36:31.839 --> 00:36:32.420
 everything

00:36:32.420 --> 00:36:32.940
 he can

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.400
 to try

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:33.839
 and save

00:36:33.839 --> 00:36:34.000
 him

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.360
 but at

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:34.639
 all

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.019
 to no

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.360
 avail

00:36:35.360 --> 00:36:36.259
 and I

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.380
 think

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.559
 the

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:36.900
 point

00:36:36.900 --> 00:36:37.119
 there

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.299
 that

00:36:37.299 --> 00:36:37.480
 God

00:36:37.480 --> 00:36:37.699
 wants

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:37.860
 to

00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.139
 make

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:38.699
 is

00:36:38.699 --> 00:36:38.880
 that

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:39.219
 even

00:36:39.219 --> 00:36:39.519
 if

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:39.659
 you

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:39.779
 are

00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:39.880
 the

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.079
 most

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.739
 connected

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.239
 person

00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:41.519
 in the

00:36:41.519 --> 00:36:41.759
 world

00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:41.960
 if

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.079
 you

00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:42.159
 are

00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:42.259
 the

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.460
 most

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.079
 powerful

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.339
 and

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:43.559
 the

00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.079
 wealthiest

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.440
 person

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:44.679
 in the

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:44.900
 world

00:36:49.099 --> 00:36:49.380
 your

00:36:49.380 --> 00:36:49.759
 soul

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:51.480
 one

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:51.619
 of the

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:51.759
 things

00:36:51.759 --> 00:36:51.960
 about

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.380
 living

00:36:52.380 --> 00:36:52.619
 in a

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:52.779
 city

00:36:52.779 --> 00:36:53.039
 like

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:53.319
 Hong

00:36:53.319 --> 00:36:53.559
 Kong

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:53.819
 in a

00:36:53.819 --> 00:36:54.059
 big

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.380
 city

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.639
 if

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:54.880
 you

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.099
 are

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.279
 a

00:36:55.279 --> 00:36:55.799
 connector

00:36:55.799 --> 00:36:56.639
 you

00:36:56.639 --> 00:36:56.860
 can

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.079
 make

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:57.319
 things

00:36:57.319 --> 00:36:57.659
 happen

00:36:57.659 --> 00:36:57.960
 right

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.759
 if

00:36:58.759 --> 00:36:58.880
 you

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.039
 know

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.239
 who

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.380
 to

00:36:59.380 --> 00:36:59.699
 connect

00:36:59.699 --> 00:36:59.900
 if

00:36:59.900 --> 00:36:59.980
 you

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.119
 can

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.339
 pull

00:37:00.339 --> 00:37:00.500
 the

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:00.679
 right

00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.099
 strings

00:37:01.099 --> 00:37:01.500
 draw

00:37:01.500 --> 00:37:01.659
 on

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.059
 favors

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.279
 you

00:37:02.279 --> 00:37:02.460
 can

00:37:02.460 --> 00:37:02.659
 make

00:37:02.659 --> 00:37:02.900
 things

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.279
 happen

00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:04.299
 Cape Town

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:04.460
 that

00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.699
 doesn't

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:04.900
 really

00:37:04.900 --> 00:37:05.219
 happen

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.619
 Cape Town

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:06.019
 everyone's

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.360
 sleepy

00:37:06.360 --> 00:37:06.759
 okay

00:37:06.759 --> 00:37:07.480
 but in

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.659
 Hong

00:37:07.659 --> 00:37:07.880
 Kong

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:08.079
 you

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.239
 can

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.420
 make

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.639
 things

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.019
 happen

00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:10.259
 but

00:37:10.259 --> 00:37:10.420
 one

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.519
 of

00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:10.639
 the

00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:10.960
 points

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.199
 here

00:37:11.199 --> 00:37:11.400
 is

00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:11.559
 that

00:37:11.559 --> 00:37:11.960
 even

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.300
 if

00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:12.440
 you

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.599
 are

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:12.700
 the

00:37:12.700 --> 00:37:12.920
 most

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.539
 powerful

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.420
 influential

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.940
 wealthy

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.380
 person

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.559
 in the

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.840
 world

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.559
 there

00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:16.720
 are

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:17.000
 some

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.240
 things

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.400
 that

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.539
 you

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:17.860
 cannot

00:37:17.860 --> 00:37:18.180
 make

00:37:18.180 --> 00:37:18.599
 happen

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.880
 salvation

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.220
 is

00:37:20.220 --> 00:37:20.440
 not

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:20.700
 given

00:37:20.700 --> 00:37:20.900
 to

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.119
 those

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.260
 that

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:21.380
 are

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:21.900
 powerful

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.240
 or

00:37:22.240 --> 00:37:22.700
 connected

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.039
 or

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.260
 able

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:23.440
 to

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.599
 make

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:23.820
 things

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.200
 happen

00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:25.180
 salvation

00:37:25.180 --> 00:37:25.440
 is

00:37:25.440 --> 00:37:25.660
 given

00:37:25.660 --> 00:37:25.860
 to

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.160
 those

00:37:26.160 --> 00:37:26.320
 who

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.800
 trust

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.059
 the

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:27.280
 living

00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:27.800
 God

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:31.260
 friends

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:31.460
 in

00:37:31.460 --> 00:37:31.639
 the

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:31.880
 New

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.340
 Testament

00:37:32.340 --> 00:37:33.079
 book

00:37:33.079 --> 00:37:33.260
 of

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.579
 Hebrews

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.800
 and we

00:37:33.800 --> 00:37:33.820
 are

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:33.880
 going

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:33.980
 to

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.320
 close

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:34.519
 with

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.840
 this

00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:36.420
 the

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:36.579
 book

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:36.760
 of

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.180
 Hebrews

00:37:37.180 --> 00:37:37.460
 is

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:37.800
 written

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:38.099
 to

00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.260
 a

00:37:38.260 --> 00:37:38.500
 bunch

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.659
 of

00:37:38.659 --> 00:37:39.179
 Christians

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:39.639
 who

00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.000
 are

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:41.320
 discouraged

00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:42.199
 it's

00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.340
 written

00:37:42.340 --> 00:37:42.559
 to

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:42.719
 a

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:42.900
 bunch

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.099
 of

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:43.840
 Jewish

00:37:43.840 --> 00:37:44.260
 Christians

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:44.519
 in

00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:44.679
 the

00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:44.880
 city

00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:45.039
 of

00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:45.300
 Rome

00:37:45.300 --> 00:37:46.099
 they

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:46.420
 said

00:37:46.420 --> 00:37:46.599
 hey

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:46.800
 we're

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:46.860
 going

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:46.940
 to

00:37:46.940 --> 00:37:47.179
 follow

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.579
 Jesus

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:47.900
 we're

00:37:47.900 --> 00:37:47.980
 going

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.059
 to

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.300
 do

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.539
 this

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:48.739
 thing

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:48.940
 we're

00:37:48.940 --> 00:37:49.000
 going

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:49.039
 to

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:49.159
 be

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.639
 consistent

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:49.860
 to

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.000
 the

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.260
 end

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.920
 but

00:37:50.920 --> 00:37:51.199
 life

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.360
 is

00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:51.659
 proved

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.099
 hard

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.360
 it's

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.539
 not

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:52.800
 always

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.219
 easy

00:37:53.219 --> 00:37:53.960
 and

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:54.199
 they're

00:37:54.199 --> 00:37:54.539
 wondering

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.840
 maybe

00:37:54.840 --> 00:37:55.059
 this

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.380
 Jesus

00:37:55.380 --> 00:37:55.619
 thing

00:37:55.619 --> 00:37:55.719
 is

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:56.260
 overrated

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.519
 and

00:37:56.519 --> 00:37:56.659
 so

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:56.940
 some

00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.059
 of

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:57.179
 them

00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.300
 are

00:37:57.300 --> 00:37:57.699
 wondering

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.420
 maybe

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.579
 we

00:37:58.579 --> 00:37:58.739
 should

00:37:58.739 --> 00:37:58.900
 give

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.039
 up

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.179
 on

00:37:59.179 --> 00:37:59.480
 Jesus

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.399
 and

00:38:00.399 --> 00:38:00.519
 so

00:38:00.519 --> 00:38:00.699
 the

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:00.980
 rite

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.159
 of

00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:01.500
 Hebrews

00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.019
 writes

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.299
 them

00:38:02.299 --> 00:38:02.480
 to

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:03.039
 encourage

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.299
 them

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.779
 don't

00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:03.919
 give

00:38:03.919 --> 00:38:04.079
 up

00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:04.239
 on

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:04.559
 Jesus

00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:05.079
 Jesus

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.359
 is

00:38:05.359 --> 00:38:05.699
 faithful

00:38:05.699 --> 00:38:05.919
 you

00:38:05.919 --> 00:38:06.099
 can

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.399
 trust

00:38:06.399 --> 00:38:06.619
 him

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.579
 and

00:38:07.579 --> 00:38:07.779
 one

00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:07.940
 of

00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:07.960
 the

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.119
 things

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.259
 the

00:38:08.259 --> 00:38:08.440
 rite

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.559
 of

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:08.859
 Hebrews

00:38:08.859 --> 00:38:09.219
 does

00:38:09.219 --> 00:38:09.599
 is

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.119
 in

00:38:10.119 --> 00:38:10.500
 chapter

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.179
 11

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.899
 he

00:38:11.899 --> 00:38:12.179
 writes

00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.379
 about

00:38:12.379 --> 00:38:12.739
 all

00:38:12.739 --> 00:38:13.019
 these

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.359
 great

00:38:13.359 --> 00:38:13.699
 men

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:13.879
 and

00:38:13.879 --> 00:38:14.179
 women

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.619
 of

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.099
 faith

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.299
 in

00:38:15.299 --> 00:38:15.440
 the

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:15.619
 Old

00:38:15.619 --> 00:38:15.960
 Testament

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.199
 that

00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:16.359
 were

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:16.819
 faithful

00:38:16.819 --> 00:38:17.079
 to

00:38:17.079 --> 00:38:17.399
 God

00:38:17.399 --> 00:38:17.599
 and

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:17.960
 kept

00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:18.159
 on

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:18.500
 going

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.679
 and

00:38:19.679 --> 00:38:19.779
 he

00:38:19.779 --> 00:38:19.960
 says

00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.259
 let

00:38:20.259 --> 00:38:20.480
 their

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:20.799
 life

00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:21.000
 be

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.119
 an

00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:21.599
 encouragement

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:21.879
 to

00:38:21.879 --> 00:38:22.000
 you

00:38:29.179 --> 00:38:29.659
 Abraham

00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.000
 and

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.379
 Moses

00:38:30.379 --> 00:38:30.779
 and

00:38:30.779 --> 00:38:31.179
 etc

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:31.539
 etc

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:31.699
 and

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:31.819
 then

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:31.919
 he

00:38:31.919 --> 00:38:32.139
 says

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:33.079
 time

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.279
 would

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:33.539
 fail

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:33.759
 me

00:38:33.759 --> 00:38:33.960
 to

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.219
 tell

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:34.399
 of

00:38:34.399 --> 00:38:34.859
 Gideon

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:35.519
 and

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.059
 Barak

00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:36.519
 and

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.159
 Samson

00:38:37.159 --> 00:38:37.579
 and

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.000
 Japhda

00:38:38.000 --> 00:38:38.159
 and

00:38:38.159 --> 00:38:38.460
 David

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.679
 and

00:38:38.679 --> 00:38:39.000
 Samuel

00:38:39.000 --> 00:38:39.159
 and

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:39.239
 all

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:39.379
 the

00:38:39.379 --> 00:38:39.799
 prophets

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:40.679
 those

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:40.859
 who

00:38:40.859 --> 00:38:41.119
 through

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.539
 faith

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:42.000
 conquered

00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:42.519
 kingdoms

00:38:42.519 --> 00:38:43.099
 enforced

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:43.779
 justice

00:38:43.779 --> 00:38:44.440
 obtained

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.919
 promises

00:38:44.919 --> 00:38:45.799
 stopped

00:38:45.799 --> 00:38:46.319
 the mouths

00:38:46.319 --> 00:38:46.960
 of lions

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.460
 that's

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:47.799
 Daniel

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:48.799
 quenched

00:38:48.799 --> 00:38:49.299
 the power

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:49.839
 of fire

00:38:49.839 --> 00:38:50.639
 escaped

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.039
 the edge

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.299
 of the

00:38:51.299 --> 00:38:51.619
 sword

00:38:51.619 --> 00:38:52.599
 those

00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:52.739
 who

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:52.859
 were

00:38:52.859 --> 00:38:53.059
 made

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:53.539
 strong

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:53.839
 in their

00:38:53.839 --> 00:38:54.219
 weakness

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.399
 and

00:38:54.399 --> 00:38:54.679
 became

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.139
 mighty

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:55.619
 in war

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.919
 and put

00:38:55.919 --> 00:38:56.279
 foreign

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:56.659
 armies

00:38:59.179 --> 00:38:59.839
 others

00:38:59.839 --> 00:39:00.279
 suffered

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:00.659
 mocking

00:39:00.659 --> 00:39:00.879
 and

00:39:00.879 --> 00:39:01.299
 flogging

00:39:01.299 --> 00:39:01.879
 chains

00:39:01.879 --> 00:39:02.039
 and

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.759
 imprisonment

00:39:02.759 --> 00:39:03.339
 they

00:39:03.339 --> 00:39:03.559
 were

00:39:03.559 --> 00:39:04.059
 stoned

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.239
 they

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:04.399
 were

00:39:04.399 --> 00:39:04.839
 sawn

00:39:04.839 --> 00:39:05.079
 in

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:05.319
 two

00:39:05.319 --> 00:39:05.759
 they

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:05.940
 were

00:39:05.940 --> 00:39:06.319
 killed

00:39:06.319 --> 00:39:06.639
 with

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:06.879
 the

00:39:06.879 --> 00:39:07.339
 sword

00:39:07.339 --> 00:39:08.440
 you

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:08.699
 notice

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:08.899
 the

00:39:08.899 --> 00:39:09.219
 reference

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:09.399
 to

00:39:09.399 --> 00:39:09.679
 Daniel

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.000
 there

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.859
 some

00:39:10.859 --> 00:39:11.319
 stopped

00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:11.519
 the

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:11.799
 mouths

00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:11.960
 of

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:12.480
 lions

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.639
 so

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:13.799
 what

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:13.919
 he's

00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:14.079
 saying

00:39:14.079 --> 00:39:14.179
 he's

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:14.279
 saying

00:39:14.279 --> 00:39:14.419
 there

00:39:14.419 --> 00:39:14.559
 are

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:14.819
 all

00:39:14.819 --> 00:39:15.039
 these

00:39:15.039 --> 00:39:15.299
 great

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:15.679
 men

00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:15.839
 and

00:39:15.839 --> 00:39:16.019
 women

00:39:16.019 --> 00:39:16.219
 of

00:39:16.219 --> 00:39:16.500
 faith

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:16.699
 that

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.399
 have

00:39:17.399 --> 00:39:17.639
 been

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:18.059
 faithful

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.239
 to

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.419
 God

00:39:18.419 --> 00:39:18.759
 look

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:18.899
 at

00:39:18.899 --> 00:39:19.059
 their

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:19.399
 lives

00:39:19.399 --> 00:39:19.599
 as

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:19.719
 an

00:39:19.719 --> 00:39:20.219
 encouragement

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.539
 to

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:20.859
 you

00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:22.259
 but

00:39:22.259 --> 00:39:22.659
 then

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:22.899
 he

00:39:22.899 --> 00:39:23.480
 says

00:39:23.480 --> 00:39:24.299
 he

00:39:24.300 --> 00:39:25.260
 climaxes

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.500
 with

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:25.940
 this

00:39:25.940 --> 00:39:27.120
 chapter

00:39:27.120 --> 00:39:27.620
 12

00:39:27.620 --> 00:39:28.700
 therefore

00:39:28.700 --> 00:39:29.760
 since

00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.080
 we are

00:39:30.080 --> 00:39:30.580
 surrounded

00:39:30.580 --> 00:39:31.260
 by such

00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:31.700
 a great

00:39:31.700 --> 00:39:32.080
 cloud

00:39:32.080 --> 00:39:32.240
 of

00:39:32.240 --> 00:39:32.620
 witnesses

00:39:32.620 --> 00:39:32.940
 he's

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.100
 talking

00:39:33.100 --> 00:39:33.260
 about

00:39:33.260 --> 00:39:33.420
 these

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:33.620
 men

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:33.740
 and

00:39:33.740 --> 00:39:33.880
 women

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.039
 of

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.340
 faith

00:39:34.340 --> 00:39:35.280
 let

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.600
 us

00:39:35.600 --> 00:39:36.000
 also

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.360
 lay

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:36.860
 aside

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.240
 every

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:37.640
 weight

00:39:37.640 --> 00:39:38.600
 and

00:39:38.600 --> 00:39:38.780
 the

00:39:38.780 --> 00:39:39.039
 sin

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.280
 that

00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:39.920
 clings

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.180
 so

00:39:40.180 --> 00:39:40.700
 closely

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:41.600
 and

00:39:41.600 --> 00:39:41.780
 let

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:41.960
 us

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.560
 run

00:39:42.560 --> 00:39:43.100
 with

00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:43.680
 endurance

00:39:43.680 --> 00:39:43.960
 the

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.280
 race

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:44.500
 that

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:44.620
 is

00:39:44.620 --> 00:39:44.780
 set

00:39:44.780 --> 00:39:45.100
 before

00:39:45.100 --> 00:39:45.500
 us

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:46.680
 not

00:39:46.680 --> 00:39:46.960
 looking

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.140
 to

00:39:47.140 --> 00:39:47.539
 Daniel

00:39:47.539 --> 00:39:48.560
 or

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:49.039
 David

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.539
 or

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.039
 Samson

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:51.100
 looking

00:39:51.100 --> 00:39:51.720
 to

00:39:51.720 --> 00:39:52.320
 Jesus

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:53.660
 the

00:39:53.660 --> 00:39:54.160
 founder

00:39:54.160 --> 00:39:54.460
 and

00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:54.600
 the

00:39:54.600 --> 00:39:55.200
 perfecter

00:39:55.200 --> 00:39:55.440
 of

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:55.620
 our

00:39:55.620 --> 00:39:56.019
 faith

00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.920
 who

00:39:56.920 --> 00:39:57.100
 for

00:39:57.100 --> 00:39:57.260
 the

00:39:57.260 --> 00:39:57.600
 joy

00:39:57.600 --> 00:39:57.860
 that

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.039
 was

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:58.280
 set

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:58.700
 before

00:39:58.700 --> 00:39:59.080
 him

00:39:59.080 --> 00:39:59.900
 endured

00:39:59.900 --> 00:40:00.120
 the

00:40:00.120 --> 00:40:00.420
 cross

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.140
 despising

00:40:01.140 --> 00:40:01.360
 its

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:01.660
 shame

00:40:01.660 --> 00:40:02.380
 and

00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:02.500
 is

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:02.700
 now

00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:03.039
 seated

00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:03.320
 at

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:03.440
 the

00:40:03.440 --> 00:40:03.660
 right

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:04.059
 hand

00:40:04.059 --> 00:40:04.780
 of

00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:04.920
 the

00:40:04.920 --> 00:40:05.140
 throne

00:40:05.140 --> 00:40:05.320
 of

00:40:05.320 --> 00:40:05.640
 God

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:07.260
 what

00:40:07.260 --> 00:40:07.420
 the

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:07.620
 right

00:40:07.620 --> 00:40:07.780
 of

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.080
 Hebrews

00:40:08.080 --> 00:40:08.300
 is

00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:08.580
 telling

00:40:08.580 --> 00:40:08.800
 us

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:08.960
 here

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.120
 is

00:40:09.120 --> 00:40:09.260
 that

00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:09.519
 there

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:09.680
 are

00:40:09.680 --> 00:40:10.120
 many

00:40:10.120 --> 00:40:10.460
 men

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:10.620
 and

00:40:10.620 --> 00:40:10.900
 women

00:40:10.900 --> 00:40:12.019
 throughout

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:12.280
 the

00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:12.580
 ages

00:40:12.580 --> 00:40:12.800
 in

00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:12.920
 the

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:13.080
 Old

00:40:13.080 --> 00:40:13.420
 Testament

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:13.660
 and

00:40:13.660 --> 00:40:13.880
 throughout

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.180
 church

00:40:14.180 --> 00:40:14.640
 history

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:15.620
 who

00:40:15.620 --> 00:40:16.519
 had

00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:16.960
 great

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:17.280
 faith

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:17.440
 and

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:17.900
 faithfulness

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.039
 to

00:40:18.039 --> 00:40:18.360
 God

00:40:18.360 --> 00:40:19.019
 and

00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:22.980
 look at

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.220
 me

00:40:23.220 --> 00:40:24.019
 be

00:40:24.019 --> 00:40:24.280
 more

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.539
 like

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:24.900
 me

00:40:24.900 --> 00:40:25.660
 the

00:40:25.660 --> 00:40:25.940
 role

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.059
 is

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.180
 that

00:40:26.180 --> 00:40:26.320
 they

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:26.440
 are

00:40:26.440 --> 00:40:26.720
 almost

00:40:26.720 --> 00:40:26.960
 like

00:40:26.960 --> 00:40:27.100
 on

00:40:27.100 --> 00:40:27.260
 the

00:40:27.260 --> 00:40:27.900
 sidelines

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.059
 of

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.200
 a

00:40:28.200 --> 00:40:28.440
 running

00:40:28.440 --> 00:40:28.700
 race

00:40:28.700 --> 00:40:28.840
 and

00:40:28.840 --> 00:40:28.940
 they

00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.039
 are

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.320
 cheering

00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:29.539
 us

00:40:29.539 --> 00:40:29.760
 on

00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:29.940
 they

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.100
 saying

00:40:30.100 --> 00:40:30.220
 I

00:40:30.220 --> 00:40:30.360
 know

00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:30.519
 it's

00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:30.820
 hard

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.400
 but

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.680
 keep

00:40:31.680 --> 00:40:31.840
 on

00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:32.120
 going

00:40:32.120 --> 00:40:32.580
 Jesus

00:40:32.580 --> 00:40:32.860
 is

00:40:32.860 --> 00:40:33.260
 faithful

00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:34.120
 look

00:40:34.120 --> 00:40:34.220
 at

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:34.380
 us

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:34.480
 and

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.100
 remember

00:40:35.100 --> 00:40:35.440
 our

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.820
 lives

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:36.100
 we

00:40:36.100 --> 00:40:36.420
 weren't

00:40:36.420 --> 00:40:36.760
 great

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.420
 we

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.680
 weren't

00:40:37.680 --> 00:40:38.059
 amazing

00:40:38.059 --> 00:40:38.600
 but

00:40:38.600 --> 00:40:39.019
 Jesus

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:39.240
 is

00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:39.440
 so

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:39.840
 faithful

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:40.580
 look

00:40:40.580 --> 00:40:40.800
 to

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:41.140
 Jesus

00:40:41.140 --> 00:40:41.320
 and

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:41.620
 as

00:40:41.620 --> 00:40:41.780
 you

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.019
 look

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:42.180
 to

00:40:42.180 --> 00:40:42.480
 Jesus

00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:42.700
 you

00:40:42.700 --> 00:40:42.900
 can

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.200
 keep

00:40:43.200 --> 00:40:43.400
 on

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:43.760
 going

00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:44.760
 the

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:45.080
 point

00:40:45.080 --> 00:40:45.240
 of

00:40:45.240 --> 00:40:45.440
 these

00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:45.700
 men

00:40:45.700 --> 00:40:45.860
 and

00:40:45.860 --> 00:40:46.120
 women

00:40:46.120 --> 00:40:46.640
 is

00:40:46.640 --> 00:40:46.760
 that

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:46.860
 they

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:46.980
 are

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.140
 to

00:40:47.140 --> 00:40:48.100
 help

00:40:48.100 --> 00:40:48.360
 us

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:49.100
 not

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:49.520
 pointing

00:40:49.520 --> 00:40:49.680
 to

00:40:49.680 --> 00:40:50.080
 themselves

00:40:50.080 --> 00:40:50.280
 they

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:50.380
 are

00:40:50.380 --> 00:40:50.540
 like

00:40:50.540 --> 00:40:51.020
 road

00:40:51.020 --> 00:40:51.340
 signs

00:40:51.340 --> 00:40:51.500
 on

00:40:51.500 --> 00:40:51.600
 the

00:40:51.600 --> 00:40:51.740
 road

00:40:51.740 --> 00:40:52.160
 pointing

00:40:52.160 --> 00:40:52.740
 past

00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.280
 themselves

00:40:53.280 --> 00:40:53.960
 to

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.140
 the

00:40:54.140 --> 00:40:54.820
 faithfulness

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.380
 of

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:55.760
 Jesus

00:40:55.760 --> 00:40:56.660
 to

00:40:56.660 --> 00:40:56.840
 the

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.120
 true

00:40:57.120 --> 00:40:57.300
 and

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:57.480
 better

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:57.980
 Daniel

00:40:57.980 --> 00:40:58.640
 the

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:58.800
 one

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:58.960
 who

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.440
 really

00:40:59.440 --> 00:40:59.740
 did

00:40:59.740 --> 00:41:00.140
 die

00:41:00.140 --> 00:41:00.800
 and

00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:01.160
 really

00:41:01.160 --> 00:41:01.420
 did

00:41:01.420 --> 00:41:01.740
 rise

00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.140
 again

00:41:02.140 --> 00:41:03.280
 and

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:03.400
 so

00:41:03.400 --> 00:41:03.700
 friends

00:41:03.700 --> 00:41:04.020
 let

00:41:04.020 --> 00:41:04.440
 us

00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:04.720
 let

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.740
 Daniel's

00:41:05.740 --> 00:41:06.200
 life

00:41:06.200 --> 00:41:06.560
 be an

00:41:06.560 --> 00:41:06.980
 encouragement

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.240
 to

00:41:07.240 --> 00:41:07.540
 us

00:41:07.540 --> 00:41:08.420
 but

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:08.660
 let's

00:41:08.660 --> 00:41:08.800
 not

00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:09.000
 look

00:41:09.000 --> 00:41:09.120
 at

00:41:09.120 --> 00:41:09.420
 Daniel

00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:09.560
 and

00:41:09.560 --> 00:41:09.660
 say

00:41:09.660 --> 00:41:09.860
 I

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.079
 need

00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:10.160
 to

00:41:10.160 --> 00:41:10.260
 be

00:41:10.260 --> 00:41:10.480
 more

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:10.680
 like

00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:11.079
 Daniel

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.860
 that

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:11.980
 will

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.180
 only

00:41:12.180 --> 00:41:12.740
 discourage

00:41:12.740 --> 00:41:12.980
 you

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.960
 let's

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.200
 look

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:14.360
 at

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:14.740
 Daniel

00:41:14.740 --> 00:41:14.980
 and

00:41:14.980 --> 00:41:15.140
 say

00:41:15.140 --> 00:41:15.620
 God

00:41:15.620 --> 00:41:15.800
 was

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.039
 so

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:16.420
 faithful

00:41:16.420 --> 00:41:17.200
 and

00:41:17.200 --> 00:41:17.400
 if

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:17.579
 I

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:17.780
 can

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:18.160
 hold

00:41:18.160 --> 00:41:18.340
 on

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:18.480
 to

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:18.860
 Jesus

00:41:18.860 --> 00:41:19.240
 like

00:41:19.240 --> 00:41:19.519
 he

00:41:19.519 --> 00:41:19.860
 held

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.019
 on

00:41:20.019 --> 00:41:20.140
 to

00:41:20.140 --> 00:41:20.500
 God

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.220
 God

00:41:21.220 --> 00:41:21.380
 will

00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:21.539
 be

00:41:21.539 --> 00:41:21.880
 faithful

00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:22.140
 to

00:41:22.140 --> 00:41:22.320
 me

00:41:22.320 --> 00:41:22.559
 too

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.420
 and

00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:23.500
 so

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:23.820
 friends

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.220
 I

00:41:24.220 --> 00:41:24.360
 want

00:41:24.360 --> 00:41:24.460
 to

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.660
 encourage

00:41:24.660 --> 00:41:24.940
 let

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.099
 us

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:25.559
 lay

00:41:25.559 --> 00:41:26.120
 aside

00:41:26.120 --> 00:41:26.599
 everything

00:41:26.599 --> 00:41:26.880
 that

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:27.140
 holds

00:41:27.140 --> 00:41:27.300
 us

00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:27.539
 back

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:27.700
 from

00:41:27.700 --> 00:41:28.000
 following

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.420
 Jesus

00:41:28.420 --> 00:41:29.059
 let

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.220
 us

00:41:29.220 --> 00:41:29.880
 run

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:30.220
 with

00:41:30.220 --> 00:41:30.800
 endurance

00:41:30.800 --> 00:41:31.019
 the

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:31.240
 race

00:41:31.240 --> 00:41:31.519
 not

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:31.840
 just

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.380
 for

00:41:32.380 --> 00:41:32.519
 a

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:32.700
 year

00:41:32.699 --> 00:41:32.839
 or

00:41:32.839 --> 00:41:33.000
 two

00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:33.259
 not

00:41:33.259 --> 00:41:33.480
 just

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:33.579
 in

00:41:33.579 --> 00:41:33.719
 our

00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:34.099
 twenties

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.339
 or

00:41:34.339 --> 00:41:34.519
 our

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:34.899
 thirties

00:41:34.899 --> 00:41:35.519
 but

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.279
 consistently

00:41:36.279 --> 00:41:36.639
 and

00:41:36.639 --> 00:41:37.059
 faithfully

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.579
 decade

00:41:37.579 --> 00:41:38.199
 after

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:38.779
 decade

00:41:38.779 --> 00:41:39.439
 let

00:41:39.439 --> 00:41:39.639
 us

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.219
 look

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:40.839
 until

00:41:40.839 --> 00:41:41.079
 our

00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:41.679
 dying

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.119
 breath

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:42.359
 to

00:41:42.359 --> 00:41:42.739
 Jesus

00:41:42.739 --> 00:41:44.099
 the

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:44.579
 author

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.460
 and

00:41:45.460 --> 00:41:45.619
 the

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:46.179
 perfecter

00:41:46.179 --> 00:41:46.439
 of our

00:41:46.439 --> 00:41:46.639
 faith

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:46.819
 the

00:41:46.819 --> 00:41:47.000
 one

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.119
 who

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.259
 is

00:41:47.259 --> 00:41:47.639
 the

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.219
 ground

00:41:48.219 --> 00:41:48.799
 and

00:41:48.799 --> 00:41:49.000
 the

00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:49.439
 substance

00:41:49.439 --> 00:41:49.739
 of

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:49.899
 our

00:41:49.899 --> 00:41:50.179
 faith

00:41:50.179 --> 00:41:50.619
 the

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:50.819
 one

00:41:50.819 --> 00:41:50.960
 who

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.099
 is

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.379
 both

00:41:51.379 --> 00:41:51.919
 the

00:41:51.919 --> 00:41:52.919
 beginner

00:41:52.919 --> 00:41:53.339
 and

00:41:53.339 --> 00:41:53.539
 the

00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.039
 finisher

00:41:54.039 --> 00:41:54.599
 of our

00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:54.919
 faith

00:41:54.919 --> 00:41:55.500
 the

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:55.759
 one

00:41:55.759 --> 00:41:55.919
 who

00:41:55.919 --> 00:41:56.179
 went

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.319
 to

00:41:56.319 --> 00:41:56.439
 the

00:41:56.439 --> 00:41:56.819
 cross

00:41:56.819 --> 00:41:57.539
 who

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:57.859
 rose

00:41:57.859 --> 00:41:58.299
 again

00:41:58.299 --> 00:41:58.919
 the

00:41:58.919 --> 00:41:59.139
 one

00:41:59.139 --> 00:41:59.299
 who

00:41:59.299 --> 00:41:59.619
 is

00:41:59.619 --> 00:41:59.900
 the

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:00.199
 living

00:42:00.199 --> 00:42:00.639
 God

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.900
 let's

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.039
 look

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.199
 to

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:02.480
 him

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:03.259
 friends

00:42:03.259 --> 00:42:03.539
 don't

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:04.000
 idolize

00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:04.559
 Daniel's

00:42:04.559 --> 00:42:05.159
 faithfulness

00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:05.940
 but

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.239
 let

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:06.679
 Daniel

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:07.179
 point

00:42:07.179 --> 00:42:07.359
 you

00:42:07.359 --> 00:42:07.900
 beyond

00:42:07.900 --> 00:42:08.440
 himself

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.699
 to

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:08.880
 the

00:42:08.880 --> 00:42:09.079
 living

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:09.519
 God

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.199
 who

00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:10.559
 truly

00:42:10.559 --> 00:42:10.759
 is

00:42:10.759 --> 00:42:11.159
 faithful

00:42:11.159 --> 00:42:12.019
 so that

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.219
 you

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:12.500
 and I

00:42:12.500 --> 00:42:12.719
 too

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:12.980
 can

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.239
 run

00:42:13.239 --> 00:42:13.400
 with

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:13.859
 endurance

00:42:13.859 --> 00:42:14.359
 the race

00:42:14.359 --> 00:42:14.599
 that is

00:42:14.599 --> 00:42:14.739
 set

00:42:14.739 --> 00:42:15.000
 before

00:42:15.000 --> 00:42:15.359
 us

00:42:15.359 --> 00:42:16.099
 let's

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.279
 pray

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:16.759
 together

00:42:16.759 --> 00:42:17.799
 Ben

00:42:17.799 --> 00:42:17.940
 do you

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.159
 want to

00:42:18.159 --> 00:42:18.359
 come

00:42:18.359 --> 00:42:18.539
 and

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.400
 we're

00:42:19.400 --> 00:42:19.779
 going to

00:42:19.779 --> 00:42:21.259
 respond

00:42:21.259 --> 00:42:21.559
 in a

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:21.920
 time of

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:22.199
 worship

00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:22.599
 but let

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:22.859
 me just

00:42:22.859 --> 00:42:23.079
 pray

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:23.599
 for us

00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:26.039
 Father

00:42:26.039 --> 00:42:26.460
 God

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:27.559
 Lord

00:42:27.559 --> 00:42:27.859
 Jesus

00:42:27.859 --> 00:42:28.319
 Christ

00:42:28.319 --> 00:42:28.639
 Holy

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:29.139
 Spirit

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:30.920
 God

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.159
 you're

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:31.359
 so

00:42:31.359 --> 00:42:31.859
 abundantly

00:42:31.859 --> 00:42:32.359
 faithful

00:42:32.359 --> 00:42:33.420
 as we

00:42:33.420 --> 00:42:34.039
 read the

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:34.259
 scripture

00:42:34.259 --> 00:42:34.719
 we see

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:35.019
 these

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.400
 lives

00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:35.619
 these

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.119
 great

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:36.440
 men

00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:36.679
 and

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:37.039
 women

00:42:37.039 --> 00:42:37.759
 people

00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:37.980
 like

00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.400
 David

00:42:38.400 --> 00:42:38.659
 and

00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:39.019
 Daniel

00:42:39.019 --> 00:42:39.339
 women

00:42:39.339 --> 00:42:39.619
 like

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:40.079
 Esther

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.359
 and

00:42:40.359 --> 00:42:40.719
 Ruth

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:41.339
 who

00:42:41.339 --> 00:42:41.579
 in the

00:42:41.579 --> 00:42:41.759
 midst

00:42:41.759 --> 00:42:41.900
 of

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.199
 great

00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:42.719
 trial

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:43.259
 looked

00:42:43.259 --> 00:42:43.579
 to

00:42:43.579 --> 00:42:43.960
 you

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.699
 and

00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:44.940
 you

00:42:44.940 --> 00:42:45.219
 God

00:42:45.219 --> 00:42:45.659
 saved

00:42:45.659 --> 00:42:45.839
 and

00:42:45.839 --> 00:42:46.119
 delivered

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:46.299
 them

00:42:46.299 --> 00:42:46.500
 they

00:42:46.500 --> 00:42:47.119
 passed

00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:47.440
 from

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:48.079
 death

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:48.299
 to

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:48.500
 life

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:48.659
 and

00:42:48.659 --> 00:42:48.980
 Christ

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.819
 we

00:42:49.819 --> 00:42:50.019
 want

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.139
 to

00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:50.259
 do

00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:50.440
 the

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:50.679
 same

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:52.079
 we

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.359
 look

00:42:52.359 --> 00:42:52.539
 to

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:52.739
 you

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:52.940
 this

00:42:52.940 --> 00:42:53.159
 morning

00:42:53.159 --> 00:42:53.420
 God

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:53.559
 I

00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:53.739
 pray

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:53.960
 for

00:42:53.960 --> 00:42:54.219
 those

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:54.460
 of us

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:54.639
 now

00:42:54.639 --> 00:42:54.879
 that

00:42:54.879 --> 00:42:55.460
 feel

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:55.720
 like

00:42:55.720 --> 00:42:55.840
 we

00:42:55.840 --> 00:42:55.940
 are

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.019
 in

00:42:56.019 --> 00:42:56.139
 the

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.559
 clutches

00:42:56.559 --> 00:42:56.780
 of

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.059
 death

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.800
 we

00:42:57.800 --> 00:42:58.179
 feel

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:58.420
 like

00:42:58.420 --> 00:42:58.820
 life

00:42:58.820 --> 00:42:59.019
 is

00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.559
 closing

00:42:59.559 --> 00:42:59.840
 in

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:00.000
 on

00:43:00.000 --> 00:43:00.360
 us

00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:02.960
 God

00:43:02.960 --> 00:43:03.179
 by

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:03.360
 your

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:03.579
 Holy

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:03.920
 Spirit

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:04.500
 won't

00:43:04.500 --> 00:43:04.720
 you

00:43:04.720 --> 00:43:05.220
 help

00:43:05.220 --> 00:43:05.500
 us

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:05.780
 to

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.000
 look

00:43:06.000 --> 00:43:06.199
 to

00:43:06.199 --> 00:43:06.460
 you

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:07.280
 and

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:07.440
 to

00:43:07.440 --> 00:43:07.720
 hold

00:43:07.720 --> 00:43:07.920
 on

00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:08.039
 to

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:08.139
 you

00:43:08.139 --> 00:43:08.400
 God

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:08.639
 won't

00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:08.780
 you

00:43:08.780 --> 00:43:09.420
 help

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:09.580
 us

00:43:09.580 --> 00:43:09.700
 to

00:43:09.700 --> 00:43:09.860
 be

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:10.280
 those

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:10.900
 that

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.580
 live

00:43:11.580 --> 00:43:11.700
 a

00:43:11.700 --> 00:43:11.900
 life

00:43:11.900 --> 00:43:12.080
 of

00:43:12.080 --> 00:43:12.920
 consistency

00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.420
 looking

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:13.660
 to

00:43:13.660 --> 00:43:13.840
 you

00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:14.019
 the

00:43:14.019 --> 00:43:14.200
 living

00:43:14.200 --> 00:43:14.580
 God

00:43:14.580 --> 00:43:15.660
 God

00:43:15.660 --> 00:43:15.820
 I

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.140
 pray

00:43:16.140 --> 00:43:16.460
 for

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:16.740
 us

00:43:16.740 --> 00:43:17.000
 as a

00:43:17.000 --> 00:43:17.320
 church

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:17.580
 for

00:43:17.580 --> 00:43:17.860
 us

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:18.500
 as a

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:18.940
 watermark

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:19.220
 church

00:43:19.220 --> 00:43:19.380
 and

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:19.519
 for

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:19.740
 those

00:43:19.740 --> 00:43:19.860
 of

00:43:19.860 --> 00:43:19.980
 us

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:20.120
 that

00:43:20.120 --> 00:43:20.240
 are

00:43:20.240 --> 00:43:20.740
 individuals

00:43:20.740 --> 00:43:21.080
 that

00:43:21.080 --> 00:43:21.220
 we

00:43:21.220 --> 00:43:21.480
 won't

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:21.660
 just

00:43:21.660 --> 00:43:21.900
 be

00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:22.560
 hot

00:43:22.560 --> 00:43:22.780
 and

00:43:22.780 --> 00:43:23.120
 serving

00:43:23.120 --> 00:43:23.380
 you

00:43:23.380 --> 00:43:24.100
 faithfully

00:43:24.100 --> 00:43:24.280
 and

00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:24.660
 wonderfully

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:25.000
 for

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.220
 a

00:43:25.220 --> 00:43:25.460
 year

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:25.640
 or

00:43:25.640 --> 00:43:25.860
 two

00:43:25.860 --> 00:43:26.700
 five

00:43:26.700 --> 00:43:26.940
 years

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:27.260
 ten

00:43:27.260 --> 00:43:27.560
 years

00:43:27.560 --> 00:43:28.040
 but

00:43:28.040 --> 00:43:28.240
 God

00:43:28.240 --> 00:43:28.400
 that

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:29.040
 for

00:43:29.040 --> 00:43:29.240
 the

00:43:29.240 --> 00:43:29.760
 decades

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:29.960
 of

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:30.100
 our

00:43:30.100 --> 00:43:30.340
 life

00:43:30.340 --> 00:43:30.820
 year

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.220
 in

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:31.380
 and

00:43:31.380 --> 00:43:31.600
 year

00:43:31.600 --> 00:43:31.820
 out

00:43:31.820 --> 00:43:32.059
 whether

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.260
 we

00:43:32.260 --> 00:43:32.400
 are

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:32.860
 promoted

00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:33.160
 to

00:43:33.160 --> 00:43:33.620
 the

00:43:33.620 --> 00:43:33.980
 highest

00:43:33.980 --> 00:43:34.340
 ranks

00:43:34.340 --> 00:43:34.480
 of

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.600
 the

00:43:34.600 --> 00:43:34.920
 land

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.400
 or

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:35.580
 whether

00:43:35.580 --> 00:43:35.740
 we

00:43:35.740 --> 00:43:35.860
 are

00:43:35.860 --> 00:43:36.220
 facing

00:43:36.220 --> 00:43:36.480
 the

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:36.960
 challenges

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:37.200
 of

00:43:37.200 --> 00:43:37.420
 life

00:43:37.420 --> 00:43:37.980
 God

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.240
 our

00:43:38.240 --> 00:43:38.539
 life

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:38.700
 will

00:43:38.700 --> 00:43:38.840
 be

00:43:38.840 --> 00:43:39.340
 looking

00:43:39.340 --> 00:43:40.080
 to

00:43:40.080 --> 00:43:40.420
 you

00:43:40.420 --> 00:43:41.420
 may

00:43:41.420 --> 00:43:41.700
 the

00:43:41.700 --> 00:43:42.100
 testimony

00:43:42.100 --> 00:43:42.300
 of

00:43:42.300 --> 00:43:42.420
 our

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:42.660
 lives

00:43:42.660 --> 00:43:42.880
 be

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:43.220
 like

00:43:43.220 --> 00:43:44.160
 Darius

00:43:44.160 --> 00:43:44.400
 to

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:45.380
 Daniel

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:46.059
 we

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.200
 are

00:43:46.200 --> 00:43:46.539
 those

00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:46.760
 who

00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:47.460
 throughout

00:43:47.460 --> 00:43:47.680
 our

00:43:47.680 --> 00:43:47.940
 lives

00:43:47.940 --> 00:43:48.140
 have

00:43:48.140 --> 00:43:48.780
 continually

00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.460
 served

00:43:49.460 --> 00:43:49.860
 you

00:43:49.860 --> 00:43:50.539
 the

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:50.820
 living

00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.320
 God

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:53.000
 God

00:43:53.000 --> 00:43:53.160
 we

00:43:53.160 --> 00:43:53.420
 pray

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:53.660
 won't

00:43:53.660 --> 00:43:53.760
 you

00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:54.000
 help

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:54.320
 us

00:43:54.320 --> 00:43:55.380
 give

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:55.559
 us

00:43:55.559 --> 00:43:55.860
 faith

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:56.039
 where

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:56.220
 this

00:43:56.220 --> 00:43:56.360
 is

00:43:56.360 --> 00:43:56.740
 hard

00:43:56.740 --> 00:43:58.180
 help

00:43:58.180 --> 00:43:58.340
 us

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:58.500
 to

00:43:58.500 --> 00:43:58.840
 trust

00:43:58.840 --> 00:43:59.059
 you

00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.260
 where

00:43:59.260 --> 00:43:59.680
 we've

00:43:59.680 --> 00:44:00.820
 given

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.060
 up

00:44:01.060 --> 00:44:01.440
 hope

00:44:01.440 --> 00:44:03.460
 Christ

00:44:03.460 --> 00:44:03.600
 where

00:44:03.600 --> 00:44:03.780
 our

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:04.080
 faith

00:44:04.080 --> 00:44:04.440
 is

00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:05.580
 dwindling

00:44:05.580 --> 00:44:06.640
 we

00:44:06.640 --> 00:44:06.940
 ask

00:44:06.940 --> 00:44:07.040
 you

00:44:07.040 --> 00:44:07.160
 to

00:44:07.160 --> 00:44:07.400
 help

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:07.780
 us

00:44:07.780 --> 00:44:08.840
 in

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:08.980
 your

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:09.360
 awesome

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:09.660
 and

00:44:09.660 --> 00:44:09.780
 your

00:44:09.780 --> 00:44:10.060
 wonderful

00:44:10.060 --> 00:44:10.480
 name

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:12.140
 Amen