And when the king had no more use for them, he made sure nobody else would either. mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery," that their prayers of petition were structured very Over the next couple of months, we'll be be referring often to the three components that nearly every prayer the same way Daniel did: pray the words in v19-23; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Ask God to make

you must place all of your trust in Christ alone, since as we learned a few days ago, even your best efforts Trust in Him alone for salvation for sure, but also take full advantage to increase your reward by using

Even as western civilization crumbles, take heart—you're part of Christ's eternal Church. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the For example, during the very dangerous time of Ahab the Lord preserved for himself seven thousand men For many decades, many Christians came to a very mistaken conclusion that God has two distinct sets of But go back and look at our posts this past week about the Church and you'll notice that nearly every

your year. 3  Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. 6  Take care of them until the fourteenth haste; it is the LORD’s Passover. 12  “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every They needed a sacrament (the Word made visible). passes over those covered in the blood of the Lamb; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for making

sufficient source for knowing and testing what is true. 1 John 4:1–6 (NIV) Dear friends, do not believe every many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 but every spirit that We cannot run every lecture, book, song, movie, sermon, or social media post we hear through a scanner Yet, in our modern culture, we are bombarded with more messages than ever.

with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the L ORD  your God has forbidden 34  Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by signs First of all, Moses' speeches in Deuteronomy make clear that God sovereignly chooses His people. How did you experience His providence, the Spirit making His Word come alive, and even His great and Moses makes clear what we don't hear enough about God - that the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a

When you pray "hallowed be thy name," you're praying that your own life will reflect God's holiness in every God's name will be praised and never blasphemed where you live, which will bring the true shalom that every , the God of Israel; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that your city will praise God's name in every

If you just walk by the Spirit - that is, if each and every moment you just keep your heart and mind This means that although each and every Monday you're a little bit older and wiser than the week before

Every time David has called out to the LORD, He answered. David's ancient world was far more fractured geopolitically than ours is, so what would could possibly make

In all my distress and persecution I turn my eyes to the heavens and confidently await as judge the very enemies and mine he will condemn to everlasting punishment: but me and all his chosen ones he will take We're used to seeing headings above nearly every passage in our printed Bibles which help us to quickly This makes sense in the way it's used here in Psalm 75 right after verses 2-3: The LORD says: 2 “When