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Do you ever take time to acknowledge how meaningful the relationships are that you have? We can quickly identify the relationships that we enjoy and consistently make time for. But what about the ones that we long for and deep down could not live without? Those types of relationships we should be willing to sacrifice and suffer for. Daniel 3 In the third chapter of Daniel, we see the value and ext...

Beware of relationships with trust but have no truth.When we are struck with worry due to a lack of understanding or insufficient ability to overcome a situation. We start talking and listening to those we trust, and because we trust someone, we expect to receive the truth from them. But just because you trust someone doesn’t mean they are being truthful. When we turn to our trusted relationships,...

Daniel’s shrewd StepsDaniel 1 Life tends to have many cycles of seasons. Some seasons are annual, but there are some that come unexpectedly, as well as being unwanted. The book of Daniel starts off with the latter. The tribe of Judah is besieged, and many are taken captive by the Chaldeans, and the young, prized and talented youths are taken to be indoctrinated with new customs and knowledge. Whil...

Our confidence and pride we hold as believers need to have a distinct internal strength in us. The prayer of Jesus before he would be arrested and crucified contained a request that God would keep us “from the evil one” because, like Him, we are not of this world (John 17:14-16). To live differently from the world around you takes focus and determination to deal with the world around you with a ki...

Luke 12:41-48How does the gospel drive your work and worship? Your approach to this answer is related to the maturity of your faith to manage the instructions the gospel gives to you, through your relationship with Jesus. The manager in this parable understood his instruction to be a servant to those he leads. His authority was based on the expectation of his master's returning, but he also knew t...