I have mentioned to people that I am friendly with, and that I am in contact with this week about the Daniel Fast. And I think that if you are not really walking closely with the Lord, the response is either oh that's nice or not really much of anything. However if you mention this to someone who is walking with the Lord the result is much different.
I have read Chapter 6 of Daniel and his life just gets better and better. But before I tell you about that I must tell you of our evening yesterday....my car's care is managed by a wonderful young man named Ron. Yesterday Ron changed the oil, checked all the fluids, rotated the tires, and checked the brakes for me whilst he had the tires off. He called me to let me know that the car was finished, and I said well Timmy already has his boots off, so we will get it in the morning, but if he wanted to stop over I would give him a check right away, so that's what we did. When Ron walked in the house he said it smelled amazing in here, I said I was making some soup for dinner and he was welcome to some if he would like because we were just getting ready to eat. First Ron said no but then after I had gotten the soup out for Tim and I, I said to Ron this is really good, are you sure you don't want some? And he said oh okay I'll have some, so I got Ron some soup and he really seemed to enjoy it in fact he said that if this is what healthy taste like he may have to try it out a little bit more often anyway we had a very nice visit with our friend. Ron is a good Christian young man with a lovely wife, and they are expecting their first child.
Now to Daniel Chapter 6...King Darius really liked Daniel and he made Daniel the head administrator in the kingdom, well the other administrators and lords didn't like this so a few of them came up with a plot to trap Daniel, or so they thought, to finally be rid of him. I believe you could say they had a seed of jealousy in their spirits. They really didn't like that Daniel had once again found so much favor with the king.
The trap was that everyone was to pray for thirty days to only the king. First of all why would you make a decree like that for only thirty days, I really do not think that the king was thinking when he signed this edict. And after the fact when some of these ring leaders brought to the attention of the king that Daniel wasn't following the rules, the king realized that he had made a big mistake. Because he had to follow his edict, which was to throw Daniel into the lions den, but when Daniel was put into the lions den, King Darius said to Daniel your God will protect you, but I think he was saying it more as a prayer then as a statement. The next morning I believe that the king would have been singing if he felt it was acceptable as he went to get Daniel out, I do think that the king really thought that Daniel's God had protected him. Which, of course, God did protect Daniel. And the king did in fact get rid of the ones who told the king of Daniels indiscretion, as well as their entire families.
The king then decreed to all his people as well as to the whole world that all follow Daniels God.
It really is a wonderful story and one that when you have read it and absorbed it, you can recount it to your children and/or grandchildren.
Well it is past time for me to get on with my day...and I really hope in the Lord that you have a truly blessed day and that you are also a blessing to someone today!
I have read Chapter 6 of Daniel and his life just gets better and better. But before I tell you about that I must tell you of our evening yesterday....my car's care is managed by a wonderful young man named Ron. Yesterday Ron changed the oil, checked all the fluids, rotated the tires, and checked the brakes for me whilst he had the tires off. He called me to let me know that the car was finished, and I said well Timmy already has his boots off, so we will get it in the morning, but if he wanted to stop over I would give him a check right away, so that's what we did. When Ron walked in the house he said it smelled amazing in here, I said I was making some soup for dinner and he was welcome to some if he would like because we were just getting ready to eat. First Ron said no but then after I had gotten the soup out for Tim and I, I said to Ron this is really good, are you sure you don't want some? And he said oh okay I'll have some, so I got Ron some soup and he really seemed to enjoy it in fact he said that if this is what healthy taste like he may have to try it out a little bit more often anyway we had a very nice visit with our friend. Ron is a good Christian young man with a lovely wife, and they are expecting their first child.
Now to Daniel Chapter 6...King Darius really liked Daniel and he made Daniel the head administrator in the kingdom, well the other administrators and lords didn't like this so a few of them came up with a plot to trap Daniel, or so they thought, to finally be rid of him. I believe you could say they had a seed of jealousy in their spirits. They really didn't like that Daniel had once again found so much favor with the king.
The trap was that everyone was to pray for thirty days to only the king. First of all why would you make a decree like that for only thirty days, I really do not think that the king was thinking when he signed this edict. And after the fact when some of these ring leaders brought to the attention of the king that Daniel wasn't following the rules, the king realized that he had made a big mistake. Because he had to follow his edict, which was to throw Daniel into the lions den, but when Daniel was put into the lions den, King Darius said to Daniel your God will protect you, but I think he was saying it more as a prayer then as a statement. The next morning I believe that the king would have been singing if he felt it was acceptable as he went to get Daniel out, I do think that the king really thought that Daniel's God had protected him. Which, of course, God did protect Daniel. And the king did in fact get rid of the ones who told the king of Daniels indiscretion, as well as their entire families.
The king then decreed to all his people as well as to the whole world that all follow Daniels God.
It really is a wonderful story and one that when you have read it and absorbed it, you can recount it to your children and/or grandchildren.
Well it is past time for me to get on with my day...and I really hope in the Lord that you have a truly blessed day and that you are also a blessing to someone today!
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