1. DARE TO BE A DANIEL

2. Taken in 605BC to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzer There when Persians took over. 536BC Dan 9:1-2 1Co 10:11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. DANIEL

3. DARE TO BE A DANIEL

4. DANIEL WAS A MAN OF: Purpose1:8

5. 1Co 6:12 All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 Food is for the stomach, and the stomach is for food; but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord; and the Lord is for the body.

6. 1Co 6:19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? 20 For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body.

7. Mt 12:36 "And I say to you, that every careless word that men shall speak, they shall render account for it in the day of judgment. 37 "For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned."

8. Eph 5:4 and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. Eph 4:29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear.

9. 1Ti 2:9 Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments; 10 but rather by means of good works, as befits women making a claim to godliness.

10. Lu 8:14 "And the seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

11. DANIEL WAS A MAN OF: Purpose1:8 Principle5:16-17

12. Col 4:6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person. Eph 4:15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ,

13. Ac 5:29 But Peter and the apostles answered and said, "We must obey God rather than men.

14. Mt 5:10 "Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 "Blessed are you when men cast insults at you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. 12 "Rejoice, and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

15. 2Ti 3:12 And indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

16. DANIEL WAS A MAN OF: Purpose1:8 Principle5:16-17 Purity6:4 Prayer6:10

17. Ps 55:17 Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice. Col 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; Eph 6:18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,

18. 1Ti 2:1 First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, 1Ti 2:2 for kings and all who are in authority, in order that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. 1Ti 2:8 Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension.

19. Ac 2:42 And they were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

20. DANIEL WAS A MAN OF: Self-control and honesty Genuine dedication to God Unshaken faith in God Stable in all his ways

21. DANIEL WAS A MAN OF: Purpose1:8 Principle5:16-17 Purity6:4 Prayer6:10