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How Is Your Shine
Contributed by Dr. Dave Hartson on Jan 29, 2022 (message contributor)
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1. Nobody Will See Your Sine If You Are No Different Than The World
Contributed on Jan 29, 2022
God tells us in both the Old and New Testament to let our light shine. That will not happen if we are no different than the world.
ILLUSTRATION In Daniel chapter 12, there is a verse that every Christian should memorize. And it is: Daniel 12:3 (NKJV) 3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever. In the first part of the verse, ...read more
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2. My Shine Would Be Bright If I Knew What Daniel Knew.
Contributed on Feb 9, 2022
There are some things that I need to know about my shine. Daniel knew them and we need to know them too.
REVIEW OF CHAPTER 1 AND INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER 2 In Chapter 1, we discovered that Judah was taken captive by the Babylonians. They destroyed the city and its temple, taking items from the temple back to Babylonian, killed many of the Jews and taking into capacity many Jewish men and women and ...read more
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3. Daniel Shined Because He Knew How To Pray Through A Problems
Contributed on Mar 4, 2022
I need to get busy developing my prayer team. Those two or three people that I can share my prayer concerns with and know that they have my back and I have their back.
Introduction The Bible tells us that we are to give all our problems to God. Small problems, medium size problems, and those horribly large problems we face are to be turned over to God. 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV) Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. But the truth is, we think many ...read more
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4. Daniel's Praise To God Reveals His Shine
Contributed on Mar 10, 2022
Daniel receives his answer from God regarding Nebuchadnezzar dream and interpretation and breaks out in praise.
Introduction There is a crisis going on in Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar had a series of dreams that greatly disturbed him, and he wants to know their meaning. The magicians, sorcerers and Chaldeans could not give back to Nebuchadnezzar the dream and its interpretation. The king in his anger told ...read more
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5. Daniel Shines Before The King
Contributed on Mar 19, 2022
Daniel prayed with his prayer team and was given the answer to the king's dream and its interpretation. He is brought before the king by Arioch. And this sermon is what we learn about Daniel's interaction with Arioch and the king.
Introduction Daniel had been granted by King Nebuchadnezzar some time to tell the king the dream that had greatly bothered the king and then to share its interpretation. Daniel immediately upon returning home tells his friends the matter of concern and they join him as part of his prayer team. ...read more
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6. Daniel Shines Sharing The Prophecy
Contributed on Mar 28, 2022
Daniel goes before King Nebuchadnezzar to reveal the dream and its interpretation.
Introduction We find out the reason today that King Nebuchadnezzar is so concerned about the dreams that he had that he was willing to kill all the wise men of Babylon for being unable to reveal the dream and its interpretation. Nebuchadnezzar, just like you and I, was concerned about what was ...read more
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7. Lessons Learned From The Mistakes Of A King
Contributed on Apr 14, 2022
Let's look at Nebuchadnezzar's mistakes and learn from them.
Lessons Learned from the Mistakes of a King Dave Hartson / General How is Your Shine / Da 3:1–9 Introduction As we turned to Chapter 3 in the Book of Daniel, it has been seventeen years since Arioch, the captain of the Babylonian guard, has brought Daniel into the presence of the ...read more
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8. Can I Do That When The Heat Is Turned Up?
Contributed on Apr 26, 2022
We look at the faith of three Jewish young men and compare their faith to ours.
Introduction Nebuchadnezzar has built a ninety-foot statue of himself made of gold that sat on a twenty-five-foot base (which archaeologists have discovered) in the plain of Dura. To celebrate his great achievement, he sent word to the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the ...read more
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9. Standing Firm
Contributed on May 11, 2022
Are you standing firm? Do you really know what Standing Firm means?
Introduction: The Bible tells us several times in the New Testament to “Stand Firm.” Paul, when he tells us to put on the whole armor of God, says to “stand firm.” Paul in writing to the Corinthians tells them to “stand firm.” Once again, Paul this time writing from prison to the church at ...read more
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10. Is Your Life A Testimony For Him Or A Selfie Of You?
Contributed on May 17, 2022
Learn the difference between a Testimony and a Selfie.
Scripture Today, I am going to begin this sermon a little different from my other sermons. We are going to begin by the reading of God’s Word first. Please stand as we read Daniel 4:1-9 Daniel 4:1–9 (NKJV) 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the ...read more
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11. Just How Great Is Our God
Contributed on May 25, 2022
Nebuchadnezzar reveals to us the awesomeness of our God
Introduction Sometimes we as Christians forget how great and powerful our God is. And it takes an unbeliever to call to our attention just how great our God is. Have you ever had a person you know who is not a Christian, ask you to pray for them? That is God showing you through an unbeliever His ...read more
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12. What Is It Going To Be?
Contributed on May 30, 2022
We are to take serious the decrees of God.
Introduction I believe that God asks every one of us “what is it going to be?” Are you going to choose to live the way that I want you to live or are you going to choose any which way you way to live your life? Today in our passage of Scripture, God asked Nebuchadnezzar that exact question through ...read more
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13. How Is Humility Lived Out?
Contributed on Jun 8, 2022
Daniel and King Nebuchadnezzar teach us how to live out our humility.
Introduction I look around the world today and I don’t see what I consider to be a lot of humility these days. And then I thought to myself, maybe it is me, maybe I don’t know what humility looks like. Maybe, I don’t know what I am looking for. I know this I need to know what humility looks ...read more
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14. Unbelievers Need Every Christian To...
Contributed on Jun 22, 2022
What we learn from Scripture that every unbeliever needs from a Christian
Introduction Last week as we began chapter 5 of Daniel, we were introduced to Belshazzar, King Nebuchadnezzar’s grandson, who along with his father assumed the throne as co-kings of Babylonian. This means that sometime has passed from the end of Chapter 4 to Chapter 5 and some major things have ...read more
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15. Lessons Learned During A First Encounter
Contributed on Jul 1, 2022
Each person needs to have their own salvation worked out.
Introduction Belshazzar, the new king of Babylon, was throwing a party, and he messed up when he ordered the stewards to retrieve the gold and silver vessels taken from the Temple of God in Jerusalem so they might drink from them. Within that same hour of them drinking from those vessels, a hand ...read more
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16. An Old Testament Warning To Christians Today
Contributed on Jul 14, 2022
We ought not to make unholy what God says is holy
Introduction The year is 539 B.C. There is 539 years to the appearance of Christ on earth as a baby in a manager. There are 2022 years from Christ birth to the present day. But the warning given in 539 B.C. applies to this very day. It is a very old warning, but it is one that we must take ...read more
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17. When Daniel Becomes A Governor
Contributed on Jul 21, 2022
Daniel remained faithful whether he was serving the Babylonian king or the Medes-Persian King.
Background Information The Babylonian kingdom fell to the Medes and Persians just as Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar that it would. The judgement of Belshazzar for drinking from the vessels of God came swiftly as spoken through the prophet, Daniel. What God says He does! So, we are introduced to the ...read more
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18. What Do I Do When My Faith Is Under Attack?
Contributed on Jul 28, 2022
Daniel faces the greatest challenge of his life by relying on his faith in God.
Introduction The year is 2022, and our faith is under attack. It should not surprise us because all throughout the Bible men and woman of faith have come under attack. Noah as he worked on building the Ark probably his faith in God suffered great ridicule by those around him. The Bible describes ...read more
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19. The Second Most Important Decision Of Your Life
Contributed on Aug 8, 2022
The first most important decision of your life is accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Find out in this sermon, what is the second most important decision of your life.
Introduction We make decisions every day of our life. According to Cornell University, we make 35,000 remotely conscious decisions each day. And if a person lives to age 75 that means, in our lifespan, we will make 945 billion decisions. But let’s be honest, some decisions are more important than ...read more
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20. Wow, What A Mighty God I Serve!
Contributed on Aug 10, 2022
In the story of Daniel in the Lions' den, we see how great our God is.
INTRODUCTION Daniel was placed in the lions’ den. A stone was placed in front of the den. It was sealed with the king’s signet ring which meant it was not to be opened except in the presence of the king. Daniel, now about 90 years old, finds himself in a den of lions, we are not told how many ...read more