Author: Scott

The king commanded, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions. Daniel 6:24 The thing that attracted me to stories like Daniel and the lion’s den when I was a child, is the same thing that frustrates me as an adult. Within just one chapter, a conflict arises…
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When Daniel knew that the document had been signed . . . He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. Daniel 6:10 As I was in the middle of a long workout yesterday, I distracted my mind from the drudgery by…
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You have been weighed in the balances and found wanting. Daniel 5:27 One of the greatest lies the addict, in his madness, tells himself, is that he can do it alone. I don’t need help. I can quit by myself. In the insanity of his addiction, he refuses help and refuses to follow God. He…
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At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever . . . Daniel 4:34 Every day, I wake up, make my coffee, sit in my chair, and thank God for another day…
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Break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed . . . Daniel 4:27 Every time I got a bottle of pills, it was the last time. I’ll stop tomorrow. I swear I will. Just one more indulgence, and then I’ll get my life together. When tomorrow became today,…
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He ordered some of the mighty men of his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Daniel 3:20 When I read today’s passage, I can’t help but wonder what I would have done. When Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were instructed to bow down to the golden image…
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Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods . . . Daniel 3:17-18 I’ve struggled with my definition of faith.…
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Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food . . . Daniel 1:8 When I speak of food as an addiction, I sometimes wonder if I am over-spiritualizing the subject. Can eating really be a sin? Today’s passage though, reinforces the idea that God is interested in what we eat. In…
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Because your heart is proud, and you have said, “I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas” . . . you shall die the death of the slain in the heart of the seas. Ezekiel 28:2,8 It was pride that made the devil the devil and…
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After she was defiled by them, she turned from them in disgust. Ezekiel 23:17 I can clearly recall the first time I took an opiate pain medication. It was euphoric, amazing, and beyond description. I immediately fell in love with it. I didn’t go on to abuse pills for several years, but when I did,…
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