PART 10 LESSONS FROM THE DEN ON HOPE

TEXT- DANIEL 6:16-28

INTRODUCTION

AS WE COME TO THE END OF THIS CHAPTER WE COME TO THE END OF THE SIX HISTORICAL STORIES CONCERNING DANIEL'S LIFE AND HIS THREE HEBREW FRIENDS.

WITHIN THESE SIX CHAPTERS THAT WE HAVE STUDIED SO FAR WE HAVE SEEN MANY PRACTICAL LESSONS THAT WE CAN APPLY TO OUR LIVES TODAY.

ROMANS 15:4  FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE PAST WAS WRITTEN TO TEACH US, SO THAT THROUGH ENDURANCE AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE SCRIPTURES WE MIGHT HAVE HOPE.

CIRCLE THE WORD “HOPE” IN THIS VERSE

THIS IS WHY THESE CHAPTERS WERE WRITTEN.

THEY ARE NOT JUST HISTORICAL STORIES BUT THEY ARE FOR OUR INSTRUCTION.

THIS MEANS THEY WERE WRITTEN TO HELP SHOW US HOW WE AS GOD'S PEOPLE TODAY ARE TO LIVE OUR LIVES FOR THE LORD.

BUT ALSO THEY WERE WRITTEN SO THAT WE MIGHT HAVE HOPE AND TRULY WITHIN THIS CHAPTER WE FIND ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES FOR THIS.

IN VERSES 1-15 OF THIS CHAPTER WE FOUND GOOD INSTRUCTION, AND WITHIN THE LAST VERSES WE FIND HOPE.

TODAY I WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT FOUR REASONS WHY DANIEL WAS DELIVERED FROM THE LION’S DEN AND WHY GOD DELIVERS US FROM OUR TROUBLES AND TRIALS TODAY.