Devotions from Daniel

Passage Read: Ezekiel 48 - Daniel 3 Meditation Verse: Daniel 2:38 This always seems strange that God would mention that Nebuchadnezzar is also king of the animals. What do the animals care? It's not like they acknowledge his right to rule over them. But God…

Passage Read: Daniel 4-7 Meditation Verses: 7:11-12 The last beast, the Antichrist, he is destroyed by Christ, but the other nations are allowed to endure, though they lose their authority. Those other kingdoms survive for a season and a time, longer than a time, times…

Passage Read: Daniel 8-11 Meditation Verses: 11:33-35 Those who understand will help many in those last days to stand firm, to understand what is truly happening, that all is happening according to the plans established by the Lord from of old. Those who understand will…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 48 - Daniel 3 Meditation Verse: Daniel 2:30 Thought Daniel is trying to match Moses for title of most humble man on earth! Daniel understood that he was no great wise man, but merely a servant of the Lord and of the…

Passage Read: Daniel 4-7 Meditation Verses: 5:19-20 Thought When God makes a man king, that man has complete authority over those entrusted to him. He can either use that authority for good or for evil, for his own selfish ends or for the good of…

Passage Read: Daniel 8-11 Meditation Verse: 11:35 Thought God allows hard things to come upon even the faithful servants of God, even on the wise. He allows them to be pressed and tempted and even fall, so that they can be refined, purified and made…

Passage Read: Ezekiel 48 - Daniel 3 Meditation Verse: Daniel 3:28 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego weren't trying to be rebellious and agitators, but only trying to be personally faithful to God. They could not worship any god or idol, in obedience to the Lord, to…

Passage Read: Daniel 4-7 Meditation Verses: 6:20-23 Daniel had so distinguished himself that Darius had so much respect for him, even caring about him. Darius tried to put off sentencing Daniel, and when he couldn't put it off any longer, he regretfully cast Daniel into…

Passage Read: Daniel 8-11 Meditation Verses: 9:26-27 This prophecy came in the first year of Darius, so the command to rebuild the temple hadn't come yet, not to rebuild the city. But both city and sanctuary are mentioned in this prophecy, telling Daniel and all…