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Opening
Study have showed that people gain an average of 7-10 pounds between Thanksgiving through out Christmas, and until the New Year’s
Turn to your seat mates and ask...
Did you gain weight this Christmas season?
Let’s star our year with Daniel
Daniel is David’s second son, the first by his wife Abigail of Carmel
He was also called Kileab ()
And then later on he was renamed “Belteshazzar” when exiled to Babylon at the age of around 16-17
He is one of the five major prophets in the Bible
And he was made administrator over Babylon because of his ability to interpret dreams for king Nebuchadnezzar
And was made administrator over Babylon because of his ability to interpret dreams for king Nebuchadnezzar
BREATHE!
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon besieged Judah
Nebuchadnezzar ordered to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family
Young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve the king’s palace
The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table
They were to be trained for 3 years
Among those who were chosen was Daniel and his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah and they were exiled to Babylon
The chief official gave them the names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; To Hananaiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; to Azariah, Abednego
The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king’s table
But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and asked the chief official to feed them with vegetable and water instead
At first the chief official was afraid to heed Daniel’s request because it is his head at stake if they were not properly nourished
To convince the chief official, Daniel said just to try for 10 days, and afterwards, to compare them with the others who were fed with royal food
So, the chief official agreed and fed them just vegetables to eat and water to drink for 10 days
Daniel 1:15
BREATHE!
This is now what we christians know as the “Daniel’s Fast” or “Daniel’s Plan”
To those who think that they gained weight over the holiday season, why don’t you go ahead and try “Daniel’s Fast”?
Fasting doesn’t only have spiritual benefits, but it also have health benefits
BREATHE!
It is typical of us every time we start a new year to:
Write our New Year’s Resolution
Set our goals
Make our plans
And try to look into the future hoping to have a glimpse of what is in store for us for the new year
Some still consults “fengshui” masters to get an idea on how their year ahead looks like
They refer to Chinese zodiac, and for them, 2018 is the “year of the dog”
I don’t know about you, but I’m not putting my faith on a dog, I am not entrusting my future to an animal
“My year belongs to God, and my God holds my future...”
Let’s say that on altogether.... “My year belongs to God, and my God holds my future...”
BREATHE!
Let me share with you what God says about predicting the future (these are not in your outline.. write them down)
Nobody knows the future
Ecclesiastes
All psychics, mediums, fortune tellers, astrologers are fraud & fakes (astronomy is a legitimate science)
Isaiah 44:25
The test of a true prophet of God is 100% accuracy
BREATHE!
What are the Goals that you have set for yourselves this year?
Who says… raise your hand...
New car?
New house?
Promotion at work?
New Job?
Promotion at work?
New wife/husband?
Promotion at work?
What about for God?
What personal “Smart Goals” have you set for the Lord and His Church?
When we set our goals, it has to be “smart”, which means, Simple, Measurable, Appropriate, Realistic & Time bound
Who says… raise your hand...
I will be more involved in the ministries of the church?
I will start my own “Life Group”?
I will be more faithful in giving back to God? (Time, Talent and Treasure)
I will be more active in bringing people to Christ?
I will be more consistent in reading the Bible everyday?
BREATHE!
Sometimes we have goals thats seems to be very impossible to achieve
Or, sometimes we are asked to do some things that seems to be impossible for us with out given limitations and circumstances
What shall we do when we are facing “Mission Impossible”?
Do we have to look as good as “Tom Cruise” to face the impossible?
Do we have to be as “buffed” as him to be on a “Mission Impossible”
Let’s see what we can learn as we “Start the Year with Daniel”
Text: Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream ()
In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign as king of Babylon, he had dreams
So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed
When they came, they stood before the king and the king said to them, “I had a dream and I want to know what it means”
Then the astrologers replied, “May the king live forever!
Tell your servants your dream, and we will interpret it for you”
But the king said, “no, tell me my dream and interpret it, otherwise, I will have you killed, cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubbles”
On the other hand however, if you tell me my dream and explain it, you will receive gifts from me, and rewards and great honor
The astrologers replied once more, “let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it”
But the king answered, you are just trying to gain time hoping to mislead me and change the situation.
“tell me the dream, and that way, I will know that you can interpret it for me”
BREATHE!
The astrologers answered the king in verse 10
To the astrologers, it was a “Mission Impossible”
This made the king so angry and furious, that he ordered the execution of all wise men of Babylon, and that will include Daniel and his three friends
So there was a great crisis
How do we confront the impossible?
If you’re God-given goals seems to be impossible, what should you do?
Or perhaps in your workplace, If your manager, your supervisor or your boss told you something that seems impossible for you achieve, what should you do?
Or maybe in your own household, if your mom or dad asked you to do something that looks impossible for you to carry out, what should you do?
Let’s see and learn how Daniel faced his “Mission Impossible”
Facing the Impossible with DANIEL
First of all
DON’T Panic
Secondly,
ASK Why
Thirdly,
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