Drift doesn't happen overnight—it happens one small compromise at a time. This Sunday, we'll look at the life of Daniel and discover how the strongest faith is built long before the pressure arrives. When you've already settled in your heart who you'll follow, you don't have to wonder what you'll do when the moment comes. Join us as we explore how quiet obedience, unwavering character, and predecided faith can keep us anchored in a world that's always pulling us away
"But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself."
— Daniel 1:8 (NASB 1995)
"But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's choice
food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of
the officials that he might not defile himself."
— Daniel 1:8 (NASB 1995)
Resolve means you've already made up your mind before anyone asks you the question.
"…so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile
himself."
— Daniel 1:8 (NASB 1995)
You don't have to make it a big moment to make it a real one.
"At the end of ten days their appearance seemed better and they were fatter than all
the youths who had been eating the king's choice food. So the overseer continued to
withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and kept giving them
vegetables. As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and intelligence in
every branch of literature and wisdom; Daniel even understood all kinds of visions and
dreams."
— Daniel 1:15–17 (NASB 1995)
"As for every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted
them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and conjurers who were in
his realm."
— Daniel 1:20 (NASB 1995)
