Impact your World

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Impact your World

• Personal Victory
• Daniel 618-28
• Part 3 of 4

Pastor Dave Martin Cross Creek Community Church
Sept 17, 2006
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1. Daniels Faithfulness before God Man was
Blameless.

• Daniel 616, 18-20 ...they brought Daniel and
  threw him into the lions' den. The king said to
  Daniel, "May your God, whom you serve
  continually, rescue you!... 18 Then the king
  returned to his palace and spent the night
  without eating and without any entertainment
  being brought to him. And he could not sleep. 19
  At the first light of dawn, the king got up and
  hurried to the lions' den.

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Hebrews 1133-34 ...who through faith conquered
kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what
was promised who shut the mouths of lions, 34
quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the
edge of the sword whose weakness was turned to
strength and who became powerful in battle and
routed foreign armies.
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• Joshua 19 Have I not commanded you? Be strong
  and courageous. Do not be terrified do not be
  discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with
  you wherever you go."

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1. Daniels Faithfulness before God Man was
Blameless.

• V 20 When he came near the den, he called to
  Daniel in an anguished voice, "Daniel, servant of
  the living God, has your God, whom you serve
  continually, been able to rescue you from the
  lions?" 21 Daniel answered, "O king, live
  forever! 22 My God sent his angel, and he shut
  the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me,
  because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor
  have I ever done any wrong before you, O king."

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2. Learn to recognize angels in your life.

• People Preaching Problems Pressures
• Example of Joseph
• Genesis 5020 You intended to harm me, but God
  intended it for good to accomplish what is now
  being done, the saving of many lives.

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• Hebrews 132 Do not forget to entertain
  strangers, for by so doing some people have
  entertained angels without knowing it.

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3. To Experience Personal Victory...

• Be Still
• Zechariah 213a Be still before the LORD, all
  mankind...
• Psalms 44 In your anger do not sin when you are
  on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.

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3. To Experience Personal Victory...

• Be Still
• Be Serious
• Romans 123 For by the grace given me I say to
  every one of you Do not think of yourself more
  highly than you ought, but rather think of
  yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with
  the measure of faith God has given you.

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3. To Experience Personal Victory...

• Be Still
• Be Serious
• Be Sensitive
• Hebrews 47b ...Today, if you hear his voice, do
  not harden your hearts."

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3. To Experience Personal Victory...

• Be Still
• Be Serious
• Be Sensitive
• Be Surrendered
• Romans 121 So then, my friends, because of God's
  great mercy to us I appeal to you Offer
  yourselves as a living sacrifice to God,
  dedicated to his service and pleasing to him.
  This is the true worship that you should offer.
  TEV

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• James 47-10 Submit yourselves, then, to God.
  Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come
  near to God and he will come near to you. Wash
  your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts,
  you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change
  your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
  Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will
  lift you up.

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• Daniel 623-24 The king was overjoyed and gave
  orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when
  Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was
  found on him, because he had trusted in his God.
  24 At the king's command, the men who had falsely
  accused Daniel were brought in and thrown into
  the lions' den, along with their wives and
  children. And before they reached the floor of
  the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed
  all their bones.

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4. Walk in Personal Victory...

• Angel Sent!
• Mouths Shut!
• Guilty Snared!
• Faith Stretched!
• Impact Soars!

Go and Impact your world for Christ!
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Where do you stand before God?

• Go and Impact your world for Christ!