Description

Daniel 1:8 is the key to success in your Christmas break this year. 

Scripture Texts

Daniel 1:1-8, 19-20

Main Points or Ideas

Isaac Watts (1674-1748) - “The Father of English Hymnody”

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

• While God Rules, I Resolve.
• He made up his mind, so make up yours. 
• Daniel decided ahead of time what his convictions would be. 

As Daniel and His Friends Resolved…

• Make up your mind to make a hard right and not an easy wrong. 

They had a new…

• Home (vs. 1-2)

• Information (vs. 3-4)

• Diet (vs. 5) 

• Name (vs. 6-7)

• Test (vs. 8)

What did the teenagers know?

• Faithfulness is better than fame. 

• Point - the culture did not change their hearts or habits!

Take Home Truths: Three Tips to Taking a “Hard Right”

1. Accept Adversity of Life (vs. 1-3)

• What was happening wasn’t right because of the disobedience of the Israelites. 
• Purity is better than popularity. 

2. Reject Cultural Assimilation (vs. 4-16)

• Refuse to be used. 
• Somewhere along the line you have to resolve to reject the culture. 
• There are people who are waiting for you and they are committed to change you. 

3. Accumulate Wisdom and Learning (vs. 17-21)

• Faithfulness is better than fear. 
• They could have made excuses because of their situation and disobeyed.