The LORD God  comes searching for His fearful, ashamed image bearers.

the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and went in haste to the lions’ den. 20 When he had come near primary storyline here in Daniel 6 isn't that political theater is no different now than thousands of years amazed by God's salvation that he issued a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom, men are to fear

Dig Deeper One of the big lessons we're going to learn together this year is that we can not properly that as we learn surprising and difficult things about God, you will learn what it means to properly fear and keep His commandments (Eccl. 12:13); A SK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year

Acts 13:26-41 (NIV) CONTEXT: Earlier this year we read about how "the whole city" showed up to hear containing the announcement that got everybody's attention. 26  “Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing stand up and matter of factly state that a small time religious guru who was executed by the government years from the dead by God Himself in fulfillment of everything the prophets had spoken of for thousands of years place of, or even in addition to Christ; A SK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year

But the second half of Daniel is far different than the first. steer clear of prophetic visions altogether and focus only on scriptural teachings whose meanings are far You need not fear, for here we're told that Michael, the great angel and commander of the armies of heaven heavens in the midst of the world's chaos; A SK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year

repent, but also remember as David writes in Psalm 103:8-13 how God is “merciful and gracious,” how “as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.  As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him ."  upon it despite the ups and downs of life; A SK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year

Throughout the night the cloud brought darkness to the one side and light to the other side; so neither went near And when the Israelites saw the mighty hand of the L ORD displayed against the Egyptians, the people feared When He says go, it's time to suck up the tears and go, even when it seems to you He's driving you into

Notice that as he blurts out to God, Adam only confesses the reason for his fear, not his sin. navigate a life in enmity with the evil one; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year

We're at that time of the year here in the upper Midwest again, where the evenings get longer, the sunsets His image bearers trembled in fear, having gotten exactly what the serpent promised: opened eyes. GOD'S WILL: Thank God for coming to find you; ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year

Just in recent years Bill Hybels stepped down from Willow Creek following allegations of sexual misconduct and Mark Driscoll resigned after fostering a 'fear based' environment that led to the dissolution of ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Hebrews 10