Posts with the category “daily-devotions”

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Kingdom Divided
April 23rd, 2025
24 “Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter:...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Against the Lord
April 22nd, 2025
22 And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, 23 but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in ...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Greatness and glory and majesty
April 22nd, 2025
17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpr...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Excellent Wisdom
April 22nd, 2025
13 Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “You are that Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah. 14 I have heard of yo...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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When the Writing Is on the Wall
April 19th, 2025
5 Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote. 6 Then the king’s color cha...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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The Writing on the Wall Begins with the Heart
April 18th, 2025
5 King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand.2 Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Ne...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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The King Humbled and the King Exalted
April 17th, 2025
34 At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and praised and honored him who lives forever,                  for hi...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Humbled for Grace
April 16th, 2025
28 All this came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. 29 At the end of twelve months he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, 30 and the king answered and said, “Is not this great Babylon, whic...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Mercy in the Midst of Warning
April 15th, 2025
24 this is the interpretation, O king: It is a decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king, 25 that you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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A Warning in Love
April 14th, 2025
19 Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was dismayed for a while, and his thoughts alarmed him. The king answered and said, “Belteshazzar, let not the dream or the interpretation alarm you.” Belt...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Heaven Rules
April 13th, 2025
13 “I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven. 14 He proclaimed aloud and said thus: ‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches, strip...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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I Saw a Dream
April 11th, 2025
4 I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and prospering in my palace. 5 I saw a dream that made me afraid. As I lay in bed the fancies and the visions of my head alarmed me. 6 So I made a decree t...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Great Signs
April 11th, 2025
4 King Nebuchadnezzar to all peoples, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you! 2 It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God h...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Yielded Up
April 9th, 2025
28 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king’s command, an...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Astonished
April 8th, 2025
24 Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste. He declared to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” 25 ...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Filled with Fury
April 7th, 2025
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the expression of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heat...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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No Need to Answer
April 7th, 2025
16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from th...  Read More
by Steven Cholak
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Faith Under Fire
April 5th, 2025
13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, O...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Faithful in the Fire
April 4th, 2025
8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and maliciously accused the Jews. 9 They declared to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever! 10 You, O king, have made a decree, that every ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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A Faith That Stands
April 3rd, 2025
4 And the herald proclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, 5 that when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you ar...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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False Glory vs. True Glory
April 2nd, 2025
3 King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its breadth six cubits. He set it up on the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. 2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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The True King Reigns
April 1st, 2025
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face and paid homage to Daniel, and commanded that an offering and incense be offered up to him. 47 The king answered and said to Daniel, “Truly, your God is ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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The Kingdom That Stands Forever
March 31st, 2025
44 And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms an...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Earthly Kingdoms Crumble
March 30th, 2025
36 “This was the dream. Now we will tell the king its interpretation. 37 You, O king, the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, 38 an...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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The Rock That Stands Forever
March 29th, 2025
34 As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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The Kingdom That Endures
March 28th, 2025
28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream and the visions of your head as you lay in bed are these...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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No Wisdom but Christ
March 27th, 2025
27 Daniel answered the king and said, “No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked,Daniel 2:27+No Wisdom but ChristDaniel stood before t...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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A Deliverer Sent by God
March 26th, 2025
24 Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said thus to him: “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the kin...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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God of Mercy and Might
March 25th, 2025
17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, 18 and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Dan...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Confidence in God's Mercy
March 24th, 2025
14 Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon. 15 He declared to Arioch, the king’s captain, “Why is ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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The Wisdom of Man Fails
March 23rd, 2025
7 They answered a second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show its interpretation.” 8 The king answered and said, “I know with certainty that you are trying to gai...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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True Wisdom and the Cross
March 22nd, 2025
4 Then the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.” 5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word fr...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Earthly Wisdom Fails, But Christ Reigns
March 21st, 2025
2 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him. 2 Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorce...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Wisdom from Above
March 20th, 2025
17 As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. 18 At the end of the time, when the king had command...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Trusting God
March 19th, 2025
14 So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days. 15 At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the ki...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Faithful in the Small Things
March 18th, 2025
8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. 9 And God g...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Faithful in a Foreign Land
March 17th, 2025
3 Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility, 4 youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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God’s Sovereign Hand
March 16th, 2025
1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of t...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Grace Be With You All
March 15th, 2025
25 Grace be with all of you.Heb 13:25+Grace Be With You AllGod’s grace is not just a concept, it is His unmerited favor poured out upon us in Christ. The writer of Hebrews ends with a simple yet profo...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg
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Encouragement in Christ
March 14th, 2025
22 I appeal to you, brothers, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly. 23 You should know that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes ...  Read More
by Kelly Krieg