diving into daniel [week 1]

For those of you who are doing the Daniel study with me,

are you ready to dig in?

WEEK 1

Let me post a few (or 15) of the points that stood out to me the most:

"The wind of the Holy Spirit blows so hard through some of these Scriptures,

you may have to re-fix your hair." (pg. 11)

Haha, love that Beth Moore.

1.  No greater tragedy could have befallen the people of God than to lose possession

of their God-given land.  He had warned them numerous times that if they turned to the idols of

the surrounding peoples, He would allow them--even appoint them--to be taken captive.

God is faithful to keep His Word even when it's a warning. (pg. 13)

(THIS rings so loudly in my ears of what we're seeing in America today.)

2.  "You have trusted in your wickedness and have said,

'No one sees me.' Your wisdom and knowledge mislead you when you say

to yourself, I am, and there is none besides me."  Isaiah 47:10 

GASP.

Go read the verses following that one.  Chilling.

May we never let our "wisdom and knowledge" mislead us.

3.  Tragically, their own disrespect and misuse of the holy structure had unknowingly

opened the doors of the temple to the enemy in the years preceding the siege.

I think it is clear that either the people of Israel did not know the Scriptures,

which was to their demise...or they simply ignored what 

it said, which is even more tragic. (pg. 15)

I can see how this directly applies to the Church today.  We don't know Scripture.

Little daily-devos alone give us our daily bread, or so we think.

It's a shame that we don't know the Word, it's a shame that so many ignore

the Old Testament.  It will be to our demise.

We need to BE IN THE WORD!

Dig deep, and learns lots.

Let's do it!

4.  Nothing is more dangerous than friendly captivity. (pg. 14)

For sure.

5.  Godliness is never accidental.  Neither is victory coincidental.  

Both step from up-front, daily resolve. (pg.25)

6.  They read the language of their culture with the lens of God.  Thereby, they became

culturally relevant without becoming spiritually irrelevant.  Against all odds,

they retained a God-centered worldview so that ultimately the world

could view their God.  Amazing. (pg.26)

I love that.

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Okay, so what parts of this week's study spoke to you?

(If you watched the video, tell me how you liked that, too.)

Blessings, friends!!

daniel study!! [jump on board!]

Okay, so here's my *plan*...

For those of you who are interested in doing the Daniel study, 

let's get started tomorrow (Monday)!

If you've done a Beth Moore study before, you know that you watch the video,

then do five days of homework following the video.

So, if you have access to the videos (remember, you can buy each video session HERE),

you'll want to watch the first one, then do the first week's homework.

But even if you don't watch the videos, you'll definitely need a workbook.

(But REALLY, watch the videos if you can!!)

It will be a rather hefty investment if you buy both the videos and workbook 

(around $75...but not all at once),

but I can guarantee you, you will be richly blessed and will learn a ton!!

And....once you have downloaded the videos, they're yours forever.

:)

Let's meet up here next Monday for a little discussion.

Or if you can't hold your thoughts in that long,

send me an email and maybe we'll do a mini-impromptu discussion before that.

Really, girls...you will love this study.

Strap on your thinking caps and get your bibles and highlighters ready.

This is one INTENSE study.

If you have any questions,
please email me!

(Tomorrow is my birthday.)

(I just had to say that.)

(I'm such an attention-grabber that way.)