Powerful Words from the Prophets“O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city—the city that bears your name—lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“O Lord, you are a great and awesome God! You always fulfill your covenant and keep your promises of unfailing love to those who love you and obey your commands.” – Dan...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsIt was the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, who became king of the Babylonians. During the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsThen King Darius sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world: “Peace and prosperity to you! “I decree that everyone throu...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God. Then the king gave orders to arre...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsVery early the next morning, the king got up and hurried out to the lions’ den. When he got there, he called out in anguish, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was you...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsThen they told the king, “That man Daniel, one of the captives from Judah, is ignoring you and your law. He still prays to his God three times a day.” Hearing this, the...  Read More

“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water.” Jeremiah 17:7-...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsBut when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsThen the other supervisors and the governors tried to find something wrong with the way Daniel administered the empire, but they couldn't, because Daniel was reliable a...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsDarius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province. The king also chose Daniel and two others ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“This is the message that was written: Mene, mene, tekel, and Parsin. This is what these words mean:…Parsin means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to t...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“This is the message that was written: Mene, mene, tekel, and Parsin. This is what these words mean:…Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the balances and hav...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“This is the message that was written: Mene, mene, tekel, and Parsin. This is what these words mean: Mene means ‘numbered’—God has numbered the days of your reign and h...  Read More

“Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:7 (NLT)...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“You are his successor, O Belshazzar, and you knew all this, yet you have not humbled yourself. For you have proudly defied the Lord of heaven and have had these cups f...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsBut when the queen mother heard what was happening, she hurried to the banquet hall. She said to Belshazzar, “Long live the king! Don’t be so pale and frightened. There...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsSuddenly, they saw the fingers of a human hand writing on the plaster wall of the king’s palace, near the lampstand. The king himself saw the hand as it wrote, and his ...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsWhile Belshazzar was drinking the wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver cups that his predecessor, Nebuchadnezzar, had taken from the Temple in Jerusalem...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“When my sanity returned to me, so did my honor and glory and kingdom. My advisers and nobles sought me out, and I was restored as head of my kingdom, with even greater...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“That same hour the judgment was fulfilled, and Nebuchadnezzar was driven from human society. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven. He li...  Read More

Powerful Words from the Prophets“King Nebuchadnezzar, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past and be merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continu...  Read More

“God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:21 (NIV)...  Read More

Powerful Words from the ProphetsSo Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stepped out of the fire. Then the high officers, officials, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not...  Read More