June 21 Daily Reading- Read the Bible in 1 Year

Daily Bible Reading with Robin at In the Family Way Coaching (Audio only)

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Today we will begin the book of Daniel, written by Daniel himself, and read Chapter 1. We will talk about some introduction to the book before we begin our reading today. The book of Daniel takes place beginning in the 3rd year of King Jehoiakim's reign, during the time of the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, taking the first set of captives from Judah. We will talk about God instructing the people ahead of time to go peacefully so that they would live and pray for things to go well wherever they went, because if things went well for the Babylonians, things would go well for them while THEY were there, too. We will discuss the purpose of the book of Daniel: to be encouragement to believers to be faithful and obedient to God in times of great trouble. In chapter one we will be introduced to Daniel, whose name is changed to Belteshazzar, and his three friends, whose names were changed to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. We will immediately see that when the young men are brought to the king's court to be trained in the ways of the Babylonians that God is clearly in charge of everything. When the young men request to not defile their bodies by eating the Babylonian delicacies and be allowed to eat only vegetables and drink water God worked in the heart of the man in charge so that he agreed to allow them ten days to make sure they did not look unhealthy as a result. We are told that God helped them all to learn, know, and understand all kinds of things and that God helped Daniel to understand all kinds of dreams so that at the end of their three years of training the king found that they were the wisest of any of the candidates, and ten times wiser than any of the kings magic men.

In our discussion for daily application we will talk about how our God, who is love, works everything for good. God positioned Daniel and his friends in the king's court. God prepared them to be able to do the good works that He had prepared for them ahead of time to do. In the same way, God prepares US for the good works that He has prepared ahead of time for US to do and He is placing US exactly where we are meant to be so that we will be exactly where we are supposed to be in order to do the good works God prepared for us. These TRUE stories are meant to encourage us to be faithful and obedient to God when things are difficult. Let us be encouraged and be strong in Jesus. God will equip us for everything we are meant to do. We only need to be obedient and faithful to Him to DO the things He has prepared us to do at the times He has placed us, just like Daniel and his friends.

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