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2 Chronicles 7:14 \u2013 If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.\n\nDaniel 1:1-4 \u2013 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles form the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia and put in the treasure house of his god. Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king\u2019s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and nobility \u2013 young men without physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king\u2019s palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians.\n\nDaniel 1:6-7 \u2013 Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.\n\nSERMON POINT #1 \u2013 DANIEL DECIDED TO HONOR GOD NO MATTER WHAT\n\nDaniel 1:8 \u2013 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission no to defile himself this way.\n\nDaniel 1:17&20 \u2013 To these four young men, God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning\u2026In every manner of wisdom and understanding about which the kind questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in the whole kingdom.\n\nDaniel 3:17-18 \u2013 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty\u2019s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up. \n\nSERMON POINT #2 \u2013 DANIEL PRESSED INTO GOD\n\nDaniel 6:10 \u2013 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he has always done before.\n\nDaniel 10:11-12 \u2013 He said, \u201cDaniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up for I have been sent to you.\u201d And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling. Then he continued, \u201cDo not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.\u201d