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Live Free with Josh Howerton

Courage is Dependency on God | Ep. 437 | Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Live Free with Josh Howerton

Lakepointe Church

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

2.4706 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Solid friendships and a healthy community are highlighted throughout the Bible, emphasizing that we are better together, as seen with the friendship of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. In times of solitude or vulnerability when away from supportive friends, relying on God for strength becomes essential. Proverbs 18:10 underscores the unshakable strength of God, emphasizing the importance of having strong friends in our lives while ultimately depending on God for support. For more information, visit lakepointe.church/dailydrive

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0:00.0

Thanks for tuning in to today's Daily Drive with Lake Point Church, a daily dose of God's word for your morning drive.

0:08.6

When the word, not the world, becomes the majority of your week, your life will start to change.

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For that reason, our prayer is that God will speak to you through today's devotional.

0:20.6

For more digital content to

0:22.6

feed your faith, visit lakepoint.combe. Church slash Daily Drive. And now let's dive in to

0:28.5

today's devotional. Hey, what is up, everybody? Thanks for joining us on the Daily Drive. My name is

0:34.6

Bro, and in our last episode, we saw were King Nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of a massive empire and a massive ego to match,

0:43.9

sets up this nine-story golden statue on the plains of Dura, and commands everybody in the nation to bow down to it.

0:51.6

When the music was started at a certain time of day, you were to stop

0:54.1

whatever you were doing, and bow low in worship and honor of this little G. God, which

0:59.6

represented the king's majesty. If you didn't do it, capital punishment awaited you.

1:06.1

Yesterday we were introduced to four guys, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abindigo, and their most

1:10.0

famous friend, Daniel.

1:12.0

And in spite of being foreign exiles from Israel, they all, because of their integrity and their

1:17.5

character, were high officials in Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom. They were excellent workers. They were

1:22.4

loyal. They were respected. They were highly skilled. They were highly trusted. They were highly

1:26.6

valued. And while they served the king, they worsh highly skilled, they were highly trusted, they were highly valued, and while

1:28.1

they served the king, they worshipped only the true and living God. And so when the music starts,

1:35.2

and everybody else stops what they are doing and bows down, these three stay standing. Not in

1:41.9

an arrogant, defiant, holier than thou kind of way, but just in a, y'all can do

1:48.0

what you want, but the three of us love God kind of way. So some jealous dudes turn them into the

1:53.3

king, and now these three are in big trouble. Now a couple of things I want to point out real

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