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do you do If you've ever felt singled out simply because you love Jesus or felt like you're being

avoided because of your Christian beliefs.

Then you'll be encouraged by today's message.

You're listening to Truth for Life weekend with Alistair Beg.

Alistair is sharing a story about how evil schemes backfired when a godly man was targeted.

Most of us know the story of Daniel, I assume. We certainly know the early days of how he was

gathered up and taken away into captivity, how he was part of a select group of outstanding young men, how he purposed in his

heart that he would not engage in defilement, how his name was changed, his education was

changed, and so many things were changed in his life,

and yet through it all distanced by many miles from familiarity and from family, Daniel stands out as a man of integrity in the midst of the

declension of his day. By the time we arrive at the sixth chapter of Daniel, many years have passed. Daniel's accent

would no longer be distinguishable probably from the people around him. He would

have watched his family all grow up and mature in what

was an alien context. His loyalty within the framework and structure of this environment had been unquestionable

over many years now, and he was a man of consistency, a consistency which he had displayed

through a succession of kingdoms coming and going.

He had served under Nebuchadnezzar and Belchazar, and now he was serving under the rule 80 years. We can probably safely estimate that by this time

Daniel was 70 or 80 years old. Seems so far away does it not? Now quote Paul Simon just one more time

for you. Old friends, old friends sit on their park bench like bookends.

Newspaper blown through the grass falls on the round toes of the high shoes of the old friends.

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