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Jesus says whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much.

Pastor Greg Laurie says it's a pattern we see repeatedly in Scripture.

We can trace the big things back to the little things.

You ever heard a Daniel in the lion's den?

You ever heard a Shadrach knee-shack and a bend to go and the fire re-fernus?

We say, wow, what courage? Where did they get that?

Hey, it started in little things.

If you're faithful in little things, God will give you the strength you need later for bigger things.

To start now.

Remember the first time you drove a car?

It was a nerve-ing, just starting the car and adjusting the mirrors to concentration.

But before long, you were driving in traffic, merging, parallel parking,

or something close to it.

But you had to start with the small things before you could tackle the big things.

And today, at a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie says the same dynamic applies in our walk of faith.

Being faithful in the small things, it equips us for the big things.

Crab your Bibles and turn to Daniel chapter 1.

Daniel chapter 1.

And the title of my message is, what in the world is going on?

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