This is Pastor Rick's Daily Hope. I'm so glad that you found us today and whether you're at home or in your car.

We're so glad that you're here and we pray that God will give you hope in times of difficulty.

Rick is taking us through the book of Daniel and that's so we'll be equipped to handle whatever curveball life throws at us, even the most

difficult trials.

And now Rick, with part one of a message called When God Test You with Success.

The past few weeks, we've been in a series about passing the 10 common tests of life.

And they're all covered in the book of Daniel.

And in the book of Daniel, we have all ten of these tests.

Eight of them are tests that Daniel himself had to go through.

One of them his friends goes through,

and one of them the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar,

has to go through, which we're going to look at today.

Now, I've said in each of

these sessions, that before there is blessing, there is always a testing. Before every blessing,

there is always a testing. God wants to see if you can handle what he's about to give you,

greater responsibility, greater blessing, greater success, or prosperity, or spiritual experiences,

greater influence.

God wants to know can you handle what you've already got before he gives you even more.

And God tests you with stress before he trusts you with success. We've talked about

this every single week. God wants to see if you can handle it. Jesus explained this principle

actually in Luke 16. Look up here on the screen. Jesus said this, you must be proven trustworthy

in small things before you'll be trusted with greater

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