All right, well, I think Mondo did a great job last week on his Palm Sunday message,

and I hope all of you got to listen or at least catch up if you weren't here on the recording.

So we're going to dive back into Daniel and continue through start chapter 3 this morning

and take the first 18 verses of, as a quick reminder from last time nebuchadnezzar had that dream

and Daniel interpreted it and saved all of the you know quote unquote i'm using air quotes prophets in

Babylon but all the astrologers and the occultists and the magicians and the sorcerers

and all these people and saved their lives. Nebuchadnezzar gave homage to Daniel and his friends

and made them administrators in the empire. Well, now we're going to turn the page of chapter three

and a lot of time has probably passed and some really Nebuchadnezzar goes off the trail, so to speak.

So not in a good way.

So let's pray and we'll dive right in here.

Father, I just thank you so much for this time together.

And Lord, I pray that your Holy Spirit would fill this place and that, Lord, you had placed your mighty hedge of protection around us

as a nation and as your people.

God, I pray that right now you would speak to us out of the book of Daniel.

Lord, we are leaning on your Holy Spirit to give us discernment and wisdom and knowledge

and understanding of your word right now and that

Lord you would teach us everything so father thank you again for this time together

lord we let us not take it for granted that we get the ability to gather together as your

people in one accord and to study your word without the threat of

persecution or being hunted or murdered for just simply being here to study the Bible. And that is not

a privilege in most of the world. And so, God, we do not take it for granted, and we give you thanks for that right now.

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