I HEARD ONE PREACHER SAY 00:00:01.43\00:00:02.60 YOU OUGHT TO ASK THE QUESTION, 00:00:02.60\00:00:04.73 "IF YOU ARE ACCUSED OF BEING A 00:00:04.73\00:00:06.96 CHRISTIAN, WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH 00:00:06.96\00:00:09.06 INFORMATION, WOULD THERE BE 00:00:09.06\00:00:10.70 ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO INDICT YOU ?" 00:00:10.70\00:00:12.93 ? PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ? 00:00:12.93\00:00:18.96 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:00:18.96\00:00:23.23 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:00:23.23\00:00:28.93 ? HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY, ? 00:00:28.93\00:00:36.73 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:00:36.73\00:00:41.30 ? HE'S WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ? 00:00:41.30\00:00:47.23 TONIGHT WE GO TO THE BOOK 00:00:47.23\00:00:48.43 OF DANIEL AND IN THE BOOK 00:00:48.43\00:00:51.50 OF DANIEL TO CHAPTER 6. 00:00:51.50\00:00:55.13 AND THERE WE WILL FIND WORDS 00:00:55.13\00:00:58.40 THAT I AM CERTAIN WILL FALL WELL 00:00:58.40\00:01:01.46 WITHIN OUR THEME, "WHEN GOD STEPS IN". 00:01:01.46\00:01:06.66 I BEGIN WITH VERSE 16: 00:01:06.66\00:01:09.10 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 00:01:54.76\00:01:58.46 FATHER IN HEAVEN TONIGHT WE COME AGAIN WANTING TO SEE 00:01:58.46\00:02:04.23 THE POWER THAT IS YOURS WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO STEP IN. 00:02:04.23\00:02:09.13 OUR HEARTS ARE OPEN TONIGHT. 00:02:09.13\00:02:13.20 FOR THESE ARE TIMES THAT NEED THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 00:02:13.20\00:02:17.83 CERTAINLY A NATION NEEDS GOD 00:02:17.83\00:02:20.70 AND CERTAINLY NEIGHBORHOODS NEED GOD. 00:02:20.70\00:02:23.83 BUT TONIGHT OUR FOCUS IS FOR OUR OWN LIVES. 00:02:23.83\00:02:27.83 WE NEED GOD TO STEP INTO OUR OWN HEARTS. 00:02:27.83\00:02:32.36 NOW AS WE GO THROUGH THESE WORDS TONIGHT THAT ARE SACRED, 00:02:32.36\00:02:35.76 WE PRAY THAT OUR HEARTS MIGHT BE LIFTED AND THAT OUR MINDS BE 00:02:35.76\00:02:40.43 ENLIGHTENED. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 00:02:40.43\00:02:44.66 THE SITUATION IS ONE THAT MOST OF US ARE FAIRLY SURE WE KNOW. 00:02:44.66\00:02:51.36 DANIEL IS A HOLD OVER FROM ANOTHER KINGDOM. 00:02:51.36\00:02:57.10 HE IS A HOLD OVER FROM BABYLONIA. 00:02:57.10\00:03:00.80 AND YOU WOULD SUSPECT THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR THE MEDES 00:03:00.80\00:03:06.53 AND THE PERSIANS TO PUT TOGETHER THEIR ALLIANCE THAT MOST OF THE 00:03:06.53\00:03:12.86 TALENT POOL WOULD BE EXPECTED TO COME FROM WITHIN. 00:03:12.86\00:03:18.56 IN FACT, TRY IF YOU CAN NOT TO PUT THE BIBLE OUTSIDE OF NORMAL 00:03:18.56\00:03:27.66 RANGE. THERE ARE THE SAME HUMAN ELEMENTS IN THIS BOOK THAT EXIST 00:03:27.66\00:03:33.86 RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF ONE NATION HAD RULED AND NOW ANOTHER COMES TO THE STAGE, 00:03:33.86\00:03:40.86 THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD SUPPORTED THE GOVERNMENT, 00:03:40.86\00:03:44.70 WHO HAD SUPPORTED THOSE WHO HAD COME INTO POWER 00:03:44.70\00:03:48.10 WOULD EXPECT THAT WHEN POSITIONS WERE FILLED, 00:03:48.10\00:03:52.03 THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE FILLED BY THE ONES WHO GAVE SUPPORT. 00:03:52.03\00:03:56.06 CAN YOU IMAGINE THE DISMAY WHEN SOMEBODY SUGGESTS THAT THIS MAN 00:03:56.06\00:04:02.53 HELD OVER FROM ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PERIOD, ANOTHER POWER 00:04:02.53\00:04:09.13 STRUCTURE, IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT IN NOW TO FILL A VERY 00:04:09.13\00:04:14.56 HIGH POSITION ? THINK IF YOU WILL THAT EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY. 00:04:14.56\00:04:19.30 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, YOU MAY GET SMILES AND WARM 00:04:19.30\00:04:24.03 HANDSHAKES FROM PEOPLE WHEN YOU ARE PROMOTED, 00:04:24.03\00:04:27.56 BUT EVERYBODY IS NEVER HAPPY WHEN YOU'RE THE ONE AND THEY'RE 00:04:27.56\00:04:35.20 NOT. SO, IN THE HALLWAYS, YOU KNOW I WANT TO SAY THERE WAS A 00:04:35.20\00:04:39.33 WATER FOUNTAIN, YOU KNOW THERE WASN'T, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND DON'T 00:04:39.33\00:04:44.06 YOU ? WHEN THEY GATHERED AROUND TO TALK, 00:04:44.06\00:04:46.70 SOMEBODY PROBABLY BROUGHT IT UP. 00:04:46.70\00:04:48.53 IT WAS A TICKLISH SUBJECT, BUT SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT. 00:04:48.53\00:04:52.86 "AND WHY IS IT DANIEL ? 00:04:52.86\00:04:55.50 THAT OLD 'HAS BEEN.' " 00:04:55.50\00:04:59.90 WHY AGAIN, HASN'T HE SEEN HIS TIME ? 00:04:59.90\00:05:03.26 YOU KNOW, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO SAY, 00:05:03.26\00:05:05.40 "GET THE OLD FOLK OUT OF THE WAY AND MOVE ON." 00:05:05.40\00:05:08.80 AND THEN THERE ARE SOME NATIONALISTS WHO MUST HAVE BEEN 00:05:08.80\00:05:12.90 AROUND, "HOW DARE WE BRING SOMEONE WHO'S CUSTOMS ARE 00:05:12.90\00:05:16.83 DIFFERENT ? WHY, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE LIKE 00:05:16.83\00:05:20.56 ! AND YET, WE BRING THIS MAN AND PUT HIM HIGH ON THE LIST." 00:05:20.56\00:05:25.66 I READ THAT THE COUNTRY, THE NATION, WAS DIVIDED INTO WHAT THEY CALL SATRAPIES. 00:05:25.66\00:05:32.00 AND THESE SATRAPS WERE PEOPLE CALLED TO KEEP ORDER, 00:05:32.00\00:05:35.83 TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO ANARCHY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY 00:05:35.83\00:05:39.36 TO MA SURE THAT THE REVENUE FLOWED SMOOTHLY. 00:05:39.36\00:05:43.30 ALL GOVERNMENTS RUN ON REVENUE. 00:05:43.30\00:05:46.86 AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE THAT THERE WERE NO SOCIAL 00:05:46.86\00:05:52.33 UPRISINGS, THAT NOBODY WITHHELD TAXES. 00:05:52.33\00:05:54.86 SO THEY SAID EVERYTHING AS QUIETLY AND AS CALMLY AS THEY 00:05:54.86\00:05:58.33 COULD. BUT NOW A MOMENT COMES WHEN NOT ONLY WILL THIS DANIEL 00:05:58.33\00:06:02.63 BE LISTED AMONG THOSE WHO ARE HIGH IN GOVERNMENT, 00:06:02.63\00:06:06.73 BUT THEY ARE CONSIDERING HIM TO BE THE FIRST AMONG THE PRINCES. 00:06:06.73\00:06:13.53 AH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY ! 00:06:13.53\00:06:17.83 "WE'LL BE OPEN MINDED ENOUGH TO HAVE HIM PART, 00:06:17.83\00:06:22.70 BUT HOW DARE YOU PUT HIM OVER ME ?" 00:06:22.70\00:06:26.30 SOMEONE MUST HAVE MADE AN IMPASSIONED PLEA TO DARIUS. 00:06:26.30\00:06:30.40 "HOW COULD YOU DO IT ? 00:06:30.40\00:06:31.40 I FEEL STABBED IN THE BACK ! 00:06:31.40\00:06:35.20 WHERE WAS DANIEL WHEN YOU WERE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE POWER ? 00:06:35.20\00:06:39.40 WHERE WERE THESE PEOPLE ? 00:06:39.40\00:06:41.06 HOW DARE YOU !" 00:06:41.06\00:06:42.76 BUT THE BIBLE IS CLEAR THAT DANIEL HAD AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT. 00:06:42.76\00:06:48.56 YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIND PEOPLE WITH AN EXCELLENT 00:06:48.56\00:06:53.43 SPIRIT ANYMORE. I THINK THAT IF GOD IS IN YOUR HEART, 00:06:53.43\00:06:58.00 IF YOU HAVE DEDICATED YOURSELF TO SERVE THE ALMIGHTY, 00:06:58.00\00:07:01.90 THERE CERTAINLY OUGHT TO BE SOME WAY TO PROVE IT. 00:07:01.90\00:07:05.66 I HEARD ONE PREACHER SAY YOU OUGHT TO ASK THE QUESTION, 00:07:05.66\00:07:09.46 "IF YOU ARE ACCUSED OF BEING A CHRISTIAN, WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH 00:07:09.46\00:07:14.66 INFORMATION, WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO INDICT YOU ?" 00:07:14.66\00:07:18.36 IF PEOPLE FOLLOWED YOU FROM DAY TO DAY, YOU KNOW HOW THEY DO, 00:07:18.36\00:07:23.46 GATHERING EVIDENCE, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO PROVE, 00:07:23.46\00:07:28.06 BY LOOKING AT THE WAY YOU CONDUCT YOUR LIFE, 00:07:28.06\00:07:31.50 THAT YOU SERVE A GOD WHO IS INVISIBLE ? 00:07:31.50\00:07:35.36 WELL, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT DANIEL'S YOU COULD TELL. 00:07:35.36\00:07:38.00 THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT HIM. 00:07:38.00\00:07:40.03 IN FACT, ONE WRITER SAYS THAT NOT ONLY WAS THIS DANIEL A MAN WITH AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT, 00:07:40.03\00:07:45.16 BUT YOU COULD FIND NO FLAWS IN THE WAY THAT HE CONDUCTED 00:07:45.16\00:07:51.93 BUSINESS. AH, NOW THAT'S QUITE DIFFERENT. 00:07:51.93\00:07:54.20 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO SEPARATE THEIR RELIGION FROM 00:07:54.20\00:08:01.26 NORMAL LIFE. IN F 00:08:01.26\00:08:03.66 PEOPLE SAY IT, 00:08:01.26\00:08:03.66 "IF YOU KEEP ON WITH ME, I'M GOING TO PUT MY RELIGION DOWN." 00:08:03.66\00:08:08.30 YOU KNOW, PORTABLE RELIGION ISN'T OF MUCH VALUE AT ALL IS IT 00:08:08.30\00:08:13.66 ? IF YOU CAN PUT IT DOWN, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING WITH 00:08:13.66\00:08:18.03 IT ? BUT DANIEL OBVIOUSLY DID NOT ONLY ALLOW HIS LOVE FOR GOD 00:08:18.03\00:08:21.96 AND HIS QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE TO BE A PART OF HIS RELIGIOUS LIFE 00:08:21.96\00:08:27.90 -- HIS WORSHIP, BUT HE LET IT BLEED OVER INTO EVERYTHING THAT 00:08:27.90\00:08:31.40 HE DID. SO THAT WHEN HE WAS THE ONE IN CHARGE OF A PROJECT, 00:08:31.40\00:08:35.10 YOU COULD ASSUME THAT ALL OF THE DOTS WOULD BE OVER THE I'S 00:08:35.10\00:08:39.66 AND ALL THE T'S WOULD BE CROSSED, 00:08:39.66\00:08:42.53 BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF ADMINISTRATOR HE WAS. 00:08:42.53\00:08:46.33 SO WHEN THEY BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT PUTTING HIM UP, 00:08:46.33\00:08:49.46 PEOPLE COULD MAKE ALL KINDS OF SNIDE REMARKS 00:08:49.46\00:08:53.26 AND THEY COULD LEVEL ALL KINDS OF CRITICISMS 00:08:53.26\00:08:55.53 BUT THE ONE THING THEY COULDN'T SAY 00:08:55.53\00:08:57.16 AND THE ONE THING YOU DON'T READ IS -- HE'S NOT QUALIFIED. 00:08:57.16\00:09:02.46 IT'S AMAZING, WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T FIND THAT YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED, 00:09:02.46\00:09:06.16 THEY LOOK ELSEWHERE. 00:09:06.16\00:09:08.40 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK, IN FACT I WANT TO BELIEVE 00:09:08.40\00:09:13.36 THAT AT SOME POINT IN MY LIFE I COULD RISE TO THE POINT WHERE 00:09:13.36\00:09:16.96 THE ONLY THING THAT MY ENEMIES COULD SAY ABOUT ME IS 00:09:16.96\00:09:20.30 THAT I'M FAITHFUL TO MY GOD. 00:09:20.30\00:09:23.60 HERE'S WAS A MAN, AND BELIEVE ME, IF THEY COULD HAVE GONE BACK THROUGH HIS DOSSIER, 00:09:23.60\00:09:28.90 DON'T THINK THAT SOMEBODY WASN'T LEFT OVER FROM BABYLONIA; 00:09:28.90\00:09:32.06 SOME SOREHEAD LEFT OVER FROM BABYLONIA WHO SAID, 00:09:32.06\00:09:35.56 "YOU TALK TO ME, I KNOW HIM." 00:09:35.56\00:09:38.30 "WELL, LET'S TALK. 00:09:38.30\00:09:39.90 LET'S DO LUNCH." 00:09:39.90\00:09:41.63 YOU KNOW, SO THEY GO NOW TO DO A POWER LUNCH 00:09:41.63\00:09:46.86 AND THE OBJECT OF THEIR CONVERSATION IS, 00:09:46.86\00:09:49.46 "TELL ME ABOUT THIS DANIEL, WHAT'S THE SCOOP ON DANIEL ?" 00:09:49.46\00:09:53.56 "OH, I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HIM." 00:09:53.56\00:09:55.20 "WELL, WHAT IS IT ? 00:09:55.20\00:09:57.13 THE MAN HAS GOT TO HAVE SOME FLAW. 00:09:57.13\00:09:59.53 EVERYBODY'S GOT SOME PROBLEM. 00:09:59.53\00:10:01.53 WHAT IS IT ?" 00:10:01.53\00:10:03.06 WELL, IF THIS MAN WERE WISE, HE WOULD GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH 00:10:03.06\00:10:06.00 THE LUNCH BEFORE HE CAME TO THE BOTTOM LINE. 00:10:06.00\00:10:09.26 BECAUSE HE WOULD HOPE THEY PICKED UP THE CHECK BEFORE 00:10:09.26\00:10:11.20 THEY DISCOVERED HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY. 00:10:11.20\00:10:15.06 THERE WAS NOTHING TO DIG UP ON DANIEL. 00:10:15.06\00:10:18.50 IN FACT, IF ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD ASKED HIM TO SERVE WERE 00:10:18.50\00:10:24.00 BROUGHT TOGETHER, THE ONLY ACCUSATION THAT THEY COULD LEVEL 00:10:24.00\00:10:26.96 WAS, "HE'S TRUE TO HIS GOD." 00:10:26.96\00:10:29.26 SO WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE RECORDS, 00:10:29.26\00:10:31.73 WHEN THEY SEARCHED THE DOSSIER, 00:10:31.73\00:10:33.80 WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE HISTORICAL RECORD AND 00:10:33.80\00:10:36.40 WHEN THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF REPUTATION DOES HE HAVE 00:10:36.40\00:10:40.86 ? NOBODY COULD COME UP WITH ANYTHING ON HIM. 00:10:40.86\00:10:43.16 I WOULDN'T DARE TURN THAT AROUND TO US IN THIS ROOM, 00:10:43.16\00:10:49.00 BECAUSE THEN EVERYONE WOULD GET NERVOUS 00:10:49.00\00:10:51.60 BECAUSE FOR MOST OF US THAT JUST CAN'T BE SAID. 00:10:51.60\00:10:56.43 BUT HERE IS A MAN WHO SERVES HIS GOD SO WELL THAT HE 00:10:56.43\00:10:59.70 IS METICULOUS IN THE WAY THAT HE DOES HIS JOB. 00:10:59.70\00:11:03.06 I THINK THAT IT'S THE WAY THAT IT OUGHT TO BE ! 00:11:03.06\00:11:06.70 IF YOU CLAIM TO BE LIKE CHRIST, 00:11:06.70\00:11:09.73 YOU OUGHT TO BE LIKE CHRIST ALL THE TIME, 00:11:09.73\00:11:13.16 EVEN IN THE JOB THAT YOU DO. 00:11:13.16\00:11:16.23 SO NOW, WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU WANT TO STOP A PERSON FROM BEING PLACED IN AN OFFICE 00:11:16.23\00:11:25.66 BUT YOU CAN FIND NO PLACE TO PUT BLAME ON THEM ? 00:11:25.66\00:11:33.60 WELL, YOU KNOW ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS GET CREATIVE. 00:11:33.60\00:11:39.50 "SO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE EVALUATED EVERYTHING AND WHAT DO THEY SAY 00:11:39.50\00:11:42.20 ?" "WELL, WE HAD THE POWER LUNCH WITH THE GUY FROM BABYLONIA 00:11:42.20\00:11:45.66 AND ALL HE COULD COME UP WITH IS THE MAN WORSHIPS HIS GOD." 00:11:45.66\00:11:49.23 "IS THAT SO ?" 00:11:49.23\00:11:50.36 "WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT ?" 00:11:50.36\00:11:52.26 "WELL, WE'VE CHECKED WITH EVERYONE AND ALL THE WITNESSES SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE, 00:11:52.26\00:11:55.10 THE ONLY THING THAT THEY COULD FIND OUT DIFFERENT ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE BELIEVES IN THIS GOD. 00:11:55.10\00:11:59.56 IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY THAT WE WORSHIP, 00:11:59.56\00:12:02.30 BUT HE CERTAINLY WILL NOT CHANGE HIS PATTERN FOR ANYONE." 00:12:02.30\00:12:05.46 "WELL, I WONDER, MY QUANDARY IS HOW COULD WE TURN THIS VERY FAITHFULNESS AGAINST HIM ?" 00:12:05.46\00:12:15.46 SOME EVIL MIND BEGINS TO TURN IN THE BACK OF A ROOM. 00:12:15.46\00:12:22.23 "WELL, SUPPOSE," LET ME JUST SPEAK THEORETICALLY, 00:12:22.23\00:12:30.23 "SUPPOSE IT COULD BE ARRANGED SO THAT HIS FIDELITY TO HIS 00:12:30.23\00:12:35.90 GOD COULD BECOME A LIABILITY RATHER THAN AN ASSET ?" 00:12:35.90\00:12:42.93 "WELL, HOW DO YOU THAT ? 00:12:42.93\00:12:45.46 WHAT DO THEY SAY HE DOES WITH HIS GOD ?" 00:12:45.46\00:12:47.00 "WELL, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, AT THE THIRD, THE SIXTH, 00:12:47.00\00:12:50.46 AND THE NINTH HOUR HE LEAVES HIS PLACE OF WORK AND GOES HOME." 00:12:50.46\00:12:55.36 IN THOSE DAYS THEY CLAIM THAT MESOPOTAMIAN HOUSES WOULD OFTEN 00:12:55.36\00:13:00.36 HAVE ONE ROOM ELEVATED FROM THE REST OF THE FLAT ROOFED HOUSE. 00:13:00.36\00:13:05.13 AND THIS PROBABLY WAS THE PRAYER ROOM. 00:13:05.13\00:13:08.40 SO THAT IN DANIEL'S SITUATION, HE WOULD GO INTO THE ELEVATED ROOM IF THERE WERE SUCH, 00:13:08.40\00:13:13.93 HE WOULD TURN TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF JERUSALEM AND OPEN 00:13:13.93\00:13:21.13 THE WINDOW. NOW YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU PRAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO 00:13:21.13\00:13:24.66 OPEN A WINDOW. THAT WAS NOT OBVIOUSLY FOR THE SAKE OF GOD 00:13:24.66\00:13:28.23 FOR GOD HEARS PRAYERS THROUGH CLOSED WINDOWS. 00:13:28.23\00:13:33.36 GOD HEARS PRAYERS IN ANY SITUATION. 00:13:33.36\00:13:37.10 YOU CAN BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WATER IN A GREAT FISH. 00:13:37.10\00:13:44.76 GOD WILL HEAR THE PRAYER. 00:13:44.76\00:13:46.80 BUT DANIEL WAS SO DEDICATED AND SO INTENTIONAL IN HIS WORSHIP OF 00:13:46.80\00:13:54.33 HIS GOD, THAT HE DID NOT WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT 00:13:54.33\00:13:58.30 WHO HE WAS. I PRAISE GOD FOR PEOPLE LIKE THIS BECAUSE THERE 00:13:58.30\00:14:01.90 ARE SO MANY FOLKS TODAY WHO YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT. 00:14:01.90\00:14:07.60 YOU KNOW THE CHAMELEON PEOPLE. 00:14:07.60\00:14:12.80 THEY ARE WHATEVER YOU ARE. 00:14:12.80\00:14:15.86 AS SOON AS THEY FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE, 00:14:15.86\00:14:17.43 "YES, I QUITE AGREE." 00:14:17.43\00:14:21.53 AND WHEN YOU LEAVE THEY AGREE TO THE NEXT PERSON AND THE NEXT 00:14:21.53\00:14:25.96 PERSON. THEY WHOLE LIVES ARE SPENT ADJUSTING TO THE AMBIANCE 00:14:25.96\00:14:31.53 IN THE ROOM. THERE OUGHT TO BE SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES IN 00:14:31.53\00:14:35.83 SOMETHING. DANIEL WAS DEFIANT IN HIS DECISION. 00:14:35.83\00:14:39.73 HE WOULD WORSHIP THE GOD OF HEAVEN 00:14:39.73\00:14:42.03 AND HE WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN 00:14:42.03\00:14:46.33 HIM. AND SO, HE WENT AND OPENED THE WINDOW TOWARDS JERUSALEM AND 00:14:46.33\00:14:50.36 THERE HE PRAYED. AND THEY SAID, "THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED 00:14:50.36\00:14:52.26 THAT HE WILL LEAVE THE OFFICE AND HE WILL --" 00:14:52.26\00:14:54.26 "WELL, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT. 00:14:54.26\00:14:57.73 PERHAPS WE COULD MAKE SOMETHING OF IT. 00:14:57.73\00:14:59.40 HIS CUSTOMS ARE DIFFERENT, WHAT ELSE DID YOU FIND ?" 00:14:59.40\00:15:01.63 "WELL,WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY 00:15:01.63\00:15:05.80 THAT HE DRESSES. HIS DIET IS NOT QUITE LIKE OURS. 00:15:05.80\00:15:08.76 THIS MAN HAS CUSTOMS THAT DON'T BLEND. 00:15:08.76\00:15:10.90 HE DOESN'T FIT IN. 00:15:10.90\00:15:14.26 HE'S NOT A TEAM PLAYER." 00:15:14.26\00:15:21.20 "IF WE COULD GET THIS MANIACAL OBSESSION OF HIS, 00:15:21.20\00:15:26.56 ABOUT THIS GOD AWAY, HE MIGHT EVEN FIT IN, BUT HE WON'T." 00:15:26.56\00:15:31.23 "WELL THEN WHY DON'T WE USE THAT AGAINST HIM ?" 00:15:31.23\00:15:36.66 "COME ON, HOW CAN YOU USE THAT AGAINST HIM ? 00:15:36.66\00:15:39.26 SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A GOOD THING." 00:15:39.26\00:15:41.16 "WELL, SUPPOSE, JUST SUPPOSE, 00:15:41.16\00:15:46.96 SUPPOSE OUR KING WERE TO SAY THAT NO ONE 00:15:46.96\00:15:54.10 CAN PRAY TO ANYONE EXCEPT HIM FOR 30 DAYS." 00:15:54.10\00:16:05.33 "WELL, THAT'S ABSURD, WHY WOULD THE KING EVER SAY THAT ?" 00:16:05.33\00:16:10.30 "WELL, I WASN'T THINKING THAT THE KING WOULD SAY IT ON HIS 00:16:10.30\00:16:13.06 OWN. I WAS THINKING THAT PERHAPS SOMEONE COULD MAYBE INCLINE HIM 00:16:13.06\00:16:18.23 TO TAKE A POSITION LIKE THAT 00:16:18.23\00:16:21.03 AND IF WE STROKED HIM IN THE CORRECT WAY, 00:16:21.03\00:16:24.93 YOU KNOW THE KING DOES HAVE A FAIRLY HEALTHY EGO. 00:16:24.93\00:16:28.76 PERHAPS WE COULD CAJOLE HIM; 00:16:28.76\00:16:30.90 PERHAPS HE COULD SEE LIGHT IN BEING WORSHIPPED FOR 30 DAYS." 00:16:30.90\00:16:36.86 NOW LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I MISSED FOR THE LONGEST ABOUT 00:16:36.86\00:16:43.43 THIS. WHAT THEY WILL TRY TO GET THE KING TO SAY 00:16:43.43\00:16:45.56 AND FINALLY BE SUCCESSFUL AT IS TO SAY THAT YOU CAN NOT PRAY 00:16:45.56\00:16:50.33 TO ANY GOD OR ANY MAN FOR 30 DAYS EXCEPT THE KING. 00:16:50.33\00:16:56.76 ESSENTIALLY STOPPING ALL PRAYER FOR A MONTH. 00:16:56.76\00:17:03.53 DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF SHAPE THE WORLD IS IN WITH PRAYER ? 00:17:03.53\00:17:12.90 IT IS MIND BOGGLING TO THINK THAT YOU WOULD STOP PRAYER FOR A 00:17:12.90\00:17:19.63 MONTH. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TIMES 00:17:19.63\00:17:23.96 IN MY LIFE FOR WHATEVER REASON I HAVE ALLOWED MY PRAYER LIFE TO 00:17:23.96\00:17:29.43 HAVE GAPS. AND I'VE DISCOVERED THAT WHEN I DON'T PRAY, 00:17:29.43\00:17:31.20 MY LIFE IS DIFFERENT. 00:17:31.20\00:17:33.70 PRAYER IS THE BREATH THAT I BREATHE. 00:17:33.70\00:17:37.13 IT IS THE CONNECTION WITH GOD. 00:17:37.13\00:17:39.30 HOW CAN YOU MAKE IT WITHOUT PRAYER ? 00:17:39.30\00:17:42.46 THERE ARE PROBLEMS THAT YOU CAN FACE WITH PRAYER. 00:17:42.46\00:17:45.30 EVEN THOUGH GOD MAY NOT DETERMINE TO TAKE THE PROBLEM 00:17:45.30\00:17:48.93 AWAY, GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO STAND UP UNDER THE PRESSURE IF YOU PRAY. 00:17:48.93\00:17:55.73 BUT HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU MAKE IT WITHOUT PRAYER FOR A 00:17:55.73\00:18:01.83 MONTH ? HOW COULD YOU MAKE IT A DAY WITHOUT PRAYER ? 00:18:01.83\00:18:06.10 THIS MANIACAL OBSESSION THAT THEY SIGHT, 00:18:06.10\00:18:10.03 NOW MAKES THEM MOVE IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE AT ALL. 00:18:10.03\00:18:14.66 WELL ALLOW ME NOW, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO READ ANYTHING OR FIND ANYTHING ON THIS, 00:18:14.66\00:18:21.26 BUT I HAVE PRAYED THAT GOD WILL BAPTIZE MY IMAGINATION. 00:18:21.26\00:18:28.56 ALLOW ME IF YOU WILL TO GUESS AT WHAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE. 00:18:28.56\00:18:34.90 WHEN THESE MEN GO IN TO TALK TO THE KING, 00:18:34.90\00:18:39.33 "OH, KING DARIUS, THE MAJESTY OF YOUR PRESENCE SIR. 00:18:39.33\00:18:45.50 FORGIVE US, BUT IN YOUR PRESENCE WE ARE HESITANT TO EVEN SPEAK. 00:18:45.50\00:18:55.46 WHY JUST BEFORE WE CAME IN, WE WERE SAYING, WEREN'T WE, HOW 00:18:55.46\00:19:02.23 BLESSED WE ARE ? NO ONE ANYWHERE, NO NATION ON THE FACE 00:19:02.23\00:19:09.10 OF THE EARTH CAN BOAST A MAN WITH SUCH WISDOM, WITH SUCH 00:19:09.10\00:19:15.96 INSIGHT. AND BEYOND THAT IF YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO SAY, 00:19:15.96\00:19:18.43 A MAN WHOSE COUNTENANCE IS SO FAIR TO LOOK UPON. 00:19:18.43\00:19:22.13 FORGIVE US YOUR HONOR. 00:19:22.13\00:19:24.33 YOUR HIGHNESS WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT A MAN WHO LIKES THIS 00:19:24.33\00:19:26.76 KIND OF THING BUT SOMETIMES OUR HEARTS BUBBLE OVER. 00:19:26.76\00:19:31.10 PLEASE UNDERSTAND. 00:19:31.10\00:19:33.20 NOW WE HAVE BROUGHT YOU. . . WE HAVE BROUGHT YOU AN IDEA. 00:19:33.20\00:19:43.80 WE WERE TRYING TO THINK OF SOME WAY THAT WE COULD LET IT BE 00:19:43.80\00:19:52.33 KNOWN FAR AND WIDE THAT YOU ARE FAR AND ABOVE ANY OTHER 00:19:52.33\00:19:57.06 POTENTATE. COULD WE SIR, DON'T SPEAK TOO QUICKLY, DON'T TURN US 00:19:57.06\00:20:02.26 AWAY OUT OF HAND. COULD WE SIR, FOR JUST THE PERIOD OF A MONTH, 00:20:02.26\00:20:07.10 PRAY ONLY TO YOU AND TO NO ONE ELSE ? 00:20:07.10\00:20:12.16 THINK ABOUT IT." 00:20:12.16\00:20:14.10 MANY A PERSON HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN A SITUATION JUST LIKE THIS. 00:20:14.10\00:20:21.10 THERE ARE SOME MEN WHO ALLOW WOMEN 00:20:21.10\00:20:29.90 TO TELL THEM THINGS THAT THEY KNOW ARE NOT TRUE. 00:20:29.90\00:20:33.30 I THANK GOD FOR MIRRORS, DON'T YOU ? 00:20:33.30\00:20:40.43 BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME, YOU ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT YOURSELF 00:20:40.43\00:20:43.33 AND REMIND YOURSELF WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. 00:20:43.33\00:20:47.06 BROTHER, WHEN A WOMEN COMES UP TO YOU AND SAYS, 00:20:47.06\00:20:49.00 "OH, YOU ARE SO MUSCULAR." 00:20:49.00\00:20:52.50 AND YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME YOU PUMPED IRON YOU WERE IN YOUR 00:20:52.50\00:20:57.53 TEENS. AND NOW MOST OF YOUR MUSCULARITY HAS GIVEN WAY TO 00:20:57.53\00:21:02.90 GRAVITY. AND YET, YOU WILL ALLOW SOME WOMAN TO TELL YOU THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ARE NOT TRUE. 00:21:02.90\00:21:09.83 AND IN THE WARMTH, THE BASKING OF THE MOMENT DO SOMETHING OR 00:21:09.83\00:21:16.03 SAY SOMETHING OR COMMIT TO SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT MAKE 00:21:16.03\00:21:20.83 SENSE. AND LADIES YOU ENJOYED THAT BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE SWEET 00:21:20.83\00:21:30.23 NOTHINGS, "OH, LOOK AT YOU." 00:21:30.23\00:21:32.40 JUST CHECK THE MIRROR FOLKS. 00:21:32.40\00:21:38.03 CHECK THE MIRROR. 00:21:38.03\00:21:40.43 YOU CAN BE SAFE. 00:21:40.43\00:21:41.33 JUST LOOK. 00:21:41.33\00:21:43.90 "OH, YOUR EYES." 00:21:43.90\00:21:48.00 YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN YOUR EYES ALL OF YOUR LIFE. 00:21:48.00\00:21:54.23 "THEY JUST DANCE WITH LIGHTS." 00:21:54.23\00:21:57.26 AND NOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING VERY FOOLISH. 00:21:57.26\00:21:59.66 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GET INTO ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE BECAUSE 00:21:59.66\00:22:03.20 SOMEBODY SAYS THE RIGHT WORDS IN THE RIGHT WAY; 00:22:03.20\00:22:06.33 THEY MAY BE SO FAR FROM THE TRUTH THAT IT'S RIDICULOUS. 00:22:06.33\00:22:10.30 BUT HERE IS A KING ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING SILLY. 00:22:10.30\00:22:16.33 "WELL, I REALLY SHOULD THINK ON IT." 00:22:16.33\00:22:20.23 "BUT YOUR HIGHNESS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO DO. 00:22:20.23\00:22:24.10 LET'S GRASP THE MOMENT ! 00:22:24.10\00:22:28.96 OUR HEARTS BUBBLE OVER, ALLOW US PLEASE ! 00:22:28.96\00:22:32.73 JUST IF YOU WOULD AFFIX YOUR SIGNET HERE, 00:22:32.73\00:22:36.30 WE'LL TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE DETAILS. 00:22:36.30\00:22:38.76 WE CAN HAVE IT DONE SIR BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER 00:22:38.76\00:22:42.03 AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WOULD RISE UP AS ONE AND PRAISE 00:22:42.03\00:22:45.63 US FOR THIS GESTURE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO GIVE YOU. 00:22:45.63\00:22:48.66 WOULD YOU SIGN IT SIR ? 00:22:48.66\00:22:49.83 GIVE IT TO ME SIR, LET ME DO IT. 00:22:49.83\00:22:51.66 THE WAX HERE AND IT'S ALL DONE. 00:22:51.66\00:22:54.23 WE HAVE IT HERE SIR -- WE'VE PREPARED IT. 00:22:54.23\00:22:56.33 IT'S ALL DONE. 00:22:56.33\00:22:57.76 WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT OR WOULD YOU TRUST US ?" 00:22:57.76\00:23:01.56 AND NOW IT'S DONE. 00:23:01.56\00:23:07.73 AND DON'T THINK THAT DANIEL IS SO NAIVE THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW. 00:23:07.73\00:23:12.60 IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN GOVERNMENT, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE AN INFORMATION SYSTEM. 00:23:12.60\00:23:20.56 FORGIVE ME, THIS IS NOT STRICTLY BIBLICAL BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE. 00:23:20.56\00:23:25.40 YOU'VE GOT TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 00:23:25.40\00:23:27.53 THIS MOVE BY THE KING REVERBERATES ALL OVER NOW. 00:23:27.53\00:23:32.46 THE WORD IS OUT ! 00:23:32.46\00:23:33.80 THE KING HAS SIGNED A DOCUMENT THAT SAYS 00:23:33.80\00:23:36.50 YOU CANNOT PRAY TO ANY GOD OR ANY MAN FOR 30 DAYS. 00:23:36.50\00:23:40.90 AND DANIEL IN HIS HEART HAS TO DECIDE "WHAT WILL I DO ? 00:23:40.90\00:23:47.53 WILL I. . ." 00:23:47.53\00:23:50.66 YOU KNOW HOW WE RATIONALIZE GOD. 00:23:50.66\00:23:52.26 "WELL, GOD WOULD CERTAINLY WANT ME TO KEEP THIS POSITION. 00:23:52.26\00:23:56.86 AFTER ALL, I AM HERE REPRESENTING HIM. 00:23:56.86\00:23:59.76 AND IF I PRAY OPENLY I WILL LOSE THE POSITION. 00:23:59.76\00:24:03.23 SO IN THE LONG RUN, IT WOULD REALLY SERVE GOD'S PURPOSES 00:24:03.23\00:24:07.56 MORE FOR ME TO STAY THAN TO BE PUT OUT. 00:24:07.56\00:24:10.50 SO WHAT WOULD IT HURT FOR THIRTY DAYS IF I WERE TO SIMPLY PRAY QUIETLY IN THE OFFICE." 00:24:10.50\00:24:18.33 HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU DONE THAT IN YOUR OWN HEART ? 00:24:18.33\00:24:21.46 "WELL, I KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT, BUT GOD WOULDN'T WANT ME 00:24:21.46\00:24:27.10 TO REALLY MISREPRESENT HIM." 00:24:27.10\00:24:29.10 BUT DANIEL DOES NOT MAKE THAT DECISION. 00:24:29.10\00:24:31.83 KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THEY'RE WATCHING, 00:24:31.83\00:24:33.93 IN FACT MAYBE BECAUSE THEY'RE WATCHING. 00:24:33.93\00:24:38.00 WHEN THE THIRD HOUR FROM SUNRISE, 00:24:38.00\00:24:39.96 SUPPOSE IT'S AROUND 9; THEY'RE WATCHING NOW. 00:24:39.96\00:24:43.96 "LET'S SEE WHAT HE DOES. 00:24:43.96\00:24:46.70 LET'S SEE WHAT STRONG MAN DANIEL IS GOING TO DO NOW." 00:24:46.70\00:24:50.80 AND HE LEAVES HIS OFFICE, GOES HOME. 00:24:50.80\00:24:54.96 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING HIM. 00:24:54.96\00:24:55.86 "OH YEAH, WE'RE FOLLOWING. 00:24:55.86\00:24:57.20 WE GOT 'EM ON HIM, THEY'RE WATCHING." 00:24:57.20\00:25:04.30 "SEE IF THE WINDOW'S OPEN NOW." 00:25:04.30\00:25:08.96 "YOU DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA DO THAT DO YOU ?" 00:25:08.96\00:25:11.66 "WELL, THE WINDOW'S OPEN." 00:25:11.66\00:25:13.33 "DO YOU SEE HIM ?" 00:25:13.33\00:25:15.00 "THERE HE IS ! 00:25:15.00\00:25:17.30 OH, THIS IS GONNA BE EASY." 00:25:17.30\00:25:21.40 "THERE HE IS PRAYING." 00:25:21.40\00:25:23.56 "WELL, OK. 00:25:23.56\00:25:25.06 HE'S GONNA MAKE IT EASY. 00:25:25.06\00:25:27.00 HE'S GONNA FALL INTO THE TRAP !" 00:25:27.00\00:25:29.60 AND AT THE SIXTH HOUR AND AT THE NINTH HOUR HE'S THERE 00:25:29.60\00:25:34.50 AND THEY OBSERVE HIM AND THEY TAKE DOWN THE NOTES 00:25:34.50\00:25:36.86 AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL DOCUMENTED. 00:25:36.86\00:25:39.13 THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED A PAPER TRAIL. 00:25:39.13\00:25:43.90 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GO TO THE KING YOU CAN'T GO EMPTY HANDED. 00:25:43.90\00:25:46.90 AND SO SOMEONE HAS IT THERE. 00:25:46.90\00:25:48.56 "OK, DO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING LISTED ?" 00:25:48.56\00:25:50.66 "LET'S NOT JUST DO IT ONE DAY, LET'S WATCH HIM A LITTLE LONGER. 00:25:50.66\00:25:52.96 WE DON'T HAVE EXACTLY THE TIME, BUT LET'S WATCH HIM." 00:25:52.96\00:25:57.00 AND DANIEL IS THERE EXACTLY ON TIME. 00:25:57.00\00:25:59.26 HE DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. 00:25:59.26\00:26:01.40 WHEN HE PRAYS HE OPENS THE WINDOW AND PRAYS TOWARDS 00:26:01.40\00:26:05.40 JERUSALEM. 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