Participants: Pr Walter Pearson
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000228
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00:01 I HEARD ONE PREACHER SAY
00:02 YOU OUGHT TO ASK THE QUESTION, 00:04 "IF YOU ARE ACCUSED OF BEING A 00:06 CHRISTIAN, WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH 00:09 INFORMATION, WOULD THERE BE 00:10 ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO INDICT YOU ?" 00:12 ♪ PRAISE THE LORD, LET'S JUST PRAISE THE LORD. ♪ 00:18 Announcer: THIS IS THE BREATH OF LIFE TELEVISION BROADCAST WITH PASTOR WALTER L. PEARSON, JR. 00:23 WHEN GOD GETS READY HE CAN DELIVER YOU, IF YOU CALL ON HIM, IF YOU TRUST IN HIM. 00:28 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF THE PRAISE, JESUS IS WORTHY, ♪ 00:36 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN FLAT ON YOUR FACE, BUT THE POWER OF GOD WILL LIFT YOU UP. 00:41 ♪ HE'S WORTHY OF ALL ALL THE PRAISE. ♪ 00:47 TONIGHT WE GO TO THE BOOK 00:48 OF DANIEL AND IN THE BOOK 00:51 OF DANIEL TO CHAPTER 6. 00:55 AND THERE WE WILL FIND WORDS 00:58 THAT I AM CERTAIN WILL FALL WELL 01:01 WITHIN OUR THEME, "WHEN GOD STEPS IN". 01:06 I BEGIN WITH VERSE 16: 01:54 LET'S BOW TOGETHER AS WE PRAY. 01:58 FATHER IN HEAVEN TONIGHT WE COME AGAIN WANTING TO SEE 02:04 THE POWER THAT IS YOURS WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO STEP IN. 02:09 OUR HEARTS ARE OPEN TONIGHT. 02:13 FOR THESE ARE TIMES THAT NEED THE PRESENCE OF GOD. 02:17 CERTAINLY A NATION NEEDS GOD 02:20 AND CERTAINLY NEIGHBORHOODS NEED GOD. 02:23 BUT TONIGHT OUR FOCUS IS FOR OUR OWN LIVES. 02:27 WE NEED GOD TO STEP INTO OUR OWN HEARTS. 02:32 NOW AS WE GO THROUGH THESE WORDS TONIGHT THAT ARE SACRED, 02:35 WE PRAY THAT OUR HEARTS MIGHT BE LIFTED AND THAT OUR MINDS BE ENLIGHTENED. 02:40 IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN. 02:44 THE SITUATION IS ONE THAT MOST OF US ARE FAIRLY SURE WE KNOW. 02:51 DANIEL IS A HOLD OVER FROM ANOTHER KINGDOM. 02:57 HE IS A HOLD OVER FROM BABYLONIA. 03:00 AND YOU WOULD SUSPECT THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR THE MEDES 03:06 AND THE PERSIANS TO PUT TOGETHER THEIR ALLIANCE THAT MOST OF THE 03:12 TALENT POOL WOULD BE EXPECTED TO COME FROM WITHIN. 03:18 IN FACT, TRY IF YOU CAN NOT TO PUT THE BIBLE OUTSIDE OF NORMAL RANGE. 03:27 THERE ARE THE SAME HUMAN ELEMENTS IN THIS BOOK THAT EXIST RIGHT NOW. 03:33 CAN YOU IMAGINE IF ONE NATION HAD RULED AND NOW ANOTHER COMES TO THE STAGE, 03:40 THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD SUPPORTED THE GOVERNMENT, 03:44 WHO HAD SUPPORTED THOSE WHO HAD COME INTO POWER 03:48 WOULD EXPECT THAT WHEN POSITIONS WERE FILLED, 03:52 THOSE POSITIONS WOULD BE FILLED BY THE ONES WHO GAVE SUPPORT. 03:56 CAN YOU IMAGINE THE DISMAY WHEN SOMEBODY SUGGESTS THAT THIS MAN 04:02 HELD OVER FROM ANOTHER TIME, ANOTHER PERIOD, ANOTHER POWER STRUCTURE, 04:09 IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT IN NOW TO FILL A VERY HIGH POSITION ? 04:14 THINK IF YOU WILL THAT EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY. 04:19 BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS, YOU MAY GET SMILES AND WARM 04:24 HANDSHAKES FROM PEOPLE WHEN YOU ARE PROMOTED, 04:27 BUT EVERYBODY IS NEVER HAPPY WHEN YOU'RE THE ONE AND THEY'RE NOT. 04:35 SO, IN THE HALLWAYS, YOU KNOW I WANT TO SAY THERE WAS A WATER 04:39 FOUNTAIN, YOU KNOW THERE WASN'T, BUT YOU UNDERSTAND DON'T YOU ? 04:44 WHEN THEY GATHERED AROUND TO TALK, 04:46 SOMEBODY PROBABLY BROUGHT IT UP. 04:48 IT WAS A TICKLISH SUBJECT, BUT SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT. 04:52 "AND WHY IS IT DANIEL ? 04:55 THAT OLD 'HAS BEEN.' " 04:59 WHY AGAIN, HASN'T HE SEEN HIS TIME ? 05:03 YOU KNOW, THE YOUNG PEOPLE WANT TO SAY, 05:05 "GET THE OLD FOLK OUT OF THE WAY AND MOVE ON." 05:08 AND THEN THERE ARE SOME NATIONALISTS WHO MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND, 05:12 "HOW DARE WE BRING SOMEONE WHO'S CUSTOMS ARE DIFFERENT ? 05:16 WHY, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE LIKE ! 05:20 AND YET, WE BRING THIS MAN AND PUT HIM HIGH ON THE LIST." 05:25 I READ THAT THE COUNTRY, THE NATION, WAS DIVIDED INTO WHAT THEY CALL SATRAPIES. 05:32 AND THESE SATRAPS WERE PEOPLE CALLED TO KEEP ORDER, 05:35 TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS NO ANARCHY, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY 05:39 TO MA SURE THAT THE REVENUE FLOWED SMOOTHLY. 05:43 ALL GOVERNMENTS RUN ON REVENUE. 05:46 AND THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE THAT THERE WERE NO SOCIAL UPRISINGS, 05:52 THAT NOBODY WITHHELD TAXES. 05:54 SO THEY SAID EVERYTHING AS QUIETLY AND AS CALMLY AS THEY COULD. 05:58 BUT NOW A MOMENT COMES WHEN NOT ONLY WILL THIS DANIEL 06:02 BE LISTED AMONG THOSE WHO ARE HIGH IN GOVERNMENT, 06:06 BUT THEY ARE CONSIDERING HIM TO BE THE FIRST AMONG THE PRINCES. 06:13 AH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY ! 06:17 "WE'LL BE OPEN MINDED ENOUGH TO HAVE HIM PART, 06:22 BUT HOW DARE YOU PUT HIM OVER ME ?" 06:26 SOMEONE MUST HAVE MADE AN IMPASSIONED PLEA TO DARIUS. 06:30 "HOW COULD YOU DO IT ? 06:31 I FEEL STABBED IN THE BACK ! 06:35 WHERE WAS DANIEL WHEN YOU WERE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE POWER ? 06:39 WHERE WERE THESE PEOPLE ? 06:41 HOW DARE YOU !" 06:42 BUT THE BIBLE IS CLEAR THAT DANIEL HAD AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT. 06:48 YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FIND PEOPLE WITH AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT ANYMORE. 06:53 I THINK THAT IF GOD IS IN YOUR HEART, 06:58 IF YOU HAVE DEDICATED YOURSELF TO SERVE THE ALMIGHTY, 07:01 THERE CERTAINLY OUGHT TO BE SOME WAY TO PROVE IT. 07:05 I HEARD ONE PREACHER SAY YOU OUGHT TO ASK THE QUESTION, 07:09 "IF YOU ARE ACCUSED OF BEING A CHRISTIAN, WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH INFORMATION, 07:14 WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH EVIDENCE TO INDICT YOU ?" 07:18 IF PEOPLE FOLLOWED YOU FROM DAY TO DAY, YOU KNOW HOW THEY DO, 07:23 GATHERING EVIDENCE, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR SOMEONE TO PROVE, 07:28 BY LOOKING AT THE WAY YOU CONDUCT YOUR LIFE, 07:31 THAT YOU SERVE A GOD WHO IS INVISIBLE ? 07:35 WELL, WHEN YOU LOOKED AT DANIEL'S YOU COULD TELL. 07:38 THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT HIM. 07:40 IN FACT, ONE WRITER SAYS THAT NOT ONLY WAS THIS DANIEL A MAN WITH AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT, 07:45 BUT YOU COULD FIND NO FLAWS IN THE WAY THAT HE CONDUCTED BUSINESS. 07:51 AH, NOW THAT'S QUITE DIFFERENT. 07:54 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO SEPARATE THEIR RELIGION FROM NORMAL LIFE. 08:01 IN F 08:01 PEOPLE SAY IT, 08:03 "IF YOU KEEP ON WITH ME, I'M GOING TO PUT MY RELIGION DOWN." 08:08 YOU KNOW, PORTABLE RELIGION ISN'T OF MUCH VALUE AT ALL IS IT ? 08:13 IF YOU CAN PUT IT DOWN, WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU DOING WITH IT ? 08:18 BUT DANIEL OBVIOUSLY DID NOT ONLY ALLOW HIS LOVE FOR GOD 08:21 AND HIS QUEST FOR EXCELLENCE TO BE A PART OF HIS RELIGIOUS LIFE -- HIS WORSHIP, 08:27 BUT HE LET IT BLEED OVER INTO EVERYTHING THAT HE DID. 08:31 SO THAT WHEN HE WAS THE ONE IN CHARGE OF A PROJECT, 08:35 YOU COULD ASSUME THAT ALL OF THE DOTS WOULD BE OVER THE I'S 08:39 AND ALL THE T'S WOULD BE CROSSED, 08:42 BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF ADMINISTRATOR HE WAS. 08:46 SO WHEN THEY BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT PUTTING HIM UP, 08:49 PEOPLE COULD MAKE ALL KINDS OF SNIDE REMARKS 08:53 AND THEY COULD LEVEL ALL KINDS OF CRITICISMS 08:55 BUT THE ONE THING THEY COULDN'T SAY 08:57 AND THE ONE THING YOU DON'T READ IS -- HE'S NOT QUALIFIED. 09:02 IT'S AMAZING, WHEN PEOPLE CAN'T FIND THAT YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED, 09:06 THEY LOOK ELSEWHERE. 09:08 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THINK, IN FACT I WANT TO BELIEVE 09:13 THAT AT SOME POINT IN MY LIFE I COULD RISE TO THE POINT WHERE 09:16 THE ONLY THING THAT MY ENEMIES COULD SAY ABOUT ME IS 09:20 THAT I'M FAITHFUL TO MY GOD. 09:23 HERE'S WAS A MAN, AND BELIEVE ME, IF THEY COULD HAVE GONE BACK THROUGH HIS DOSSIER, 09:28 DON'T THINK THAT SOMEBODY WASN'T LEFT OVER FROM BABYLONIA; 09:32 SOME SOREHEAD LEFT OVER FROM BABYLONIA WHO SAID, 09:35 "YOU TALK TO ME, I KNOW HIM." 09:38 "WELL, LET'S TALK. 09:39 LET'S DO LUNCH." 09:41 YOU KNOW, SO THEY GO NOW TO DO A POWER LUNCH 09:46 AND THE OBJECT OF THEIR CONVERSATION IS, 09:49 "TELL ME ABOUT THIS DANIEL, WHAT'S THE SCOOP ON DANIEL ?" 09:53 "OH, I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT HIM." 09:55 "WELL, WHAT IS IT ? 09:57 THE MAN HAS GOT TO HAVE SOME FLAW. 09:59 EVERYBODY'S GOT SOME PROBLEM. 10:01 WHAT IS IT ?" 10:03 WELL, IF THIS MAN WERE WISE, HE WOULD GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH 10:06 THE LUNCH BEFORE HE CAME TO THE BOTTOM LINE. 10:09 BECAUSE HE WOULD HOPE THEY PICKED UP THE CHECK BEFORE 10:11 THEY DISCOVERED HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY. 10:15 THERE WAS NOTHING TO DIG UP ON DANIEL. 10:18 IN FACT, IF ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD ASKED HIM TO SERVE WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER, 10:24 THE ONLY ACCUSATION THAT THEY COULD LEVEL WAS, 10:26 "HE'S TRUE TO HIS GOD." 10:29 SO WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE RECORDS, 10:31 WHEN THEY SEARCHED THE DOSSIER, 10:33 WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE HISTORICAL RECORD AND 10:36 WHEN THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF REPUTATION DOES HE HAVE ? 10:40 NOBODY COULD COME UP WITH ANYTHING ON HIM. 10:43 I WOULDN'T DARE TURN THAT AROUND TO US IN THIS ROOM, 10:49 BECAUSE THEN EVERYONE WOULD GET NERVOUS 10:51 BECAUSE FOR MOST OF US THAT JUST CAN'T BE SAID. 10:56 BUT HERE IS A MAN WHO SERVES HIS GOD SO WELL THAT HE 10:59 IS METICULOUS IN THE WAY THAT HE DOES HIS JOB. 11:03 I THINK THAT IT'S THE WAY THAT IT OUGHT TO BE ! 11:06 IF YOU CLAIM TO BE LIKE CHRIST, 11:09 YOU OUGHT TO BE LIKE CHRIST ALL THE TIME, 11:13 EVEN IN THE JOB THAT YOU DO. 11:16 SO NOW, WHAT WILL YOU DO IF YOU WANT TO STOP A PERSON FROM BEING PLACED IN AN OFFICE 11:25 BUT YOU CAN FIND NO PLACE TO PUT BLAME ON THEM ? 11:33 WELL, YOU KNOW ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS GET CREATIVE. 11:39 "SO YOU MEAN YOU HAVE EVALUATED EVERYTHING AND WHAT DO THEY SAY ?" 11:42 "WELL, WE HAD THE POWER LUNCH WITH THE GUY FROM BABYLONIA 11:45 AND ALL HE COULD COME UP WITH IS THE MAN WORSHIPS HIS GOD." 11:49 "IS THAT SO ?" 11:50 "WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT ?" 11:52 "WELL, WE'VE CHECKED WITH EVERYONE AND ALL THE WITNESSES SPEAK WITH ONE VOICE, 11:55 THE ONLY THING THAT THEY COULD FIND OUT DIFFERENT ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE BELIEVES IN THIS GOD. 11:59 IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY THAT WE WORSHIP, 12:02 BUT HE CERTAINLY WILL NOT CHANGE HIS PATTERN FOR ANYONE." 12:05 "WELL, I WONDER, MY QUANDARY IS HOW COULD WE TURN THIS VERY FAITHFULNESS AGAINST HIM ?" 12:15 SOME EVIL MIND BEGINS TO TURN IN THE BACK OF A ROOM. 12:22 "WELL, SUPPOSE," LET ME JUST SPEAK THEORETICALLY, 12:30 "SUPPOSE IT COULD BE ARRANGED SO THAT HIS FIDELITY TO HIS 12:35 GOD COULD BECOME A LIABILITY RATHER THAN AN ASSET ?" 12:42 "WELL, HOW DO YOU THAT ? 12:45 WHAT DO THEY SAY HE DOES WITH HIS GOD ?" 12:47 "WELL, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, AT THE THIRD, THE SIXTH, 12:50 AND THE NINTH HOUR HE LEAVES HIS PLACE OF WORK AND GOES HOME." 12:55 IN THOSE DAYS THEY CLAIM THAT MESOPOTAMIAN HOUSES WOULD OFTEN 13:00 HAVE ONE ROOM ELEVATED FROM THE REST OF THE FLAT ROOFED HOUSE. 13:05 AND THIS PROBABLY WAS THE PRAYER ROOM. 13:08 SO THAT IN DANIEL'S SITUATION, HE WOULD GO INTO THE ELEVATED ROOM IF THERE WERE SUCH, 13:13 HE WOULD TURN TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF JERUSALEM AND OPEN THE WINDOW. 13:21 NOW YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU PRAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO OPEN A WINDOW. 13:24 THAT WAS NOT OBVIOUSLY FOR THE SAKE OF GOD 13:28 FOR GOD HEARS PRAYERS THROUGH CLOSED WINDOWS. 13:33 GOD HEARS PRAYERS IN ANY SITUATION. 13:37 YOU CAN BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WATER IN A GREAT FISH. 13:44 GOD WILL HEAR THE PRAYER. 13:46 BUT DANIEL WAS SO DEDICATED AND SO INTENTIONAL IN HIS WORSHIP OF HIS GOD, 13:54 THAT HE DID NOT WANT ANYBODY TO HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT WHO HE WAS. 13:58 I PRAISE GOD FOR PEOPLE LIKE THIS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO 14:01 MANY FOLKS TODAY WHO YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT. 14:07 YOU KNOW THE CHAMELEON PEOPLE. 14:12 THEY ARE WHATEVER YOU ARE. 14:15 AS SOON AS THEY FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE, 14:17 "YES, I QUITE AGREE." 14:21 AND WHEN YOU LEAVE THEY AGREE TO THE NEXT PERSON AND THE NEXT PERSON. 14:25 THEY WHOLE LIVES ARE SPENT ADJUSTING TO THE AMBIANCE IN THE ROOM. 14:31 THERE OUGHT TO BE SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES IN SOMETHING. 14:35 DANIEL WAS DEFIANT IN HIS DECISION. 14:39 HE WOULD WORSHIP THE GOD OF HEAVEN 14:42 AND HE WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE IN HIM. 14:46 AND SO, HE WENT AND OPENED THE WINDOW TOWARDS JERUSALEM AND THERE HE PRAYED. 14:50 AND THEY SAID, "THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED THAT HE WILL 14:52 LEAVE THE OFFICE AND HE WILL --" 14:54 "WELL, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THAT. 14:57 PERHAPS WE COULD MAKE SOMETHING OF IT. 14:59 HIS CUSTOMS ARE DIFFERENT, WHAT ELSE DID YOU FIND ?" 15:01 "WELL,WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES IN THE WAY THAT HE DRESSES. 15:05 HIS DIET IS NOT QUITE LIKE OURS. 15:08 THIS MAN HAS CUSTOMS THAT DON'T BLEND. 15:10 HE DOESN'T FIT IN. 15:14 HE'S NOT A TEAM PLAYER." 15:21 "IF WE COULD GET THIS MANIACAL OBSESSION OF HIS, 15:26 ABOUT THIS GOD AWAY, HE MIGHT EVEN FIT IN, BUT HE WON'T." 15:31 "WELL THEN WHY DON'T WE USE THAT AGAINST HIM ?" 15:36 "COME ON, HOW CAN YOU USE THAT AGAINST HIM ? 15:39 SOUNDS TO ME LIKE A GOOD THING." 15:41 "WELL, SUPPOSE, JUST SUPPOSE, 15:46 SUPPOSE OUR KING WERE TO SAY THAT NO ONE 15:54 CAN PRAY TO ANYONE EXCEPT HIM FOR 30 DAYS." 16:05 "WELL, THAT'S ABSURD, WHY WOULD THE KING EVER SAY THAT ?" 16:10 "WELL, I WASN'T THINKING THAT THE KING WOULD SAY IT ON HIS OWN. 16:13 I WAS THINKING THAT PERHAPS SOMEONE COULD MAYBE INCLINE HIM 16:18 TO TAKE A POSITION LIKE THAT 16:21 AND IF WE STROKED HIM IN THE CORRECT WAY, 16:24 YOU KNOW THE KING DOES HAVE A FAIRLY HEALTHY EGO. 16:28 PERHAPS WE COULD CAJOLE HIM; 16:30 PERHAPS HE COULD SEE LIGHT IN BEING WORSHIPPED FOR 30 DAYS." 16:36 NOW LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I MISSED FOR THE LONGEST ABOUT THIS. 16:43 WHAT THEY WILL TRY TO GET THE KING TO SAY 16:45 AND FINALLY BE SUCCESSFUL AT IS TO SAY THAT YOU CAN NOT PRAY 16:50 TO ANY GOD OR ANY MAN FOR 30 DAYS EXCEPT THE KING. 16:56 ESSENTIALLY STOPPING ALL PRAYER FOR A MONTH. 17:03 DO YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF SHAPE THE WORLD IS IN WITH PRAYER ? 17:12 IT IS MIND BOGGLING TO THINK THAT YOU WOULD STOP PRAYER FOR A MONTH. 17:19 I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME TIMES IN MY LIFE FOR 17:23 WHATEVER REASON I HAVE ALLOWED MY PRAYER LIFE TO HAVE GAPS. 17:29 AND I'VE DISCOVERED THAT WHEN I DON'T PRAY, 17:31 MY LIFE IS DIFFERENT. 17:33 PRAYER IS THE BREATH THAT I BREATHE. 17:37 IT IS THE CONNECTION WITH GOD. 17:39 HOW CAN YOU MAKE IT WITHOUT PRAYER ? 17:42 THERE ARE PROBLEMS THAT YOU CAN FACE WITH PRAYER. 17:45 EVEN THOUGH GOD MAY NOT DETERMINE TO TAKE THE PROBLEM AWAY, 17:48 GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE STRENGTH TO STAND UP UNDER THE PRESSURE IF YOU PRAY. 17:55 BUT HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU MAKE IT WITHOUT PRAYER FOR A MONTH ? 18:01 HOW COULD YOU MAKE IT A DAY WITHOUT PRAYER ? 18:06 THIS MANIACAL OBSESSION THAT THEY SIGHT, 18:10 NOW MAKES THEM MOVE IN A WAY THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE AT ALL. 18:14 WELL ALLOW ME NOW, I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO READ ANYTHING OR FIND ANYTHING ON THIS, 18:21 BUT I HAVE PRAYED THAT GOD WILL BAPTIZE MY IMAGINATION. 18:28 ALLOW ME IF YOU WILL TO GUESS AT WHAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE. 18:34 WHEN THESE MEN GO IN TO TALK TO THE KING, 18:39 "OH, KING DARIUS, THE MAJESTY OF YOUR PRESENCE SIR. 18:45 FORGIVE US, BUT IN YOUR PRESENCE WE ARE HESITANT TO EVEN SPEAK. 18:55 WHY JUST BEFORE WE CAME IN, WE WERE SAYING, WEREN'T WE, HOW BLESSED WE ARE ? 19:02 NO ONE ANYWHERE, NO NATION ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH 19:09 CAN BOAST A MAN WITH SUCH WISDOM, WITH SUCH INSIGHT. 19:15 AND BEYOND THAT IF YOU WOULD ALLOW US TO SAY, 19:18 A MAN WHOSE COUNTENANCE IS SO FAIR TO LOOK UPON. 19:22 FORGIVE US YOUR HONOR. 19:24 YOUR HIGHNESS WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT A MAN WHO LIKES THIS KIND OF THING 19:26 BUT SOMETIMES OUR HEARTS BUBBLE OVER. 19:31 PLEASE UNDERSTAND. 19:33 NOW WE HAVE BROUGHT YOU. . . WE HAVE BROUGHT YOU AN IDEA. 19:43 WE WERE TRYING TO THINK OF SOME WAY THAT WE COULD LET IT BE KNOWN FAR AND WIDE 19:52 THAT YOU ARE FAR AND ABOVE ANY OTHER POTENTATE. 19:57 COULD WE SIR, DON'T SPEAK TOO QUICKLY, DON'T TURN US AWAY OUT OF HAND. 20:02 COULD WE SIR, FOR JUST THE PERIOD OF A MONTH, 20:07 PRAY ONLY TO YOU AND TO NO ONE ELSE ? 20:12 THINK ABOUT IT." 20:14 MANY A PERSON HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN A SITUATION JUST LIKE THIS. 20:21 THERE ARE SOME MEN WHO ALLOW WOMEN 20:29 TO TELL THEM THINGS THAT THEY KNOW ARE NOT TRUE. 20:33 I THANK GOD FOR MIRRORS, DON'T YOU ? 20:40 BEFORE YOU LEAVE HOME, YOU ARE ABLE TO LOOK AT YOURSELF 20:43 AND REMIND YOURSELF WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE. 20:47 BROTHER, WHEN A WOMEN COMES UP TO YOU AND SAYS, 20:49 "OH, YOU ARE SO MUSCULAR." 20:52 AND YOU KNOW THE LAST TIME YOU PUMPED IRON YOU WERE IN YOUR TEENS. 20:57 AND NOW MOST OF YOUR MUSCULARITY HAS GIVEN WAY TO GRAVITY. 21:02 AND YET, YOU WILL ALLOW SOME WOMAN TO TELL YOU THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ARE NOT TRUE. 21:09 AND IN THE WARMTH, THE BASKING OF THE MOMENT DO SOMETHING OR 21:16 SAY SOMETHING OR COMMIT TO SOMETHING THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. 21:20 AND LADIES YOU ENJOYED THAT BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE SWEET NOTHINGS, 21:30 "OH, LOOK AT YOU." 21:32 JUST CHECK THE MIRROR FOLKS. 21:38 CHECK THE MIRROR. 21:40 YOU CAN BE SAFE. 21:41 JUST LOOK. 21:43 "OH, YOUR EYES." 21:48 YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN YOUR EYES ALL OF YOUR LIFE. 21:54 "THEY JUST DANCE WITH LIGHTS." 21:57 AND NOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING VERY FOOLISH. 21:59 THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO GET INTO ALL KINDS OF TROUBLE BECAUSE 22:03 SOMEBODY SAYS THE RIGHT WORDS IN THE RIGHT WAY; 22:06 THEY MAY BE SO FAR FROM THE TRUTH THAT IT'S RIDICULOUS. 22:10 BUT HERE IS A KING ABOUT TO DO SOMETHING SILLY. 22:16 "WELL, I REALLY SHOULD THINK ON IT." 22:20 "BUT YOUR HIGHNESS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO DO. 22:24 LET'S GRASP THE MOMENT ! 22:28 OUR HEARTS BUBBLE OVER, ALLOW US PLEASE ! 22:32 JUST IF YOU WOULD AFFIX YOUR SIGNET HERE, 22:36 WE'LL TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE DETAILS. 22:38 WE CAN HAVE IT DONE SIR BEFORE THE DAY IS OVER 22:42 AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WOULD RISE UP AS ONE AND PRAISE 22:45 US FOR THIS GESTURE THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO GIVE YOU. 22:48 WOULD YOU SIGN IT SIR ? 22:49 GIVE IT TO ME SIR, LET ME DO IT. 22:51 THE WAX HERE AND IT'S ALL DONE. 22:54 WE HAVE IT HERE SIR -- WE'VE PREPARED IT. 22:56 IT'S ALL DONE. 22:57 WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ IT OR WOULD YOU TRUST US ?" 23:01 AND NOW IT'S DONE. 23:07 AND DON'T THINK THAT DANIEL IS SO NAIVE THAT HE DOESN'T KNOW. 23:12 IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE IN GOVERNMENT, YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE AN INFORMATION SYSTEM. 23:20 FORGIVE ME, THIS IS NOT STRICTLY BIBLICAL BUT IT DOES MAKE SENSE. 23:25 YOU'VE GOT TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. 23:27 THIS MOVE BY THE KING REVERBERATES ALL OVER NOW. 23:32 THE WORD IS OUT ! 23:33 THE KING HAS SIGNED A DOCUMENT THAT SAYS 23:36 YOU CANNOT PRAY TO ANY GOD OR ANY MAN FOR 30 DAYS. 23:40 AND DANIEL IN HIS HEART HAS TO DECIDE "WHAT WILL I DO ? 23:47 WILL I. . ." 23:50 YOU KNOW HOW WE RATIONALIZE GOD. 23:52 "WELL, GOD WOULD CERTAINLY WANT ME TO KEEP THIS POSITION. 23:56 AFTER ALL, I AM HERE REPRESENTING HIM. 23:59 AND IF I PRAY OPENLY I WILL LOSE THE POSITION. 24:03 SO IN THE LONG RUN, IT WOULD REALLY SERVE GOD'S PURPOSES 24:07 MORE FOR ME TO STAY THAN TO BE PUT OUT. 24:10 SO WHAT WOULD IT HURT FOR THIRTY DAYS IF I WERE TO SIMPLY PRAY QUIETLY IN THE OFFICE." 24:18 HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU DONE THAT IN YOUR OWN HEART ? 24:21 "WELL, I KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT, BUT GOD WOULDN'T WANT ME 24:27 TO REALLY MISREPRESENT HIM." 24:29 BUT DANIEL DOES NOT MAKE THAT DECISION. 24:31 KNOWING FULL WELL THAT THEY'RE WATCHING, 24:33 IN FACT MAYBE BECAUSE THEY'RE WATCHING. 24:38 WHEN THE THIRD HOUR FROM SUNRISE, 24:39 SUPPOSE IT'S AROUND 9; THEY'RE WATCHING NOW. 24:43 "LET'S SEE WHAT HE DOES. 24:46 LET'S SEE WHAT STRONG MAN DANIEL IS GOING TO DO NOW." 24:50 AND HE LEAVES HIS OFFICE, GOES HOME. 24:54 THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING HIM. 24:55 "OH YEAH, WE'RE FOLLOWING. 24:57 WE GOT 'EM ON HIM, THEY'RE WATCHING." 25:04 "SEE IF THE WINDOW'S OPEN NOW." 25:08 "YOU DON'T THINK HE'S GONNA DO THAT DO YOU ?" 25:11 "WELL, THE WINDOW'S OPEN." 25:13 "DO YOU SEE HIM ?" 25:15 "THERE HE IS ! 25:17 OH, THIS IS GONNA BE EASY." 25:21 "THERE HE IS PRAYING." 25:23 "WELL, OK. 25:25 HE'S GONNA MAKE IT EASY. 25:27 HE'S GONNA FALL INTO THE TRAP !" 25:29 AND AT THE SIXTH HOUR AND AT THE NINTH HOUR HE'S THERE 25:34 AND THEY OBSERVE HIM AND THEY TAKE DOWN THE NOTES 25:36 AND THEY MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL DOCUMENTED. 25:39 THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED A PAPER TRAIL. 25:43 YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GO TO THE KING YOU CAN'T GO EMPTY HANDED. 25:46 AND SO SOMEONE HAS IT THERE. 25:48 "OK, DO YOU HAVE EVERYTHING LISTED ?" 25:50 "LET'S NOT JUST DO IT ONE DAY, LET'S WATCH HIM A LITTLE LONGER. 25:52 WE DON'T HAVE EXACTLY THE TIME, BUT LET'S WATCH HIM." 25:57 AND DANIEL IS THERE EXACTLY ON TIME. 25:59 HE DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. 26:01 WHEN HE PRAYS HE OPENS THE WINDOW AND PRAYS TOWARDS JERUSALEM. 26:05 AND HIS PRAYER IS OPEN AND ABOVE BOARD. 26:09 I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WHEN YOU LOSE YOUR SENSIBILITY 26:15 AND WHEN YOU MAKE A SILLY DECION, 26:18 YOU WILL DISCOVER THAT PEOPLES ATTITUDES CHANGE. 26:22 AS LONG AS YOU HOLD TO WHAT'S RIGHT 26:25 THEY MIGHT NOT LIKE YOU BUT THEY RESPECT YOU. 26:29 Announcer: HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED IF YOUR LIFE REALLY MATTERED TO GOD, 26:33 WHAT PLANS HE HAS FOR YOU, 26:34 OR HOW THE BIBLE IS RELATIVE TO YOUR LIFE. 26:37 OUR OFFER THIS WEEK IS THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES, 26:40 GUIDING YOU TO NEW HORIZONS ON YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. 26:43 EACH GUIDE IS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED 26:46 FOR YOU TO DISCOVER FOR YOURSELF 26:48 HOW GOD ANSWERS OUR MOST SEEKING QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE. 26:52 JUST CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 877-BOL-OFFER, 26:58 AND ASK FOR THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES. 27:00 THAT'S 877-265-6333. 27:04 WE ARE NOW MAKING THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES AVAILABLE TO YOU FOR FREE. 27:08 OR YOU MAY WRITE AND ASK FOR THE DISCOVER BIBLE GUIDES. 27:10 JUST WRITE TO: 27:12 BREATH OF LIFE, P.O. 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