Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Heart, 3of5



~ An Example of a Heart Drawing Nearer to God ~

Daniel Had a Prayerful Heart  ~  Then I set my face toward the Lord God to make request by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.  And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession” (Daniel 9:3-4a). 

Daniel Purposed in Heart  ~  “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself” (Daniel 1:8).  

Daniel Had a Pure Heart  ~  “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself” (Daniel 1:8). 

Daniel Had a Praising Heart  ~  Daniel prayed, “I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers; You have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we asked of You, for You have made known to us the king's demand” (Daniel 2:23).  

Daniel Prospered In His Heart  ~  “So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian” (Daniel 6:28).   

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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