The Light of Christ Journey

Encouraging people on their journey with Christ

Paul ends our text with the recommendation to overcome evil with good. Romans 12: 21 Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good. [1]  Paul has given us a way to react to those who do evil to us. It is a very counter-cultural, unexpected way to respond. As we believe in Jesus, …

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Daniel’s co-workers want to get rid of Daniel because of envy. They trick the king into writing a law that will cause Daniel’s death if he would continue to pray. Daniel is faithful to God and does continue to pray. They bring their accusations to the king who desperately tried to find a loophole to …

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Daniel’s co-workers are jealous of him and can’t find anything that could get him fired. They resort to manipulation to try to get rid of him. Daniel 6: 5 Finally, they said to one another, “We will never be able to bring any charge against Daniel, unless it has to do with his religion.” 6 They all …

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Daniel’s friends had refused to worship an idol because they knew the true God. Some of their co-workers decided to make this work to their benefit. They didn’t want to waste a good opportunity. Daniel 3: 8-12 Just then, some Babylonian fortunetellers stepped up and accused the Jews. They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, “Long live the …

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David secretly returns to Jonathan and explains that Jonathon’s father, King Saul wants to kill David. At first, Jonathon doesn’t want to believe what David is saying. Jonathon knows that David has done nothing wrong, why would his father want him dead? David explains that Saul knows they are friends, so Saul won’t tell him …

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