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Devotionals about Exile

Exile

Which God?

Read: Daniel 3:1-18 We will not serve your gods. (v. 18) One of the tools the US Secret Service uses to combat counterfeiting is a document entitled “Know Your Money.”

Exile

Kingdom of Heaven

Read: Daniel 2:36-49 The God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed. (v. 44) Nebuchadnezzar provides a lesson in being careful what you wish for.

Integrity

There Is a God

Read: Daniel 2:25-35 There is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. (v. 28) The main theme of the book of Daniel is that “the God of heaven” is greater

Exile

Seek Mercy

Read: Daniel 2:17-24 Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. (v. 19) Daniel’s immediate response to Nebuchadnezzar’s deadly threat was “prudence and discretion” (v. 14). Unlike his peers, Daniel did

Influence

No One on Earth

Read: Daniel 2:1-16 The thing that the king asks is difficult. (v. 11) Not long after Daniel completed his training, he faced a dire situation. The Babylonian king made a

Exile

Undefiled

Read: Daniel 1:8-21 Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food. (v. 8) Of all the ways Daniel could have testified to his faith, he chose

Influence

In the King’s Service

Read: Daniel 1:1-7 The king commanded . . . some of the people of Israel . . . to stand in the king’s palace. (vv. 3-4) The book of Daniel

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Jeremiah

No Guilt in Life, No Fear in Death

Read: Jeremiah 50:17-20 In those days and in that time . . . iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none. (v. 20) At the conclusion of

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Jeremiah

All Oppression Shall Cease

Read: Jeremiah 50:1-10 . . . let us join ourselves to the Lord in an everlasting covenant. (v. 5) God spent much of Jeremiah pronouncing judgment. He announced the instrument