Weekly Sermons

The Fall and Rise of a Sinful Man      Daniel 4

An unlikely testimony, an unlikely testimony __________     V. 1-3

Having it all is no _________________ for having God            V. 4-6

Psalm 10:4                   Psalm 119:51

The king turns to Daniel again                                                 V. 8-9

The unbelieving Neb and the godly Dan are actually developing what can only be described as __________________ for each other

Do the non-Christians around you feel the kind of love and _________ that Daniel showed wicked King Nebuchadnezzar?

The Dream is a nightmare – but doesn’t have to be!          V. 20-27

Watchers!

Malachi 4:16

Daniel tells the king that if he will ______________ now, he may not have to go through the humiliation

Ezekiel 33:11

The ____________ of a sinful man                                       V. 28-33

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.                                                                            -Proverbs 16:18

Proverbs 29:23            Isaiah 13:19

The ___________ of a repentant sinner                              V. 34-36

But He gives more grace. Therefore He says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”      -James 4:6

The power of “____________” in the life of a believer       V. 37

 

Application Points 

1.         There is a difference between bad pride and good pride

We SHOULD take ________________ in a job well done!

We SHOULD give God the _________ for the abilities He has given us!

Deuteronomy 8:17-18

We SHOULD NOT draw ____________ conclusions from our work.

Deuteronomy 9:4

 

2.         Christian, don’t get discouraged when it takes ____________ touches before someone responds to the gospel

 

3.         The fall of a proud sinner is often the _________ thing that ever happened to them

Sometimes it takes losing ‘everything’ to gain even more!

 

4.         Thank God for the Daniels of this world who care enough to speak ____________ to proud people

Ted Williams

 

5.         We don’t all get a second chance like Neb did – __________ is the day of salvation!