God is not the ticket for personal fame and fortune in this world, rather He is the ticket for personal transformation into the image of Jesus Christ himself.

Victorious people of God find a place to stand, to have a place in which they will never forget that they don’t belong to the dominant culture but that they are the unique people of God

The great lesson for God’s people is to learn to rely on the Lord their God and not things that go bump in the night, a tarot card, the lines on your hands or on some silly aura that is supposed to surround you.

If I live it is because of the hand of God. If I die it will be to be transported into the presence of God. All is the grace of God, all is in His hands, I will kneel before Him and make my requests there.

To renounce all desire for fame and to say I would see the glory of God is wise and right and leads to life

At some point in time every believer who names the name of Christ will have to say,“Your loving kindness is better than life.”

And there is the phrase the British papers used but if not or and if not. Regardless of how God decides to treat our situation whether it be miraculous deliverance or terrible suffering for us our gate is set. We are the people of God and would rather die as such than to be delivered from our present troubles and compromise our faith.

Daniel’s words of counsel are for every king, every president, and every prime minister and every human being who has been given power. Use your power to bless the poor and the oppressed and the needy.