“Sleeping Peacefully With the Lions” - Daniel 6

Daniel was able to sleep peacefully with the lions because… Daniel had spent years developing his faith.

(Matthew 10:28) "And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (NKJV)

(Acts 5:29) But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men. (NKJV)

Daniel was able to sleep peacefully with the lions because… Daniel had spent years developing his faith. Daniel had a living, working, open faith.

(Matthew 6:6) "But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly. (NKJV)

(Hebrews 10:30) For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay," says the Lord. And again, "The LORD will judge His people." (NKJV)

Daniel was able to sleep peacefully with the lions because… Daniel had spent years developing his faith. Daniel had a living, working, open faith. Daniel’s had strengthened his faith so that it was not weakened by the threats of his enemies…

(John 15:17-25) "These things I command you, that you love one another. "If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. "If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. "Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My…

(John 15:17-25) word, they will keep yours also. "But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me. "If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. "He who hates Me hates My Father also. "If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father. "But this happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, 'They hated Me without a cause.' (NKJV)

(John 3:19-20) "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. "For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. (NKJV)

Daniel was able to sleep peacefully with the lions because… Daniel had spent years developing his faith. Daniel had a living, working, open faith. Daniel’s had strengthened his faith so that it was not weakened by the threats of his enemies… Daniel understood and appreciated the power of an active prayer life.