1. Into the Flame A Study of the Book of Daniel Win - Win 101 Daniel 1:8-21

2. Authority is for good purposes, not evil.

3. God has a plan!

4. There is power in a good appeal.

5. To appeal, we must think rather than react.

6. A good appeal honors the authority for their position and purpose.

7. A good appeal involves you being a ‘team-player’.

8. A good appeal offers a Win – Win solution.

9. Proverbs 20:14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer, But when he goes his way, then he boasts.

10. A good appeal respectfully leaves the decision in the authority’s hands.

11. “Here I stand; God helping me, I can do no other.” –Martin Luther

12. “If I perish, I perish.” –Queen Esther

13. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” –Jim Elliott

14. God is looking for a ‘few good men’.

15. “Women are called upon to do twice the work of men in half the time for half the pay… Luckily this is not hard.”

16. A good man values integrity.

17. Psalm 15:1–5 Who may worship in your sanctuary, L ORD ? Who may enter your presence on your holy hill? 2 Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking the truth from sincere hearts.

18. Proverbs 10:9 The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.

19. Proverbs 11:3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

20. A good man speaks only the truth.

21. Psalm 15:3 Those who refuse to gossip or harm their neighbors or speak evil of their friends.

22. Ephesians 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into Him who is the head —Christ.

23. James 3:7–10 All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and sea creatures are being tamed and have been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father,

24. and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.

25. Luke 6:45 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

26. A good man knows right from wrong. Psalm 15:4a,b Those who despise flagrant sinners, and honor the faithful followers of the L ORD,

27. Romans 12:9 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

28. Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

29. A good man keeps his word.

30. Psalm 15:4c and keep their promises even when it hurts.

31. Matthew 5:33 “Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘Y OU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE L ORD.’

32. Joshua 9:18–19 But the Israelites did not attack the towns, for the Israelite leaders had made a vow to them in the name of the L ORD, the God of Israel. The people of Israel grumbled against their leaders because of the treaty. But the leaders replied, “Since we have sworn an oath in the presence of the L ORD, the God of Israel, we cannot touch them.

33. A good man can be trusted.

34. Psalm 15:5 Those who lend money without charging interest, and who cannot be bribed to lie about the innocent. Such people will stand firm forever.

35. 2 Chronicles 16:9 “For the eyes of the L ORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His….”

36. Ezekiel 22:30 “I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one.”

37. "The world has yet to see what God can do with one man that is wholly committed to Christ. By the grace of God, I'll be that man!" –Dwight Lyman Moody