KingsGate Community Church
The Night the Lions Fasted
– with Annabel Sharman
KingsGate Community Church is a UK-based multi-cultural, inter-generational church with campuses in Peterborough, Cambridge, Leicester and Online, and a mission to see lives transformed from our neighbourhoods to the nations by the power of God's love.
The Night the Lions Fasted
with Annabel Sharman
1 – Daniel was faithful on the frontline
• Faithfulness looks like excellence
Daniel 6:3 NLT
"Integrity is doing the right thing when you don’t have to—when no one else is looking or will ever know—when there will be no congratulations or recognition for having done so."
Charles Marshall - Shattering the Glass Slipper
“Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
Henry Ford – Founder of Ford Motor Company
• Faithfulness is being trustworthy
Daniel 6:4 NLT
2 – Daniel was unshakably faithful to God
Daniel 6:10 NLT
• Make prayer your first thought not an afterthought
“Uncertainty is quite revealing. The unknown triggers different reactions in different hearts and exposes our souls’ defaults. Ambiguity reveals where we instinctively go to feel the illusion of security again.”
Alicia Britt Chole - Author
“The great miracle of grace in Daniel 6 is that Daniel, the man of prayer, was able to go on praying.”
Ronald S. Wallace - Theologian
• Pray with gratitude
Matthew 5:11-12 MSG
“When we watch Daniel being lowered into the lion’s den, we hold our breath in fear and anticipation. Yet, by that point, the danger has already been overcome and the great fight has been fought.”
Herman Veldkamp - Author