Throwback Thursday | July 2011 | Like and subscribe and turn on notifications!

Main message: Be a person of integrity—the same on the inside as the outside—so that when trials and unjust attacks come, your faithful response (like Daniel’s) will sustain you and demonstrate God's power.

Key points:

• Integrity means being consistent inwardly and outwardly; God-made things are consistent and we should be too.
• Trials are inevitable in a fallen world; you can’t always control why they happen, but you can control how you respond.
• Daniel 6 models steadfast faith: he continued his prayer disciplines despite an illegal decree and was preserved in the lions' den.
• Establish bulletproof spiritual disciplines (prayer, Scripture, fasting, worship, giving) in good times so you don’t crumble in bad times.
• Maintain your integrity before God even when others persecute or slander you; trust God to handle justice and vengeance.

Scriptures mentioned: Daniel 6, Daniel 3, Job, Genesis (Joseph), Acts 9