Nov 29th 07 - The Importance of dreams

Being born again isn't just about being a follower of Christ, it's about becoming a child of God.
If you believe God is with you then you can get through ANYTHING! The Devil will try to get you to bow down to him and turn from God. He even was bold enough to try it with Jesus. Daniel stayed true to od even when thing's didn't look good. He saw through the King's bribes of good food and wine and choose to eat limited vegatables given. After the 10 days Daniel and friends were in fact in better shape then the ones who had eaten well and drunk wine.

"As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams."
Daniel 1:17

This shows that God favoured them and so did the enemy King Nebuchadnezzar. So stand firm! God has a plan and what he has in store is not what you see now. Trust that he will fulfil your NEEDS! these are not always things that we WANT! Daniel 1:20 shows us that even the devil and give you props!
"And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm."
We say we are children of God but we don't always act like it. We still have to live in the world and be around worldly thing's just like Daniel did. But just like him we should turn to God first. The scripture goes onto to show that because of God's favour Daniel was the only one who could interpret the King's dream. If we could see and understand our dreams then we would all walk differently.

Amen