Daniel 10:3

Summary of sermon by Erlo Stegen, 12 Aug 2012 Dan 10 "11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved" This text shows that God in heaven loved Daniel dearly. Daniel desperately sought the meaning of what God revealed to him for 21 days. He couldn't eat during this time for he was occupied b... Read More

Reading: Daniel 10:1-21 From the tenth chapter of the Book of Daniel I want to take just this fragment from the nineteenth verse: "And he said, 0 man greatly beloved, fear not peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong." And I want to add to that, for later purposes, two fragments from the New Te... Read More

The Prologue to the Gospel of John, consisting of verses 1 - 18 of the first chapter, ought to be known by heart to every Christian. This Prologue is in three periods, each complete in itself and together forming an arch bridging the entire expanse of the unveiling of theGodhead as touching the divi... Read More

"But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that your fasting is not evident to others, but is evident to your Father who sees everything which is done secretly; and your Father, who sees what you do secretly, will reward you openly (Matthew 6:18)." We have sensed a need for some cle... Read More

"Lord, teach us to pray…" (Luke 11:1). Our text may well have taken place early in the morning "when the dew was still on the roses" and a solitary figure rose from being prostrated in prayer. Some of His disciples had slipped nearby to wait for their Master to terminate His prayer. The text was sur... Read More

Let us open our Bibles to 2 Peter 2:10-16: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusat... Read More

Matt. VI. 16. And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Here it were well to sigh aloud, and to wail bitterly: for not only do we imitate the hypocrites, but we have even surpassed them. For I know, yea I... Read More

VIII. Nothing can certainly be determined concerning the nature of the affections, by this, that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order. Many persons seem to be prejudiced against affections and experiences that come in such a method, as has bee... Read More

Fasting is the abstention from food for a period of time. Various forms of fasts are possible. First of all, there is what I call the absolute fast. The absolute fast is one in which the person fasting eats no food whatsoever and drinks no water for a certain length of time. Moses underwent two abso... Read More

Definition: Very simply, fasting is the practice of a true Christian abstaining or coming aside from food for a set purpose and a set period of time in order to pray as an act of faith unto their Heavenly Father. Who said we should fast? First of all we need to remember that it was the Holy Spirit w... Read More