Rays of Son, week of April 25, 2010
Pastor dreams about
Daniel in the lion’s den
By Greg Miller
Pastor Donald prayed to God for guidance about how to improve his prayer life.
“I want to know that you are listening, Lord,” the pastor prayed. “Please show me how to grow closer to you when I pray.”
Pastor Donald concluded his prayer time by reading First Thessalonians 5:17: “Pray without ceasing.”
The pastor cried out to God, “Oh, Lord, how can I pray without ceasing?I have to sleep, plus I have to be active in the ministry to which youhave called me. It’s impossible to pray every second of every day.”
“You don’t have to be physically down on your knees praying all thetime,” replied the Lord. “But you always need to have an attitude ofprayer.
“I love you very much,” said the Lord, “When you go to sleep tonight,you’re going to enter the world of Daniel the Prophet. After you go tosleep, you’ll have a special dream. You’ll see that Daniel was a greatman of prayer.”
A few moments later, Pastor Donald was fast asleep. Immediately, thedream transported him into the past, where Daniel was praying.
In the Old Testament book of Daniel, King Darius had issued a decreethat stated anyone who asked any petition of any God or man for 30days, with the exception of King Darius, would be cast into the den oflions.
As soon as Daniel learned about the decree, he went into his house andprayed near his open window. When the king heard that Daniel haddisobeyed his decree, he was sorry and wanted to deliver Daniel. But hewas reminded that the decree could not be changed. Daniel was throwninto the lion’s den, where he spent the night.
The next morning, Daniel told the king in Daniel chapter six, “My Godhath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they havenot hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; andalso before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. Then was the kingexceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel upout of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner ofhurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.”
Pastor Donald awoke from his dream. “Wow!,” he exclaimed. “Daniel wasone courageous dude. He stood true to you and to your call on his life.”
Pastor Donald then told the Lord, “I’ve discovered that in the face ofpersecution, a child of God will always do well to keep the faith. I‘vealways known that you are the Creator, but I have also discovered youare the world’s greatest lion tamer!”
To contact the writer of this column about speaking engagements and puppet ministry, please e-mail kidcool4jesus@yahoo.com.
Daniel in the lion’s den
By Greg Miller
Pastor Donald prayed to God for guidance about how to improve his prayer life.
“I want to know that you are listening, Lord,” the pastor prayed. “Please show me how to grow closer to you when I pray.”
Pastor Donald concluded his prayer time by reading First Thessalonians 5:17: “Pray without ceasing.”
The pastor cried out to God, “Oh, Lord, how can I pray without ceasing?I have to sleep, plus I have to be active in the ministry to which youhave called me. It’s impossible to pray every second of every day.”
“You don’t have to be physically down on your knees praying all thetime,” replied the Lord. “But you always need to have an attitude ofprayer.
“I love you very much,” said the Lord, “When you go to sleep tonight,you’re going to enter the world of Daniel the Prophet. After you go tosleep, you’ll have a special dream. You’ll see that Daniel was a greatman of prayer.”
A few moments later, Pastor Donald was fast asleep. Immediately, thedream transported him into the past, where Daniel was praying.
In the Old Testament book of Daniel, King Darius had issued a decreethat stated anyone who asked any petition of any God or man for 30days, with the exception of King Darius, would be cast into the den oflions.
As soon as Daniel learned about the decree, he went into his house andprayed near his open window. When the king heard that Daniel haddisobeyed his decree, he was sorry and wanted to deliver Daniel. But hewas reminded that the decree could not be changed. Daniel was throwninto the lion’s den, where he spent the night.
The next morning, Daniel told the king in Daniel chapter six, “My Godhath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they havenot hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; andalso before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. Then was the kingexceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel upout of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner ofhurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.”
Pastor Donald awoke from his dream. “Wow!,” he exclaimed. “Daniel wasone courageous dude. He stood true to you and to your call on his life.”
Pastor Donald then told the Lord, “I’ve discovered that in the face ofpersecution, a child of God will always do well to keep the faith. I‘vealways known that you are the Creator, but I have also discovered youare the world’s greatest lion tamer!”
To contact the writer of this column about speaking engagements and puppet ministry, please e-mail kidcool4jesus@yahoo.com.
Posted by Isaac J Davis Junior at Wednesday, May 05, 2010 8:21 AM 
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What a nice post man. It’s really touched my heart. Is that a story or something happened in real life? Your writing skills are superb that you have made an impression that what you have written in the post is a real incident happened in real life. These types of post are really useful for people to know more about praying and to strengthen their beliefs on God. You have told everyone about what real prayer is and how to be truthful to god through this post buy explaining the dream of Pastor Donald. I really appreciate you good intention to share this incredible thoughts with people. Thank you so much and keep posting good useful posts like this.
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