Achilles' Heel
Daniel: Refusing to Compartmentalize my Faith
Jeremy Johnson
Part of Achilles' Heel

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When I make the

, the decision .

Daniel 1:8-10 (NIV) But Daniel determined that he would not defile himself by eating the king’s food or drinking his wine, so he asked the head of the palace staff to exempt him from the royal diet. The head of the palace staff, by God’s grace, liked Daniel, but he warned him, “I’m afraid of what my master the king will do. He is the one who assigned this diet and if he sees that you are not as healthy as the rest, he’ll have my head!”

Daniel 6:10 (NIV) Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.

When I go all in:

I control my

while I allow God to control my .

I

to my surroundings, not my surroundings.

I focus on God’s

, not my .

Daniel 6:23 when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

If my faith doesn’t

in the day, it won’t in the night.

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