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During the spring, our Home Groups, studied selected readings from the Old Testament book of Daniel. Parts of the book of Daniel have always been popular - the exciting stories of three men in a fiery furnace, Daniel in the den of lions and the strange handwriting on the wall which struck terror in the heart of the Babylonian king. It is a book which describes how God seems to have allowed the unthinkable to happen. His people were in exile in Babylon. His promises seemed shattered. Was He really in control? Was He still faithful? Did He still care? However, it is a book which both shows us, and reminds us, how God is in control of human events - a reassuring thought with which to begin a new year! It is also a book which challenges us as to how much we are prepared to stand up for the things of God in our daily lives.
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