Morning Series: Resolve to think like a Christian in a secular world
Message Title: The Loss of Human Significance And The Need to Turn to God - Daniel 1

1. Tragedy when humanity doesn’t want God. Daniel 1:1-3

2. Tyranny of human freedom without God. Daniel 1:3-7
How to shape a child’s mind with a non-Christian worldview.

*Inform the mind by indoctrination. (1:3-5)
*Form the conscience by recondition. (1:6).
*Conform the will by subjugation. (1:7).

3. Triumph amidst secular culture of the Gospel from God. Daniel 3:8-21
*Recognize the PAIN of secularism seeping into your life. Daniel 1:8.
>Prayerlessness or less prayer.
>Apathy toward God and the things of God.
>Inactivity in church, in personal Christian
practice.
>Neglect of the Bible, whether reading,
memorization, application.
*Resolve to be faithful to God. Daniel 1:8-13. James 4:7-8
*Resolve toward excellence for God. Daniel 1:18-21.