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End With Praise!
Today’s Audio Devotion:
End With Praise!
Reba McEntire says that singing the Lord’s Prayer is spirituality at its most profound. “It’s all God,” she said. “He’s the reason for everything.”1
The climactic moment in the Lord’s Prayer, whether sung or spoken, is when it all circles back to God: “For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” Notice that word “for,” which links all our requests with God’s glory. Why do we ask for God’s will to be done on earth? Why do we request our daily bread? Why do we pray, “Deliver us from evil?” It’s all for God’s glory.
We end the Lord’s Prayer by praising the great attributes of God. It would be very difficult for us to bring Him all of our needs and issues if we ended our prayer with a sense of our need rather than a sense of the One who has promised to meet our need. As you pray, remember God’s sovereignty, His power, His majesty, and His eternity. In prayer and in all of life, let’s end with praise!
We are often so preoccupied with our petitions to our Father that we completely forget to praise Him for who He is and what He has done.
Phillip Keller
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Some 2,600 years ago, God gave King Nebuchadnezzar a dream. In this dream, the king saw a five–part statue made of five different metals (see Daniel 2). Each section represented an empire, beginning with Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon. Four of these empires have already risen and fallen in history—a clear fulfillment of Daniel's prophetic interpretation. The fifth and final empire indicates a future Europe—a ten nation coalition that will unite under the Antichrist's rule.
You can read about the King's dream and Daniel's interpretation in Daniel 2, but let's take a quick visual look at what you will find:
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King Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
Daniel's words to the king are clear. "You are this head of gold" (Daniel 2:37–38).
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Medo–Persian Empire
The Medo–Persian Empire conquered Babylon in 539 BC and remained in power for approximately two hundred years (Daniel 5:28).
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Grecian Empire
Greece's Empire succeeded the Medo–Persians (Daniel 8:21).
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Roman Empire
When the Grecian empire was conquered by Rome, all the lands and peoples of the previous kingdoms were assimilated into the Roman Empire through the strengths of the "iron legions of Rome" (Daniel 2:40).
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Future European Coalition
This empire has not yet risen. Daniel foretells a time when the Roman Empire—Europe—will consist of ten kingdoms or leaders. The future Roman Empire will be present on the earth when God sets up His earthly kingdom (Daniel 2:44).