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Living a Great-Full Life: How Great Is Each New Day
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Living a Great-Full Life: How Great Is Each New Day
In the 1993 romantic comedy movie Groundhog Day the main character gets stuck in a time loop in which he relives February 2 day after day. He wakes up every morning knowing exactly what is going to happen that day, unburdened by the things that happened the day before.
Imagine waking up every morning burdened by the mistakes you made the day before. Since we make mistakes nearly every day, their accumulated burden would soon become intolerable. Thankfully, that is not the case! The Bible says that God’s mercy and compassion are new every morning. Instead of being consumed by the judgment of God, we are gifted a great new day. That doesn’t mean that our sins and mistakes are insignificant. But it does mean that God’s mercy and compassion keep us in His care in spite of our failures. Forgiven, we are free to live every day without the burden of yesterday’s sins.
Let this truth be your last thought at night and your first thought in the morning. And praise God for each and every new day!
Christianity is getting older every year. Yet it is also new, new every morning.
John R. W. Stott
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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).