Daniel 4:28 - 30 (NIV)
All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. 29Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon, 30he said, “Is not this the great Babylon I have built as the royal residence, by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”
Daniel 4:31 - 33 (NIV)
Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you. 32You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.” 33 Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you. 32You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.” 33 Immediately what had been said about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from people and ate grass like the ox. His body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
Daniel 4:1 - 3 (NIV)
1 King Nebuchadnezzar, To the nations and peoples of every language, who live in all the earth: May you prosper greatly! 2It is my pleasure to tell you about the miraculous signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me. 3How great are his signs, how mighty his wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; his dominion endures from generation to generation.
Daniel 4:4 - 5 (NIV)
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and prosperous. 5I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me.
I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at home in my palace, contented and prosperous. 5I had a dream that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed, the images and visions that passed through my mind terrified me.
Daniel 4:29 - 30 (NIV)
Twelve months later, as the king was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon …
Daniel 4:31 (NIV) Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you.
Daniel 4:31 (NIV) Even as the words were on his lips, a voice came from heaven, “This is what is decreed for you, King Nebuchadnezzar: Your royal authority has been taken from you.
GOD CONFRONTS PRIDE
Obadiah 1:3 (NIV)
The pride of your heart has deceived you.
Proverbs 16:18 (NLT)
Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
“Pride leads to every other vice; it is the complete anti-God state of mind.” ~ C.S. Lewis
PRIDE IS OUR GREATEST PROBLEM
GOD DOESN’T GIVE UP ON YOU
Luke 15:20 (NIV)
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him
John 3:16 (NIV)
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
“Oh the overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God It chases me down, fights till I’m found, leaves the ninety nine I couldn’t earn it and I don’t deserve it, still you give yourself away The overwhelming, never-ending, reckless love of God” ~ Reckless Love
GOD IS MORE PATIENT THAN YOU THINK
Romans 2:4 (NIV,AMP)
Or do you have no regard for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance [that is, to change your inner self, your old way of thinking—seek His purpose for your life]?
Or do you have no regard for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance [that is, to change your inner self, your old way of thinking—seek His purpose for your life]?
HUMILITY CAN RESTORE WHAT PRIDE DESTROYS
Daniel 4:34 - 35 (NIV)
At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored … I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.
At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored … I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.
Matthew 10:39 (NIV)
Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.
Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.