RESCUED: "Jesus comes to your rescue." Daniel 6:16

So the administrators and high officers went straight to the king and reminded him about his law. “Did you not sign a law that for the next thirty days any person who prays to anyone, divine or human—except to you, Your Majesty—will be thrown into the den of lions?”
“Yes,” the king replied, “that decision stands; it is an official law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be revoked.”
Then they told the king, “That man Daniel, one of the captives from Judah, is ignoring you and your law. He still prays to his God three times a day.” Hearing this, the king was deeply troubled, and he tried to think of a way to save Daniel. He spent the rest of the day looking for a way to get Daniel out of this predicament. In the evening the men went together to the king and said, “Your Majesty, you know that according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, no law that the king signs can be changed.”
So at last the king gave orders for Daniel to be arrested and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to him, “May your God, whom you serve so faithfully, rescue you.” A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed the stone with his own royal seal and the seals of his nobles, so that no one could rescue Daniel. Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn’t sleep at all that night. Daniel 6:12-18

Prayer:

Come quickly to rescue me, O God! Come quickly to help me, Lord Jesus! Thank You for standing by my side and strengthening my faith to trust in Your almighty power to deliver me from the lion’s mouth according to our Father’s perfect will. Fill my heart with Your perfect love, which casts out all fear, so that I may dare to be like Daniel and inspire my family and friends to trust in Your saving power whenever they face a difficult predicament. I praise and worship You for the awesome miracles You perform for those who place their faith in You. I ask this in Your mighty name, my Lord and Savior. Hosanna [save now]!

Living Truth:

• "But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion." 2 Timothy 4:17
• "I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have complete boldness so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain." Philippians 1:20-2
• "But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God." Acts 20:24