Notes for 5/19/2013 - I Dare You: Be Shocked!

I Dare You: Be Shocked! - Daniel 8:8-27
From the Series, 27 Daniel - I Dare You - 2013
By Skip Heitzig

When was the last time you heard someone respond to an incident or piece of information by saying, “That’s shocking!”? Shock (emotional disgust, offense, and aversion) has been diminished due to a widespread exposure to facts and images. Things get too easily relegated to a file in our brains marked, “I’ve already heard this before.” It’s a sad day (and dangerous) when we become spiritually desensitized to God’s truth and the world’s pain.

I. The Vision—What He Saw (vv. 8-14)

II. The Interpretation—What It Meant (vv. 15-26)

III. The Reaction—What He Felt (v. 27)

Four Healthy Responses to Prophecy:

CONNECT QUESTIONS

1. What did Daniel see in this vision?

2. What was Gabriel's interpretation of the vision?

3. How did Daniel respond to the vision?

4. What should our response be?

5. When could Jesus return? In light of this, what manner of lives should we live?

6. What do you think was the major point of this passage?

7. What did God reveal to you in this passage?

8. Is there anything that applies directly to you or to someone you know? How can you take aim at changing a negative behavior in a biblical way?

9. Who was this passage originally directed to?

10. How does this passage apply to believers?