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A Life of Conviction and Hope……in an Age of Compromise & Uncertainty

The Gospel according to

Distressed in Our World

Comforted by God’s Touch

Distressed in Our World

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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DANIELDistressed in our World…Comforted by God’s Touch

God’s Comfort…

…I Am Here(Dan. 10:4-6)

Ezekiel’sVision of

God’s Glory

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DANIELDistressed in our World…Comforted by God’s Touch

God’s Comfort…

…You are Esteemed (Dan. 10:11, 19; 9:23)

One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong,and that you, O Lord, are loving. (Ps. 62:11-12)

So God’s glory does not obscure His love… “Do not be afraid” (10:12)

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DANIELDistressed in our World…Comforted by God’s Touch

God’s Comfort…

…I am Fighting for You(Dan. 10:12-14, 20-21)

Pastor Hannah MassadGrace Evangelical Church

Gaza City, Gaza

8/10/2014

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In your distress, how can you be certain of…God’s presence

God’s loveGod’s personal engagement in fighting on your behalf

13 and among the lampstands was someone "like a son of man," dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.14 His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes

were like blazing fire.15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like

the sound of rushing waters.16 In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a

sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead (Rev 1:13-17)

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DANIELDistressed in our World…Comforted by God’s Touch

The promise of Christ’s presencein your distress

The assurance of Christ’s esteeming love

Christ the Victor is fighting for you

Having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross. (Col. 2:14-15)

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO DANIELDistressed in our World…Comforted by God’s Touch

Becoming a Comforting Community

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. (2Cor. 1:3-4)