Purpose In Your Heart

In this compelling message from Daniel 1:1-8, Pastor Byron explores what it means to "purpose in your heart" to live for God in a hostile world. When young Daniel and his friends were taken captive to Babylon and faced systematic brainwashing to turn them away from their faith, Daniel made a heart decision that he would not defile himself with the king's food and wine. Just as the enemy targeted these Hebrew teenagers to corrupt their minds and allegiance, today's world targets our children and families through education, media, and culture to draw them away from Christian values. Pastor Byron challenges believers to stop allowing small compromises to "slip in" and instead make a conscious, purposeful decision to live for Christ. We must purpose in our hearts to resist temptation, guard our tongues, and remember that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, bought with a price to glorify God.