Human souls have an Achilles’ heel: We have an astonishing capacity to handle adversity, calamity, and duress – and then one day our soul simply says. “I’m done. I don’t want to do this anymore.” In a culture that has become soft and at the same time has increasing complexities and challenges, it is time to pray for a greater strength. In this message, we learn of Daniel’s commitment to remain faithful to God while in captivity in Babylon where he is immersed in a pagan culture of literature, religion, and idol worship. He experiences the deliverance of God from the lion’s den and is strengthened by a visiting angel so that he can fulfill his ministry of prophesy to God’s people. Lessons to be learned: spiritual practices lay the groundwork for strength; expect enemy interference; don’t quit on God; receive the touch of God to be strengthened. Sermon text: Daniel 10: 10-19