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Daniel’s Faithfulness – Daniel 1:8 – 1:21

Quick Decision in Poland

We took a group of 75 high school teens to Poland to do missionary ministry. The first Sunday we were in a church where they were going to serve communion with real wine. Being responsible for this group of young people I was forced to make a quick decision. Would we participate when the wine was passed in one large glass. Based on Biblical principles, it is my conviction that grape juice and not real wine should be used in a communion service. Also putting your lips on a glass that everyone else has sipped from might expose us to some disease such as aids. I did not want to offend the church people but neither did I want to compromise our standards. Therefore, I suggested to our young people that when the glass came to them, they just raise the glass to their lips and without taking a sip, pray and thank the Lord for His shed blood. This did not offend the people but also did not compromise our standards. (Lou Nicholes - Missionary/Author).