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8 But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. (ESV) Daniel 1:8 10 When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem. He got down on his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. (ESV) Daniel 6:10 Leading a spiritual life was not easy for Daniel. He was living in a gentile foreign land as a captive and he was from a minority community. He worked with people who did not know the living God. His colleagues were magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, ungodly politicians and top officials of the King of Babylon. He had challenges of having a high-profile job. He had constant struggle to keep the laws of his God which would not go well with the laws of Babylonians. However, he could preserve and grow in