Through The Fire

While everyone in Babylon bows before Nebuchadnezzar's idol; Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego stand straight as arrows. The example they set for us is priceless. 

Neb tightens the screws on our three Hebrew friends, reminding them that they face a terrible death in the fiery furnace and their God can't save them.  

But Jesus met them in the furnace and told the fire to "Cool it!" He walked around with them unbound and unburned, and King Neb learned who is the one true God. 

Daniel 3:25 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

Why didn't the Lord spare them from the fire? He got more glory in sparing them through the fire. 

God may let you go into the fire, but you can rest on His promise that Jesus is right there with you, Hebrews 13:5; Matt. 28:20. He will bring you out again, 2 Cor. 4:17.

By the way, that fourth Man is still in the fire. 

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Hope

Hope will not be found in a bottle, a pill, a needle, religion, philosophy, money or power. 

The world has looked to these for thousands of years and come away disappointed. Hope is found in the message Jesus preached.

It can be found in John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

It can be found in Matthew 11:28 – “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

Hope is found in one place and His name is Jesus—in His death and resurrection. 

Jesus can save you soul, wash away your sins, and take you to Heaven when you die. He can give you a new direction in life. He can change you and everything about you. 

If you need hope, you need Jesus. Seek Him. 

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Bless The Lord, O My Soul

Psalm 103:2,4 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: . . .  Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;

When we believe, God takes our sins and puts them away from Him forever through the sacrifice of Jesus at Calvary. Bless the Lord, O my soul. 

His grace is matchless and marvelous and His tender mercies glorious beyond explanation. 

Human touches and words of comfort may be unavailable in the valleys of life, but we’ve never been beyond the tender touch of our Heavenly Father. 

The feel of His hand as He reaches into our hearts is too wonderful to describe. 

When I think of how the Lord repeatedly lifted me from the jagged rocks of affliction and pain and restored spiritual strength and victory, I just have to say, "Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His holy name."

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God Is Faithful

2 Thessalonians 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

I need to be reminded from time to time that God is faithful.

He‘s not like us humans. We make promises we can’t always keep. God isn’t like us at all. What He says He will do, He will do because He can’t lie.

He says, “Let it be, and it is.” He’s the God who never changes, Mal. 3:6; Heb. 13:8. 

He’s the God Who never fails. He has always been and will ever be, the Great “I AM”.  

He will give you peace in the midst of every circumstance of life. 

Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

He is everything he Bible says He is, He is always faithful.  That’s who He is. 

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