Daniel 3:1 ASV, Daniel 3:4-6 ASV, Daniel 3:15-18 ASV, Daniel 3:24-25 ASV, Daniel 3:27-28 ASV and 2 Timothy 1:7 ASV

SHADRACH, MESHACH, ABEDNEGOFor God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.Then the herald loudly proclaimed, "This is what you are commanded to do, O peoples, nations and men of every language: As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship t…But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?"A FAITH THAT’S TESTED BY FIRE IS A FAITH THAT CAN BE " TRUSTED ".WHEN YOUR FAITH IS TESTED BY FIREOBEY GOD’S COMMANDS INSTEAD OF MAN’S " EXPECTATIONS ".Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter.BELIEVE GOD’S " TRUTH " INSTEAD OF THE " FACTS ".If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king.BELIEVE GOD. DON’T JUST BELIEVE " IN " GOD.But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?" They answered and said to the king, "True, O king." "Look!" he answered, "I see four men looseThey saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar said, "Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has s