[Daniel 3:16-18] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we don’t need to give you an answer to this question. [17] If the God we serve exists, then he can rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he can rescue us from the power of you, the king. [18] But even if he does not rescue us, we want you as king to know that we will not serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.”
I'm going to stay ______________ even if God doesn't ______________ me!
[Daniel 3:25] He exclaimed, “Look! I see four men, not tied, walking around in the fire unharmed; and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”
God did not ________________ them from going into the fire, but He stopped them from being __________________.
[Psalms 23:4] Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.
God uses the fire to ______________ us.
When you lose your temper you always ______________.
[Proverbs 25:28] A person who does not control his temper is like a city whose wall is broken down.
[Ephesians 4:26-27] And “don’t sin by letting anger control you.” Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, [27] for anger gives a foothold to the devil.
Foothold (Greek: topos): An ______________ place
[2 Corinthians 4:8-9] We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. [9] We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.
Even in an unpredictable world, God is ______________ and will not ______________.
Sometimes the only thing that keeps you from collapsing is knowing that God is ______________.
[2 Corinthians 4:17-18] For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! [18] So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.
What you are going through won't last ______________.
[Isaiah 43:2] When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.
You were made to go ______________ the fire, not to __________ in it.
