1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Praise the Lord Church! Today's Church service is all about the power of God. 2 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:17,820 Today we are going to look at three stories about the power of God. The three 3 00:00:17,820 --> 00:00:24,320 Hebrew boys Esther and Daniel in the lion's den. Today's main scripture says, 4 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:30,040 God has not given me a spirit of fear but a power of love and a strong mind. With 5 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:36,120 the three Hebrew boys they had a choice to either bow to Nebuchadnezzar to an 6 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:44,040 earthly king or worship the one and only true living God. They decided that even 7 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:48,800 if God does not deliver us from this fiery furnace we are going to choose to 8 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:55,480 bow to one God and that is God Almighty. And even as they were tied up and 9 00:00:55,480 --> 00:01:01,280 thrown into the fiery furnace God was with them and he showed up with them in 10 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:08,560 the fire and this was a disfigurative this was literal and most importantly 11 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:15,840 when King Nebuchadnezzar saw in the fire four instead of three he said the 12 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:24,360 fourth one looks as if it's God and as they went out of the fiery furnace they 13 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:33,240 came out not tied up but walking freely and they weren't burned they were intact 14 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:42,160 they did not even smell like smoke. That is the power of God and we see most 15 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:48,000 importantly that God was with them and just as God was with them he is with us 16 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:57,200 as well. His presence is abiding with us. Also with Esther Esther had to save her 17 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:03,360 people because Haman was going to kill all the Jews and Mordecai told her to go 18 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:08,560 before the king so that she could rescue her people but Esther got afraid 19 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:13,440 because she said I have not been summoned and if I go before the king I can 20 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:19,640 get killed but Mordecai reassured her and told her this maybe you were born for 21 00:02:19,640 --> 00:02:25,920 such a time as this and she prayed to God knowing that God would help her and 22 00:02:25,920 --> 00:02:32,640 she went before the king and the king held out his golden staff to her and she 23 00:02:32,640 --> 00:02:39,120 was able to rescue her people and that is how she activated her faith by putting 24 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:47,160 it into action. And last but not least Daniel Daniel had a choice to either to 25 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:54,120 pray to the king or pray to God Almighty and he decided that he was going to 26 00:02:54,120 --> 00:03:00,840 place his faith in the one true living God and the king was torn because Daniel 27 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:06,840 was his most trusted advisor and he said I'm gonna have to put you in the lion's 28 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:13,640 den but Daniel said this my God will deliver me it shows that Daniel had a 29 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:20,160 firm foundation in God and even though that he was placed into the lion's den 30 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:27,600 he still trusted God knowing that God would deliver him and the next day the 31 00:03:27,600 --> 00:03:33,520 king went out and moved the stone from the lion's den and asked Daniel Daniel 32 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:40,760 has your God delivered you and Daniel called out yes my God has delivered me 33 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:47,160 and we see with Daniel is that he placed his faith in God knowing that God would 34 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:55,160 deliver him he places firm foundation in God knowing that God is in control so 35 00:03:55,160 --> 00:04:00,840 our boys today are one the presence of God God was with the three Hebrew boys 36 00:04:00,840 --> 00:04:07,600 in the fiery furnace and we all go through fires in our life so today do 37 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:12,480 you need God's presence to be with you whatever you're going through whether 38 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:20,960 it's bullying family issues school God will be with you always number two 39 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:27,800 activate just like Esther she activated her face putting it into action so is 40 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:33,640 there anything you need to do today that God is telling you to activate your 41 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:40,400 faith and go knowing that he is with you and number three firm foundation 42 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:49,440 Daniel experienced the power of God in his life even in the lion's den so is 43 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:54,400 there anything today that you're going through that you need to place your firm 44 00:04:54,400 --> 00:05:02,680 foundation in Christ knowing that Christ has the power so if you have a 45 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:07,960 personal relationship with Jesus Christ then this message will help you but if 46 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:12,360 you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ then I invite you to 47 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:16,600 give your heart to the Lord today to receive him into your heart go to Romans 48 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:22,080 10 9 through 10 it says if you confess we are mouth the Lord Jesus and believe 49 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:26,640 in your heart that God has raised him from the dead you will be saved but with 50 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:30,480 the heart when believes onto righteousness and with the mouth confession is 51 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:36,240 made on to salvation if you said this prayer with sincerity you are saved and 52 00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:42,040 now have eternal life with Jesus you are saved from all your sins past present 53 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:48,440 and future sins you may commit now this truth is not a free pass to sin anytime 54 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:54,360 instead Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread 55 00:05:54,360 --> 00:05:59,600 the gospel to others you are saved forever and your name is written in the 56 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:16,600 book of life