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service is all about the power of God. Today

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we are going to look at three stories about the

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power of God. The three Hebrew boys Esther and

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Daniel in the lion's den. Today's main scripture

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says God has not given me a spirit of fear but

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a power of love and a strong mind. With the three

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Hebrew boys they had a choice to either bow to

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Nebuchadnezzar to an earthly king or worship

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the one and only true living God. They decided

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that even if God does not deliver us from this

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fiery furnace, we are going to choose to bow

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to one God and that is God Almighty. And even

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as they were tied up and thrown into the fiery

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furnace, God was with them and he showed up with

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them in the fire. And this wasn't just figurative,

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this was literal. And most importantly, when

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King Nebuchadnezzar saw in the fire four instead

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of three, he said, the fourth one looks as if

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it's gone. And as they went out of the fiery

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furnace, they came out not tied up, but walking

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freely. And they weren't burned, they were intact.

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They did not even smell. like smoke that is the

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power of God and we see most importantly that

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God was with them and just as God was with them

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he is with us as well his presence is abiding

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with us also with Esther Esther had to save her

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people because Haman was going to kill all the

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Jews and Mordecai told her to go before the king

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so that she could rescue her people but Esther

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got afraid because she said I have not been summoned

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and if I go before the king I can get killed

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but Mordecai reassured her and told her this

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maybe you were born for such a time as this and

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she prayed to God knowing that God would help

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her as she went before the king and the king

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held out his golden staff to her and she was

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able to rescue her people. And that is how she

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activated her faith by putting it into action.

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And last but not least, Daniel. Daniel had a

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choice to either to pray to the king or pray

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to God Almighty. And he decided that he was going

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to place his faith in the one true living God.

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And the king was torn because Daniel was his

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most trusted advisor. And he said, I'm gonna

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have to put you in the lion's den. But Daniel

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said this, my God will deliver me. It shows that

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Daniel had a firm foundation in God. And even

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though that he was placed into the lion's den,

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he still trusted God knowing that God would deliver

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him. the next day the king went out and moved

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the stones from the lion's den and asked Daniel,

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Daniel has your god delivered you? and Daniel

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called out yes my god has delivered me and we

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see with Daniel is that he placed his faith in

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god knowing that god would deliver him he placed

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his firm foundation in god knowing that god is

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in control so Our points today are, one, the

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presence of God. God was with the three Hebrew

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boys in the fiery furnace. And we all go through

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fires in our life. So today, do you need God's

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presence to be with you? Whatever you're going

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through, whether it's bullying, family issues,

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school, God will be with you always. Number two,

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activate. Just like Esther, she activated her

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faith. putting it into action. So is there anything

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you need to do today that God is telling you

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to activate your faith and go knowing that he

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is with you? And number three, firm foundation.

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Daniel experienced the power of God in his life,

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even in the lion's den. So is there anything

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today that you're going through that you need

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to place your firm foundation in Christ knowing

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that Christ has the power. So if you have a personal

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relationship with Jesus Christ then this message

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will help you but if you don't have a personal

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relationship with Jesus Christ then I invite

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you to give your heart to the Lord today to receive

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him into your heart. Go to Romans 10 9 through

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10 it says If you confess with your mouth the

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Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God

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has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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For with the heart, one believes unto righteousness,

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and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation.

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If you said this prayer, with sincerity, you

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are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus.

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You are saved from all your sins, past, present,

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and future sins you may commit. Now, this truth

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is not a free past to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus

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gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers

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you to spread the gospel to others. You are saved

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forever and your name is written in the book

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of life.