The Sermon Faithfulness by Doe Rogers
Jun 24, 2012
Faithfulness (21:23)
Referenced Scriptures: Daniel 1:9; Daniel 1:17; Daniel 2:1-2; Daniel 2:13; Daniel 2:17-18; Daniel 2:27-30; Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:1-19; Matthew 14:19-33
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Daniel 1:9
9) Now God made Daniel to find kindness and compassion in the sight of the prince of the eunuchs.
Daniel 1:17
17) Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Daniel 2:1-2
1) In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
2) Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the enchanters, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
Daniel 2:13
13) So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
Daniel 2:17-18
17) Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18) that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should nor perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:27-30
27) Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king;
28) but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:
29) as for you, O king, your thoughts came [into your mind] on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall happen.
30) But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
Daniel 2:49
49) Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel was in the gate of the king.
Daniel 3:1-19
1) Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
2) Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
3) Then the satraps, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
4) Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,
5) that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up;
6) and whoever doesn‘t fall down and worships shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
7) Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
8) Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
9) They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, O king, live for ever.
10) You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
11) and whoever doesn‘t fall down and worships, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
12) There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; these men, O king, have not regarded you: they don‘t serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
13) Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.
14) Nebuchadnezzar answered them, Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you don‘t serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
15) Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to you fall down and worship the image which I have made, [well]: but if you don‘t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
16) Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
17) If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
18) But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up.
19) Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: [therefore] he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Matthew 14:19-33
19) He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes.
20) They all ate, and were filled. They took up twelve baskets full of that which remained left over from the broken pieces.
21) Those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
22) Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat, and to go ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
23) After he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray. When evening had come, he was there alone.
24) But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
25) In the fourth watch of the night Jesus came to them, walking on the sea.
26) When the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It is a ghost!" and they cried out for fear.
27) But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying "Cheer up! I AM! Don‘t be afraid."
28) Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."
29) He said, "Come!" Peter went down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.
30) But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!"
31) Immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"
32) When they got up into the boat, the wind ceased.
33) Those who were in the boat came and worshipped him, saying, "You are truly the Son of God!"
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Him were going to focus on and Daniel chapter three is on point here, but I does Larry view of an about face and down when I is kind of recap, Daniels Jefferson wanted to briefly so faith is essential to Christian life. Now we know that were saved by faith. We walk by faith, we are sustained by faith, and we are called to share our faith, and without faith. This catalysis, it is impossible to please God that also tells us that we all have a measure of faith given to us was firstly, some people have such a strong and great faith that when they come in the room is. It's like there will the mountains move furniture out of my way in hell I believe everything in and some of us are given a small face. That's the size of a mustard seed. So what even without mustard seed the planet and grow poultry, so it doesn't matter if you have got to move mountains to begin with Ricky Hatton must concede exists you have that measure of faith. So, let's remember that and we are all given an opportunity to grow in our faith. James chapter one verse two through four note telling us that we are not aisles and we are to expect them now. Sometimes there is a difference is what were going from one were going through them and we have to think about it because it's not always about hastening in the family room. He gone one hundred one through that scenario is start thinking about why this happened to me for some reasons why sometimes our trials are brought on by her own poor choices. Sometimes it's strictly warfare because of our faithfulness to God. Remember Joe and some of our access to purify and strengthen us so yeah, these are just things that we don't think about it. We do those work at once for saying that's not the so beginning of the story. After we start out as our faith walk again. So the more we walk in faith we follow God and trust him for Faith Perez and purifying and testing an innocent family here every bad habit or whatever awake instantly. Sometimes it just takes gradual little steps to get out and reread and he knows that and physical tests coming your way to see if you're ready to move on, or not yet announced, but these are things we discussed ourselves that we have to push ourselves to overcome and to keep going forward as well. So questions like I was looking inside ourselves today and ask do I remain faithful, how I handle adversity. Whenever things don't go my way or line up the way that I think they should. How I react to respond. So, when God seems so far away and I trust him or do I feel as he is abandoning the top when sometimes in my hour of doubt and confusion in my clinging to God. He knows and sees all citizen or resident Daniel took a overview here, chapter one, we see Daniel and his friends and said Sam Daniel Shadrach, the second and then again if we don't know them, and it has different names in here because they were in captivity and earnings were changed so these forecasters were chosen by the King and Eric trained for three years and is serviced right. I look at them first. Nine. It stood out very well. This is chapter one. He says now God caused the officials to show favorite sympathy to Daniel L Ehrlich at that him, verse seventeen is these four young men got gave knowledge and understanding in all kinds of literature and learning, and Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds. So here we are looking at these form a notice in verse life is the cause of God, okay, God gave them their guests. God enhance their gift okay application. Every one of us have a gift were called to- service that we had the thing is finding out that gift and letting going through the inside of us. The next important thing we have to in some ways submit to God, so that we can grow it against the callings that he has for us because we don't do those things. There's no direction so we need that direction in her life to serve God adequately and then we seen. Seventeen is a sending God gave them knowledge of all kinds said to Daniel, the interpretation of dreams and visions into the other's wisdom of all kinds of literature and learning okay, so there's a little bit different and what they were given and nobody's the same can look at somebody else's table they can do this. Why can't I there when he got only a matter I can do the same things that they do or they don't get it can't compare to each other because God has made us all unique and individual. He doesn't want us to all be puppets doesn't want us all think the same way or dress the same way you are. Do the same things were individual. We are all part of the body barrel in the face of God. There's something about that. The many faces of nine so as with any daily figure out whenever id. then again, Jeffords announced nothing, nothing can answer. He has a dream in his mind is very troubled so the later narrative Summit problem edition sorcerer astrologer is sending shares in everyone. He threatened their lives, they cannot interpret his dreams and our university change FAQ and Mrs. Daniel and he was explaining to his friends. They look the Kings just put a price on their heads that he said here's down to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery is a new dignity can come up with the answer to this dream is ninety nine seventy enlisted help from his friends to pray for him and I think that's inverse searching where he gives the endocrine can get his associate degree was issued to put the wife mentioned that, and the men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death 's overseeing all this come together here and back to the place to be really have to have a strong faith and know that God they got deleted. If in Houston to give me the answer in our because her facelift death, leaving the face of death, you know that our faith is called into question and something that I think about every once in a while, so that's a negative versus twenty seven through thirty in chapter two, Daniel replied no wise man enchanter magician or even designer can explain to the King the mystery. He has asked about, but there is a God in heaven reveals mysteries, he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you lay on your better leaves, and then he explained that was going on. Do this is as you were lying there a king. Charge of things to come in the revealer of mysterious show you what is going to happen. As for me. The mystery has been revealed to me because I have greater wisdom than other living man, but so that you okay may know the interpretation and you may understand what went through your mind so you don't hand me a left coaster. His line in proclivities. Okay, never to live in said chapter three. Let's see where things go back downhill again, King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold. I need behind and nine feet wide and seven upon the plaintiff during the province of Babylon, and he summoned all the satraps perfects governors advisors treasurers judges, magistrates, and all other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the invention set up since they transfer effects, governors, advisors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial officials assembled the dedication of the image by connecting Nebuchadnezzar had set up next and before then the herald loudly proclaimed this is what you are commanded to do the peoples, nations and men of every language. As soon as you hear the sound of the born to their letter harm- all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that the King has set up never does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing furnace, and its contents. Mercedes is at this time. Some astrologers came forward and denounce the Jews. They said to the king of England forever yet issued a decree a thing that everyone who hears the sound is found in the music room skip all of them must all down and worship the image of gold, and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the blazing furnace, but there are some views to have sent over the affairs of the province who yet set of the affairs of the province of Babylon Shadrach paycheck and then again the pay no attention to you okay, I neither serve your God and worship the image of gold that you have set up so furious with rage and Vanessa Simmons Shadrach, rejecting Abednego to these men were brought before the king Nebuchadnezzar said to them, is a true check recognition of any kind, and you do not serve my God to worship the image of gold that I have set up now, when you hear the sound of the more visitor latter part- of- music viewer are ready to fall down and worship the image I made very good that if you do not worship in the refrain immediately into the blazing furnace, and one half be able to rescue from my hand. So here we say things that given the answer. He said I never guess we do not need to defend ourselves or for you in this matter. If he ran into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, but even if he does not want you to know kingdom will not serve you your gods or worship the image of building is set up on a screenplay came up on rest. But if he doesn't like after my parish to parish may get to the point while I perish. At first I know what's right and I can't change what I believe they a lot of people. One of the change that we believe and accept things into mainstream that are not in his eyes. They have to just say no. Some things just aren't right now& the underground because if you don't stand your ground on issues, then it's conforming and I like it when people try to take one verse in the Bible when defender position. It's like you don't understand what Bible secant take one verse again on a student of the word don't read your Bible and the understanding of this one presented in the FCC has a home, so we have to stand up and we have to have faith in our God, that you see us through these legacy is through what we believe in what is right even know. Maybe the unpopular thing today, so we have to stand by what his word says and what his law says, just like they did back here, so he notices that Daniels is absent, history, friends, and this is a Daniel Cespedes, friends of Daniel 's death came by having to trust God would give him the interpretation of the King 's dream and Daniel is wise enough to know that he needed. Intercession from his friends. So the method to forty nine. Here moreover, at Daniel 's request, the king appointed Shadrach, a second. Then again, administrators of the province about a Daniel himself remained at the Royal flat plate for different delivery formulation. They are set up now, there being tested so they were placed in a position of authority by manager services supreme authority of God when you realize that you sometimes we may be put in a position to show the power of God. They show the hand of God the kindness to grace the compassion, whenever it is, it may not be real. Please is a situation wherein I've didn't glory of God, then so be it. If the signs are lightly, saying out that you will be done in the order in the fiery furnace. It was there excessive faith in the claims made seven times hotter maybe stop and think when the heat of blankets turned out you believe God will turn on the air conditioner can't control the temperature right. Sometimes the heat is turned up to note away now for things, and on Wednesday, changing us as the refiners fire. Sometimes we have e-mailed them down to remove that draw through the impurities in our lives. The things that God wants to change in us, so sometimes they have had a meltdown. I noticed that faith is believing the impossible and the faith of these three even brought them to the point that they were willing to give their life to serve God. We have brothers and sisters in other countries and their lives everyday as it comes that here yet they may someday be known because quite honestly thought that even even people that are Christians in other systems, different things coming in is a strange mixture of the world 's news and Christian views come together and it doesn't line up so someday we may be the minority what we believe and what we stand for now, we disown, except the way in the world spelling so are we willing to stand up indwelling sin. Maybe give your life 's interestingness something to management, billing and shipping submitting the question God 's sovereignty to reassess ourselves questions eventually believably profess as a backup firefighting, what do we do in our faith falters, who pointed in Matthew fourteen versus twenty two through thirty one when Jesus landed a solid large crowd had compassion on them, and healed their sick as evening approached the disciples came to him and said this is a remote place, and it's already getting late summer crowds away so they can go to their villages and buy themselves food. And Jesus replied, they do not need to go away. You give them something to eat. We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish, and he answered, bring them here to me. So I think I'm doing here is just multiplying those of little faith that they saw little bit of it all, a few of fish and loaves of bread. They were yet believing that they could make it more enamored and twenty two through thirty one, immediately Jesus saw Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd after he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat was already a considerable distance from the land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it during the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. The disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified because they said he cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them, take carries a design will be afraid motivates you fear applied selling to come to you on the water, he said. Then Peter got down on other than walked on the water and came towards Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid in beginning to sink he cried out in the Lord, save me immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him you of little faith, he said why did you doubt when they climbed into the bed, the wind died down, and those who weren't about worshiping in the boat worshiped him, and saying, truly you are the son of God, so you receive this message here and Peter had great faith as long as he kept his eyes on Christ. These lenses. It is you. You tell me to come out and water is a Jesus company if an alum, I think Donna is starting to run water as soon as he realized what he was doing enough scary son after sometimes refine you would realize what we do anything. Am I in a you get afraid when you become to make a decent back into your shell. All I know now I really meant to do that you were doing it before you got your eyes off of what you really knew often the goal to happen so many times make is that Christians are human. They make mistakes and we always will. But the thing is, we have to remain faithful in our belief in Christ they are saved by faith he saved us justify accepting him having faith that he is the readers. He knows our weaknesses as our failures. I have faith that he makes us all over commerce, whether whatever weaknesses. Whatever the failure, insert whatever we pursue the FA got to get us from point a to point B when they will be going home. I believe that I have faith that will be going out with him. He's going to come and meet us or leave him in another form is coming for us and will be with family have that faith and we can rely and no, that we serve a God who keeps his word. So we focus on the ways of our faith. Our faith falters to keep our focus on Christ and not on the waves. We are walking by faith is something that God gives us to grow our faith, something and not intend to shrink away from your face visit in case, sure, they still be tested may not be tomorrow or five years now might be ten fifteen twenty hundred years from now when it may not be here, but still we have to live life. This may be our last day that the live by faith in God 's legacy is through every day through our mistakes. There were victories through the hard times through everything and we go through, he's there, he's there in the midst of everything and then getting out early in life Tenebrae heavenly father, I thank you that you save us by your faith, by your grace and your mercy, we thank you. Nor did he give us opportunities to grow in our faith father for you to refinance and make us more like you or what you want us to be gone astray for each and everyone here, nor did she reveal the ministries and the gifts that you have within them, and by faith Lord, they would step out Nikki would just place your hand upon them and anoint them to do the job that you given them to do. Thank you Lord for this day. Therefore, this congregation and godliness prey to the festival have a speedy recovery actually wrong. The Lord Jesus name we pray. Amen. I careHim were going to focus on and Daniel chapter three is on point here, but I does Larry view of an about face and down when I is kind of recap, Daniels Jefferson wanted to briefly so faith is essential to Christian life. Now we know that were saved by faith. We walk by faith, we are sustained by faith, and we are called to share our faith, and without faith. This catalysis, it is impossible to please God that also tells us that we all have a measure of faith given to us was firstly, some people have such a strong and great faith that when they come in the room is. It's like there will the mountains move furniture out of my way in hell I believe everything in and some of us are given a small face. That's the size of a mustard seed. So what even without mustard seed the planet and grow poultry, so it doesn't matter if you have got to move mountains to begin with Ricky Hatton must concede exists you have that measure of faith. So, let's remember that and we are all given an opportunity to grow in our faith. James chapter one verse two through four note telling us that we are not aisles and we are to expect them now. Sometimes there is a difference is what were going from one were going through them and we have to think about it because it's not always about hastening in the family room. He gone one hundred one through that scenario is start thinking about why this happened to me for some reasons why sometimes our trials are brought on by her own poor choices. Sometimes it's strictly warfare because of our faithfulness to God. Remember Joe and some of our access to purify and strengthen us so yeah, these are just things that we don't think about it. We do those work at once for saying that's not the so beginning of the story. After we start out as our faith walk again. So the more we walk in faith we follow God and trust him for Faith Perez and purifying and testing an innocent family here every bad habit or whatever awake instantly. Sometimes it just takes gradual little steps to get out and reread and he knows that and physical tests coming your way to see if you're ready to move on, or not yet announced, but these are things we discussed ourselves that we have to push ourselves to overcome and to keep going forward as well. So questions like I was looking inside ourselves today and ask do I remain faithful, how I handle adversity. Whenever things don't go my way or line up the way that I think they should. How I react to respond. So, when God seems so far away and I trust him or do I feel as he is abandoning the top when sometimes in my hour of doubt and confusion in my clinging to God. He knows and sees all citizen or resident Daniel took a overview here, chapter one, we see Daniel and his friends and said Sam Daniel Shadrach, the second and then again if we don't know them, and it has different names in here because they were in captivity and earnings were changed so these forecasters were chosen by the King and Eric trained for three years and is serviced right. I look at them first. Nine. It stood out very well. This is chapter one. He says now God caused the officials to show favorite sympathy to Daniel L Ehrlich at that him, verse seventeen is these four young men got gave knowledge and understanding in all kinds of literature and learning, and Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds. So here we are looking at these form a notice in verse life is the cause of God, okay, God gave them their guests. God enhance their gift okay application. Every one of us have a gift were called to- service that we had the thing is finding out that gift and letting going through the inside of us. The next important thing we have to in some ways submit to God, so that we can grow it against the callings that he has for us because we don't do those things. There's no direction so we need that direction in her life to serve God adequately and then we seen. Seventeen is a sending God gave them knowledge of all kinds said to Daniel, the interpretation of dreams and visions into the other's wisdom of all kinds of literature and learning okay, so there's a little bit different and what they were given and nobody's the same can look at somebody else's table they can do this. Why can't I there when he got only a matter I can do the same things that they do or they don't get it can't compare to each other because God has made us all unique and individual. He doesn't want us to all be puppets doesn't want us all think the same way or dress the same way you are. Do the same things were individual. We are all part of the body barrel in the face of God. There's something about that. The many faces of nine so as with any daily figure out whenever id. then again, Jeffords announced nothing, nothing can answer. He has a dream in his mind is very troubled so the later narrative Summit problem edition sorcerer astrologer is sending shares in everyone. He threatened their lives, they cannot interpret his dreams and our university change FAQ and Mrs. Daniel and he was explaining to his friends. They look the Kings just put a price on their heads that he said here's down to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery is a new dignity can come up with the answer to this dream is ninety nine seventy enlisted help from his friends to pray for him and I think that's inverse searching where he gives the endocrine can get his associate degree was issued to put the wife mentioned that, and the men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death 's overseeing all this come together here and back to the place to be really have to have a strong faith and know that God they got deleted. If in Houston to give me the answer in our because her facelift death, leaving the face of death, you know that our faith is called into question and something that I think about every once in a while, so that's a negative versus twenty seven through thirty in chapter two, Daniel replied no wise man enchanter magician or even designer can explain to the King the mystery. He has asked about, but there is a God in heaven reveals mysteries, he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you lay on your better leaves, and then he explained that was going on. Do this is as you were lying there a king. Charge of things to come in the revealer of mysterious show you what is going to happen. As for me. The mystery has been revealed to me because I have greater wisdom than other living man, but so that you okay may know the interpretation and you may understand what went through your mind so you don't hand me a left coaster. His line in proclivities. Okay, never to live in said chapter three. Let's see where things go back downhill again, King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold. I need behind and nine feet wide and seven upon the plaintiff during the province of Babylon, and he summoned all the satraps perfects governors advisors treasurers judges, magistrates, and all other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the invention set up since they transfer effects, governors, advisors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial officials assembled the dedication of the image by connecting Nebuchadnezzar had set up next and before then the herald loudly proclaimed this is what you are commanded to do the peoples, nations and men of every language. As soon as you hear the sound of the born to their letter harm- all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that the King has set up never does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into the blazing furnace, and its contents. Mercedes is at this time. Some astrologers came forward and denounce the Jews. They said to the king of England forever yet issued a decree a thing that everyone who hears the sound is found in the music room skip all of them must all down and worship the image of gold, and that whoever does not fall down and worship will be thrown into the blazing furnace, but there are some views to have sent over the affairs of the province who yet set of the affairs of the province of Babylon Shadrach paycheck and then again the pay no attention to you okay, I neither serve your God and worship the image of gold that you have set up so furious with rage and Vanessa Simmons Shadrach, rejecting Abednego to these men were brought before the king Nebuchadnezzar said to them, is a true check recognition of any kind, and you do not serve my God to worship the image of gold that I have set up now, when you hear the sound of the more visitor latter part- of- music viewer are ready to fall down and worship the image I made very good that if you do not worship in the refrain immediately into the blazing furnace, and one half be able to rescue from my hand. So here we say things that given the answer. He said I never guess we do not need to defend ourselves or for you in this matter. If he ran into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, but even if he does not want you to know kingdom will not serve you your gods or worship the image of building is set up on a screenplay came up on rest. But if he doesn't like after my parish to parish may get to the point while I perish. At first I know what's right and I can't change what I believe they a lot of people. One of the change that we believe and accept things into mainstream that are not in his eyes. They have to just say no. Some things just aren't right now& the underground because if you don't stand your ground on issues, then it's conforming and I like it when people try to take one verse in the Bible when defender position. It's like you don't understand what Bible secant take one verse again on a student of the word don't read your Bible and the understanding of this one presented in the FCC has a home, so we have to stand up and we have to have faith in our God, that you see us through these legacy is through what we believe in what is right even know. Maybe the unpopular thing today, so we have to stand by what his word says and what his law says, just like they did back here, so he notices that Daniels is absent, history, friends, and this is a Daniel Cespedes, friends of Daniel 's death came by having to trust God would give him the interpretation of the King 's dream and Daniel is wise enough to know that he needed. Intercession from his friends. So the method to forty nine. Here moreover, at Daniel 's request, the king appointed Shadrach, a second. Then again, administrators of the province about a Daniel himself remained at the Royal flat plate for different delivery formulation. They are set up now, there being tested so they were placed in a position of authority by manager services supreme authority of God when you realize that you sometimes we may be put in a position to show the power of God. They show the hand of God the kindness to grace the compassion, whenever it is, it may not be real. Please is a situation wherein I've didn't glory of God, then so be it. If the signs are lightly, saying out that you will be done in the order in the fiery furnace. It was there excessive faith in the claims made seven times hotter maybe stop and think when the heat of blankets turned out you believe God will turn on the air conditioner can't control the temperature right. Sometimes the heat is turned up to note away now for things, and on Wednesday, changing us as the refiners fire. Sometimes we have e-mailed them down to remove that draw through the impurities in our lives. The things that God wants to change in us, so sometimes they have had a meltdown. I noticed that faith is believing the impossible and the faith of these three even brought them to the point that they were willing to give their life to serve God. We have brothers and sisters in other countries and their lives everyday as it comes that here yet they may someday be known because quite honestly thought that even even people that are Christians in other systems, different things coming in is a strange mixture of the world 's news and Christian views come together and it doesn't line up so someday we may be the minority what we believe and what we stand for now, we disown, except the way in the world spelling so are we willing to stand up indwelling sin. Maybe give your life 's interestingness something to management, billing and shipping submitting the question God 's sovereignty to reassess ourselves questions eventually believably profess as a backup firefighting, what do we do in our faith falters, who pointed in Matthew fourteen versus twenty two through thirty one when Jesus landed a solid large crowd had compassion on them, and healed their sick as evening approached the disciples came to him and said this is a remote place, and it's already getting late summer crowds away so they can go to their villages and buy themselves food. And Jesus replied, they do not need to go away. You give them something to eat. We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish, and he answered, bring them here to me. So I think I'm doing here is just multiplying those of little faith that they saw little bit of it all, a few of fish and loaves of bread. They were yet believing that they could make it more enamored and twenty two through thirty one, immediately Jesus saw Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd after he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat was already a considerable distance from the land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it during the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. The disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified because they said he cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately said to them, take carries a design will be afraid motivates you fear applied selling to come to you on the water, he said. Then Peter got down on other than walked on the water and came towards Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid in beginning to sink he cried out in the Lord, save me immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him you of little faith, he said why did you doubt when they climbed into the bed, the wind died down, and those who weren't about worshiping in the boat worshiped him, and saying, truly you are the son of God, so you receive this message here and Peter had great faith as long as he kept his eyes on Christ. These lenses. It is you. You tell me to come out and water is a Jesus company if an alum, I think Donna is starting to run water as soon as he realized what he was doing enough scary son after sometimes refine you would realize what we do anything. Am I in a you get afraid when you become to make a decent back into your shell. All I know now I really meant to do that you were doing it before you got your eyes off of what you really knew often the goal to happen so many times make is that Christians are human. They make mistakes and we always will. But the thing is, we have to remain faithful in our belief in Christ they are saved by faith he saved us justify accepting him having faith that he is the readers. He knows our weaknesses as our failures. I have faith that he makes us all over commerce, whether whatever weaknesses. Whatever the failure, insert whatever we pursue the FA got to get us from point a to point B when they will be going home. I believe that I have faith that will be going out with him. He's going to come and meet us or leave him in another form is coming for us and will be with family have that faith and we can rely and no, that we serve a God who keeps his word. So we focus on the ways of our faith. Our faith falters to keep our focus on Christ and not on the waves. We are walking by faith is something that God gives us to grow our faith, something and not intend to shrink away from your face visit in case, sure, they still be tested may not be tomorrow or five years now might be ten fifteen twenty hundred years from now when it may not be here, but still we have to live life. This may be our last day that the live by faith in God 's legacy is through every day through our mistakes. There were victories through the hard times through everything and we go through, he's there, he's there in the midst of everything and then getting out early in life Tenebrae heavenly father, I thank you that you save us by your faith, by your grace and your mercy, we thank you. Nor did he give us opportunities to grow in our faith father for you to refinance and make us more like you or what you want us to be gone astray for each and everyone here, nor did she reveal the ministries and the gifts that you have within them, and by faith Lord, they would step out Nikki would just place your hand upon them and anoint them to do the job that you given them to do. Thank you Lord for this day. Therefore, this congregation and godliness prey to the festival have a speedy recovery actually wrong. The Lord Jesus name we pray. Amen. I care