God bless you. Good evening. Sorry, we're a bit late. We're eight minutes late this evening. Hope you're all well, wherever you are this evening. Thank you so much for joining us, across the other side of the world and within this world and wherever you are tonight, we thank God for your lives. May God bless you and strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, we're going to be turning into the Old Testament that said, we're going to go into the book of Daniel chapter three, Daniel, chapter three, a bit of a long stretch tonight, a bit of a long read, but we'll get there Daniel, chapter three, for those that want to follow this through with the Word of God, are those just sitting now whatever you may be doing this evening, may God bless you, and strengthen you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, God is with us. He will never leave us nor forsake us. And you see, one like the Son of Man, one like the Son of Gods walk in with us in the fire. God is walking with you in the fire of life, God is walking with you and your circumstances, Christ is with you, the Holy Spirit is with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you, we're going to get straight to the message. And we thank you for all those downloads, 1000s of downloads for everyone that joins us on Spotify, and I Heart Radio on Buzzsprout and Alexa, and also for those that capture us through Amazon music and many other platforms. But let's get straight into the Scripture. And I really believe, as I've been saying, for a long time, as I've been feeling my spirit and my heart, you know, God is with us in many, many ways. And it feels very real lately, it feels very, very real. So let's just dive straight into the Scripture. And we're going to turn to Daniel chapter three. And we're going to pick it up from verse 13. A long stretch, and I bet we're probably pretty familiar with the text that we're in. We're in Daniel chapter three, Daniel chapter three, verses 13. right the way through to run about verse 26, about verse about 13. Verses of reading this evening, we've got about about 13 scriptures to get through. But God will guide us but if you feel that you've been thrown into the fire, if you've been if you feel you've been thrown into the arena of life, and it feels very hot, and it feels like someone is trying to trap you, someone is trying to square you, someone is trying to damage you, someone is trying to trip you, someone is trying to almost take you out of the equation, let me tell you this, God will not allow that to happen. He is in full charge. There may be enemies around when you look at King Nebuchadnezzar, what we're looking at here, this is a very hard man, this is a very powerful man, this is a man of the system, he made a foreign guard and he said if you if you do not bow down and worship, we got to be very careful what we worship we are living within the UK and the UK has many idols, there are many idols within the UK, within materialism, within the social networks that we're in, within life, within workplaces, in many areas of life, I'd be very careful that we are not looking and we are not hanging around and almost worshipping foreign gods worshipping foreign gods when when King Nebuchadnezzar said at this time at this moment, when you hear the the higher, the liar, the heart, the flute, the horn and all the different instruments when you hear that blast, please he says you will bow down. But there was three that there was three that decided we will not we will not do this, we will follow our God, we will follow the God of Israel. And I believe as we are looking across the UK at this moment, as we are looking within the UK and across the platform of life, the circle of life as we look at circumstances unfolding, I think that we could be entered into a time within the UK where we will be expected more to bow that be bowing down to foreign gods, you know go to the forest people might laugh at that people might laugh at the gods of nature, certain areas and certain layers of of leadership that that lift up certain gods higher than the God of Israel. So we are living in very precarious very powerful, very unusual, very strange, very strange times at this moment strange to the human being, but not strange to God. So I just want to let you notice more this evening this morning, this evening that wherever you are God is with you. He is the one walking with you. And you might feel that you've been thrown into the den into the lions den, another part of Daniel but we're in Daniel chapter three and we're in we're looking at shamrock me Shaq and Bendigo we're looking at three Jewish guys that said, Our God is able whatever our God says is right, whatever. Whatever happens to us Yes, it is right, whatever. You look at us, and however you look at us, and whatever you give us, and whatever you think about us, and whatever you're trying to do to us, all will be well, when I just want to let you know peace be with you tonight. If you are walking around in a very fiery situation, if you've got very fiery people around you, if you feel that you're being almost trapped and placed into a situation that is very dangerous, very awkward. You're not quite sure the outcome, just trusting God. Now we're going to I'm going to read there's a bit of a stretch of the read tonight. So let's get straight into this. We're in Daniel chapter three, picking up from verse 13. God is with you. And as you look at this scripture, and roundabout, verse 24. That's where it starts to get really, really powerful for me because I believe this is what God is doing with us at this moment. I believe God is walking so strongly with you and God is walking so strongly with me, you know, forget about what the church is doing. Forget about religious connotations. Forget about the religious stretch, forget about all that sort of stuff we are living in in times we are living in very powerful we are living in strong biblical times. And you might say, well, one to the other 1000s of years. Yes, yes. Oh, yes, they are still biblical times. But I really believe as we are living now there is there is there is almost a touch in a way that we never felt before, of the living God really stretching out really moving amongst us, guiding us and protecting us, and keeping us safe from harm. And then you can back that up with Psalm 91, verse 11, through 12, where he says he will command his angels concerning you to lift you up in all your ways so that you're not in their hands so you're not strike your foot against the stone. So God is with you. There is there is there is a time when we got to stand up for what we believe in. And I believe that we have approached and we are approaching and we are going into another another new a new dawn, a new beginning and the old is gone. The new has come. There is a new wave. There is a new press, there is a new push across the UK we are entering into new beginnings. We've never walked this way before as the scripture says, We've never done it this way before. So now it's a time for really listening and trusting in God's word and sitting within that scripture and trust in MSA. Right Lord tonight Lord, I trust you Lord, with my life with every area of my life. Lord, You are the fourth person in this father, you are the fourth one and you are walking with me in the flames of life in the flames of existence. You are with me and I will not get scorched, I will not get burned. I will not get damaged. But let's have a quick look. So let's have a read. Let's have a read of this. You'll have to forgive me got a bit of a fraud going on to air tonight. perfectly okay, though nothing to worry about. We're in Daniel chapter three, verses 13 As we pick the Scripture up tonight, as we see what God is saying to us through the Holy Word through his for his words, verse 13, and it says furious with rage. Nebuchadnezzar summoned shamrock me Shaq and Bendigo. And he so he said, and he brought these men before the king. And Nebuchadnezzar said to them, is this true shamrock me check in Bendigo, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up. Now when you hear the sound of the horn, the flute, the Xyla, the layout, the harp, the pipes, and all kinds of music. If you are ready to fall down and worship the image I have made very good. But if you do not worship it, then you'll be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. Then what God will be able to rescue you from my hand, Shamrock. meshack. And Bendigo replied to him the king Nebuchadnezzar, and they said this, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If you are going to throw us into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us and He will deliver us from Your Majesty his hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, your majesty that we will not serve your gods or worship the images of gold you have set up verse 19 of Daniel chapter three. It says Then, and King Nebuchadnezzar was furious with shamrock meshack and the Bendigo. And his attitude towards them changed. He ordered the furnace to be heated up seven times hotter than usual, and commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up shamrock meshack and the Bendigo and throw them into the blazing furnace. So these men were in their robes, their trousers, their tunics, and other clothing. were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. The king commanded and his urgency was upon them turn the furnace up so hot, the flames killed the soldier Is that took shamrock meshack and the Bendigo. And these three men firmly tied fell into the blazing furnace. Then the king Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement, and said to his advisors, one, they're only three men that we tied up and threw into the fire. They replied, certainly Your Majesty. He said, Look, I see a fourth men walking in the fire, unbound, unharmed, and the fourth looks like the son of gods, let's hold it there for a moment. Isn't it interesting that you find that the one walking in the fire is unbound, unharmed, and he has placed himself into Meshech shamrock and a Bendigo situation. I really believe in the power of God's word. I, I strongly believe in a scripture. And I believe that we are entering into very spiritual and very powerful times, like we've never seen before. But as believers, I believe that we are going to be presented into our situations, our workspace, our lives, our certain cultures, and certain areas of life, that we are going to be expected to lay Christianity down, and to worship foreign gods and to follow different areas of culture, and life and lay Christianity down. I honestly believe I've said this a few times. And when I say I honestly believe this is coming up from my innermost being, that if you are a believer, you may be surrounded by people in life in work at home, cultural settings, business settings, life settings, that suddenly their attitudes have changed toward you. Because that's what the text says the Kings attitude, change towards them. Why was the attitude changed is because these three young men believed in the God of Israel, they believed in the God above all gods, they believed that their god would deliver them from harm. And they was polite, and they was calm. And they said very clearly, whatever you want to do to us is fine. Whether our God rescues us or even if he doesn't rescue us, it basically is the Lord's will. And in the scripture that we have looked at very clearly we can find that the Kings attitude changed. We have to be careful of leaders in this nation, that their attitudes can change, whether that is leaders within the political area, whether that is leaders within the business area, whether that is leaders within the monarchy, whether that's leaders within our our settings of our life, whether that is educational leaders, whether that is people around us, be careful of people that their attitudes change towards you. And I really believe that we are going to be placed into situations where people's attitudes towards us are going to change. Now this king knew these three, he knew them quite well to a certain degree. Now, there may be people around you, you may know people you might know someone, and their attitude is changing towards you. Now, it says in verse 16, it says shamrock may shack and the Bendigo replied to the king, King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. There are many that we will not need to defend ourselves because the battle belongs to the Lord. So what do I do I trust the Bible says, The just shall live by faith. We are living at a time within the cultural settings, within the settings of life within the platform within the UK that's been set up, that we need to live by faith. Now, I believe I've said this again, I'm sorry for keep almost repeating myself, but this is what's coming out My Spirit. I honestly believe that we are expected and we will be given the strength to rise up as believers to stand on what we believe on. What do I believe in? I believe in Genesis through Revelation, I believe in the birth and the death and resurrection of Christ, I believe in the power of God's word. I believe in the gifts of the Spirit. I believe in the fruits of the Spirit. I believe in the fundamental preaching and teaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ, I believe, on the roof of God, I believe about the love of God. I believe that salvation is is is on and comes from God. I believe that Jesus is the Way the Truth and the Life and we could bring up so many scriptures that will firm us in our faith in our walk with Christ. I believe that God is the rock of all ages. I believe that He is Jehovah Jireh I believe that he is a healer. I believe that he is the rock of all ages. I believe that is a bright Morningstar, I believe, I believe. So there are many scriptures that we can pull out of his word that can lead us and take us to a place of belief. But now we are living in a time where we are looking very clearly across the platform of the UK. And we will be expected if you are a believer, to lay down your faith and to serve and to foreign and to serve and to follow foreign gods doesn't matter what culture you come from, doesn't matter what your press is on life doesn't matter what your bank account looks like, doesn't matter that there has been a leading and there has been a guide, and there has been a herding up to the situation that we are in at this moment. Now we are seeing very quickly and I believe that there will be another change in leadership very, very soon in the political areas. That we will see a very quick change again in the political areas because what is happening is too much for a human being to cope with. We are living in very powerful spiritual times. And if you are a believer, this is a time to hold on to the Word of God like never before. This is a time to stretch out and to stretch in to Christ because He says I am the Way the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me. But we are living very precariously at this moment. It almost feels like we're walking on a tightrope, we're not sure what is going to happen. But the Bible says in Psalms 119, excuse me, Your word is a lamp unto my feet a light for my path. God's word will be the light, it will be the way it will be the lamp for your feet. The Bible also says every place that the soul of your foot shall tread upon is your territory. So the territory that you make progress in now, again, now is a time for stretching out and our faith, faith and actions go together. So whether you're working, whether you're retired, whether you're whatever your your human pressure on this life is, whatever your your cultural upbringing is, whatever your situation is, I again, I see this as well, that there are many cultural wolves that have come through years and years, hundreds of years of cultural teachings through Pete white people live while they've been brought up. But these walls are like walls of Jericho, and they are falling because they have limited many people to the cultural context and the cultural setting of their life. And God is breaking down walls and there is there is there is a crossing over. Because the body of Christ cannot be bucked into one culture. And another culture. The kingdom of God has no walls, the kingdom of God is not controllable by man. So no one can control the kingdom of God but but man and leaders control religion and certain areas of faith and certain parts of the world and certain areas of business. And there is there is a big element at the moment. And we've seen for a long time of a herding of a controlling press. Now, when we look at King Nebuchadnezzar, he makes this very clear. If you do not, if you do not do what I tell you to do, there will be a consequence. Now we see this a number of months ago when back if some people weren't going to do what the government said at a certain time or a certain movement, there were certain political errors, certain political people that was coming out that was really coming against those that would not conform to the pattern of what the government wanted, there was a big press for a certain way that you had to conform. And if you didn't conform, you won't be able to have access to a B, C and D. So we have seen this and we have heard this, isn't it interesting how this can come around very, very quick. So we are living in Pharaoh times we are living in King Nebuchadnezzar times. And when we look across life and when we look within the UK, we have to be very careful that we do not conform to the pattern of the world. The Bible says do not conform to the pattern of the world but have your mind and be renewed and be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Do not conform do not give in. Again, endurance comes from my heart. We got to endure we got we've got to go through like an athlete, like a real athlete that is dedicated to the cause what they believe that they're called to what their giftedness whatever the athlete is pushing towards there is a certain amount of separation between culture, family life, certain areas, giving stuff up and enduring and pushing in and, and we are at a time now where well we have got to step out and step up and step into God's word. Three, three certain areas of life, stepping up, stepping in and stepping over, and and moving forward. There is there is almost a lunge for a believer to go up move in and go. It's like military style. It's it's as if we've had over the last 10 days, a big opportunity and enormous window for Christianity and Christians and Bible believing believers to stand up and to continue. What Her Majesty laid out without going into the Monica without going to her belief is Is she made very clear to the world what she believed in, stripped back, all the church stripped back, everything else, stripped back, the monarchy stripped back everything. She was a believer, she believed in Jesus Christ. So when we look at a leader that believes in Jesus Christ, and a leader, has run the race, and has been given the prize, and have been called home by God, then we have to look well who is left, when you look at Joshua, Joshua took over from Moses. But Moses was the next leader placed him by God. So now we look across the platform in the world and we say, Where are the godly leaders? Where are the leaders that will lead by clear, biblical example. So we have to open our eyes, we have to say God, I need you to make me more alert spiritually sharp, because this this will be expected. If you are a believer, this will be expected to bow down and to serve foreign gods. Now foreign gods come in many shapes, form sizes, different formats, and different ways. But the attitude, the attitude of those that are coming against the believer. Now, King Nebuchadnezzar knew these three, he knew them quite well. And he makes this very clear, he says, Now when you hear the sound, when you hear the sound of the home, the liar with his say, the heart, the float, the pipes, and all music of all kinds. If you are ready to fall down, see that there is there is a move, there is a shaping there is an indoctrination. There is a shaping of getting you ready getting me ready to fall, there is almost a preparing the human being to conform. It says Are you ready? Well, they was not ready because they were serving the God that created all the gods. They're serving the God of Israel, they are serving the King of kings and the Lord of lords, they are serving the God of Isaac, Jacob, Abraham, the forefathers. So we are living in a time when we have to stand up for the Word of God, in your workplace, in your marriage, in your life, in your relationships, in your school setting, in your educational setting, because if I do not stand up, I could be I'll put present it very quickly. I could be crushed amongst the crowd, the crowd, the crowd that is gathering, the crowd that has been driven the crowded had been driven here by His Majesty, very interested in the text that we are in this evening. It says shamrock Meshech and the bendy ko replied to the king, King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before in this matter. So there is a clear a clear word from these three guys that was following the God of Israel, we do not need to defend ourselves. So this is not about putting the gloves on. This is not about jumping into the political arena. This is not about jumping into the arena of life and starting and trying to and fight your way through because I've got to realize that the battle belongs to the Lord. So it's very important for me to understand that I am a servant, I am an instrument. I am a child of the living God I'm a son or a daughter and I belong to the kings domain. Another another area of of battling we find ourselves looking at the other king in the Old Testament very clearly in Chronicles, it makes it very clear. The king that was given a message he said, there are three enemies coming over the hill to wipe you out. And the king made it very clear he he he fasted and he prayed and he laid out straight out on the floor, and he sought the Lord. This is where we are at the moment that each each every one of us. Even the king had to seek the guidance of the God of Israel, just because he was the king the enemy was bigger than the king and all the fighting instruments and everything that went with him. He could not he could not fight this on his own. And he made that very clear and he called fasting and prayer, fasting and prayer prayer and fasting the Word of God, faith and actions there comes a point in our lives when we have to lay everything down that is around us and go into fasting and prayer to seek God and to push into the realms I'm pushing to my mother layers them other areas them spiritual places that can only be done in the secret place when the world isn't looking. When it's not I know what plays when he's not home when it's not with your family. There is there is a press into God like we go in, in alone, you're going into the throne room you're going, because there's access through Christ Jesus. So remembering that we are in Christ, we are children of Christ, we are sons and daughters of Christ. So we have access to the Father because He says, I am the Way, the Truth and the Life No one comes to the Father except through me. So dear God, in the name of Jesus, I come to you tonight, Lord, and I ask you Father, that you will take me into that secret place, and in that secret place, where the world is trying to throw me into the fire, because, excuse me, I will not bow down and serve foreign gods. I will not worship foreign gods when I hear the sound, we will be hearing lots of sound and lots of movement. Within the UK very loud, very loud, sounding very, very noisy. We're gonna enter in for a very noisy time, where we're going to hear a hard drumbeat, we're going to hear music, and it's going to be requiring us to conform to the pattern of what the drumbeat is going to be coming out, or wherever you want to see it's coming out and it will be coming out in many areas, many different layers, it will be coming out through the elite circles that were coming out through the mid circle be coming out of the religious circle, it will be coming out in many different areas. And I've got to ask myself, Is this for God? Or is it against God because I got to make sure that I cannot be caught in the wave that is against God, I got to make sure that I do not bow down and serve foreign gods I've got to be found worshipping the King of kings and the Lord of lords. And I might have to be like a Meshech, a shamrock and a Bendigo, I might have to be like Daniel to be prepared to be thrown into the lions den. And trust God that God will send an Angel and close the mouth of the lions, so that the king will look over the top again and go hang on a minute. What is going on here, this this is not normal. This, this is not right, the fire hasn't taken the three out. And the lions haven't taken the one servant out. If you know that you are a servant, if you know that you are a believer, now is a time to hold on to the Word of God and to seek Him like we've never sought him before. Now, when there is an attitude change, that's when the trouble comes, when there is an attitude, change of the other person or the other persons or the leaders or the establishment when there is a change in that attitude towards you as believer, that's when the fire will get turned up hotter and hotter. When their attitude because when attitude comes in, opinion comes in when opinion comes in. Anger comes in when anger comes in. They they look the world looks at you as a completely rebellious and you you have to conform to what I'm telling you to conform to because if you do not conform, if you do not listen to the culture, now, there are a lot of people that have been brought up in in different cultures. And we are finding and we are seeing that these cultures are being broken, broken down because there has been an in certain cultures women especially have been chained like slaves to the men in certain cultures. Now these walls are being broken and these women are not being expected to live any more like slaves, sex slaves, whatever it may be, there are certain cultures that treat women very, very badly, whether that is a religious culture or whether that is just a culture that has come up from certain areas. God is rescuing women, God is dropping walls in certain cultures and God is removing and it got it is almost getting women to come out of these cultures and he is and he's rescuing women, from cultures from men that have agendas for their own gain. Now, there are other cultures that are pressing the religious drive. And there are cultural teachings upon women and upon men and trying to manipulate men and women in certain ways and trying to give them such an indoctrination indoctrinating them and almost giving them fear that you have to be living like this. You have to be subservient to me you have to obey what I say well, let me say this God is breaking down walls in in political agendas, monarchies, business, education, religion, walls are being broken down in culture and there is almost an escape there is a new breath of life coming into cultural settings where women are being extracted and they are leaving cultural ties like never before, because God is freeing up his daughters, God is freeing up his believers, his sons and daughters, and even some men are caught in in such a press, that they are being herded to live in a certain way under a certain regime and a certain setting. So, we are finding that we are looking at very emotional people at the moment we are looking at people that are tired and people are starting to realize that I that I have been bowing down to these these leaders, these cultural ties for too long parents have been brought up but now that we are breakpoint, you will find that walls are gonna fall Jericho are falling in many areas of culture, business, education, and, and different different different places around the world. And also within the UK, different counties, different places, different parts across this nation, we are starting to see fightin breaking out as well. We are starting to see areas of culture coming against culture, because that culture has to begin that culture has to be the strongest culture. But God is breaking that down. And and we are going into almost an uncontrollable drive. But I want to tell you tonight, Peace be with you focus on the God of Israel, focus on The King of kings and the Lord of lords, there is a breakout, there are some pockets breaking out within this nation. Areas that things that we never thought possible, certain people have been released, certain people are being released, women are being released, walls are coming down. And also there has been a threat against certain people that if you do not conform to this pattern, we will control you, and we will dictate to you and you will obey what we are going to say. Now, this is a very different word tonight, this is a very, very different word tonight, now we are breaking out we are 1012 13 days out coming out of a certain situation a certain brief a certain taken away or however you want to look at that. Within the UK, we are not at breaking point we are on new starting blocks. And the UK is at this point of ready to move in a way that he's never moved before religion, church, whatever way we look at it, we have now this great window of opportunity to say I will not conform. I am a believer and I'm going to stand on the Word of God. But when you stand on the Word of God, be prepared for the attitude of the enemy. Maybe it's someone you know, maybe it's someone at work, maybe it's somebody in relationship, maybe it's someone that you're very close to maybe it's a few people, maybe it's a band of cultural stuff that is coming against you. And you've actually said, I'm not going to live like this anymore. I'm not going to live in the way that you expect me to live. Because my god is given me freedom. And God is drawing now. Let's let's just pick this back up there. This is such a deep press and I'm very conscious of the time it's already 11 minutes past eight within the UK. Now let me just drop back up here a minute. And it says in verse 15. The king says when you hear the sound, this is what I expect you to do of all kinds of music, we will hear all kinds of music, we will hear all kinds of of attitudes coming out. If you are ready to fall down, do not fall down and do not conform to the pattern and do not worship the image I am made there are very, there sorry, there are lots of images being made, being shaped at this moment. There are lots of areas of life that we can see, images are being formed, structure is being formed. If you bow down and worship the image, I have made very good, but if you do not worship it, then you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace, then the god and it says then what God will be able to rescue you from my hand. So he's talking about the I am in control, I am the King, I control this nation, you will do what I tell you to do King Nebuchadnezzar made it very clear if you do not worship the idol or the foreign gods, if you do not do what I tell you now, this this what he was asking him to do, came around very quickly, very very fast. There was a change in attitude there was a change leadership. There was a change in the say traps. There was a change in the tribal way. There was a change in culture, there was a change be careful when change comes in. We don't get caught in a cultural change. I've got to make sure that I understand my god will rescue me, Your God will rescue you. Your God is taking you out if you are a woman that has been living under a certain cultural heaviness for years, God is God is going to rescue you. God is going to put people in your life to get you out of your situation, because the battle belongs to the Lord. And we are living in very spiritual and very powerful times, women are being rescued from many areas of life, from hard pressing, religious situations, hard pressing, cultural situations, hard pressing marriages, from abusers from manipulators, from shapers from people, God is rescuing many at this moment, because God will rescue. Now this is this had been put to us very clearly through the Scripture. And it says but if you do not worship it, and you will be immediately thrown into the blazing, no, no messing about, the authority is not going to mess about we have got you once this is what I'm going to do. And this is how I'm going to do it. I'm going to take you and I'm going to throw you and I'm going to try to dispose of you straight away. Then he says what God in verse 15, what God will be able to rescue you from my hand. That is a very dangerous statement to make any human being puts a hold a vocal hold over anyone who is going to rescue you, from my hand, I am controlling you and no God, no one can rescue you from me. Well, let me tell you this, if anyone is controlling you, if any situation is controlling you, if any culture is controlling you, if any business press is controlling you've education is controlling you, if anyone is telling you that they are controlling you be very, very aware that that situation suddenly will come to an end, because we are living in powerful spiritual times. And we are seeing things happen so fast, so quick, it's almost been taken us by surprise, because God moves suddenly, when the God of Israel moves suddenly, the kings have to bow down. When the God of Israel, the God of all creation moves, suddenly, you will find religion gives way to the God of Israel. The foreign gods have to give way, demons have to give way to Jesus God Christ moves suddenly. And this is what we are seeing. God is moving suddenly, and it is taking us by surprise. When it says shamrock verse 16, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. We do not have to defend ourselves in front of anyone, any control, any commodity, any elite, any consortium, any political agenda, any monarchy press, any enemies drive, we do not need to defend ourselves, because God is rescuing. He is the God that says this. I will be an enemy to your enemies, woe betide anyone that is trying to stop you, especially now growing and moving forward. In Jesus Christ, we will start to see a sudden turn and the enemy will turn in on itself. It says we do not need to defend ourselves in this matter. Verse 17, of Daniel chapter three, if we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve. Now, this is very, very important to me, that I understand that God that I serve the God that I serve, is the God of Israel. The God that you serve is the God of Israel, I believe, the God that we serve together, the God that we trust the God of Genesis to Revelation, He will not let he will not let the righteous be forsaken. He will not let the righteous be beggars of bread. He will not let any one of us be thrown into that fire and be taken out by the fire. But we may be placed into a very unusual situation. But let me tell you there will be someone walking with you. That will make a way where there is no way because when you look at this text, as the as the text tells us very clear a bit further down. It says I'm going to jump down a little bit. He says in verse 24. Then King Nebuchadnezzar lived to his feet in amazement and asked his advisors one there were only three that we tied up and we threw into the fire, they replied, certainly you majesty. He said, Look, I see. Fourth men. I see a fourth men walking around in the fire unbound. No one can bind, no one can tie up. No one can restrain Jesus Christ, no human being no foreign god, no majesty, no leader, no consortium, no foreign god, no antichrist, no evil press can bind up, can wrap up, can trap our God, because God, Christ, He will put himself into our situation, because he says I will never leave you nor forsake you. So he is the fourth one, in the arena of trouble. The battle belongs to the Lord, You are not alone. But you may feel that you have been placed into a furnace, you have been placed into a situation that is so hot, that it can be so damaging, that is so frightening, that you feel so fearful that you cannot see a way out. The enemy threw these three into the fire. The enemy was the one that released them out of the situation, the ones that threw them into the fire, they was the ones that got taken out. So when you realize and when I realized who my God is, I will start to see the world falling away. The psalmist says 10,000 may fall at this site 1000 up my right hand, but no disaster will come near your 10 For he will command his angels concerning you to lift you up in their hands so that you will not strike your foot against the stone. But I got to know who my God is. I got to know who my Redeemer is. I got to know who this Savior of the world is. And he has presented Himself to you before you know and before I knew who he was because of the power of predestination, and God is rescuing many from culture and drawing you out of cultural living and cultural lifestyles. You may feel that the enemy is being released any moment around you and around your setting and you may feel surrounded tonight, you may feel absolutely surrounded on all sides, you may feel that there are flames so high. You are not going to get out of this situation. You may feel like Daniel that you've been thrown into the lions den, the stone has been rolled over. You see the lions you see the trouble. But God will make away the lions will not take you out the fire will not burn you. The scripture makes it very clear further on in the text that they did not even smell of smoke, that their hair was not singed. Their clothing was not marked by the frames who died the enemy died in the situation. The enemy was putting the believers into the enemy will get taken out in their own situation. The enemy in God's Word always dies in its own situation. Hold your place, Be steadfast in the Word of God, do not give up do not allow the outside culture, lifestyle, political agendas, whatever comes and whatever looks like it's coming your way my way. Whether it's a Daniel in the lion's den experience, whether it's an experience or meshack, shamrock and a bendy go where you've been or we've been thrown physically over into the furnace. And it seems so hot, there seems to be no way out of a situation. God will make a way where there is no way. And as it goes further on. Let me read this, we're going to bring this to some form of oppose for a while until we meet again. And it says if you throw us into the blazing fire, verse 17 of Daniel chapter three if you or if we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it. The God that you serve is able to deliver you from your cultural drive, from your business trouble from your marital issue from your relationship issue from your abuser. God will deliver you and God will make a way for you where there seems to be no way. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace. The God we serve is able to deliver us from it. But I'm expected what I'm expected to walk around in trouble for a while. Three times I pleaded with the Lord. Will you take this from me? But the word that came back to the New Testament writer was this, My grace is sufficient for you. My power is made perfect in weakness. Sometimes we have to go to such a lonely space. Sometimes we have to go to such a hot situation. Sometimes we have to be thrown into the arena with the enemy, to suddenly realize that our God is with us. Suddenly, we have to walk the Valley of bachauer for many days, for the treacherous nights for the treacherous days. Sometimes we have to face the glass of life. Sometimes we have to walk around the Geragos. Sometimes we are placed into an area of living that seems to be God vacant. But God is already gone into your vacant thoughts into your vacant setting. And God has already walked and God has already made way for you in that territory, because the battle belongs to the Lord. Sometimes we got to run out of the hill, run down from the cave, run down and face our Goliath, a very individual battle with a very individual Goliath. Sometimes we might be journeying with a group of people, me Shaq, shamrock and Abednego. Maybe as believers we may be placed into a hot setting, and we are walking together and we will see God's hand between a few of us. So it may be in the setting of we may be in a setting of a few, we may be in a setting of an individual, but God will always be with us in the battlefield of life. God will put himself into the battle, God will put himself into the fire no one put this when you look at this text that what he says here, he says let me read this a little bit further if we are thrown into the blazing furnace, that God we serve will be able to deliver us from this and He will deliver us from Your Majesty his hand but even if he doesn't we want you to know Your Majesty that we will not serve you your worship your gods or worship the image of God then the king was furious with shamrock Meshach and Abednego his attitude change to towards them change be very careful of attitudes changing towards you be very careful of certain people leaders, controlling mechanisms systems, the elite areas of life the attitude is going to switch and change toward you. It may be a political area, it may be an individual it may be a setting, it may be a controlling element. It may it may look very okay it may look okay at the moment but the attitude when the attitude change, something happens. It says there never can ever will was furious. Be careful of someone that is very furious with you. Be careful when someone has an attitude toward you. Be very careful because they want you to conform to how they want you to be. Do not conform to anyone any human being. But be prepared to be placed onto what onto the potter's wheel because you are unique. You are an individual, your family can't shape you your culture can't shape you. The foreign gods are not meant to be shaping you the political agendas cannot shape you. The world cannot shape you, your marital situation cannot shape you. Your children cannot shape you your education. The people around you are not meant to shape you. The master is the one that shapes us. Because we are very individual and we are different pots we are different vessels. And we have different understandings. You are you Nique you are very different to your brother, your sister, your husband, your wife, you are very different to the ones you walk with you are very different to the ones that you run with. You may blend together at a certain time like me, Shaq, shamrock and Bendigo you may walk together. But be careful for the attitude of the audience that is around you. Because when it changes, it becomes furious. It becomes angry and it becomes powerful, and the attitude and the Furious ness of the system. The situation may be so strong that it actually places you into a very precarious situation. God did not deliver them from the situation. God did not remove them from that situation. They had to walk in a situation before they see the power of the God that they serve, deliver them from the situation. So be prepared to be thrown into an arena, by culture by people, by one by someone be prepared to be thrown into a very precarious situation, but the situation did not take them out, the situation will not take you out, the situation will not burn you the situation the glass will not take you out, but be prepared to be placed into a very hot, a very hard your situation. But say this, our God is able, the God that I serve the God that I believe in, will deliver me one way or another I will be delivered and he will deliver me from what from your hands, who was King Nebuchadnezzar he was stripped the titles back he was a human being. There could be possibly may be human beings in your life, that know you that have walked with you, that want you to conform to a certain way. They may be business leaders, they may be they I don't know who and I don't know what, what is going on in our all of our situations. But be prepared for the change of attitude. When attitude changes. When someone has got a furious attitude towards you, or towards me, or towards a group, a believer, we find that they become angry. And they become powerful for a moment. And they almost take control of you of me of the situation. And the three believers were placed into a situation by the enemy. So we may have to go to the edge of almost non return. Let's put it like this. Where do we see this? God gives instruction to Joshua to tell the Levitical priesthood to go and stand in the Jordan. We may have to be prepared to go into a situation and it says go to the brink. I love that text because the brink means there's no way out of this. There's no it's just a one way ticket and that is forward. But the forward motion it may be the Jordan it may be the Red Sea, it may be glass, it may be Jericho, it may be a fire, it may be an expectation of the world for us, for you for me, to bow down and to worship foreign gods, we may be placed into a situation like the Israelites were hemmed in by Pharaoh and his army hemmed in there is no way out. Unless Unless what unless God shows up. We are in situations that there are and there is no way out unless God shows up. But let you let me remind you of this. God showed up God is faithful. God is faithful his word cannot return void. If you know who you are in Christ, if you are a believer in the gospels, if you are a believer in the power of God's word, you may find that the the rest of my life, your life, our life, whatever it may be, as believers on this earth, we may be going from one place to another place from one hard situation to another situation, we may look to the left and we got a hard us place there. We may look to the right and we got a hard us place there. We might look to the south, the east, the north and the west. And wherever we look, you can feel surrounded by culture trying to shape you, by family trying to shape you just like Joseph and his coat. Be very careful who you present your vision and your dream to because who you present your vision and your dream to may not like what God has for you. What the father has for you may bring jealous, jealousy into your household may bring jealousy into your relationship. Because when you tell your family when you tell your family what God is doing and what God has for you and the blessing upon you. When jealousy comes in. Anger comes in. attitude comes in. And it doesn't matter if you have lived walked with the person, your business partner, your friend, your brother, your sister, your parent, whoever it is when jealousy steps into someone's heart, it changed soul. When soul got jealous over David, what did saw At soul nurtured and nurse David in his own house, David was okay all the time David was conforming and being brought up under saws hand. But when David started to rise in anointing, what happened when David started to come back from the battlefield, were more miracles when David came back, and people started to recognize that that man is called and chosen. Saul became bitter, he became angry. When jealousy enters into a heart of a human, there is trouble. There is so many places we could go to tonight in the Word of God. But I believe that there are many of you, many of me, many of us, been placed into very precarious situations. But there is, there is the God above all gods. There is the King above all kings, there is the Lord. Above all lords, there is a word beyond all words, there is your God and there is your father, there is your savior, there is your Messiah, he says, I will never leave you nor forsake you. But we find again and again and again. God does not remove the fire. God does not remove this king from their life. God does not remove this very hard, this very bitter. This very, excuse me, furious, very jealous man from their life. What God does, he demonstrates his power to the one that is coming against you. God's power is demonstrated when the enemy throws us into an arena. When lions could Maul us, when the fire could burn us and take us out. When Goliath could batter us to death, when it looks like there is no return for you. God will bring you out of the ashes got you will rise on wings as of eagles, you will soar on wings like eagles, you will run and not grow weary, you will press in God will make a dry God will make a fun place. In a very unusual setting. God will deliver you, God will feed you at the brook with unclean birds in an unclean situation. God has provision for your life in very unusual settings. Because God is doing unusual things because he is an unusual God. God is doing unusual things with unusual people believers. In unusual times in the last days, we are seeing such a change such a move within the UK. It's like a storm has been broken out. waves are crashing everywhere. But the believer will not drown. The believer will make it the believer will see the sunrise and see the sunset the believer if that believer holds on, and seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and hold on to this word, above family, above life, above business, above relationships, above all things, above all things. Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and everything else will be added unto you. There is there is an there always has been an order first God it has to be God. God above all gods God above everything God above everyone, God above all, it has to be God. That's let's just quickly read this. We're gonna we're gonna bring this one to land. And I pray that God will continue to speak to you tonight. In the mighty name of Jesus. It says in verse 21. So these men were in their robes, their trousers, their tunics and other clothing. were bound and thrown into the blazing furnace. You are wearing your ordinary clothes. The reason the Scripture makes mention of this cloth is because logically, cloth will soon catch on fire. As soon as flames touch cloth. As soon as flames hit the cloth. As soon as the flames make contact with that cloth. It is expected through logic through reasoning through fire through understanding that that cloth will catch a light. The scripture says they had their clothes. They had their trousers, their robes, their tunics, they was covered in garments, but their garments did not catch on fire, your garments of praise. I wear Ephesians talks about put on the armor, I put on the breastplate of righteousness, I lift up the sword of the Spirit, I put the helmet off. So salvation I put, my feet are fitted with the with the readiness with the gospel of peace. I've got the shield of faith, I've got the belt of truth, I am dressed, I am ready. I am dressed in the full armor. The scripture says Put on the full armor of God and be ready. But do not fight you don't do not need to fight. Because your God is able Your God will deliver your God will set free your God will make away your god your king, we're coming we're finished. We're done. We're over. The king's commandment was this. It was so urgent to turn up the flames so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took shamrock Meshech and Bendigo. The flames were so hot that the flames consumed the enemy. Do not worry about the enemy. God will take care of the enemy. Let's just be faithful to His word. Let's trust him. Let's walk with him. Let's serve Him we are servants are the most highest. And I want you to know tonight. Let the peace of God that surpasses all knowledge, all understanding. We upon you tonight. You are a son and your daughter of the living God. And wherever you are, as I say good night and and as you press into the evening. It may be morning it may be the middle of night, wherever you are across the earth. I pray that you'll find peace in the Scripture. Because the battle belongs to the Lord. And whatever your understanding is tonight, let's just remind ourselves that God is able, oh God is able, he is more than able. He is more than capable. The plans that God had for me Shaq shamrock and the Bendigo was to go in fire. The plans that God has for you and for me, we may have to go into the arena into the fire we may have to stand in front of the enemy, face to face, eyeball to eyeball. We may have to touch the skin that the enemy is living in. We may have to feel the heat of the situation. But God will deliver us from the situation. God will deliver us from the kings. God will deliver us from the authorities God will deliver us from anyone that comes against us. Because your God is April May God bless you and strength for you. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ. I thank you for your life. I thank you that you stayed with us. God is with you. Never give up in Jesus name. Amen.
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