Title: Never Compromise

Memorize: But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” Daniel 3:18 (Nkjv)

Bible Reading: Daniel 3:1-30 (Nkjv)

[1] Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

[2] And King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to gather together the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

[3] So the satraps, the administrators, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered together for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

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Message:

Today’s Bible reading tells us of three young men who stood by their principles and held on to their integritų even when they knew it could cost them their lives.

In Daniel 3:1-7, the Bible tells us that King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden idol and commanded his subjects to bow and worship before it.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego knew very well that they should only bow to and worship the God of Israel, so they quietly refused Nebuchadnezzar’s command.

When the king heard about the young men’s refusal to bow to his idol, he commanded his soldiers to throw them into the fiery burning furnace.

He then asked, “And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?” (Daniel 3:15).

However, before the end of that day Nebuchadnezzar came to the knowledge of the one true God who is able to save His children even from a fiery burning furnace.

My dear child, if you are true and faithful to Biblical principles and are committed to a life of honesty and integrity in honor of God, then no challenge or situation will eve be able to overcome you.

Key Point:

No matter the opposition you face, stay faithful to God’s principles.

HYMN 1: ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS’ NAME

1 All hail the power of Jesus’ name!

Let angels prostrate fall.

Bring forth the royal diadem,