The Power of Resilience
March 19, 2023

Now Christ is

any ruler or authority or power or leader or anything else in the world.
“EPHESIANS 1:21 (NLT)”


Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will

from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
“DANIEL 3:16-18 (NIV)”


And if we know he is

when we make our requests, we can be sure that he will give us what we for.
“1 JOHN 5:15 (NLT)”


The Lord is a

; Yahweh is his name! Pharaoh’s chariots and army he has hurled into the sea. The finest of Pharaoh’s officers are drowned in the Red Sea. The deep waters gushed over them; they sank to the bottom like a stone.
“EXODUS 15:3-5 (NLT)”


He endured the

, despising the shame…
“HEBREWS 12:2 (NKJ)”


But he who endures

shall be .
“MATTHEW 24:13 (NKJ)”


We are hard-pressed on every side, yet

; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed–
“2 CORINTHIANS 4:8-9 (NKJ)”


I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be

, certain, undaunted]! For I have the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]
“JOHN 16:33 (AMP)”


Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the

. Therefore, because the king’s command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego.
“DANIEL 3:19-22 (NKJ)”


And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?”
They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego,

of the , come out, and come here.” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments , and the was not on them.
“DANIEL 3:23-27 (NKJ)”

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Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God! Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is

who can like this.” Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego in the province of Babylon.
“DANIEL 3:28-30 (NKJ)”


When you walk through the

, you shall be , nor shall the flame scorch you.
“ISAIAH 43:2b (NKJ)”


Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish

than we might or think. Glory to him in the church and in Christ Jesus through all generations forever and ever! Amen.
“EPHESIANS 3:20-21 (NLT)”