God Protects His People

Name a time in your life that you had to tell the truth about something even though it would have been easier to lie.

Nebuchadnezzar made a statue of gold and ordered that all people worship it.

Read Daniel 3:12-25

These three followers of Yahweh refused to yield. Why do you think these men were so confident even in the face of such extreme hostility?

Yet again in our passage we see irony on display. The guards of the fiery furnace end up engulfed by it, while those thrown in are preserved. How would this have given courage to the ancient Jewish reader living under foreign oppression? How does it build courage in you today?

What idols of the world are you finding it difficult to stand against? An idol is anything that competes with God for supremacy in your heart and life. What idols of the world must God’s people courageously confront?