STANDING IN THE FIRE | STANDING ON BUSINESS SERIES

Daniel 3:1-30 NIV Premise ⁃ Choosing to stand or remain faithful to God in the midst of difficult, uncomfortable, and challenging situations is predicated upon the belief or notion that your faith in God dictates your decision making because of believing that His sovereignty guarantees that no matter where you end up He will be there. Know this, in the kingdom of God, it takes more to stand than it does to retreat. Whose business do you stand on? Fundamental truths 1. God tries you with fire because He knows where you are headed and what it takes. Job 23:10 NKJV 2. Fire test us in order to glorify Jesus through our faith in Him no matter what.  I Peter 1:6-8 NKJV I Peter 4:12-13 NKJV 3. The Lord uses fire to test our hearts as a furnace test gold and silver. Proverbs 17:3 TPT  Psalms 66:10 NKJV Prophetic Insight 1. No matter the threat, choosing not to bow to what is acceptable, common, and even easy is what determines if your faith is really anchored in God. Standing ON faith could lead to standing IN fire.  Daniel 3:13-14 NIV 2. When faced with demonic dilemmas, satanic situations, and evil entities mockery will be the choice weapon only leading to their failure as our God chooses to mock our mockers! Daniel 3:15 NIV 3. Defending self leaves no room for our advocate to take His rightful place! Therefore, Whether God chooses to rescue, deliver, or save He is still God! Our loyalty to God should be grounded in who He is rather than what He can do! Daniel 3:16-18 NIV 4. When the fire turns up it is not a sign to retreat instead it is an opportunity for God to use what the enemy planned for you to be used against Him!Daniel 3:19-23 NIV 5. When Jesus shows up in the fire with you, all will be amazed by not only the demonstration of power but the authority of God that defies all the odds that were stacked against you!  Daniel 3:24-25 NIV 6. When you come out of the fire and don’t smell like smoke and look like what you been through, those who mocked you will celebrate you and praise your God because He has glorified Himself through your life! Why? Because history proves no other God can save this way!  Daniel 3:26-29 NIV7. Promotion is the reward of those who choose to STAND. Without the testing of fire the authenticity of your makeup can never be determined therefore the fire was only the test not the end! Daniel 3:30 NIV