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Opening
Once a spider built a beautiful web in an old house.
He kept it clean and shiny so that flies would patronize it.
The minute he got a "customer" he would clean up after him so the other flies would not get suspicious.
Then one day this fairly intelligent fly came buzzing by the clean spiderweb.
Old man spider called out, "Come in and sit."
But the fairly intelligent fly said, "No sir.
I don’t see other flies in your house, and I’m not going in alone!"
But presently, he saw on the floor below a large crowd of flies dancing around on a piece of brown paper.
He was delighted!
He was not afraid if lots of flies were doing it.
So he came in for a landing.
Just before he landed, a bee zoomed by, saying, "Don’t land there, stupid!
That’s flypaper!"
But the fairly intelligent fly shouted back, "Don’t be silly.
Those flies are dancing.
There’s a big crowd there.
Everybody’s doing it.
That many flies can’t be wrong!"
Well, you know what happened.
He died on the spot.
Some of us want to be with the crowd so badly that we wind up in a mess.
What does it profit a fly (or person) if he escapes the web only to end up in the glue?
BREATHE!
Since we started this series we called: “Starting the Year with Daniel”
We saw how Daniel got promoted after facing his mission impossible
We saw how his 3 friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, got promoted after the heat was put on them
We learned from these prisoners of war a number of things that you shall do when the heat is on you:
Hang on, and know that Help is Coming
Expect that God is a very Able God that delivers us
Announce our loyalty to God
and to Trust in Him always
BREATHE!
PEER PRESSURE AND FLIES
Once a spider built a beautiful web in an old house.
He kept it clean and shiny so that flies would patronize it.
The minute he got a "customer" he would clean up after him so the other flies would not get suspicious.
Then one day this fairly intelligent fly came buzzing by the clean spiderweb.
Old man spider called out, "Come in and sit."
But the fairly intelligent fly said, "No sir.
I don’t see other flies in your house, and I’m not going in alone!"
But presently, he saw on the floor below a large crowd of flies dancing around on a piece of brown paper.
He was delighted!
He was not afraid if lots of flies were doing it.
So he came in for a landing.
Just before he landed, a bee zoomed by, saying, "Don’t land there, stupid!
That’s flypaper!"
But the fairly intelligent fly shouted back, "Don’t be silly.
Those flies are dancing.
There’s a big crowd there.
Everybody’s doing it.
That many flies can’t be wrong!"
Well, you know what happened.
He died on the spot.
Some of us want to be with the crowd so badly that we wind up in a mess.
What does it profit a fly (or person) if he escapes the web only to end up in the glue?
In this culture and generation that we live in, there could be many different ways that our society can put the heat on us
It could be that your peers are pressuring you to conform to their ways even though what they asked of you to do, runs counter against our faith
Smoke weed
Pre-marital sex
Gambling (depending on good luck, rather than on God’s blessings)
Excessive alcohol drinking
Unfair business practice
BREATHE!
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Text: Daniel 3:1:30 The Image of Gold and the Blazing Furnace
Daniel 3:1-30
We saw how steadfast Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
What happens when we put our trust in the Lord?
When we hang on, and Expect that God is a very able God that delivers?
The Image of Gold and the Blazing Furnace
We saw how firm their faith in God is
They stood up for what they believed, and they did not falter even the heat was put on them
They hang on, knowing that help from God is coming
They expect that the Most High God is a very able God that will deliver them through the fire
In the middle of their great crisis, they announce all the more their loyalty to God
And they put their complete trust in the Lord
Isaiah
BREATHE!
What Happens When We Trust God in the Furnace?
What happens when we hang on?
What happens when we expect that God is a very able God that delivers?
What happens when we trust God, when the heat is on us?
BREATHE!
Daniel
go ahead and underscore “walking around”, “unbound” and “unharmed”
From being the meanest persecutor to becoming the boldest witness for the Lord Jesus
He
In his life we will see
He will walk through the fire with me
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Around 100 years before Daniel (600 B.C.), Isaiah prophesied these words (700B.C.)
He started with a couple of things that had happened before him
First, he alluded to the Israelites when they crossed the Red Sea (around 1500 B.C.)
And then, he pointed to the Israelites then they crossed the Jordan River (around 1400 BC.)
After that, he prophesied about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego thrown in the blazing furnace (600 B.C.)
When the heat is on you, the Lord will walk with you
We might not literally have to walk through fire, but in our daily lives, we could be subjected to various nature of heat....
When the heat is on you, the Lord will walk with you
BREATHE!
You may not be literally thrown into the blazing furnace, but you can be in
Everything that tied me down will be burned
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