The Bible tells us in the story of the three Hebrew boys that they were told they would have to bow down and worship the golden image or be cast into the fiery furnace; but they would not bow saying, O [King] Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king (Daniel 3:16,17). Those boys knew God would deliver them; and still today, the Lord delivers His people out of the hands of the devil and out of the hands of those who are full of the devil.

Then the boys were thrown into the fiery furnace. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God (Daniel 3:23-25). At that time, Jesus had not yet come to Earth to die for us; so God was the one who had made that heathen king say that and give glory to Him.

The time is coming when every wicked person, every demon of hell and the devil himself will have to confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him [Jesus], and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth [the devil and his kingdom]; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9-11). Even those who have already been damned for eternity will have to confess Jesus’ name to the glory of God the Father.

The world is the same today as it was at the time of the three Hebrew boys. People want to destroy true children of God because we are righteous and not like them. They think it will silence us if they throw us into a fiery furnace that is heated seven times hotter by their lies, accusations, deceit, high-mindedness, hate and cunning craftiness; but that is not so. Children of God do not bow to anyone but God, and they cannot be bound by the world or the devil and his kingdom. Through God, we are free and walking in the midst of the fire without any hurt. Hallelujah to King Jesus!

The enemy thinks he is binding us with his ropes of deceit and battles of the mind; but we have the anointing, the presence of God, that breaks every yoke. And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke [devil power] from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing (Isaiah 10:27).

God told Joshua, There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee (Joshua 1:5). Today, the Fourth Man, the Son of God, is walking in the midst of every fiery furnace with us saying, “I am the Lord that walketh with thee.”

God Is with Us

This is the final hour for this civilization, and these are testing times for God’s people; but the Bible says, Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee (Deuteronomy 31:6). God told this to the Israelites, and He is saying this same thing to His people today. The Israelites failed Him again and again, but we must not fail.

When Jesus is with you, the fire of His presence can burn greater in your heart than the fiery trials if you let it. The men on the road to Emmaus were going through a deep valley, but they felt that fiery presence when Jesus walked with them. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures (Luke 24:32)?

The Word must burn in our hearts today, too. Its voice is loud to those who have a regenerated life, so study it and let it talk to you. The Lord has told me that every word He has ever spoken has all the powers of Heaven in it, and His Word will never die. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever (I Peter 1:25).

We are walking in the midst of the fire because we do not faint or draw back when we are persecuted, and no person or thing can hurt us because we have the healing Christ. We are free. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32). The Lord is with you in all your furnaces of affliction and tribulation. It may not feel like He is; but by faith, you must see the Fourth Man through the Word and the promises of God.

Never Give In to the Devil

Jesus said, These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world (John 16:33). If Jesus is in you, then you can have peace even in the midst of tribulation; and you can overcome the world.

The devil will try to steal your thoughts every minute he can because he knows you will have perfect peace from Heaven when your mind is stayed upon the Lord. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee (Isaiah 26:3). You can never consider one of the devil’s thoughts for even one minute.

Paul said, What persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me (II Timothy 3:11). Notice that God delivered him from all of them, and He wants to do the same thing for you. You have nothing to fear or worry about.

If you have not bowed to those whom the devil has sent to trouble you or try to entice you through ego and flattery, don’t be alarmed when he chooses to send a mightier source from his demonic forces after you. The Bible says, Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you (I Peter 4:12). Don’t worry when such persecutions come because you are still saved. The devil is just battling your mind. The Bible says, Resist the devil, and he will flee from you (James 4:7).

There are devils of different strengths, and Satan uses his most powerful demons against the Bride of Christ. He does all he can to try to bind her and cast her into the furnace; but as a member of the Bride of Christ, you must recognize where those fiery battles are coming from and rejoice in the Lord who will deliver you. All hell may come against you, but you do not have to bow even a little bit.

God Will Deliver You

The world stands outside the fiery furnace looking in; and just as King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished at what he saw, the world is astonished at what it sees—power greater than any fiery trial or furnace of affliction. The Hebrew boys came out of that furnace with no burns on their bodies, and they didn’t even smell like smoke.

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither…And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them (Daniel 3:26,27).

The three Hebrew boys trusted God and yielded themselves completely to Him, and the king finally confessed that their God was the true and living God. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies [They were willing to die.], that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God (Daniel 3:28). Those with honest hearts today will see the Fourth Man walking with us; and they will confess that He is indeed the Christ of power who conquered death, hell and the grave.

The three Hebrew boys are a perfect picture of the Bride of Christ leaning upon her Lord, a Bride who has no fear or anxiety about standing for all that is right and pure. Be aware that people are watching you walk in the midst of the fire today. They are seeing the power God has to deliver you and the testimony you are leaving behind, and many are deciding to worship the God you serve.

Let Trials Make You

You will have fiery battles, but God will meet you in that furnace of afflictions and trials and use it to purge you of anything that is unlike Him. Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction (Isaiah 48:10). So learn to appreciate those furnaces and know that the Lord will not let you stay in them beyond what you can bear. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer [allow] you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it (I Corinthians 10:13).

If you are in a furnace of affliction and there seems to be no way out, let me assure you that God will make a way where there is no way. When the Lord is ready, He will step in and send the devil away from you in a hurry.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ (I Peter 1:7). Fire cannot destroy gold and silver, and the Lord is letting you know that your trials and temptations can’t destroy you as long as you are full of all that Jesus brought to Earth for you. Job said, He knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold (Job 23:10). Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him (Job 13:15). That is divine determination.

When your heart is right, God will take care of you. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee (Isaiah 43:2).

Believe to See

When you are walking in the midst of the fire, you must believe to see God’s goodness. I had fainted [meaning to draw back from God], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living (Psalm 27:13). Some people have to see to believe, but only believing to see pleases God and puts you in a position to receive. Even when you don’t see or feel God’s goodness at the time, you must believe to see His truths, His promises, His love and His divinity.

Flesh will faint at what it sees, but believing to see God’s goodness separates you from doubt. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day (II Corinthians 4:16). The Holy Ghost is the one who will renew you in courage, goodness, mercy, love and all the good things Heaven affords when you yield to Him.

How many times have you failed because you waited to see what God would do before you would believe? That is exactly what doubting Thomas did. Some of the disciples had seen Jesus after He was resurrected; and they said to Thomas, We have seen the Lord. But he [Thomas] said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe (John 20:25). How sad.

Eight days later, Thomas did get to see Jesus and to touch the nail scars in His hands. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed (John 20:28,29).

Most people have not seen Jesus, yet children of God love Him. Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory (I Peter 1:8). You can rejoice over that through faith.

You are going to reap untold blessings for all eternity if you believe to see and don’t faint. Let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not (Galatians 6:9). The finish line of this race is getting very close, but only by believing to see God’s goodness in the midst of every fire will you cross the finish line into God’s glory.

Wait on the Lord

The Lord said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee (Hebrews 13:5). You have to trust that God will be with you and bring you through every trial. When your faith is being tried, don’t draw back at your tribulation; believe to see that God is purifying your faith. The Bible tells you to earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints (Jude 1:3).

When you are feeling weak from walking through a fiery trial, you must believe that God will strengthen you as you wait on Him. Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD (Psalm 27:14).

You have to wait in the anointing and courage of God and with divine patience, knowing that God will bring you out. Cast not away therefore your confidence [your surety of God’s love for you], which hath great recompence of reward. For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might [will] receive the promise (Hebrews 10:35,36).

When the fire is heated hotter and your enemies press in on you, you don’t have to be afraid because God is with you. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear (Psalm 27:1)?

When you have God on your side, an entire army of devils could come after you; and it would not matter. When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident (Psalm 27:2,3).

You have everything you need in the Lord. The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid (Psalm 27:1)? You don’t have to fear anybody, not even demons or the devil himself.

When you are walking in the midst of the fire, God will lift up a standard against your enemies. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit [the Holy Ghost] of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him (Isaiah 59:19). If you try to lift it up yourself, that means you are doubting God. You have to put your faith in God and let Him lift it up. He gives you the faith you need to do that. Have faith in God (Mark 11:22).

Live by Faith

Only through faith can you see the unseen things of God that will pull you through any trial. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear (Hebrews 11:1-3).

You can’t place your faith in this sinful world; your faith must be in the One who so easily spoke it into existence. God said that whatever He speaks will come to pass. For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass (Ezekiel 12:25).

Through faith, you can obey the Lord. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh (Hebrews 11:4).

Only through faith can you please God. But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him (Hebrews 11:6). You have to seek God through faith and with your whole heart if you really want to find Him. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13). That is a promise of God.

When you have the faith to believe for the fulfillment of God’s promises, you can have them if you don’t waver. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord (James 1:6,7). Your flesh may waver, but God’s faith never wavers. It is unchanging like God Himself.

You have to learn to leave everything in God’s hands and trust Him with all of your heart. Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths (Proverbs 3:5,6).

The saints listed in Hebrews 11 walked through some of the hottest fires ever, but they had great faith; and they trusted God. The Bible tells us that through their faith, they subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection (Hebrews 11:33-35). Those saints were just as human as we are. They had flesh, fingers and toes just like we do; so don’t think of them as being any kind of divinity.

Look to Jesus

Your fiery trials may seem great, but they are just light afflictions when you compare them with eternity. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory (II Corinthians 4:17).

This life endures for just a short time, and then it is over; but some of you don’t look at it that way. You think you have it worse than anybody else; and then the devil will agree with you saying, “You are such a pitiful thing, and you have it so hard. I feel so sorry for you.” No, he does not. He is a rotten, lying devil, and you must have nothing to do with him!

The Bible says, While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal [a temporary part of the world]; but the things which are not seen are eternal (II Corinthians 4:18). The things of the world will last only for a short time, and then they will be gone.

You can never draw back from God no matter what you are going through. Men ought always to pray, and not to faint (Luke 18:1). When you faint, your prayers do you no good because you are giving over to the weakness of the flesh; and flesh cannot get your prayers through to Heaven.

Jesus endured more persecution than any other human being, but He never fainted. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds (Hebrews 12:3).

Unfortunately, some people tend to depend on others for their help rather than on Jesus. When the load gets so heavy and trials come with seemingly no end in sight, they expect those around them to fix their problems. Some will even take advantage of Christians and tell them things they should never unload on them.

Other people don’t need to hear about your troubles. You must learn to give those problems to the Lord because only God can really help you. Jesus said, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28). You must take your burdens to the Lord and then go forth to win souls. That is what He wants you to do.

Wear God’s Armor

Never listen to idle talk because it is the devil’s language, and it can make you draw back. You must protect yourself from the devil by putting on the whole armor of God. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God (Ephesians 6:13-17).

If you are a child of the King, don’t let the devil put anything over on you. The Lord has everything you need, and it won’t be long until we will fly away with Him on Rapture Day. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory (I Corinthians 15:54,55)? Through Christ, we can have victory over everything.

Very soon, we all will be changed; and we will have a body that is not subject to death, pain or any kind of sicknesses or hurt. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (I Corinthians 15:51,52).

See as Jesus Sees

Mary and Martha were walking through a fiery trial after their brother, Lazarus, had died; but Jesus reminded Martha, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God (John 11:40)? Jesus was going to raise Lazarus from the dead; but when He asked for the stone to be rolled away from Lazarus’ tomb, Martha said, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days (John 11:39).

Jesus knew that was flesh talking and not faith, so he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go (John 11:43,44).

Jesus always believed to see, and He taught everything His Father gave Him. I [Jesus] do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things (John 8:28). For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak (John 12:49).

God is our Father, too; and we are to be as perfect as He is. Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:48).

We Must Win Souls

Thus saith the Lord, souls are Heaven’s greatest concern. We must give our all to win as many lost souls as we can. The Bible says, And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21). That time is now.

In the past, people who had reached 80 or 90 years of age were almost completely out of reach because they were so dead to God, His love, His peace and His Spirit; but it isn’t like that anymore. We are winning many of them by way of the Internet, television, God-given books and magazines as well as anointed music and singing. We can never give up on people unless they have already sealed their doom by blaspheming against the Holy Ghost.

Jesus never gave up on people, and He even won a soul while He was hanging on the Cross. There were two sinners being crucified with Jesus, and one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise (Luke 23:39-43). Jesus died for both of those men, but just one of them believed Him to be the Christ. The other one rejected Him just like so many people are doing today.

We have to pray for people all over the world who have not yet committed the unforgivable sin. Many have never received the knowledge of salvation, so they have not had an opportunity to accept Jesus; but the Lord is going to give them an opportunity. We must do all we can to help bring them into the Kingdom.

I live to win souls; and I have told the Lord so many times, “God, give me souls or let me die.” Souls are my business, and I have no reason to stay on this Earth any longer if I can’t do His work. We all must know that without God, we are nothing; but with Him, we can do impossible things. God can do anything when people will yield completely to Him.

Jesus Brought Eternal Life

Only Jesus can save you and take you to Heaven. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved (Acts 4:12). There is no other foundation you can build on but Him. For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 3:11).

Faith in God gives you eternal life. Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls (I Peter 1:9). Eternal salvation in Heaven awaits all those who will walk through every fire seeing Jesus. Will you dare to believe that?

The Lord is reaching out for each member of the bridal company today, and He is hugging you to His heart so that you can feel His heartbeat and know for sure you are His. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalm 139:14).

Stop counting yourself out of all God has planned for you. Nobody has ever loved you like Jesus loves you, so don’t you want to be everything He wants you to be? Don’t you want to be spotless and without even one tiny blemish like Jesus was when He was here? That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:27).

You can live free from sin, but it takes complete separation from the world. That is the secret to moving fast with the Lord. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you (II Corinthians 6:17). I never thought I could give up the world and be happy; but when God saved me, I gave it all up. I just wanted more and more of Jesus.

Believe to Be Saved

If you are unsaved, you must ask Jesus into your heart today. The Lord is a forgiving God, and He is reaching out for you. Believe that, and He will sweep you into His arms of love and wash away all your sins right now.

Pray the sinner’s prayer with me: Oh, God, save my soul! Forgive me of all my sins. I am so sorry I sinned against you, Lord! I believe in the blood of Jesus, and I believe that divine blood washes away all my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus. Come on in! If you believed that prayer, rejoice and praise the Lord that He has come into your heart. Then you must never let Him go.

Thus saith the Lord, you must have divine determination; or you won’t make the one flight out. Jesus said, In your patience possess ye your souls (Luke 21:19). It takes divine forgiveness and divine patience to possess your soul. Now, you can walk through every fire with Jesus holding your hand.

Believe to Receive

If you need a miracle for yourself or a loved one, get ready to receive. Jesus said, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you (John 16:23). As you act out God’s Word in faith believing, He will do it; so let that be settled in your heart. Lord, I bring the people to you—those with cancer or diabetes, those who have had strokes and are paralyzed, those who are crippled and those with heart or lung trouble. Lord, I bring those who are in a dying condition and the little afflicted children. I bring them all to you in your faith, and I believe your healing power is flowing right now. In the all-powerful name of Jesus, heal!

The miracle power is in the vision in a beautiful way, and I am beholding it. The Lord is here, and He is there where you are. Watch all improvements daily, and glorify the Lord as you see them. Then say as I do, “God said it; I believe it, and that settles it.” It works!

Now, thank God and close your case. Then write or email and tell me what happened to you today so I can rejoice with you. God bless.