Daniel 3:24-27 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded, 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. 25 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. 26 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. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. 27 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.
This Is Good News
Daniel 3:1-3:30
First, I want to prophesy: Something Good
Is Going To Come Out Of This.
I know that some of you are going through the greatest fire of your life, and it’s the kind that hurts, and the kind that makes you cry, And I know it’s going to sound crazy, but, what you ought to be doing is praising God, that you made it (to) the fire.
There are people that never made it (to)
the fire, there are other people that died
at the door. Say, “This Is Good News”
Do you understand what I’m saying?
The Kings 3 Most mighty men in his army (died at the door). It’s a miracle that you made it this far, by all rights you shouldn’t be here, you shouldn’t have lived through that car wreck. The officers on scene said it’s a miracle, no one should have come out of that alive. Even the Doctor said it’s a miracle.
Somebody else shouldn’t have lived through that drug overdose, you had enough drugs in your system to kill an elephant. You should have died, other people didn’t make, it but here you are. Somebody should be in prison,
but it’s a miracle, you are not in prison, if you tell the truth, you know that you’re just as guilty and more so than some people that are serving prison terms right now. (But God was merciful to you) There’s somebody listening to me right now, that should be in a mental institution, but you’re not, because God healed your mind. Other people have gone through a lot less than you and they
lost their minds, they went off the deep end.
What are you trying to tell me Pastor?
I’m trying to tell you that you ought to be praising God that you made it (to) the fire, there are others that died at the door.
(They died where your miracle started.)
These 3 mighty men, could represent the three greatest athletes, the most popular,
The 3 voted most likely to succeed, they had everything going for them, if anybody should have made it, it should have been them.
But they died at the door.
On the other hand:
Nobody expected you to make it: but here you are alive, in your right mind, serving God, filled with the Holy Ghost and power.
And you want to complain because you’re going through the fire, what you ought to be doing is praising God that you made it (to) the fire. Somebody shout, This Is Good News
Somebody shout, Thank God I made it (to) the fire. I could have died at the door, I could have died in that car wreck, I could have died of a drug overdose, I could be serving life in prison, I could have lost my mind. But God had his hand on me. I didn’t even know him and he was watching over me, I wasn’t serving him but he was keeping his hand
on me. He sent his angels to deliver me.
I wasn’t the strongest, or the smartest.
I wasn’t the most popular one, I wasn’t the one expected to make it, but I made it,
and there’s no other explanation but God.
Somebody shout it out again: Thank God
I made it to the fire. This is Good News.
Now you’re going to get you out of the fire, but God just wanted to remind somebody, that he was with you before you ever got in the fire, and he is not going to leave you now.
As a matter of fact if you are in the middle of the fiery furnace today, it’s proof, that you are coming out. Because the miracle started at the door, and if God wasn’t going to bring you out, you would have died at the door.
You wouldn’t have made it (to) the fire.
Push your neighbor and tell them: Now,
I’m coming out. “This is Good News.”
It was a miracle I made it this far, and God wouldn’t have brought me to the middle if he wasn’t going to bring me out. I know I’m talking to somebody right now, that’s going through the fire, and you’re feeling the heat.
I didn’t come to tell you the fire isn’t real,
or that it doesn’t hurt. I know some of you are going through the greatest fire of your life. For some of you it’s a financial fire.
For somebody else, it’s a fire of sickness,
and a battle for your health. Somebody else may be going through the fire of divorce, or marriage problems. Still somebody else is going through the fire dealing with rebellious children. But I came to tell you, “something good is going to come out of this.”
I know right now that sounds like insanity, because there is no visible, tangible, physical evidence of anything good in this fire.
But I came to prophesy to you and declare to you on the authority of God’s word, (Something good is going to come out of this). You are going to make it, and you are not going to burn up in the fire and you are coming out and I don’t mean you’re going to come crawling out on your hands and knees, all beat up, broke busted and disgusted, no clothes no money, no peace, and no joy.
The devil is a liar, when you come out of this, your coming out blessed, your coming out healed, and delivered, your coming out with money, joy and peace and a greater anointing than you’ve ever had in your life.
Something good is going to come out of this
Slap your neighbor high five and tell them: Something good is going to come out of this.
Shout loud, “This Is Good News”
THE KING CHOSE HIS THREE MOST MIGHTY MEN: In other words ( His best, his strongest, his meanest, his best trained) soldiers in his army. Big Bad John, Bad,Bad,
Leroy Brown and Rocky, all in one.
Somebody said: Pastor I don’t understand it, it just feels like I’m fighting on a different level, it feels like the enemy is stronger than ever before, and even smarter than before.
Well that ought to tell you something: The devil wouldn’t be bringing out his best, his big guns, if you weren’t a threat to him.
The fact, that he is bringing out the big dawgs, tells me, that you must be a threat to him, and that you are getting close to your destiny, and close to walking in your purpose. Your getting ready to step into a greater anointing than you’ve ever had in your life, and he is trying to intimidate you, and back you down. Shout, “This Is Good News.”
THEY BOUND THEM:
The first thing the devil wants to do, is to bind you, restrict you limit you, contain you, take away your liberty, your freedom in God.
One of Satan’s greatest grief’s is to see the children of God walking and living in their liberty, expressing themselves in joy and peace, and worshiping and praising God without constraint, without bonds or fear.
So he sends things our way to push us down to back us up, to quiet us down, to put a lid on us, to dampen our praise, to get us all tangled up in fear, and anxiety and worry. Because he knows the power of our praise.
CAST THEM INTO THE FIERY FURNACE: Not just a fiery furnace: (which speaks of adversity, trials, hardship, pain, sorrow,) but 7 times greater, or hotter, or more intense, more painful.
I know I’m talking to somebody who is fighting something you’ve never fought before, the attack is more severe, the enemy is more aggressive, the pain is deeper, the night is darker, the weight is heavier and the hurt lasts longer, But I remind you again: Something good is going to come out of this.
Shout it again, “This Is Good News.”
THEY FELL DOWN bound in the midst of the fiery furnace. I know we’re faith people and we don’t want to be negative, but how many would just be honest enough to tell the truth and say? (You have been down a time or two) Come on just admit it, since you started this Christian walk, you have fell down once or twice, and maybe even thought that you couldn’t get up.
The fact is, that sometimes, the devil will hit you with something you never expected and it knocks the wind out of you and you find yourself lying on the ground saying what happened. And these three Hebrew boys found themselves lying on the ground bound in the midst of the fire. But, I’m so glad the story doesn’t end there, because it says that wicked king looked into the furnace and he was astonished (he was amazed), he expected to see 3 Hebrew boys lying on the ground turning into crispy critters, but instead he saw, 4 Men UP LOOSE WALKING AROUND and the 4th looked like the son of God, And he was AMAZED….
Somebody look at your neighbor and tell them (I’m amazing) say it, I’m amazing…
I’m amazing the devil, who thought he had me, I’m amazing the devil, who thought because he hurt me and made me cry it was over. I’m amazing my enemies, the ones who saw me go into the fire, and took pleasure in it, The ones who said I’d never make it.
The ones who said I’d burn up in the fire
The ones who said drugs would kill me
The ones who said I’d probably die an alcoholic like my dad or my brother
The ones who said, he’ll lose his mind, she’ll lose her mind, But I’m still here, Touch Three people and tell them: I’m still here…
Now tell your neighbor, I’m amazing myself.
Yeah I went through hell but I’m still here, Yeah the devil hit me hard, and I went down and it hurt and I cried for a while, but I’m still here, And I have a news flash for the devil, I’m Up again, and I’m on my feet again, and I’m Loose, say, “I’m Amazing.”
Now Shout, “This Is Good News.”
I got my joy back, I got my peace back, I got my dance back, I got my praise back.
And if the devil thought I was a problem before, he ain’t seen trouble yet, Cause while I been in this fire, I’ve been working on my praise, I’ve been working on my shout, I’ve been working on my dance. I’m coming out stronger, better, and more anointed.
As a matter of fact, in the fire is where I really learned how to dance, that’s where I really learned how to shout, that’s where I really learned how to put my praise on.
And I’m getting ready to praise like I’ve never praised before, and shout and dance like I’ve never danced before. Because now I know, that the God I serve keeps me from evil, keeps me from the snares and from the traps that the devil sets for me. The God I serve can walk right into the middle of my fiery trial, right into the middle of the hell I’m going through, lift me up and liberate me in the middle of my pain, in the middle of my grief in the middle of the darkest hour of my life. I gotta shout it myself, This is good news.
Can I preach like I feel it: No other God can deliver like this, I’m talking about the God that can shut the Lions mouth, and they can’t even take a bite, I’m talking about the God that can breathe one breath and create a super highway through the red sea.
And can I give you some more good news ? This God is getting ready to show up in the middle of your fire. And this God is getting ready to show the devil whose boss.
Let me give you some more good news.
The same fire that was intended to burn up the 3 Hebrew boys, burned up the ones who threw them in. God said to tell you, don’t worry about those enemies anymore, don’t worry about those haters and agitators.
God said he’s going to take care of them for you, you aren’t going to have to say a word, and you’re not going to have to lift a hand
Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord
Vengeance is mine saith the Lord and I will repay. That may not mean anything to some of you, but for those of us who have enemies, it means a lot. Shout, “This is Good News”
THE FIRE LIBERATED THEM
The fire burned off the things that had them bound: I found out when I got in the fire, there were some things that I didn’t need.
There were some things that were holding me back and it took the fire to set me free.
The truth is: There was some stuff I didn’t want to let go of, and it took the fire to get it out of me. I got free in the fire. The fire set me free from pride, and self righteousness, the fire set me free from religion and the fear of man. I know we don’t want to talk about it much but there was stuff, that didn’t belong in my life and it took the fire to deliver me.
Is there anybody glad your free? Now I want to say something to those who are going through the fire right now, and you know the devil has turned the thermostat up and he has intensified his attacks against your life, You’re the one who ought to be shouting and dancing and praising God right now, because what the devil has done by increasing and intensifying the fire against your life,… is accelerate your process, your preparation.
Somebody here knows that the devil has turned the heat up in his attacks against you. Your marriage, your health, your finances, and your ministry (Your faith has been stressed to the limit) But I came to tell you: what the devil meant for evil (God is going to make it work for your good) And God is going to turn it around, and God is going to take the very thing that the devil sent to destroy you and (incinerate you), and use it to (accelerate you.) If the heat is turned up 7 times, I’ll come out with a 7th degree blessing
7 times more joy, 7 times more peace, 7 times more money, 7 times more anointing.
Tell your neighbor I’m being accelerated:
You might want to scoot over just a little bit, cause I’m getting ready to go into warp drive.
Somebody’s being accelerated right now:
It’s not punishment it’s preparation…
I’m talking to somebody that feels like you’ve been in low gear, like you’ve been walking in quicksand, like nothing seems to work out, like you go one step forward, and two steps back. But I came to tell you, God is getting ready to accelerate you, “This is Good News”
Lift your hands and tell God: Accelerate me.
Slap your neighbor high five and tell them, I’m going into high gear, Something good is going to come out of this. God never said we wouldn’t ever have to go through anything,
But He did say, When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee, and 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. God never said I wouldn’t have to go through the fire but he say, It couldn’t catch me, it can’t take hold on me. I felt the flames reaching for me, but they couldn’t take hold on me, Poverty couldn’t take hold on me, sickness, couldn’t take hold on me, doubt or depression couldn’t take hold on me. Fear and anxiety couldn’t take hold on me, it reached for me, suicide reached for me, alcoholism, and drug addiction reached for me but God wouldn’t let it kindle on me.
Now I’m trying to close but the story ain’t over yet. Shout, “This Is Good News.”
The king looked into the fiery furnace and called them out and publically declared them to be the winners. The king had to call them out of the fire. When did they come out? After they were up loose, walking around.
You’re asking God when am I coming out of this fire? (When it doesn’t matter anymore, when it doesn’t matter whether you come out or not, when you’ve learned how to dance IN the fire, praise Him IN the fire, when you lift Him up “IN” the fire. Give Him Praise..
When they came out of the fire, they were immediately ELEVATED in the kingdom.
They were PROMOTED in the Kingdom.
They were Elevated & Promoted by the Fire
I’m trying to tell somebody, Something good is coming out of this. “This is Good News”
I’m being LIBERATED, ACCELERATED, ELEVATED and PROMOTED, by the fire, by the very thing the enemy sent to burn me up, It’s speeding me up, and lifting me up.
Pastor I’ve never experienced this kind of fire before, (There’s a reason for that)
It’s because God is getting you ready, to go where you’ve never gone before, and do what you’ve never done before. AND THE KEY IS “IN” THE FIRE] That’s where Jesus is.
Jesus is in the middle of the fire, I said, Jesus is in the middle of the fire, and something good is going to come out of this…
25 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. 27 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.
NOW you can Shout Out Loud…
“THIS IS GOOD NEWS”, Praise The Lord
Another Powerful message by my friend, Pastor Terry Sisney, who has so graciously given me permission to use his material freely. Modified for Bethel Church, Olar, SC.
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