{"id":407,"date":"2023-03-20T12:56:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T17:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drbobnichols.calvarycathedral.org\/?p=339"},"modified":"2023-03-20T13:15:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T18:15:33","slug":"get-a-hold-on-the-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2023\/03\/20\/get-a-hold-on-the-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a hold on the Word"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u201cS<\/strong>tanding on the Word means knowing what God said.&nbsp; It means getting the Word in your spirit, and staking your life on it.\u201d<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><sup>16<\/sup><\/em><\/strong><em>Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. &nbsp;<strong><sup>17<\/sup><\/strong>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. &nbsp;<strong><sup>18<\/sup><\/strong>But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. &nbsp;<strong><sup>19<\/sup><\/strong>Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.&nbsp;<strong><sup>20<\/sup><\/strong>And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. &nbsp;<strong><sup>21<\/sup><\/strong>Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. &nbsp;<strong><sup>22<\/sup><\/strong>Therefore because the king&#8217;s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. &nbsp;<strong><sup>23<\/sup><\/strong>And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. &nbsp;<strong><sup>24<\/sup><\/strong>Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, 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. &nbsp;<strong><sup>25<\/sup><\/strong>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. &nbsp;<strong><sup>26<\/sup><\/strong>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.&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong><sup>28<\/sup><\/strong>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&#8217;s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daniel 3:16-26, 28<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Victory Confession\/Decision<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I believe God is a miracle working God and my deliverer. I choose to put the Word of God in my heart daily so when I need to stand my faith will be strong. I trust God!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cStanding on the Word means knowing what God said.&nbsp; It means getting the Word in your spirit, and staking your life on it.\u201d 16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. &nbsp;17If it be so, our God whom we serve is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2023\/03\/20\/get-a-hold-on-the-word\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Get a hold on the Word&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1241,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-one-liners"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Standing-on-Rock.jpg?fit=600%2C414&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8lc9u-6z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117,"url":"https:\/\/www.calvarycathedral.org\/wpbobnichols\/2020\/11\/30\/i-believe-god\/","url_meta":{"origin":407,"position":0},"title":"I Believe God","author":"admin","date":"November 30, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cThe first report is not the last report.\u201d \u00a01In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. 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