Staying Courageous in Discouraging Times

Daniel 3:14-18 NASB

“Nebuchadnezzar began speaking and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods, nor worship the golden statue that I have set up? 15 Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe, and all kinds of musical instruments, to fall down and worship the statue that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can rescue you from my hands?” 

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we are not in need of an answer to give you concerning this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. 18 But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods nor worship the golden statue that you have set up.”

SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR YOUR DAILY MEDITATION

Select a block of 30 minutes each day for your meditation with God.

1. Pray to begin your meditation.
2. Read and ask general questions about the passage for your own life: (a) What is God telling me?  (b) How does God want me to respond to this reading? 
3. Reflect on your life through this passage: (a) Think about your blessings. (b) Think about your journey with God: past, present and future.
4. Memorize and repeat a word, a phrase, a sentence or verse. 
5. Pray through the passage, or about your thoughts from the passage: (a) Praise God (b) Give thanks (c) Confess your sins (d) Repent of your sins.

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