Thursday, February 21, 2008

Day 15---Man on Fire

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Ok, so here's the deal for the morning
1. You pray the Sign of the Cross
2. You offer God your day
This just means that you tell Him everything that's coming up that you know
of, then you say "take all that I think, do, and say and I unite it all with
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass." So this way your small sacrifices are being
united to His all-powerful and saving sacrifice on Calvary.
3. You read the Bible Passage. Then pause for like a minute or two.
4. Ask yourself 2 Questions:
a. What is the keyword or theme of this passage?
b. What does this have to do with me?


Daniel 3: 19-27
Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and his facial expression was altered toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. He answered by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

He commanded certain valiant warriors who were in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in order to cast them into the furnace of blazing fire.

Then these men were tied up in their trousers, their coats, their caps and their other clothes, and were cast into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire.

For this reason, because the king's command wasurgent and the furnace had been made extremely hot, the flame of the fire slew those men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, fell into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up.
Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up in haste; he said to his high officials, "Was it not three men we cast bound into the midst of the fire?" They replied to the king, "Certainly, O king."

He said, "Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!"

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire; he responded and said, "Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, come out, you servants of the Most High God, and come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the midst of the fire.

The satraps, the prefects, the governors and the king's high officials gathered around and saw in regard to these men that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men nor was the hair of their head singed, nor were their trousers damaged, nor had the smell of fire even come upon them.

At the end of the day, before you go to bed.
Ask yourself 2 Questions:
1. How did God love me today?
2. How did I love God today?

1 comment:

Angie said...

"I'm Rack, I'm Shack, I'm a bumble bee... a bingly boo... I'm Benny."

"I think the Tomato is sitting.
--No I'm not, I'm standing. Look, this is sitting, this is standing. I'm standing."

This is a fun OT story too. It's been a while since I read it, though. It's odd that they mention that they went into the fire with all their clothes on and tied up in trousers... You would think that even if God were protecting them from the fire that maybe their clothes would catch flame... but no... God even protected what they were wearing from the fire. :)