BEFORE THE FIRE | Sunday, May 17, 2026 | 10 AM Worship Service

Main message: True faith is formed before crisis and only revealed by it — the furnace exposes whether your private convictions are real. Prepare and settle your faith now so it will stand when pressure comes.

Key points:

• The fire (crisis) inspects and exposes faith; it does not create it.
• Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego’s immediate refusal to bow (Daniel 3) shows their convictions were already settled.
• Their stance included trusting God to rescue them — "even if he does not" — demonstrating faith anchored beyond outcomes.
• Babylon’s strategy to rename and reeducate the exiles threatened their identity, underscoring the need to form convictions in private rather than react under pressure.
• Whatever you build or settle now is what will be revealed when your moment of testing arrives.

Scriptures mentioned: Daniel 3