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August 17 2026 Daily DevotionalGoldenBells

The God we serve is able to deliver us … But even if he does not … we will not serve your gods.

(Daniel 3:17–18)

Daily reading: 2 Samuel 5

a statue of a man sitting on top of a table

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Three young men—Hananiah, Azariah and Mishael—were pressured to conform in a foreign land. Ordered to bow to a golden image or face death in a fiery furnace, they stood firm. Their courage came from deep trust in God’s sovereignty—whether He rescued them or not. Faith like that doesn’t demand certain outcomes; it rests in God’s sovereign will. Christians believe death isn’t their doom but a doorway. As Paul wrote: Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? (1 Corinthians 15:55). For believers, death is being ‘called home’—to a place of eternal peace with Jesus, where there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain (Revelation 21:4). Trust God fully—He is able, and His purposes are good, now and forever.

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