experienced before. Prayer is not a vending machine where if we put in enough faith we will always get what we want. In the providence of God, the three Hebrew men—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—were miraculously delivered. And Nebuchadnezzar was so furious that he had the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual. “[He] commanded some of the strongest soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and throw them into the blazing furnace.… The king’s command was so urgent and the