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What do you worship? Is there someone or something that captures a lot of your attention?

Pastor Greg Laurie says that could be a form of worship.

Everybody worships. Christians worship. At Nostoc's worship. Atheist's worship.

I did not say we all worship God, but we all worship something.

And whatever you bow before will end up being the God that you serve. Be careful

because one moment at the altar can lead to a lifetime of regret.

In biblical times, idle worship was a real problem. Good thing those days are over, right?

Well, wait a minute. Whatever captures more of our attention than God does may be modern day idle

worship. The TV, our smartphone, pleasure. Today on a new beginning, Pastor Greg Laurie brings

some important perspective. We'll see three Hebrew teens face a fiery trial that helped develop

their faith and character. And it was idle worship that set the stage.

This is the day. The day when life begins.

Let's grab our Bibles now. We're going to turn to Daniel chapter three and James chapter one.

Daniel three and James chapter one. We're in our new series that we're calling end of days from

the book of Daniel. And the title of my message today is stain cool when things get hot.

Let's pray, Father. I know there are some people here right now that are going through a time of

trial hardship. And there are other people here, Lord, that aren't going through it yet, but they

will be soon. And your word has so much to say about this. I pray that we will be strengthened,

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