![]() ![]() He and other promising Hebrew youths-including his friends Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego-were trained in the court of King Nebuchadnezzar. Daniel and his friends refuse to eat King Nebuchadnezzar’s food they are blessed with good health and wisdom.Īs a young boy, Daniel was carried captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. Encourage class members to share experiences that relate to the scriptural principles.ġ. You may want to use the following activity (or one of your own) to begin the lesson.Īsk the assigned class members to tell briefly about a time when they or someone they know had to show courage to obey the Lord.Īfter the class members have shared their experiences, explain that this lesson is about six people in the Old Testament who showed great courage in obeying the Lord.Īs you teach the following scripture passages, discuss how they apply to daily life. If the following pictures are available, you may want to use some of them during the lesson: Daniel Refusing the King’s Meat and Wine (62094 Gospel Art Picture Kit 114) Three Men in the Fiery Furnace (62093 Gospel Art Picture Kit 116) and Daniel in the Lions’ Den (62096 Gospel Art Picture Kit 117). If you use the attention activity, ask two class members to prepare to tell briefly about a time when they or someone they know had to show courage to obey the Lord. The king honors Mordecai and grants Esther’s request to reverse Haman’s decree ( 8:1–17).Īdditional reading: Daniel 5 Esther 1–2 6 9–10. ![]() At the banquet Esther reveals Haman’s plot to kill the Jews ( 7:1–6). The king receives Esther and grants her request to come with Haman to a banquet ( 5:1–8). ![]() Esther learns of Haman’s plan to kill her people and risks her life by going to the king for help ( 4:1–17). Haman persuades King Ahasuerus to prepare a decree calling for the death of all Jews in the kingdom ( 3:5–14). Mordecai refuses to bow to Haman ( 3:1–4). The Lord sends an angel to protect Daniel ( 6:18–23).Įsther 3–5 7–8. As punishment for disobeying the decree, Daniel is thrown into a den of lions ( 6:14–17). In spite of the king’s decree, Daniel prays to God ( 6:10–13). King Darius’s men persuade the king to sign a decree that for 30 days all petitions must be directed to him rather than to any other man or to God ( 6:1–9). King Nebuchadnezzar casts them into a fiery furnace, and the Lord saves them from death ( 3:13–30).ĭaniel 6. ![]() Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s idol ( 3:1–12). The Lord blesses Daniel and his friends with good health and wisdom ( 1:17–21).ĭaniel 3. Daniel and his friends refuse to defile themselves by eating King Nebuchadnezzar’s food ( 1:1–16 note that pulse was a food made of grains and edible seeds). Prayerfully study the following scriptures:ĭaniel 1. Put your life in his hands.To help class members have the courage to live according to gospel standards. She said, “Is this the kind of person you ask into your life just to be your personal assistant? Is this the kind of person you say, ‘Well, I’ll try you out for a while to see whether or not obedience to you kind of makes me a happier person’?” Take your hands off your life. The Bible says Jesus Christ holds all that together (Hebrews 1:2) with a word of his power, with his pinky. Just our little galaxy! The universe is so filled with galaxies, that our galaxy is like a dust speck amongst dust specks. Just the nearest star! The distance across just our little galaxy would be a stack of papers 120 miles high. I was at a college conference, and a woman Bible teacher got up and said if the distance between the earth and the sun (92 million miles) was the thickness of a sheet of paper, the distance then between the earth and the nearest star would be a stack of papers 70 feet high. My life was changed years ago when I was just a kid, and I was a new Christian. Not, “Well, I’m going to try God out, and if it really kind of helps me …” No. “If I perish, I perish” means I’m going to follow God. Thirdly, it’s the language of unconditional obedience. ![]()
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