| LESSON OBJECTIVE |
Topics:
Believing, Courage,
Faith, Provision
After completing this lesson, children will understand that faith
is the key to finding courage.
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| AS KIDS ARRIVE ( 15 minutes
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The Prophet Daniel (Word
Puzzle) Click Here
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| OPENING PRAYER
AND PRAISES ( 5 minutes ) Further info? Click
Here |
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| MEMORY WORK ( 6 minutes
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"For it is by grace
you have been saved, through faith -- and this not from yourselves,
it is the gift of God." Ephesians 2:8
Once again, play the "hangman" game with this familiar verse.
After one of the kids is able to say the verse correctly, have everyone
look it up in their own Bibles.
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| SCRIPTURE READING AND DISCUSSION
( 15 minutes ) |
Introduction:
Last week we learned about when Daniel interpreted the hand-writing
on the wall for king Belshazzar. The king died that same night, because
he did not humble himself before God, and worshipped his gold and
silver instead. But before he died, he made Daniel the third highest
ruler in the kingdom. Now, Darius became king, and he showed much
favor to Daniel. In fact, he wanted to make Daniel ruler over the
entire kingdom. This naturally upset many others who were serving
the king. They were already jealous of Daniel, because he was held
such a high position and was only a captive from Judah. But this was
too much. Finally, they came up with a very clever plan to get rid
of Daniel. That's where our Bible story today begins.
Daniel
6:6-24 (Daniel in the Den of Lions)
Read the passage to the children as they follow along in their own
Bible.
Discussion Questions:
1. How did the evil men know that Daniel would not give up his praying
to God? (his reputation for
being faithful to God)
2. Did the king want to throw Daniel in the den of lions? (no)
Then why did he? (he was bound by a written decree)
3. How did Daniel show he had faith in God after he heard the decree?
(He went home and prayed anyway)
4. Daniel said he was saved because he was found innocent in God's
sight, innocent of what?
(being disobedient, not being faithful
to God, etc.)
5. What are some situations in your life where having faith in God
helps?
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| CLASS EXERCISES (20 minutes)
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Unseen Faith (Object Talk)
Click Here
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| ALTERNATE CLASS EXERCISE (15
minutes) |
By Faith (Game)
Write each of the clues shown below on index cards. Divide the class
into two teams, and play the charades game. Tell the kids that all
of the answers are about events in the Bible that took great faith.
(All of these examples of faith can be found in Hebrews chapter 11.)
Noah built an ark
Abraham offered his son as a sacrifice
Moses parted the Red Sea |
The walls of Jericho fell down
David killed the giant Goliath
Daniel survived the den of lions
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| ALTERNATE CLASS EXERCISE ( 5
minutes ) |
The Lion's Den Rap (Song)
Click Here
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| Application
(3 minutes ) |
So will faith save us? The Bible says we are saved by
grace through faith. Daniel was one of the many great men of faith.
Although he knew that disobeying a decree meant death, he would not
give up his faith, even for his own life. We will never know if Daniel
went into the lion's den believing he would survive. We do know that
he prayed to God for help, but that could have been help to withstand
the pain or to die quickly. In any case, we can know for sure because
of his faith that he believed he was in God's care. Having faith in
God means to allow Him to be in control of our lives. If we faithfully
obey and give Him our praise, He will give us the courage to do whatever
He wants us to do, or go wherever He wants us to go. But I hope it's
not into a den of lions.
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| NEXT WEEK |
Time to choose another exciting lesson series from Kid's
Sunday School Place.
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| CLOSING PRAYER ( 2 minutes)
Further info? Click
Here |
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| Take Home Page |
Give one copy to each child at the end of the class
to take home. Click here for NIV or KJV
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