Hey, everyone. I'm Allison, and today we're talking about lions.
Whoa, do you see these guys?
They're huge.
I would not want to be in there with them.
In today's Bible story, there's a guy who got thrown into a pit with lions just like these.
But he didn't get hurt, and it's all because God was always with him.
So here's our big idea for today: God is always with us.
Let's do those motions together.
God is always with us.
Great job.
Let's go hear some more about this story.
One, two, three.
Now, do you know what this is?
It's a Bible, and it's all about God's story and how he rescued us.
In the beginning, God made the whole world and everything in it.
He made the sun and moon and planets and stars.
He made forests and mountains and oceans.
He made all kinds of animals like lions and elephants and birds.
Next, God made his most special creation of all - people like you and me.
The first two people were named Adam and Eve.
They lived in a beautiful garden filled with flowers and trees and fruit.
They got to spend time with God every day, and it was good.
Can you show good?
Great job.
Then something sad happened.
Can you show me sad?
A snake lied to Adam and Eve and they believed him and disobeyed God.
Then all the wrong things came into the world like sickness and sadness and death.
But the story doesn't stop there, because even though Adam and Eve
disobeyed God, God still loved them, just like he loves us.
And he came up with a rescue plan so that Adam and Eve and you and me could be close to God again.
And our rescuer is Jesus.
Can you show me the sign for Jesus?
Great job.
Now, there was a guy named Daniel, and he loved God with his whole heart.
He followed and obeyed God, even when he was going through some really hard and scary things.
But no matter what scary things happened to Daniel,
he trusted that God would take care of him and protect him.
Let's find out what happens.
So this is where we are in the story.
God made a perfect world,
but people messed it up.
They didn't always love God
or each other,
but God had a plan to rescue them
and a guy named Daniel got to be a part of it.
Daniel was also a slave.
Remember, God's special people weren't always liked by everybody.
Daniel really loved God.
He talked to God,
and God talked to him, too.
God still talks to people,
and Daniel listened.
We can do that, too.
God helped Daniel understand things other people couldn't.
And Daniel helped the king with the king's problems,
and that made the king like Daniel a lot.
He made Daniel his number one helper
and put him in charge of lots of other people.
That made some people jealous
so they tried to get him in trouble.
They were always watching,
trying to catch them doing something wrong,
but they couldn't.
They saw him pray every day
three
times
a day.
And they realized,
dun, dun, dun
If praying was against the rules,
they'd be sure to get Daniel in trouble.
So no good guys tricked the king
and he made a rule.
Hear ye, hear ye.
His name was King Darius.
You can't pray to anyone but me.
So if anyone was caught praying to someone other than the king,
they'd be thrown into a pit with lions.
Hungry ones
Roar.
Now, usually it's a good idea to obey the rules.
But when Daniel heard this rule,
he knew he couldn't obey it.
So he kept right on praying to God,
doing what he'd always done.
Three times a day.
Even if it meant he would become lion food.
Pretty soon, they saw Daniel praying
and when they did, they told the king
which made him really sad.
See, Daniel was one of his favorite helpers,
and the king didn't want the lions to hurt him,
but he had made a rule
and he couldn't change it.
But before he sent Daniel to the lions, he prayed.
God, please rescue Daniel from the lions.
The next morning,
no one expected Daniel to be alive.
But when the king went to check on him.
Daniel, has God rescued you?
Daniel said yes.
Woo Hoo
Yay
Cowabunga
An angel had closed the lions' mouths
and Daniel didn't have a scratch on him.
Nada
The king made a new rule.
Everyone will pray to Daniel's God.
And soon,
just like god rescued Daniel,
he will rescue everyone else with a very special hero.
But that's another part of the story.
Wow, Daniel did everything he could to obey the king, but he wanted to obey God first.
So what did he do?
Obey the king or obey God?
Yep, he obeyed God and trusted that God would take care of him.
Let's imagine we're in the story for a minute.
What sound does a lion make?
Uh, no they don't moo.
No, they don't quack.
Whoa, that's right. They roar.
Imagine how Daniel must have felt when he was all alone in a pit,
full of hungry lions roaring at him.
How would you feel?
Daniel might have been scared or worried, but he still trusted God.
And what happened?
Yep, God protected and rescued him.
God sent an angel to shut the lions' mouths.
God was always with Daniel, when he was happy or sad or scared.
Even when he was stuck in a pit with lions, God was there.
You know, I get scared and worried, too.
We all do.
But no matter what we go through, God is there for us.
He will never ever leave us, no matter what happens.
Remember our big idea.
God is always with us.
Let's pray to God right now.
When we pray, that means we talk with God and listen to him and he listens to us, too.
You can say these words after me.
Hi, God.
We love you.
Thank you for being with us.
Thank you for helping us.
Amen.
Now, let's worship.
We're gonna give all our attention to Jesus.
So let's stand up and sing as loud as you can while we sing this special song.
Thanks for hanging out with me.
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