Listen to Learn Lesson 45

Daniel 3

Collect The Fiery

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Daniel 3
help us remember the names of our friends.
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Call out one name. Named child skips around the
circle and then returns to his or her place in the circle.
(Reece) trusts in God. Repeat game, naming a different
child for each round.

Tell the Story

Open your Bible to Daniel 3. Tell the story using the pictured motions (keywords in bold) or show
Bible Story 23 pictures.
What are the names of some of your friends? Listen to hear what happened to three friends.
Daniel and his three friends worked for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. One day,
the king decided to make a big statue covered with shiny gold. It was a statue of
himself. The statue was set up in a place where everyone could come and see it.
The king’s messenger told the people, “When the music plays, bow down and pray to
this statue. If you do not bow down, you will be thrown in a furnace and be burned up!”
But Daniel’s three friends would not pray to a big statue. They would only pray to
God! The music began to play. Everyone else bowed down low, but the three friends
did not bow down. They stood tall. When King Nebuchadnezzar heard that they had
not bowed to his statue, he was angry! The three friends were brought to the king.
The king roared, “If you don’t bow NOW, you’ll be thrown into the furnace!”
The three friends said, “O king, our God is able to save us from the fire.” That made
the king really angry!
The soldiers tied up the friends. They threw the three men into the middle of the hot
flames. Then the king looked in the furnace. He saw the three friends walking in the
middle of the hot, hot fire. And there was someone else in there, too. It was an angel
God sent to keep the three friends safe.
King Nebuchadnezzar was so surprised! Quickly, he shouted for the men to come
out of the fire. When the three friends came out of the furnace, everyone crowded
around to look at them. The friends were not burned at all. They didn’t even smell
like smoke! God had kept them safe, even in the fire. King Nebuchadnezzar knew
God had kept the men safe, so he praised the one true God.

Summer Unit 1:
I Can Do What is Right

Bible Verse:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”
Proverbs 3:5
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God’s Word & Me (Bottom Line):
I want to do what is right to show my love for God.
 God protects
Daniel’s friends
in a furnace.
Daniel 3:1-30

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 Puzzle 89
Read the clues to find out which of these men were thrown into the
fiery furnace.
1. The men do not have hats on.
2. The men are tall.

How many men were thrown into the furnace?

God kept these men safe.
They loved God and trusted Him.
We can show that we love God, too.
Our Bible says, “I trust in the Lord“ (Psalm 31:6).

Find the word trust on the clothes of the men who were thrown into the furnace.
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BONEU ! Then color those men.
ID A
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