Have you ever been the odd one out? Different from everyone else in the group? How did you feel?
King Neb sent his army to capture God's people, the Israelites. He then had men chosen to come and train in his court.
Daniel and his friends were chosen to be trained to serve the king of Babylon.
Where were some new things they were given or told to learn? (answer
What did Daniel refuse to do that the king had commanded him to do? (Read
God was kind to Daniel and his friends (Read Daniel 1:11-17).
What did God do that showed he cared for Daniel and his friends?
If this story is not about leraning to eat your vegetables, what is it all about?
Who do we need to put first in our life?
What does it mean to put God first?
How do you put God first at home, at school, with your friends, sport, music?
What makes it hard? (Would you need to act differently to the people around you sometimes?)
Sometimes it's hard being different from people around us. But God commands us to live to please God rather than to please people.
We need to put God first. Let's stop and pray for each other that we will live in this world but we will put God first in everything we do, to be his people here on earth.
Father God, please help us to be different so that people will see the difference Jesus has made in us. Please help them to turn and follow Jesus. Amen.
Question of the week: Can you give one example of how you can live as God's people when you are at school? Enter your name and answer at the bottom of this page and send it to Michael. You will get a prize next week.