Shadrach, Meshack, Abednego

The aim of this session is to: teach the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and to help the children understand it is important to stay true to God.

Verses: Daniel 1:3-20, Daniel 3:1-30, Luke 21:19

 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown into a furnace because they had faith in God and refused to bow down to an idol. Then when they were in the fire, God came to protect them. 

Discuss this question:

When have you been in a hard situation that God has protected you?

Listen to the song “Another in the Fire” Hillsong. 

There’s a grace when the heart is under fire

Another way when the walls are closing in

And when I look at the space between

Where I used to be and this reckoning

I know I will never be alone

There was another in the fire

Standing next to me

There was another in the waters

Holding back the seas

And should I ever need reminding

Of how I’ve been set free

There is a cross that bears the burden

Where another died for me

There is another in the fire

All my debt left for dead beneath the waters

I’m no longer a slave to my sin anymore

And should I fall in the space between

What remains of me and this reckoning

Either way I won’t bow to the things of this world

And I know I will never be alone

There is another in the fire

Standing next to me

There is another in the…