Connect As A Family: Ponder Point: God Awakens
Connect As A Family: Ponder Point: God Awakens
Connect As A Family: Ponder Point: God Awakens
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At Home Weekly is designed for you to use during the week with your son or CONNECT AS A FAMILY
daughter. You’ll find out what they learned today at church and can help them
If you have a fireplace, build a fire. If not, light a candle. Have everyone gather
prepare for next week by exploring the theme (or Ponder Point) and spending
nearby, and together read Daniel 3. After reading this part of The Big God Story,
time together in God’s Word.
ask your children what stood out to them. Share with them what amazed you in
this passage of Scripture. Remind your children that when Shadrach, Meshach,
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK and Abednego came out of the fiery furnace, they didn’t even smell like smoke!
PONDER POINT: GOD AWAKENS Pray about any areas where your family needs God to be your Rescuer, and
King Josiah thank Him for always working on your behalf.
2 Kings 22—23
King Josiah discovered God's plan for Israel when the Book of the Covenant was After reading the Scripture passage, discuss these questions together:
found while cleaning the temple.
• Why didn’t Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego worship the gold statue?
WHERE WE’RE HEADED NEXT TIME • Why weren’t they afraid to go into the fiery furnace?
PONDER POINT: GOD RESCUES • How did King Nebuchadnezzar respond when the men came out of the
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego furnace?
Daniel 3
God rescued Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego when they were thrown into a These questions can easily extend into the rest of the week. Look for
furnace. opportunities to bring conversations about God rescuing us into your everyday
life as a family.
DID YOU KNOW?
Share these facts to get the conversation started. REMEMBER VERSE
The Remember Verse focuses on a character trait of God that’s highlighted in
• When Babylon defeated the nation of Judah and destroyed Jerusalem, the next week’s portion of The Big God Story.
conquerors took captive Hebrew men of nobility to serve the Babylonians.
• Part of the Babylonians’ strategy as a world power was to assimilate any Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God
potential leaders from the next generation of Hebrews into the Babylonian and serve him only.’”
culture. One way they did this was by changing all Hebrew names to Babylonian Luke 4:8
names.
• Daniel and his friends may have spoken like Babylonians, but the men’s hearts BLESSING
did not serve their gods. Daniel and his friends chose to serve only the one true
Blessings are often used in the Bible. A blessing can be a prayer of commission,
God, even in the face of death.
a portion of Scripture, or words to encourage and guide.
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