The SeedPod for Beginners by Starting With Jesus
Week26A The Lion's Den
Daniel is put to the test. What will he do? Will praying send him to the lion’s den or save him? Listen to how sweet it was for Daniel to trust in Jesus. Nature lesson on lions. Mem. vs. Dan. 6:22. Child helpers: Issac, Heidi, Patience, Benjamin, Audrey, and Ezekiel.
Recorded and produced by: Ashley B. Larson
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Songs from: Little Voices Praise Him, SDA Hymnal, Sabbath Songs For Tiny Tots, New Sabbath Songs For Tiny Tots, Memory Verse Verse Songs for Cradle Roll, Children's Songs For Jesus, and Scripture Songs and Little Lessons
All Bible verses are from the NKJV.
Singers for this Quarter: Tory, Caleb, and Enoch Hall, Hudson Reeves, Michael and Amy Nelson
Editing assist: Dillon Austin and Josh Larson
Music Recording and Editing: Rachel Nelson and Kristy Hall
Coloring Pages: Rachel Lamming, Lily Canada, and Evie Rodriguez
Theme Music: Lindsey Mills- www.lindseymillsmusic.com
God: who gives talents for us to use for Him
- Duration:
- 10m
- Broadcast on:
- 23 Jun 2024
- Audio Format:
- mp3
(upbeat music) - Welcome to the seed pod for beginners. I'm Miss Ashley and I'm so glad you are here with me today as we sing and learn about God through nature and the Bible. Heavenly Father, please bless all the boys and girls who've joined us today. Help us to learn so much more about you and come close to Jesus. We pray in Jesus' name, amen. Do you know that Jesus likes pretty things? He does because he made them and he made them beautiful, beautiful things for us. One thing that's both pretty and fun are bubbles. Who likes bubbles? I do, my kids do. You can have bubbles in your bath. You can blow bubbles through a straw or you can blow bubbles outside and watch them blow up into the air. Let's sing together, bubbles. ♪ Bubbles, bubbles ♪ ♪ I write to play with bubbles ♪ ♪ Jesus must write pretty things ♪ ♪ Because he made up bubbles ♪ ♪ Bubbles, bubbles ♪ ♪ I write to play with bubbles ♪ ♪ Jesus must write pretty things ♪ ♪ Because he made up bubbles ♪ Prayer is so important. It's how we talk to God and God always hears our prayers and our story that we're gonna hear today, Daniel whispers a prayer and God hears him. Let's sing, whisper a prayer. ♪ Whisper a prayer in the morning ♪ ♪ Whisper a prayer in the evening ♪ ♪ So keep your hearts into ♪ ♪ God and your prayer in the morning ♪ ♪ God and your prayer in the evening ♪ ♪ God and your prayer in the evening ♪ ♪ So keep the whole day true ♪ - We are gonna play a guessing game. I'll give you hints. Then you, guess what it is. Are you ready? I am the biggest kind of cat in the whole world. I live in jungles. I am orange with black stripes. But sometimes I'm white with black stripes. What am I? - Tiger. - A tiger. Question two, I am the fastest land animal and I can even run to keep up with cars on a freeway. I climb trees. I have lots of spots on my fur. What am I? - Cheetah. - A cheetah. Last one. I am called King of the Jungle. I am a yellowish brown color. I have a mane of hair all around my head and I roar. What am I? - Lion. - A lion. These three animals are all part of the big cat family and are big and dangerous. Our story today is about a time when Daniel spent the night in the lion's den. Heavenly Father, we pray that you would teach us how to live for you as we hear our Bible story. And Jesus name, amen. We have been learning about who lately, Daniel. In this story, a new king ruled a country where Daniel lived. The new king liked Daniel very much. He liked Daniel so much that he made him his most important helper. Do you like to be a helper in the home? My girls do. The king's other helpers were jealous. They wanted to be the most important. You know, sometimes we do that too. We try to be first or always get the best. What would that look like? Maybe it's, "I wanna eat first." Or, "I want the biggest strawberry." Or, "I wanna get to choose the book." When really we should be letting others have turns too. They tried to find something wrong with Daniel, but they couldn't. Daniel didn't seem to make any mistakes. The king's helpers thought of another idea. Let's ask the king to make a new law. The new law will say that everyone must worship the king for 30 days. And anyone who prays to someone else will be thrown into the lion's den. These bad men knew that Daniel prayed to Jesus three times a day. They didn't think that Daniel would obey the new law. And then if he didn't, the king would have to throw him into the lion's den. Were they being kind? Not at all. The king was proud, and so he signed the law. He forgot that Daniel, his most important helper, prayed to Jesus, so he signed the new law. Do you know how this made the bad men feel? Oh, they were so happy. They went and they watched to see if Daniel would still pray to Jesus. What would Daniel do? Would he pray to Jesus and be thrown in the lion's den? Or would he just stop praying for 30 days? What should he do? Sure enough, they saw Daniel praying three times that very first day. And they hurried off to tell the king, "King, king, Daniel's not obeying your law." The king tried to save Daniel, but he couldn't change the law, not even his own law. "I am so sorry, Daniel," the king said. "Maybe your God will save you." Daniel was thrown into the lion's den. The king felt so sad. He didn't want to eat. He didn't want to sleep. He didn't even want to listen to music that night. Did a king make a good decision to have Daniel thrown into the lion's den? No, sometimes we make bad choices. What should we do? We should tell Jesus and ask for his help to make things better. Early, early the next morning, the king got out of bed and he went straight to the lion's den. Daniel, the king called, "Did your God save you?" Yes! Daniel answered, "My God has sent his angel and shut the lion's mouth." The king was so happy, Daniel was alive. Jesus sends his angels to watch over us and keep us safe too. A lion's den is not a safe place to be. The Daniel was faithful and God helped him. Isn't that wonderful? Do you think Daniel kept on praying to Jesus three times every day after that? Oh, yes. Will Jesus send his angels to keep us safe too when we honor him? Of course he will. It's memory verse time. Our memory verse today is Daniel 622. My God sent his angel and shut the lion's mouth. Point your finger up to heaven, my God. Sent his angel, he can wave your arms up, bend down like angel wings and clap your hands together for shut. The lion's mouth, Daniel 622. Let's try it together. My God sent his angel and shut the lion's mouth. Daniel 622, let's pray, do you fold your hands? Dear Jesus, help us learn how best you want. To trust you? To trust you. Like Daniel did. And Daniel did. We know you love us. We know you love us. And we love you too. We love you too. In Jesus' name. Amen. Amen. Our closing song today is 'Tis So Sweet' to trust in Jesus. ♪ Tis So Sweet ♪ ♪ To trust in Jesus ♪ ♪ Just to take him at his work ♪ ♪ Just to rest upon his promise ♪ ♪ Just to know the state the Lord ♪ ♪ Jesus, Jesus ♪ ♪ How I trust him ♪ ♪ How I prove him ♪ ♪ Or and or ♪ ♪ Jesus, Jesus breath ♪ ♪ To Jesus ♪ ♪ Oh, for grace ♪ ♪ To trust him more ♪ (gentle music) The Bible study material used in today's devotional podcast was used with permission from My Bible First. If you'd like your own copy, go to MyBibleFirst.org. To download today's coloring picture and for more programs like these, check out the description box below and visit our website startingwithjesus.com. (upbeat music)