God saved Shadrach, meshach and abednego from the fire!

Daniel Lesson / Skit 3 God Saved Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego From the Fire! http://mybiblecrafts.com Lesson Overview: Lesson based on Daniel 3:1-30 Key Concept: Our Great God is Able to Save Us! Take Away: There is no other god who can save us. Key Verse: Daniel 3:28 Other Verses: Isaiah 43:11 Reference Verses: Acts 4:12; John 14:6; John 17:3; Hebrews 7:25, 11:32-34; Daniel 3:17, Matthew 1:21; Hosea 13:4; Deuteronomy 5:8-9; Exodus 20:1-6. Supplies List: From Lesson 1 and 2: Lesson, Talk Time, Activity Pages Friends Standups/Puppets Bible marked with verses used in lesson. King Nebbie Standup/Puppet Yarn or Twine Print and Make Before Lesson: Words for bulletin board. Print extra pictures to make bulletin board scene. Fiery Furnace Paper Bag craft Angel Standup Also see crafts and activity supply lists People Bowing Down Craft Children s toy musical instruments (Optional) Prep: Make and set up Daniel Storyboard, or use crafts as they are. How to Use Crafts and Storyboard: Hold up or stand up the character when you see it in the parentheses. If using Storyboard, point to the picture or craft on the Storyboard. Narrator: King Nebbie: Narrator: King Nebbie: Narrator: Narrator: God Saved Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego From the Fire! (Hold up Fire). Who can tell me what this is? Right, fire. What do we do when you see fire? We call the fire department, don t we? Do we go play in the fire? No. Do we touch the fire? No. Why not? Right! It s hot! Very hot! We all know to stay as far away from it as we can! We don t want to get burnt! Burns hurt! (Hold up Friends). Do you remember who these guys are? Very good. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They were Daniel s friends. In today s story, we ll learn how they end up in a very hot place! Let s listen closely, and we ll see what happened. (Hold up King Nebbie). King Nebuchadnezzar ruled the land of Babylon. We ll call him King Nebbie. That s easier to say. One day, King Nebbie had an idea. Here s what he said: I think I ll make an awesome gold statue! It will be 88 feet high and 9 feet wide! So King Nebbie got his workers to build the great big statue right there in Babylon. They worked very hard for a long, long time. Finally the statue was finished! Then Nebbie sent a message to the governors of all of the other lands, and to all people who worked for them. Here s what he told them: My statue is finished! You must all come and see it! So all the people came and stood in front of his huge gold statue! (People Bowing Down show them standing/front). Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were there too. (Friends) Then a new rule was made: Here s what the rule was (Open scroll and read): People of every language and every land, In front of the statue, now you stand. When you hear the sound of the musical tune. Here s what you ll do this afternoon: Bow down and worship the statue before you! Or into the furnace you ll go! Yes it s true!

Daniel Lesson/Skit 3: God Saved the Three Friends From the Fire! p2 http://mybiblecrafts.com Let s pretend we re there and we re the ones playing the music. (Pass out instruments, or just lead children to pretend they re playing musical instruments for a minute or two). Narrator: King Nebbie: Narrator: Friends When they heard the music, most did as they were told. They bowed and worshipped the big statue of gold! (Bow People down) But did the friends bow down? NO! They did NOT! Even if they d be thrown into the furnace so hot! When they heard the music that was played, Daniel s friends had faith! They weren t afraid! They wouldn t bow down to any statue of gold! For they LOVED GOD! Their faith made them BOLD! The 2nd commandment says, Worship God only! So they wouldn t bow down. They wouldn t be phonies! Uh-oh. Now what s going to happen? Some men saw that Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were still standing up. So, they went and told the king. Didn t you say that anyone who didn t bow down and worship the statue would be thrown into the fiery furnace? Those three friends pay no attention to you! (Point to the friends). They re still standing up! That made King Nebbie really mad! So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were brought to the king. (Stand Friends in front of king). Is it true, that you won t bow down and worship the image of gold that I set up? I m going to give you another chance. When you hear the sound of the musical tune. Here s what you must do this afternoon: Bow down and worship what s in front of you! Or you ll be thrown into the furnace That is true! What god will be able to save you from the fire then? So just do what you re told, you three young men! But Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego had strong faith like Daniel. They were even bold before the mean king. Here s what they said: If we re thrown into the fiery furnace, our GREAT God who we serve is able to save us! And he will save us! But even if he doesn t We WON T bow down and worship your image of gold! We worship the God of Abraham -- the God of old! Daniel s friends showed their faith, that they weren t afraid! After all that, do you think they prayed? (Whisper) I think so, too. Narrator Now King Nebbie was really, really mad! Here s what he told his workers: King Nebbie: Just for that, make the furnace seven times hotter! Narrator: So the king s workers made the furnace hotter, and hotter and hotter Count with me: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, seven times hotter! King Nebbie: Tie these three up! (Wrap twine around the friends, tie). O.k., good! Now throw them into that blazing hot, fiery furnace! Friends: (Pretend/open door to the furnace). Who-o-o-oa! (Move back). That s hot! Shadrach, Meshach and Abedngo were thrown into the fiery furnace! (Place Friends and angel in the furnace) Down they went! Boom! The fire was so-o-o hot that the flames burnt up the men who threw them in!

Daniel Lesson/Skit 3: God Saved the Three Friends From the Fire! p3 http://mybiblecrafts.com Narrator: King Nebbie: Narrator: King Nebbie: When King Nebbie went to see what was happening in there. (Take Nebbie over to the furnace). This is what he saw: Let s count the men together. 1-2- 3 um 4! King Nebbie was so surprised it made him jump! (Jumps) Hey! Wait a minute! Wasn t there only three men that were tied up and thrown into the furnace? The king s men said, Yep. Three. Uh-huh. That s right. (Nod head). But I see four men in the fire! Maybe we counted wrong. Have the children count them again! Narrator: Nebbie wants us to count them again. Will you count with me again? 1-2- 3 4! Let s say their names so we re sure. (Point to each one as you say the names). Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and uh... (Point to angel). Who s this one King Nebbie? King Nebbie: Narrator: King Nebbie: Narrator: Narrator: King Nebbie: (Nebbie looks into furnace). H-m-m-m. The 4th one looks like a son of the gods! And the three are not tied up. They re walking around! So King Nebbie ran up to the door of the furnace (Take Nebbie closer) and shouted to the young men: Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, Come out of there! The king s men opened the door and the three friends came out. (Pretend to open door, pull characters out. Lay angel aside). All the people who were nearby came closer for a good look. They could see that the fire had not hurt them at all! Do their clothes look burnt to you? No. Do their bodies look burnt? No. (Sniff them). They don t even smell like smoke! (Nebbie and Friends). Here, Nebbie, you smell them! (Make sniffing sounds as Nebbie leans over to smell the Friends). (Let children smell them too). Do they smell like smoke to you? No! Now King Nebbie could see for himself that God had sent an angel to save the three friends out of the fire! Nebbie was so amazed, here s what he said: (Reads Daniel 3:28a). Narrator: They trusted in God and said no to the king s rule. There is NO OTHER GOD who is able to save the way THEIR God saved them! Then King Nebbie gave Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego even better jobs and more pay! And, everyone knew that their God the same God we worship -- the God of the Bible, is the ONE TRUE GOD who is able to save us! Transition: Did you like that story? I do too! Let s pray, and have a snack. Then we ll talk about the story and do some fun activities. Prayer Time: Have an assistant or teen pray, then give children a chance to pray.

Daniel Lesson 3 Talk Time God Saved Daniel s Friends From the Fire! Talk Time: Daniel s friends had a choice. They could do what the king said, and bow down to the image, and worship a pretend god, OR they could be thrown into the blazing, hot fire. They said no to the king because they knew God s 10 rules. The 2nd rule says that we should NOT make an image, and bow down and worship it. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego loved God and wanted to obey him, so they would have to say No to the king! They knew God was able to save them, so they did NOT bow down and worship the statue when they were told to. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego showed strong faith when they believed that God was able to save them from the fiery furnace; And, God DID save them! Then, even King Nebbie knew that there was NO other God who could save like that! Only our GREAT GOD is able to save us. Here s what God tells us in Isaiah 43:11. (Read Isaiah 43:11). Does God promise to save us from every bad thing that happens? (Let children answer). No, sometimes we will go through hard times. Bad things happen to God s people sometimes. But he does promise to be right there with us. We can just call out to him, and he will help us. And when it s all over, our faith will be stronger than ever! Transition: Now let s pray and ask God to make our faith strong like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego s faith, so that we will always trust in him, no matter what.

Daniel 3 Fiery Furnace Preschool /Kindergarten Activities Snack Ideas: 1. Gingerbread men with bright orange icing on the bottom half. 2. Gingerbread men in a cup of orange and yellow Jello cubes. Warm-up Activity: Puzzles or coloring pages of the Fiery Furnace, or of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Action Rhyme: Daniel s Friends Had Faith in Our Great God! This true story has, many times, been told: One day King Nebbie made a statue of gold. The king invited his people from all around. Then told them to worship it, and bow down. So most everyone did as they were told. They bowed down and worshiped the image of gold. But not Shadrach, Meshach, and Abedne-go. They ignored the king s rule. They said, No! That would be disobeying God, so they kept standing. They didn t give in, to the king s demanding. So they had to go up, in front of the king. Nebbie asked, Is this true -- this terrible thing -- That you won t bow down, to my image of gold? Of course not! For they worshipped the God of old! No matter what would happen, in Him they would trust. Now that enraged Nebbie with anger and disgust! He ordered the fire, to be made seven times more hot! Would they sin against God? No, they would NOT! So when the three were thrown, into the fiery blaze, God sent an angel, to save them that day! And, when they came out of the fire, they were not hurt! Everyone could see, not even a hair was burnt! They didn t even smell, like the smoke of the flames. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, were their names. Our God is so GREAT! His power he did show! There is NO OTHER GOD who can save us, No! Hold up five fingers, then ten. Hold hand way up high. Make a circular motion with hand. Hold hand way up high. Make a circular motion with hand. Hold hand way up high. Hold up one finger, two, then three. Shake head no. Wiggle three fingers. Shake head no. Walk two fingers. Hold hands out to the sides, palms up. Hold hand way up high. Point up. Point up. Place hands on hips. Hold up seven fingers. Shake head no. Make throwing motion. Bring two wiggly fingers down from up high. Walk two fingers. Hold up hands in praise. Flick fingers like flames. Hold up one finger, two, then three. Point up. Shake head no. Small Group Activity Playtime Using Fiery Furnace Craft and Characters (For quicker activity, just use the Q & A below, with no actions). Pre-made Paper Bag Fiery Furnace Craft Friends Standup Angel Standup King Nebbie Standup Prep: Divide the children into groups of either 3 or 6 (so they each get a turn to move the characters). Tell children they each get to move a character one time (if using 6 children) or move a character (if using 3 children) to help you tell the story again. Activity: Lay the characters on the table. Go through the questions below and let them move the Standup character they pick, when indicated.

Daniel 3 Fiery Furnace Preschool / Kindergarten Activities, p 2 Q & A Actions for Small Group Activity : Which one is King Nebbie? Help child 1 stand up Nebbie. Who can find Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego? Let child 2 hold them. What happened after they did not bow down to the king s statue? Right! They got thrown into the hot, hot Let child 2 put them in furnace. Let the child 3 hold the angel. fiery furnace! Who else was in the fiery furnace with the 3 Let child 3 put angel in furnace. Friends? The angel. Then what did King Nebbie do? He looked into the furnace Let child1/4 take Nebbie to the front of the furnace. What did he see? 4 men! Let children count the men inside. Then what did he do? Told them to come out. Let child 2/5 pull out the Friends. Where they all burnt up? No! Let children look at the front and back. Why not? Because God sent an angel to save them! Let child 3/6 pull out angel. Did they smell like smoke? No! Not at all! Let children smell them. Large Group Pretend Play Activity Let s Pretend to be the Three Friends! (Better for children ages 4+, or if you have time). This activity should help the children experience firsthand, a little of what it was like for the three Friends. You can keep things simple by just designating an area of your room as the fiery furnace. Remember children have good imaginations. Supplies: Angel costume for child (Optional - It could be a white adult s shirt to put on over their clothes) Children s musical instruments / noisemakers Crown for King Nebbie (Optional cape costume) Area of the room that you can make into a furnace Orange, yellow and orange-red poster board or construction paper Scissors (adult only) Tape or glue Corrugated cardboard or Duck (brand) Mounting Poster Putty Optional Supplies: Blankets, comforters or rugs with flames on them Large cardboard box (like furniture boxes) Large toddler crayons Safety Box Cutter (adult only) Instructions: Prep: Print the Gold statue. Enlarge on copier onto cardstock (Optional). Furnace in Area of Room: Set up one corner of the room to be your Fiery Furnace. Hang blankets, comforters or rugs with flames on them, or put down rugs with flames on them. You could also make flames out of poster board or construction paper. Attach flames to a stand that you make out of a corrugated cardboard box, to support the back (similar to flame standup), or stick flames to walls with Poster Putty. Make a poster with flames that says Fiery Furnace to hang at the entrance. Box Furnace: Make a door on the box big enough for children to go in and out. Make flames out of construction paper or poster board. Glue or tape to the sides of the inside of the box. Optional: Make a stone entrance (like the crafts), or rub the side of a large crayon on the outside of the box to give it a rock texture Write Fiery Furnace on the outside, above the door, with flames around the words. Activity: Help the king and angel put their costumes on over their clothes. Tell the other children they will all pretend to be Shadrach, Meshach or Abednego. (Remind children that they re not supposed to bow down to the statue). Tell the children what to say right before they say it. You Hold up the picture of the Gold statue. King Nebbie When you hear the music bow down and worship my great statue! You ll get thrown into the fiery furnace if you don t! All Children Play musical instruments. Stay standing. King Nebbie What s wrong? Why won t you bow down? All Children (Fold their arms in front of them). No! We won t bow down! We only worship the one true God in heaven. King Nebbie (Angrily). This is your last chance! When you hear the music, bow down and worship the statue!

Daniel 3 Fiery Furnace Preschool / Kindergarten Activities, p 3 All Children King Nebbie All Children King Nebbie You Angel + children King Nebbie You King Nebbie Children You Play musical instruments. Stay standing. (Shakes fist). Why are you still standing? Bow down and worship the image! No! We won t bow down! We love God! We only bow down and worship him! Make the fiery furnace 7 times hotter, then throw them all in the fiery furnace. (Fan the flames in the furnace ). Oooh! it s really, really hot! I m burning up just standing out here! (Angel goes into the furnace, followed by the other children). (Looks into furnace) Hey! I see four people in there. Didn t I tell them to throw only three children into the furnace? Yes, you did! Shadrach Meshach and Abednego, Come out! (Come out of firey furnace). Look! Not a hair on the children was burned! They don t even smell like smoke! God saved the children from the fire by sending his angel! Only our great God is able to save! Now we know that the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego our great God the God of the Bible - is the ONE TRUE God who is able to save us!

Daniel 3 Fiery Furnace Children s Crafts http://mybiblecrafts.com Safety Tips: Keep scissors out of reach of children. Keep all glue caps, marker caps and other small items out of reach of children age 3 or under, as they are a choking hazard. Use nontoxic washable markers only. Watch young children when they are using crayons, to be sure they don't put them in their mouths. Have an emergency plan in place in case of injury, ie. personnel trained in First Aid procedures Fiery Furnace Puzzles Fiery Furnace Puzzle Pages Puzzle Template Fiery Furnace poster* Copy paper or cardstock Scissors (adult only) Restickable glue, (optional)* Envelopes Crayons * Print the poster to show children what s it will look like when it s put together. (Ages 3+). For Classroom Activity Prep: Print color-illustrated puzzles or color the bw ones. Print templates (optional). Copy both onto cardstock or copy paper. Cut puzzles apart. Keep pieces to each puzzle in a separate envelope. How to Use: Show children how to fit pieces together on template. For Kids Craft: Place restickable glue on the back of the puzzles. (Optional). Cut the puzzles apart after children color them. (Keep scissors out of reach of children). Place pieces in envelope. Write child s name on envelope. Angel / Friends / King Nebbie Stand-up Craft Angel Standup craft page Heavy cardstock Scissors (for adult) Crayons *If you did Daniel Lessons 1 and 2, you already have Friends and King Nebbie Standups. (Ages 3+) Prep: Print Angel Standup page. Make copies onto cardstock. Cut out for children. Craft: Children color angel pictures. Cut out angels for children. (Keep scissors out of reach of children). Fold back tabs to stand. Quick and Easy Fiery Furnace Craft Fiery Furnace Coloring Prep: Print craft pages. Make copies of coloring page page. If using Tissue Paper, cut 10 X 4 Flame patterns (if using rectangles of tp. Cut down the length of the cp) rectangle, in the center, in a zig-zag line, Orange/yellow Tissue cutting close to the edges, so you end up with paper OR construction two strips of teeth. If using construction paper, paper (cp) use flames as patterns: Cut out, lay on Glue sticks construction paper, trace and cut out cp flames. Scissors (adult) Craft: Kids color picture, and glue on cp flames Crayons or fold the tissue paper shapes. To glue, place glue on the fire in picture, at the bottom only. Stick tissue paper flames on top of glue and press down. Reshape flames to puff out.

Daniel 3 - Fiery Furnace Children s Crafts, p2 Paper Bag 3D Fiery Furnace Friends picture (Week 1) Angel stand-up Fire picture (optional) Orange and yellow tissue paper or construction paper Grocery bags or large lunch bags Scissors (adult only) Restickable glue sticks Extra strength glue sticks Clear tape Crayons Orange, yellow markers Options: Large or Small Craft: Use large paper bag (Grocery Bag) with full-size characters OR use large Lunch Bag and reduce the size of the characters and fire when making copies on copier. Three Ways to Make Fire: 1. Color the fire picture. 2. Wad up tissue paper. 3. Do both. (Sample in photo uses both). For ages 2+. Note: The instructions for the Grocery Bag size. Scale down measurements for smaller craft. Pictures: Print all pictures and copy onto cardstock. Cut out pictures. Stone Edge on Furnace: 3 down from the top of the bag, draw rectangular shape (10 X 12-1/4 ). Draw another rectangle 1-1/2 inside of the edges of the first one. That s your stone edge. As you cut out the opening for the furnace, leave another 1 edge inside the smaller rectangle and cut slits to each corner so you can fold the edges under and glue down for reinforcement. Fold down the top 2 of bag and glue down, to reinforce top. Fire: Use fire shape as a pattern to cut fire out construction paper, or cut tissue paper in half diagonally to create triangles for kids to scrunch up. Craft: Furnace: Kids color a brick/stone design on furnace edge. Help kids fold and glue down top edge of bag and opening of furnace. Pictures: Kids color the pictures, place restickable glue on back of angel and Friends. Allow to dry. Kids scrunch up tissue paper up to make 3D flames, and set in between the characters. Fold back tab on fire picture; tape to bottom front of bag. Rearrange characters so you can see them. Optional: Write on the top: God saved the three Hebrew children from the fire! or something similar. For People Bowing Down, See Story Board / Visual Aids Instructions For more fun bible crafts for children go to http://mybiblecrafts.com or http://biblekidsfunzone.com

Daniel 3 Fiery Furnace Storyboard and People Bowing Down Visual Aid - http://mybiblecrafts.com Safety Tips: Keep scissors out of reach of children. Keep all glue caps, marker caps and other small items out of reach of children age 3 or under, as they are a choking hazard. Use nontoxic washable markers only. Watch young children when they are using crayons, to be sure they don't put them in their mouths. Have an emergency plan in place in case of injury, ie. personnel trained in First Aid procedures Photo Supplies Project Display Boards / Tri-Fold Display Board* Pre-made Craft Samples: Friends Standup Angel Standup King Nebbie Standup Paper Bag Fiery Furnace People Bowing Visual Aid Craft Supplies: Gold statue, Enlarged 2 X its size Scroll craft page Words pages Packing tape Extra strength glue Restickable glue sticks Crayons, markers Stapler, staples * Tri-fold Display Boards - (Also called Presentation Boards or Project Display Boards). Check dollar stores. You can find them for $1.00. They can also purchased online, or from department stores or office supply stores. Option 2: Using a safety box cutter, carefully cut three sides of a cardboard box. The one in the photo was 39 X 27, cut down to 39 X 18 (height). The center is about 20 wide, the sides 10. How To Make Fiery Furnace Storyboard - Prep: Make all craft samples (See craft instructions). Put restickable glue on the back of the friends. Gold statue (Enlarge to double its size while printing or copying). Print the bw picture onto gold paper or color it; OR print the illustrated picture. (The bw statue in photo was enlarged, colored with a crayon). Cut out. Bend feet so its stands. Tape with rolled pieces of tape, or glue, to left side of the storyboard. Furnace: Fold the paper bag (of the Fiery Furnace Craft) flat; glue or tape to center of storyboard. Tape top closed. (Leave front of furnace open to add and remove characters). Tape the angel high enough to be seen when Friends are added. Tape fire at the bottom only, on top of the angel). Scroll: Print scroll onto parchment resume paper. Curl top and bottom edges. Glue or tape to right side. How to Use: Place Fiery Furnace Storyboard on the table. Introduce the characters to the scene and stand them up in front of the board when it indicates in the lesson. You ll be placing put the Friends and angel inside of the furnace, and taking them out again during the lesson. People Bowing Down Visual Aid People bowing front Prep: Print pictures. Cut out. Color if People bowing back using black-and-white. Glue front to Heavy cardstock back, matching edges. Fold: Dashed Scissors (adult only) lines: Bring line up towards you to Extra strength glue sticks make a mountain. Dotted lines: Crayons Push down away from you to make a valley. To Use: Fold arms down in front, and unfold other folds when showing the front of people. Bring arms up and fold at hips and knees when they bow.

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