At-home guide / number 44
The Fiery Furnace
Daniel 3. Part 3 of the story, poetry and prophets. This guide went out for Sunday November 9, 2025.
Reinforce this truth throughout the week and during your study.
God’s people should put God first no matter what.
Read the passage to or with your children.
Daniel 3
Memorize and recite this verse with your children throughout the week
"You shall not make for yourself a carved image,
or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth."
- Exodus 20:4
Watch the video below with your children.
Take time with your family to discuss these questions (or variations of these questions) together, and reflect on this week’s truth and Word.
What are some ways it can be hard to obey God when no one around you believes in God? Where were Daniel and his three friends living in our story? How do you think they knew how to live for God when those around them did not?
TakeawayGod’s people must learn to live for God even when those around them don’t.
What do the first two commandments tell us about God? What was the rule Nebuchadnezzar made that all people had to obey? What did Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego decide to do?
TakeawayPut God first no matter what.
What was the punishment the men faced for obeying God’s command and disobeying Nebuchadnezzar’s command? In the New Testament, what similar test did Jesus face for obeying God? How could Jesus have avoided his death on the cross?
TakeawayLike Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Jesus faced death for obeying God.
When God rescued Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, did they still die from the flames? How was Jesus’s rescue different? What does it mean for you and me that God rescued Jesus by raising him from the dead?
TakeawayWhen God rescued Jesus by raising him from the dead, he also rescued all that follow Jesus.
As your family reflects on the truths you learned in this week’s lesson, pray together.
Here are some questions to get you started...
- What did I learn about God that I can praise Him for?
- What sins and weaknesses can I confess to God?
- What promises can I thank God for?
Keep going
The story runs on.
Every guide follows the one storyline of Scripture, week by week. Guide 44 sits in part 3, poetry and prophets.