TGP Family Devotion- March 23-March 29, 2014

Volume 7 Adult/Kids Connections (SPR 2014) 

Unit 19: Session 4: Daniel Was Rescued from the Lions 
Daniel 6 

Christ Connection: God showed His power to rescue Daniel from the lions, but Daniel was just a small part of a much bigger story. God ultimately rescued us from a much bigger problem—sin and death—through His Son, Jesus. 

Adult Connection Point: 
All of us have been far, far away from God’s family; every one of us was once an enemy of God in need of reconciliation (Col. 1:21). Sin keeps us from God. However, God sent His Son Jesus Christ to obtain an eternal rescue for us through His blood. In order to properly love our neighbors, we first must be reconciled with God. For the love we share with one another flows directly out of the fountain of love that we ourselves 
have been shown—an unconditional, uncompromising agape love that selflessly gives itself away without the promise of return. God deserves the best, and we ought to offer praise gratefully and joyfully, not out of duty and obligation. 

Voices from the Church 
“We are reconciled first to God in Christ, then to one another in covenant community, and third to what God is doing in the renewal of all creation.”  —Matt Chandler [Matt Chandler and Jared Wilson, The Explicit Gospel (Wheaton: Crossway, 2012), 144.] 


Family Devotion: 
If Dad is up for it, act out this story by letting him play Daniel while the kids are lions. Direct the kids to practice their best roars before starting. Mom can play the part of the angel and stop the lions from getting to Daniel anytime she holds up her hand. 

Choose one of your kids to retell Daniel 5. Ask, “What were some reasons the other leaders did not like Daniel?” The governors and supervisors were jealous of Daniel. They knew he loved God and that King Darius favored him. Yet, Daniel did not care what man thought, he only wanted to please God. No one was going to tell him he could not pray to his God even if it meant his life. 

Remind your children that God knew where Daniel was and what the supervisors and governors had done to him. Yet, God loved Daniel and rescued him from the lions. He miraculously shut the lions’ mouths, and Daniel walked away untouched. Daniel trusted and was saved by His God. In the same way, we are rescued from our sins and death when we trust in Jesus. 

Pray, thanking God for saving each believing member of your family from sin and death. Ask Him to reveal Jesus to those who do not yet know Him.