Theme Verse: “Three times a day he (Daniel) got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.” Daniel 6:10b NIV
Song: "Daniel Was A Man Of Prayer", listen here
Parent Preparation: Daniel 6:1-28
Supplies: Bible, print out of teaching, puppet (see note below on the puppet)
Day 1
• (Read theme Bible verse.)
• Daniel prayed 3 times every day (count together to 3).
• Daniel prayed to God.
• Puppet: “Is prayer when you talk to yourself?”
• No! When you pray you are speaking to God.
• Puppet: “I can’t pray to God right now, I don’t see Him here.”
• God is Holy Spirit. We can’t see spirit. God is here, and He hears our prayers even though he doesn’t have ears.
• Daniel thanked God. What are things that we can thank God for?
• (Pray together.)
Day 2
• Bad men saw Daniel praying to God.
• They made a rule that if you prayed to God you would be thrown into a den full of lions!
• Puppet: “That’s okay, lions are cats, my neighbors have cats, they are nice. They say “meow””
• Lions are dangerous. They have sharp teeth and claws! They make sounds like “Roar!”
• Puppet: “Don’t go in there Daniel!”
• Do you think he stopped praying? (read theme verse). No! He went in front of His window and prayed to God.
• So the bad men went and got Daniel, and threw him into the lion's den!
• God sent an angel to shut the lion’s mouth!
• (Pray together.)
Day 3
• (Read them verse. Have child pretend to be Daniel and act out the verse.)
• (Act out together putting Daniel in the lions den, an angel shutting the lion’s mouth, and Daniel coming out of the lion’s den.)
• (Read Daniel 6:23) Daniel believed and trusted that God would take care of him. When we pray we can trust God to take care of us.
• Puppet: “Can I only pray 3 times a day?
• We can pray anywhere we go, at any time of day.
• (Pray together.)
Note About The Puppet
• If you don’t have a puppet you can make one out of a sock, or a paper bag, or a popsicle stick.
• When using puppets when teaching the Bible, I have the puppet's character be really excited about the Bible. At the same time I still maintain that I am the one teaching about the Bible and not the puppet.
• It can be fun to give the puppet a name, personality, and
even its own voice (though I have a hard time maintaining the voice!)
Prayer Teaching Series:
- "Hannah Prayed To God"
- "Daniel Prayed To God"
- "Jesus Christ Prayed To God"
- "We Pray For Each Other"
- "The Name of Jesus Christ" Teaching Ideas
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