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Daniel and the Lion’s Den

Friday, October 18th, 2013

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When you teach the story of Daniel and the Lion’s Den to children, you can make this easy craft. You will need a coffee can, small plastic lions, and a Lego man. You will also need a hot glue gun and a strip of white cloth.

Plug in the hot glue gun. Open the coffee can and arrange the lions down in there. Grab the Lego man and the strip of white cloth (about an inch wide and 8 inches long), tying the cloth around the Lego man like a Bible-time tunic. Hot glue the end down. (If you don’t have a hot glue gun, you could sew the end of the cloth strip down on the back.) Now place your Daniel character into the lion’s den.

No, wait a minute! You need to throw the Daniel character into the lion’s den, telling the kids that evil men threw Daniel into the lions just because he was praying to God three times a day. Those evil men couldn’t find a single thing wrong with Daniel because he was a man of integrity, always doing what was right.

The lions did not eat Daniel. An angel of the Lord shut their mouths, even though the lions were hungry. The next morning King Darius asked Daniel if he was okay, and King Darius was overjoyed to find out that God had saved Daniel from death. He took Daniel out of the pit and threw the evil men into it, and the ravenous lions ate them all.

So I suppose you could throw more Lego men into the bucket, then slam the lid down, and shake the bucket. I know… gruesome, huh? But these men conspired to murder an innocent man, so what goes around comes around. God controls the universe, not man.

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Fiery Furnace Craft

Thursday, October 17th, 2013

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You can bring the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the book of Daniel to life by making this fiery furnace craft. You will need the following items:

  • shoebox
  • black paint
  • pencil
  • red, orange, and yellow card stock paper
  • hot glue gun
  • school glue
  • scissors
  • tape
  • red cellophane
  • three (or four) small toy men
  • flashlight

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Paint the shoebox with black paint, and let it dry overnight. Using a large flashlight as a stencil, draw a circle in the bottom of the box. Make sure the box is on its side. Stab your scissors into the middle of the circle, and cut the circle out. Tape red cellophane over the hole on the outside of the box.

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Cut out flames from the red, orange, and yellow papers, and glue them together with school glue. Hot glue the flames to the bottom of the box. Now place your three toy men into the box.Your fiery furnace craft is complete.

Tell the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the book of Daniel, adding a fourth toy figure at the end of the story. Yes, Jesus Himself showed up in the fiery furnace to protect these men from being killed.

Through this story, God shows us that we do not need to be afraid when we obey God. These men refused to bow down to any other god, and even though it infuriated the king, they obeyed God. They trusted that God could save them from the furnace, “but even if He does not, we will not bow down to you, O king,”they said.

The furnace was so extremely hot that the people who threw them into the furnace died from the heat. This was a miracle. God rules the universe. He controls every atom, and fire does not burn unless God says so. We can trust God, that He will help us through difficult times through His presence with us.

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Ezekiel’s Scroll

Wednesday, October 16th, 2013

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When you are studying the book of Ezekiel with your kids, why not make Ezekiel’s scroll? God commanded Ezekiel to eat the scroll, so we are going to make this scroll craft edible. You will need a soft wheat tortilla, 2 bamboo skewers, scissors, and some honey. Cut the top and bottom off the tortilla with a pair of scissors. Snap the bamboo skewers to the right size, depending on how big your tortilla is.

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Now thread the skewers in and out of the tortilla on either side. Spread some honey on the inside of the tortilla. In Psalm 19:10, David says that God’s Word is sweeter than honey. This is a great illustration for children, so that they can taste how sweet the Word of God is.

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You can roll up the two sides if you want to close the scroll. Make sure the tortilla is not stale, or this will not work. I suppose that if you put a stale tortilla into the microwave, it might not break when you are rolling it. Otherwise buy the tortillas on the same day you make this project.

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In Ezekiel chapter 2, God tells Ezekiel to eat the scroll, and inside the scroll is lamentations, mourning, and woe because the people of Israel are rebellious. Nine times God says that the people are rebellious, stubborn, and obstinate. Then God shows Ezekiel visions of the end times. He also sees visions of heaven that are glorious. Ezekiel is my favorite book of the Old Testament because of these heavenly visions.

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The Altar of Elijah

Tuesday, October 15th, 2013

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To make a craft of the altar of Elijah, all you will need is some white self-hardening clay and small pebbles. Roll the clay into the shape of an altar, like a short cylinder. Press the pebbles into the clay. You’re done! How easy was that? And great fun for all ages!

Now you are ready to tell the story of the altar of Elijah, found in I Kings 18:20-39. The priests of Baal try to get their god to accept their offering by having fire come down from heaven. It never happens, even when they cut themselves to indicate that they are dedicated to their god. Elijah insults them by telling them to yell louder, that maybe their god is taking a nap.

the-altar-of-Elijah-2Finally at the end of the day, it’s Elijah’s turn. He tells the people to pour four pitchers of water on top of the altar three times, as well as digging a trench around the altar. The entire trench is full of water. He prays once, and fire thunders down from heaven, consuming the entire sacrifice and licking up all the water. The people fall down on their faces and say, “The Lord, He is God!”

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