Daniel and the Lions
Daniel 6:1-23 Our true story is found in a part of the Bible called Daniel. Daniel was a man that loved God very much and lived in a land called Babylon. We begin with Daniel. Daniel loved God and prayed to Him every day. Daniel worked for King Darius. King Darius liked Daniel, and they were friends. But this made some other guys jealous and grumpy. These grumpy guys wanted to get Daniel in trouble so the king wouldn’t like him anymore. So, they made a tricky plan. They tricked the king into making a law that no one could pray to anyone but HIM. The law said that everyone had to pray to the king. And if they prayed to anyone else, they would be thrown into a den of hungry lions. What was Daniel going to do? If he prayed to God like he did every day, he could be thrown to the lions. What do you think? Do you think Daniel stopped praying to God? NOOOO! Daniel did NOT stop praying to God. Daniel knew God was more powerful than anything and that God wanted him to pray. So, he ke...