week of 12/11

Unit 16  Session 2

GOD'S REWARD FOR THE FAITHFUL

DANIEL 1

Faithfulness to God is not easy, but it is rewarded.

In our last session, we saw the people of Judah at the very beginning of the Babylonian captivity. God had warned them time and time again that if they worshiped and served other gods, He would remove them from the land. And that's exactly what God did. In today's session, we still find ourselves at the beginning of the Babylonian captivity, but instead of hearing God speak through a prophet from outside Babylon, we will see God work through the lives of four young men in Babylon as they resolved to remain faithful to the Lord in a seemingly impossible situation.

Points to consider:

✞   Faithfulness to God is tested.

     * What opportunities from the world tempt 

        believers today to defile themselves?

     * How should the reality that we can't work 

        to justify ourselves before God change the 

        way we see our work for God?

✞   Faithfulness to God is affirmed.

     * What are some ways God affirms faithfulness 

        even if He doesn't provide for or rescue His 

        people from trials?

✞   Faithfulness to God is rewarded.      

     * Why should we see God's using us with our 

        gifts and talents as a reward?