Teachers Guide: Be A Daniel (Choices)                       October 19, 2014
(Part 1) 

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Lesson Plan

Read Daniel 1 the whole chapter

A. We All Have Choices To Make:

Discuss the choices that Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah had. 
They could choose to be angry, and bitter at GOD and just give up, or they could choose to trust GOD by faith understanding that HE is faithful.  They could not control their circumstances, but they could control their reaction to them!

B. The Enemy Wants To Return Us Back To The Place That GOD Has Called Us Out Of!

Satan, our enemy is about taking away any progress we make for the Kingdom of GOD, He is about trying to get us back into the very pit of sin that JESUS CHRIST pulled us out of!  Every bit of ground gained for the Glory and Honor of The LORD JESUS CHRIST, satan wants to take back if he can.  He wants to back us up and keep us from moving forward for The LORD.  He desires to take us from our promised land, from our “Caanan’s” , to bind us and take us back…to Babylon.
C.  The LORD GOD Is Sovereign In The Captivity Of His People.


Daniel 1:1-2a “ 1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. 2And The LORD gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand,


Who did it?  GOD did!


When we refuse to heed the warnings of The Holy Spirit, sometimes GOD will allow the enemy to overtake us because it’s the only way we seem to learn.  It is then that we begin to understand that YES, GOD is GOD and He means what HE says and when we try to put our own desires, our own ways above HIS we go down.  It is only in our rebellion against our creator that the enemy can overtake us so that in the end we know that we were very wrong and that GOD is ALMIGHTY and HE is to be revered and respected the way HE deserves to be.  HE ALONE IS GOD!  What HE says, He means and does whether we like it or not.  Sometimes GOD turns us over to captivity to show us where we do not want to be!  He does it to get us to return to Him in the refuge of HIS wings! Proverbs 14:27 “The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.”