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Daniel – Lesson 1 From Belief To Convictions Daniel 1:3-7 1. What problems to you see arising in the story? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. If you had been in Daniel's shoes, what would you have done? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do you think it would have been like to be one of these exiled people? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What use did Nebuchadnezzar have for these young people? What was his motive? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. In what ways had the Babylonian culture influenced these four men? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. How would you have responded to these changes? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Which would be the hardest for you to endure? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ © Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved.

Daniel 1:8-14 1. While so many things about their lives had been challenged and changed by their culture, why do you think they drew the line here? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the difference between a belief and a conviction? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What were some possible downfalls of Daniel's (and eventually his three friends.) actions? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 1:15-21 1. In what ways did God honor their obedience? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Did Daniel and his friends wait for a “big” thing to come up to take a stand? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. When did they choose to take a stand? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How did their faith help them to do this? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Homework: • Memorize Daniel 1:8 • Look for ways in which your culture challenges your faith. Are you equipped to stand on your convictions? • Take comfort in knowing that God is in control and He will honor your faith.

© Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved. Daniel – Lesson 2 You Carry the Message Daniel 2:1-9 1. What was King Nebuchadnezzar's problem? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Whom did the King turn to for answers? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why do you think people automatically turn to these types of people when difficult things come up in their lives instead of turning to God? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why do you think the King required that they not only interpret the dream, but also tell him what his dream was? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 2:10-19 1. What do the enchanters say about these dreams? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who did the enchanters say could complete this task? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. If you could do something like this for God, what would you want to do? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

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© Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved. Colossians 1:25-27 1. How is this comparable to what Daniel did? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How can we make Christ known to others? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Do you think we look at sharing the Gospel differently today? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 2:17-28a 1. When faced with a challenge, what did Daniel do in verses 17-18? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Did Daniel rely on his own power to reveal the dream? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What was the source of Daniel's ability? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What was Daniel’s response to this revelation? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Homework: • Memorize Daniel 2:27-28 • When faced with difficult challenges, ask people to pray for you, depend on God's power, and then praise God for what He does. • Many people are looking for answers to this mystery called life. Share the Gospel with those around you. © Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved.

Daniel – Lesson 3 Never Bow Down Daniel 3:1-7 1. What would possess Nebuchadnezzar to build this center of worship? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who showed up for the big revealing (see verse 3)? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. While we tend to trust our officials and leaders, can you think of any examples in our culture where our officials might be off in their judgment? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What would be the purpose of forcing the people to bow down to a statue? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why would they be so serious about this thing that they would actually kill people who didn’t do it? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What would be the nearest equivalent to this statue in our culture? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Have you ever felt pressure to “bow down” to something that has faced you? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 3:8-15 1. Who tells on Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in verses 8-10? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ © Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved.

2. What motivation did they have to get Daniel’s friends in trouble? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 3:16-23 1. What do you think were the main factors in Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego being so strong in this situation? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Although the King was furious with the three men, did they lose their composure or respond to the King harshly? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Homework: • Memorize Daniel 3:17-18 • Make God the main focus of your life. When persecution, discrimination, peer pressure, and other problems come your way, stand firm and remember that God is with you. • Select friends who are believers and are willing to lead lives that will honor God. © Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved.

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Daniel – Lesson 4 Pride Comes Before the Fall Daniel 4:1-8 1. At first glance, where does it seem like Nebuchadnezzar is in his walk with God? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What are some of the things Nebuchadnezzar has seen God do already? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Why does Nebuchadnezzar bring in his wise men again? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Were they successful the first time? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why do you think he gave them another chance? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why do you think this chapter of Daniel is in the Bible, since Nebuchadnezzar, a pagan, wrote it? What do we gain from his perspective? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 4:9-18 1. What does Nebuchadnezzar do differently with his dream this time? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Is his dream good news or bad news? Why? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ © Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved.

3. According to verse 18, how does Nebuchadnezzar know that Daniel can interpret the dream? __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 4:19-27 1. Why would Daniel have difficulty telling Nebuchadnezzar the interpretation of this dream? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Do you think God allows bad things to happen to us to teach us lessons? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is Daniel’s advice to Nebuchadnezzar in verse 27? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 4:28-33 1. What does Nebuchadnezzar have pride concerning? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How does pride get in his way? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What happens to the king? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What do you think this was like for Nebuchadnezzar to experience? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 4:34-37 1. What does Nebuchadnezzar say in the last passage that makes you think he has repented? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

© Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved. 2. How do you think this would have sounded to followers of the One True God at the time, coming from their formerly pagan king? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Proverbs 16:18 Philippians 2:3-4 1 Peter 5:5-6 James 4:10 1. What do these verses tell us about being humble? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What do these verses say about pride? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Would you prefer that God favor you or oppose you? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Homework: • Memorize Proverbs 16:18 • Examine your life. Do you think more highly of yourself than others? Are you arrogant? • Thank God for the abilities He has given you and use them for His glory.

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© Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved. Daniel – Lesson 5 Provoking The Wrong God Daniel 5:5-9 1. What do you find interesting about how the king responds to this event? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What would explain his fear? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. The king tries to find someone smarter than him to explain. Why don’t you think he considered Daniel? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 5:10-24 1. How does Daniel respond to the king’s offer in verse 17? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does Daniel do next? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 5:25-31 1. What are the words that Daniel reports? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Literally, this means, “number, weigh, divide.” Daniel sheds more light on the meaning. What does he say? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ © Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved.

3. Why do you think Belshazzar was destroyed when his father and former king Nebuchadnezzar was given the opportunity to repent? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. What do you think was the main thing that Belshazzar did to offend God? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 1. What is sacred to God according to this text? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why is the body sacred? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How do you think we can keep our bodies sacred? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Corinthians 10:18-22 1. What is sacred according to these verses? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Do you think that still applies today? Are there modern-day equivalents? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How do we “participate” in idolatry in unholy ways? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

© Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved. 1 Corinthians 11:27-30 1. What is sacred according to this passage? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How might we eat of it in an unholy way, according to this text? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. How may we need to change the way we participate in the Lord’s Supper? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Homework: • Memorize Daniel 5:23 • Be careful to honor God in all that you do and remember to take the sacred things of God seriously. • Consider any ways in which you may be participating in idolatry and remove these obstacles from your life.

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© Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved. Daniel – Lesson 6 God Is In Control Daniel 6 1. Do you find it hard to obey God when other people are not? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why is it hard to stay faithful to God when it's unpopular to do so? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. If you were in Daniel’s situation, what would you have done when the decree was issued? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How do you think Daniel felt in the lion’s den? How do you think you would have felt? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 7 1. How can these four confusing visions be helpful to us? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What do these interpretations tell us about worldly kingdoms? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. These visions tell of four powers from history. How many powers do you think have risen and fallen since? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Does this shake your confidence in the worldly powers of today? How might that be a good thing? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ © Teen Sunday School

Place. All rights reserved. 5. In whom should we put our confidence? ______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 8 1. How can trying to apply visions like this to history be a difficult task? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Do you think it is good to focus on predictions like these? Why or why not? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Does a prophecy being confusing make it unhelpful? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. How is this vision from Daniel 8 still helpful to us? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Homework: • Memorize Daniel 6:26-27 • Always remember that God is in control and He will honor those who are faithful to Him. • Completely trust God with your life.

© Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved. Daniel – Lesson 7 Prayer, Visions, and The End Daniel 9:1-3 1. What did Daniel pray about? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How did Daniel pray? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does this tell us about how Daniel felt about the situation? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 9:4-19 1. What are the major sins Daniel confesses in this passage? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Are these things Daniel had done? Whom is he confessing on behalf of? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What does “confession” mean? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Why is confession important? Doesn’t God already know what we’ve done? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is Daniel’s stated purpose in verses 17-19? ______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

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© Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved. Daniel 9:20-27 1. Whom does Daniel hear from after he prays? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What do you think Gabriel’s response means? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Regardless of what it precisely means, do you think this brings Daniel hope? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Do you believe God answers all our prayers? How might He do it? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Daniel 10:1 – 11:45 1. How would you sum up Daniel's vision? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Who is it that Daniel sees? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What do you think the vision means? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What do you make of all this talk about the King of the North, King of the South business? Is it confusing? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. We don’t really read about a response from Daniel. If the point of these visions is hard to discern, why do you think they are included in Scripture? ______________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

© Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved. Daniel 12:1-13 1. How would you summarize this vision? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. If you are confused, you are in good company. Daniel is baffled in verse 8 too! How does the messenger reply in verse 9? ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Do you think the point is understanding, or trust that it is true? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. How can you trust in that which you don’t understand? How does that change the way you live? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Homework: • Memorize Daniel 9:9-10 • Whether you like it or not, be aware that there is continual spiritual warfare taking place for your soul and the souls of those around you. • Take a good look at your life. What needs to change in your life in order to help you become a stronger champion for Christ? © Teen Sunday School Place. All rights reserved.

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