Icebreaker: How has your life been affected by fire? (home, forest, community, work, school, etc.) Overview: I faced a life-threatening illness in June of 2000 when my head exploded with pain from a brain hemorrhage. The only prayer I could manage was, “God, you’ve got to help me.” And He did. I walked out of the hospital a week later a little singed but alive. God had saved me from something that takes most. He continues to be right beside me when in the dark of the long nights the evil one whispers, “Did God really heal you? If it happened once, it could happen again. You won’t be so lucky next time.” Like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego said to the king, I say in reply, “I have no need to answer you. The God I serve is able to deliver me!” Discussion: Read Daniel 3:16-30. The Faithful understand the power of God for deliverance. What did Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego know about God that the king did not? How did they respond to the king’s threa...
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