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MAIN IDEA God is always with you. Even during a difficult time, you can trust that God loves you and is with you. NKJV

MEMORY VERSE DEUTERONOMY 31:6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. NKJV

Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. INTRODUCTION Share what you wrote about or drew in Start Here. NKJV

What did you do when you felt scared? INTRODUCTION What did you do when you felt scared? Who can you always turn to when you feel scared? NKJV

MAIN LESSON 1. Being strong and courageous means being brave enough to obey God, even in a hard or scary situation. NKJV

MAIN LESSON Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. NKJV

MAIN LESSON 2. In Daniel 3:16-28, Shadrach and his two friends obeyed God, and they trusted that God would be with them even if they were thrown into the fiery furnace. NKJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebu-chadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will NKJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up." Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed NKJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and NKJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued Abed-Nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore, because the king's command NKJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. And these three men, Shad-rach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery NKJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued furnace. Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, "True, O king." "Look!" he answered, NKJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God." Then Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, "Shadrach, Meshach, and NKJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued Abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here." Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. And the satraps, admini-strators, governors, and the king's coun-selors gathered together, and they saw NKJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them. Nebuchad-nezzar spoke, saying, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and and Abed-Nego, NKJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued who sent His Angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and they have frustrated the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they should not serve nor worship any god except their own God! NKJV

MAIN LESSON 3. Even after you trust Jesus as Savior, life will sometimes be painful, and we may struggle. NKJV

MAIN LESSON Philippians 4:12 I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. NKJV

MAIN LESSON 4. During hard times we can know that God still loves us and will always be with us just like Asmita learned while attending Awana in Nepal. NKJV

MAIN LESSON Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you. NKJV

Where is God when you are going through difficult times? FAITH IN ACTION Where is God when you are going through difficult times? Where is God when you are going through happy times? NKJV

How will this affect the way you respond to difficult times? FAITH IN ACTION When is God with you? How will this affect the way you respond to difficult times? How will this affect the way you respond to happy times? NKJV

SUM IT UP Being strong and courageous means being brave enough to obey God, even in a hard or scary situation. NKJV

SUM IT UP Shadrach and his two friends obeyed God, and they trusted that God would be with them even if they were thrown into the fiery furnace. NKJV

SUM IT UP Even after you trust Jesus as Savior, life will sometimes be painful, and we may struggle. NKJV

SUM IT UP During hard times we can know that God still loves us and will always be with us just like Asmita learned while attending Awana in Nepal. NKJV

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