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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. KJV

MEMORY VERSE DEUTERONOMY 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. KJV

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

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? KJV

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

MAIN LESSON Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. KJV

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. KJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will KJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.” Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed KJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and com-manded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind KJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery. Therefore because the KJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Aben-nego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the KJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnez-zar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his coun-sellors, “Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said unto the king, “True, O king.” KJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued He answered and said, “Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, KJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither.” Then Shad-rach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire. And the princes, governors, and captains, And the king's KJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, KJV

MAIN LESSON Daniel 3:16-28, continued “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent His angel, and delivered His servants that trusted in Him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.” KJV

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

MAIN LESSON Philippians 4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. KJV

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. KJV

MAIN LESSON Deuteronomy 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, He it is that doth go with thee; He will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. KJV

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? KJV

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? KJV

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

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. KJV

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

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. KJV

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