1. Scripture Focus: Daniel 5:1-9, 17-30
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
The Hand of Reality
Scripture Focus: Daniel 5:1-9, 17-30

2. Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Writing on the Wall
What do you think people mean when they use the phrase “the handwriting is on the wall”?

3. What would your reaction be if you saw a disembodied hand appear?
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Writing on the Wall
What would your reaction be if you saw a disembodied hand appear?

4. Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Writing on the Wall
Have you ever felt like God has gone to some dramatic lengths to get your attention?

5. The Elements of Arrogance
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
The Elements of Arrogance
(Daniel 5:1-4)
What things did Belshazzar do in order to impress people?
What made the goblets from the Temple in Jerusalem so special?

6. When God Makes Himself Known
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
When God Makes Himself Known
(Daniel 5:5-9)
Why did the writing on the wall cause such a dramatic response from Belshazzar?

7. When God Makes Himself Known
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
When God Makes Himself Known
(Daniel 5:5-9)
What does this tell you about his previous show of confidence?
Why did the incompetence of Babylon’s experts add to Belshazzar’s dilemma?

8. What is the point of Daniel’s history lesson?
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Balancing the Scales
(Daniel 5:17-31)
What is the point of Daniel’s history lesson?

9. To whom must Belshazzar ultimately answer?
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Balancing the Scales
(Daniel 5:17-31)
To whom must Belshazzar ultimately answer?

10. What is the message of the writing on the wall?
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Balancing the Scales
(Daniel 5:17-31)
What is the message of the writing on the wall?

11. Impressed by Our World What things get your time and attention?
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Impressed by Our World
What things get your time and attention?
Why do they capture our attention?

12. Impressed by Our World What qualities draw us to them?
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Impressed by Our World
What qualities draw us to them?
What needs might they fulfill in our lives?

13. Could our interest create problems?
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Impressed by Our World
Could our interest create problems?
When do the things of this world become dangerous, emotionally and spiritually?

14. What might God do today in order to bring us back to reality?
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Arrested by Our God
What might God do today in order to bring us back to reality?

15. Rethinking the Glitter
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Rethinking the Glitter
Are the things that impress you day by day really as important as you think?

16. Rethinking the Glitter
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Rethinking the Glitter
Has God done something dramatic to get your attention in this past week?

17. Rethinking the Glitter
Daniel: Faithfulness in Difficult Times
Rethinking the Glitter
What is God asking you to reevaluate in your life?