Facing the Lions - Facing Your Fears (Daniel 6)

God calls us to face our fears - and promises to meet us there. (Pastor Meghan Rush speaking)

What are some characteristics you have recognized in the book of Daniel over the past six weeks? Which ones do you most value?

Read Daniel 6:1-5. What characters are represented in the situation? What are their roles? What word would you use to describe how the administrators and satraps found Daniel in looking to bring charges against him? Have you ever felt persecuted or singled out because of your faith?

Read Daniel 6:10-16. Did Daniel do anything different than normal for his prayer life? Was the King aware he had been set up by the administrators and satraps? Why couldn’t he change the decree? Did the King seem to care about the situation Daniel was being put in?

Read Daniel 6:17-24. Why was Daniel rescued by God from the den?

Read Daniel 6:25-28. Would King Darius have believed in Daniel’s God without witnessing this event? By Daniel taking a stand to radically obey God, Darius and his kingdom gave reverence to God.

Applying the Word
Have you experienced having to live through a difficult situation?
Did it move you closer to God or move you further away from him?
If you have experienced a ‘Lions Den’ situation, can you see the ways you have been strengthened through it? What about the people around you who watched you go through it?
Are there Lions or Fears that you are facing right now? Can you surrender your fears to God?
Pick your biggest fear and ask God daily for His help. Then, trust Him to be bigger than your fears.

This week begin or continue to live by Daniel’s example:
Pray daily, Obey radically and Stand on God’s Truth