A STORY THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE (3 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Daniel 6:1-28
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A Story That Will Change Your Life (3 of 4)
Series: Taking A Stand
Jeff Strite
Daniel 6:1-28
ILLUS: A 1st-grader stood in front of his classroom to make a speech about ''What he wanted to be when he grew up.'' He stood up in front of the class and said, ''I'm going to be a lion tamer and have lots of fierce lions. I'll walk into the cage and they will roar... and they'll roar... and they'll...'' And suddenly it occurred to him what he was saying... and he STOPPED, and he said, (PAUSE) ''But of course, I'll have my mommy with me.''
APPLY: Now, why did that little boy suddenly decide he wanted his mommy with him?
Because being surrounded by fierce roaring lions is pretty scary.
In fact it was downright dangerous.
ILLUS: Back in 1898 two male lions stalked a Railroad construction crew in Uganda. and were believed to have killed about 135 victims. Then in 1932 a pride of lions in Africa went on a killing spree that left 1500 men, women and children dead.
Lions are dangerous animals.
Lions don't ordinarily kill PEOPLE, but if there's nothing else to eat... they WILL eat you. In Babylon the King apparently kept a few lions around to do just that. If somebody angered him... the offending parties became the main course and the menu.
Now KIDS love this story. It has everything. Danger, adventure, suspense... and a really cool ending. In fact, one source called this ''One of the best loved stories in the Bible.''
That's nice. But the question is... WHY?
Why is this even a story in the Bible? Why did God put it here for us to read? I ask that kind of question every time I prepare a sermon to preach on Sunday: Why is this story important to me?
Every week when I prepare my sermons I do a great deal of searching on the Internet to get background information on the text I'm using. As I googled this story about Daniel and the Lions' Den, I kept repeatedly coming across an interesting ''search tag''. It read: ''The Most Important Bible Story - T ...
Series: Taking A Stand
Jeff Strite
Daniel 6:1-28
ILLUS: A 1st-grader stood in front of his classroom to make a speech about ''What he wanted to be when he grew up.'' He stood up in front of the class and said, ''I'm going to be a lion tamer and have lots of fierce lions. I'll walk into the cage and they will roar... and they'll roar... and they'll...'' And suddenly it occurred to him what he was saying... and he STOPPED, and he said, (PAUSE) ''But of course, I'll have my mommy with me.''
APPLY: Now, why did that little boy suddenly decide he wanted his mommy with him?
Because being surrounded by fierce roaring lions is pretty scary.
In fact it was downright dangerous.
ILLUS: Back in 1898 two male lions stalked a Railroad construction crew in Uganda. and were believed to have killed about 135 victims. Then in 1932 a pride of lions in Africa went on a killing spree that left 1500 men, women and children dead.
Lions are dangerous animals.
Lions don't ordinarily kill PEOPLE, but if there's nothing else to eat... they WILL eat you. In Babylon the King apparently kept a few lions around to do just that. If somebody angered him... the offending parties became the main course and the menu.
Now KIDS love this story. It has everything. Danger, adventure, suspense... and a really cool ending. In fact, one source called this ''One of the best loved stories in the Bible.''
That's nice. But the question is... WHY?
Why is this even a story in the Bible? Why did God put it here for us to read? I ask that kind of question every time I prepare a sermon to preach on Sunday: Why is this story important to me?
Every week when I prepare my sermons I do a great deal of searching on the Internet to get background information on the text I'm using. As I googled this story about Daniel and the Lions' Den, I kept repeatedly coming across an interesting ''search tag''. It read: ''The Most Important Bible Story - T ...
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