WEEK Part of The Big God Story WEEK

4.11 Daniel 6
A new law was passed that forced the people to pray to the king.
4.12
Daniel loved God and prayed only to the one true God. When
the king found out, he had no choice but to put Daniel in the
lions den. God protected Daniel. He was saved, and the living
God was praised.
Ponder Point
GOD IS THE

Blessing
LIVING GOD
Blessing
(Insert your childs name), may you
Open a Bible and read Daniel 6:26b
remember that the living God is
over your child:
always with you. He is powerful
For he is the living God and he
enough to protect you.
who endures forever.

Did You Know?

Daniel prayed three times a day. He often
prayed for Gods people even though they
had turned from worshipping Him.
Hamilton says, When King Darius ran to the lions den to
Dig into find Daniel, Daniel was alive and well and

Gods Word without a single scratch on him!

Read Daniel 6:1323. After reading,

remind your child that it was the living
God who rescued Daniel from the mouths
of the lions.

- Your child can distinguish emotions based on a A Parent

Tot Talk persons facial expressions and can mimic those
expressions. As you read Daniels story, allow your child
Tot Talk Preteach Resource
to make happy, scared, angry, sad, and surprised faces
during appropriate parts of the story.

Did Daniel stop praying to God when Who protected Daniel? God did. The king sent a for the weeks of ...
the king made the new law? No, Daniel message to the world telling them that God is the
continued to pray to God three times living God.
a day!
 WEEK Part of The Big God Story WEEK

G 4.9 4.10
od has given parents the 2 Kings 2223:23
privilege of being the primary Scrolls containing Gods Word were discovered during the
spiritual nurturers of their temple restoration. Josiah made sure the scrolls were read to the
childrens faith. people. The words were powerful and led them to destroy their
The At Home Weekly is designed to reinforce that idols and continue to repair the Lords temple.
truth by allowing your family to have time in Gods
Word before your child attends church
each week. It will provide you with ways to
Ponder Point
introduce The Big God Story and have age- GODS WORD HAS
appropriate conversations with your little one as
you prepare her for what she will be experiencing
POWER Blessing
in church for the next four weeks. Blessing
Research has shown that children between the (Insert your childs name), may
ages of two and four learn best through repetition. Open a Bible and read Psalm 119:105a: Gods Word help you know God
Because of this, TruBlessings will spend two Your word is a lamp for my feet. and follow Him.
weeks on the same part of The Big God Story
and the Ponder Point.

Each week you will receive a new Blessing.

A blessing is a prayer of commission, a portion
of Scripture, or words of encouragement and
guidance. While giving the blessing, you may
desire to lay hands on your child as you speak the
Scripture or pray a prayer over him. Did You Know?
Hamilton the Hedgehog Josiah took the throne as king
will play a role in your childs when he was only eight years old!
experience in church each week After hearing Gods Word, Josiah
be sure to ask about him. He loves Hamilton says, ordered that all idols and anything
to Dig into Gods Word. The
passage of Scripture provided will Dig into associated with the worship of pagan
assist you as you reinforce the Ponder
Point. Did You Know? has fun facts about this
Gods Word gods be destroyed.

part of The Big God Story for you to share with

your child. And Tot Talk is simply a conversation Read 2 Kings 22:819. After reading, remind
starter to assist you as you spiritually parent. your child that Gods Word had power in King
Josiahs life.
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Tot Talk blocks.
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found Gods Word.

Where can we read Gods Words? Gods Word is so powerful that just
In the Bible! hearing it changed Josiahs life!