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Daniel 1–7: There Is No Other God That Can Deliver

Come Follow Me · Week 46 · November 9–November 15, 2026 · Daniel 1:8, 2:44, 3:17-18, 6:10, 6:22, 7:13-14

Stand with Daniel and his friends through fiery furnaces, lions' dens, and prophetic dreams of God's everlasting kingdom

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Family discussion questions

Use these around the dinner table, in Sunday School, or for companionship study — each comes from this week's chapters.

  1. How can you stand for your beliefs without being confrontational? What can we learn from Daniel's respectful approach?
  2. Why do you think the 'but if not' part of their statement is considered one of the greatest expressions of faith ever recorded?
  3. Daniel 'purposed in his heart' BEFORE the temptation came. How does deciding in advance make it easier to stay faithful?
  4. What are modern-day 'king's meats' that look appealing but could defile us spiritually?
  5. Nebuchadnezzar saw a fourth person in the furnace with them. What does it mean to you that Christ walks with us through our hardest trials?
  6. Their faith was unconditional — 'but if not.' How would this kind of faith change how you face hard things?
  7. Which of these modern parallels feels most real in your life right now?
  8. Daniel was respected by everyone — even the pagan king — because of his consistency. How does being consistently faithful (not just occasionally) build trust and influence?

Sample questions from this week's game

You're a young person living far from home in a culture with very different standards. The most powerful person in the land offers you luxury food and drink that conflicts with your beliefs. Everyone else is happily accepting. What do you do?

Daniel 1:8-15

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Respectfully propose a test: let me follow my standards for 10 days and compare the results — Daniel's approach is brilliant: he didn't compromise his standards, but he also wasn't rude or confrontational. He respectfully proposed a test — 'Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days' — trusting God to vindicate his obedience. After ten days, he and his friends looked healthier than everyone else. Sometimes the wisest thing isn't to fight or to give in, but to find a faithful, creative solution.

Daniel 3:17-18

Daniel 3:17-18

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Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will 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. — These verses contain one of the boldest faith declarations in all of scripture. Three young men standing before the most powerful ruler on earth, facing certain death by fire, and their response is essentially: 'God CAN save us. But even if He doesn't — we still won't worship your idol.' This is what unconditional faith looks like.

Read the lesson

This week covers Daniel 1:8, 2:44, 3:17-18, 6:10, 6:22, 7:13-14. Read the chapters at churchofjesuschrist.org.

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