We welcomed the 'Open the Book' team this morning, who shared a story from the Bible (Daniel 1) called 'The Boys who said No!'.
It went a little like this:
A long time ago, there was a king. The King’s name was King Nebuchadnezzar.
King Nebuchadnezzar wasn’t happy with just his own kingdom. He wanted MORE and MORE! He sent his mighty army to Jerusalem to capture that city! After he captured the city, he took some of the young men to become servants in his palace. One of the young men taken captive was Daniel. Daniel also had 3 friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They were all taken captive by King Nebuchadnezzar.
When Daniel and his friends got to Babylon, they were put through special training to become good servants. They were going to be trained for three years before they could work in the palace! Every day they were given certain food to eat, but there was a problem. The food they were given to eat was food that God had told them not to eat! What were they to do? They loved God and wanted to serve God, so Daniel asked if they could be given only healthy vegetables and grain and water to eat! The person in charged of them did not want to do this – he was afraid that Daniel and his friends would become weak! But Daniel talked him into letting them eat only vegetables and grain and water for 10 days to see how they did.
At the end of 10 days, Daniel and his friends looked better than anyone else! They had done the right thing by doing what God wanted, and God had taken care of them. For the rest of their training, they ate only the food that God wanted them to eat, and at the end of the training, they were the strongest, wisest men of all!
Daniel and his friends did what was right, and were thankful to God for giving them the strength and courage to say 'No!'
Many thanks to Open the Book for another super assembly!
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