Week 888 · about 45 minutes
Daniel 2
Daniel 2 · Memory verse Daniel 2:47
Get the free weekly Sunday school and bedtime printable pack
For a parent or teacher. Children do not make accounts here. The pack is a week of printables, not a child profile.
Queues the lesson plan, this story’s coloring page (Daniel 2), the matching word search and answer key (Daniel 2 word search), the memory-verse tracer, and a parent slip.
Five-minute object lesson
Prop: a seed
Hold a seed. Read Daniel 2 in about four minutes, stopping at Daniel 2:47: “The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.”” Ask, “What does this prop have to do with Daniel 2?” Let two children answer, then say the memory verse together.
Story script
Daniel 2 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.
Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said this to him: “I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.”” Daniel 2 opens with these words: “In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.” The line to keep is Daniel 2:47: “The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to…” Carry the word “king” from that verse into the rest of the day.
The line worth learning out loud is Daniel 2:47: “The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.
What happens first in Daniel 2? Then try this: Read “The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.
Group game
Walk the room as if you are moving through Daniel 2. Every time you freeze, a child says one word from Daniel 2:47. The last child says the whole verse.
Craft
On a US Letter sheet, draw one picture from Daniel 2 and write Daniel 2:47 under it. Send it home as tonight’s reminder, not as a decoration contest.
Memory verse
Daniel 2:47
“The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.””
Take-home prayer
Father, thank you for Daniel 2. Help us remember Daniel 2:47 when we wake up, and teach us to notice you in an ordinary night. Amen.