7月24日的儿童安息日学主题是“被呼召成为与众不同：让孩子们跟从耶稣”。为此，我们注目教会里的孩子们，鼓励他们与上帝建立牢固的关系，并与他人分享自己的信仰。

在这个视频中，魏泰德牧师分享了《圣经》中但以理和他三个朋友的故事并提出了一个问题是：如何让孩子们如这四位青年人，忠诚而与众不同？

当巴比伦人攻击耶路撒冷时，但以理和他的三个朋友与他们的父母们住在一起。军队俘虏了这些十几岁的少年，与其他人一同带回巴比伦。

在王宫里，他们被训练得像巴比伦人一样生活，为他们的新国家效劳。不仅改变了他们的饮食和所敬拜的神，他们甚至有了新的名字：称但以理为伯提沙撒，称哈拿尼雅为沙得拉，称米沙利为米煞，称亚撒利雅为亚伯尼歌。

作为特权之一，他们可以从国王的餐桌上直接得到食物。想象一下，美味佳肴让人垂涎欲滴！不幸的是，这些食物都是祭拜过偶像的。因此，吃了就意味着拜了偶像。此外，这也不是上帝想要他们吃的。

然而，但以理坚持他的原则与信仰。他“立志不以王的膳和王所饮的酒玷污自己”(但1:8)，他的三个朋友也认同。

于是，他们请求王允许他们吃简单素食和喝白水。王允准了他们所求的，给他们十天的试验。令人惊讶的是，在试验期结束时，但以理和他的朋友们看起来比其他的仆人更健康、更强壮。

从那时起，王允许他们继续他们的健康饮食。为此，上帝给予了他们更多的赐福。根据但以理书1章17节写道，“上帝在各样文字学问上(‘学问’原文作‘智慧’)赐给他们聪明知识，但以理又明白各样的异象和梦兆。”(但1:17)

如今，我们知道要与众不同并不容易。但如果你像但以理和他的朋友们一样爱上帝，你就会倾向于做正确的事。这样，你就可以脱颖而出，也会越来越忠诚，即使是最简单的事。

因此，亲爱的孩子，尽管你还年幼，愿你也像但以理和他的朋友们一样，全心全意地爱上帝，

永远忠心于祂，因为祂对你的未来有大计划。

弟兄姐妹们，我们想通过本平台分享更多国外本会优质影像资料。因为人手有限，希望招募一些志同道合的主内同工，做英文视频字幕翻译，视频字幕合成制作，视频中文配音，配音对轨制作。有意者请在公众号后台输入“义工申请”。以马内利！


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Tomorrow, July 24, is Children’s Sabbath with the theme “Called to be Different: Where Kids are Called to Follow Jesus.” With this, we highlight our children in the church. We encourage them to develop a strong relationship with God and share their faith with others.

In this video, Pastor Ted Wilson shares the story of Daniel and his friends in the Bible. The question is asked: How can children like you be faithful and different like these four young men?

Daniel and her three friends were living with their parents in Jerusalem when the Babylonians attacked the city. The army captured these teenage boys, among many others, bringing them to Babylon.

In the royal court, they were trained to live like the Babylonians and serve their new country. It involved changing the food they ate and the God they worshipped. They even had new names. Specifically, Belteshazzar was given to Daniel, Shadrach to Hananiah, Meshach to Mishael, and Abednego to Azariah.

As one of their special privileges, they were given food right from the king’s table. Imagine how fancy it looked and delicious each bite tasted! Unfortunately, that food was being sacrificed for idols. Hence, eating it would mean worshipping them. Besides, it was not what God wanted them to eat.

Nevertheless, Daniel stood firm in his principles and faith. Without fear, he “made up his mind not to eat the food and wine given to them by the king” (Daniel 1:8). His three friends agreed with him.

So, they asked for the king’s permission to eat simple vegetarian food and drink water. The king granted their request, giving them ten days of testing. Surprisingly, at the end of the probation, Daniel and his friends looked healthier and more robust than the rest of the servants.

From then on, the king allowed them to go on with their healthy diet. For this, God blessed them more. According to Daniel 1:17, He “gave them knowledge and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.”

Now, we know it’s not easy to be different from other people. But if you love God like Daniel and his friends did, you would be inclined to do what is right. By this, you could stand out from the rest and become faithful even in the simplest things.

Therefore, dear kid, young as you are, be like Daniel and his friends. Love God with all your heart. Always be faithful to Him because He has big plans for you in the future.

原文链接:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxVRuLyE9Kk