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Small Group Guide Ice Breaker Question: It could be high/low from the past week or something silly like, ‘what is in your ‘bucket list?’’ *If you find that, in a group discussion, only a few people are sharing I suggest having people answer some questions in pairs as outlined below.

Read Daniel 1:1-4 1.

What stuck out for you in the text, or during the weekend message? (answer in pairs)

2.

What is the significance of the phrase, “the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand…?” (large group)

3.

What did the King of Babylon do with the vessels from the temple of Jerusalem? And what do you think was the significance of Nebuchadnezzar’s act?

4.

Why do some people have a tendency to read a story like Daniel as legend, myth, fable or folklore? What would you say in response to this idea? (answer in pairs)

5.

On the weekend pastor Chris said that we all live in Babylon. What did he mean by this? (large group)

6.

Why is it important to realize that we also exist in ‘Babylon’? (large group)