No Schadenfreude, but Thanksgiving

 

When the Babylonian King made a decree to worship a golden image, the prophet Daniel's three friends did not make a big scene about how they intended to defy the King's order.  They simply worshiped God as they had always done.  When confronted directly by the King, they did not insult him or make some boisterous speech but calmly stated that they would not serve the King's gods or worship his graven image.  They also stated that God is able to deliver them (not that they believed that God could deliver them), but if God didn't choose to save them, they would still not worship pagan gods.  Daniel 3:16-18.

 In Daniel 4 we are told of Nebuchadnezzar's dream predicting his seven years of madness and Daniel's interpretation of it.  Daniel did not experience "schadenfreude" when he heard the dream but was "dismayed" by it.  See Daniel 4:19. Daniel did not rejoice at the humiliation and downfall of his pagan king.

Christians should not rejoice over the troubles of their enemies but continue as always to praise God for all the good things He has done for us.