Object Lesson | Lunch Box

Source (Where I saw it): Original

Supplies: Two lunch boxes filled with one good lunch and one bad lunch

Preparation: Prepare two lunches with one being good and something you would want to eat, and the other with random, and disgusting things no one would eat for lunch.

The object lesson & how I used it...

Main Point: God always wants the best for us.

Illustration: Show the kids the two different lunch boxes.  Ask them how many of them love lunch time!  Of course, most of the kids favorite subject in school is lunch time.  Describe how exciting it is to see what was packed for lunch.  (Here you start with the bad lunch).  As you pull out all the bad items no one would eat the kids should be saying things like gross and disgusting!  Have fun with this, and make it sound like you would love to eat all this.  Then tell the kids of course no one would want to eat any of this!  Now pull out the good lunch box.  Show the kids all the good and nutritious food.  Ask them how many would want to eat this one!  Explain that God wants the very best for us.  Even though bad things happen in life, God wants us to have the very best because he loves us.  If we put our life in God's hands, God will take care of us!  Matthew 6:25-34