Source (Where I saw it): Original
Supplies: Inflatable swimming pool, plastic balls
Preparation: Blow up the swimming pool and fill it with the plastic balls.
The object lesson & how I used it...
Main Point: God wants us to jump in and be excited!
Illustration: Explain to the kids about the first time someone sees a ball pit. Maybe you look at it and strikes you as something amazing. Now there are different kinds of kids. Some will go over to the ball pit and see everyone else in it, and walk away. It doesn’t interest them at all. Some other kids may go over to the ball pit, pick up a few balls and then slowly get in and try it out. Other kids will go right ahead and jump in without a care in the world (Jump into the ball pit! Probably will have to do some immediate crowd control here as well)
Explanation of point: Explain to the boys and girls that when it comes to a relationship with God, there are the same kinds of people. There are those that want nothing to do with God, there are those who slowly build a relationship with God, and then there are those who basically go bananas! They jump right, and get excited about what God is doing in them and through them. They get so excited they build their relationship with God and then share it with others. They jump all in. God wants us to jump all in, and see the great big plan that He has for us. We need to be excited for God.
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