Source (Where I saw it): Original
Supplies: A marker and clean sheet of paper.
Preparation: None.
The object lesson & how I used it...
Main Point: We need to tell the truth!
Illustration: Come to the front and show the boys and girls the clean sheet of paper. Tell them to imagine that this is what other people see when they look at us. Our actions and words shape what other people see. We want what other people see to be clean like this piece of paper. Even more than being clean! We want people to see Jesus! When we lie, or cheat its like marking up this piece of paper. All of a sudden, this paper isn’t clean. If you wanted to draw a picture, you probably wouldn’t grab this sheet of paper anymore.
Explanation: It is the same way with us. When we lie, and cheat with our words and actions, we are kind of marking ourselves like this sheet. People will not be able to trust us, and we are not being a very good witness to our relationship with God either. Once we break trust with someone it is really hard to gain that trust back. Just like it would be really hard to remove this mark from the paper. That’s why we need to do our best to tell the truth and do what is right the first time! When we do mess up, we need to ask for forgiveness from God and the person.
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