Object Lesson | Who Do You Want To Save You?

Source (Where I saw it): Original

Supplies: Sheets with pictures of heroes who you would want to be there to save you from a burning building and other things you wouldn’t want in charge of saving you like a banana or puppet.

Preparation: Create a slideshow or print of sheets of pictures

The object lesson & how I used it...

Main Point: Who do you depend on?

Illustration: Come to the front and tell the kids to imagine they are trapped in a burning building.  Smoke is all around them and there is no way out.  Just when you think all hope is lost, you hear a voice outside with someone coming to rescue you.  As I show you these pictures tell me yes or no if you would be happy to know this was the person or thing coming to save you.

Explanation:  We all have an idea of who we would depend on in certain situations, whether it is our parents or friends or someone else.  The truth is we need to depend on God in our lives first, because God never fails!

Object Lesson | Made Different

Source (Where I saw it): Original

Supplies: Glass of Water, Food Coloring

Preparation: Have a glass filled with water

The object lesson & how I used it...

Main Point: When we are baptized in the Holy Spirit, we open ourselves up to all that God has for us.

Illustration: Show the kids the glass of water and explain that when we give our life to God he makes us clean and whole again.  The bible tells us that when we open ourselves to the Holy Spirit we are asking for everything that God has for us.  Pour a few drops of food coloring into the water.

Explanation of point: The disciples were changed when they were baptized in the Holy Spirit, just like this water is a different color now.  They were open to everything that God had for them, and they no longer were afraid to fully chase the plan that God had for their lives.