Source (Where I saw it): Original
Supplies: A pie, a volunteer willing to be randomly pied
Preparation: None
The object lesson & how I used it...
Main Point: We need to choose to follow God!
Illustration: Show the kids the pie. Explain to them that a pie has a few different uses. It can look good in a window, like an advertisement, for people to see so that they will buy things from a bakery. It can be eaten, and fill you up. It also can be used to smash into someone's face! (At this point smash the pie into the predetermined and setup volunteer).
Explanation of point: The idea is that there are right ways and wrong ways to use just about anything. Although it is really funny when someone gets pied, it can't be used for its original main purpose of being eaten. It was fun in the moment but now it is destroyed. When it comes to our lives we have a choice to make. God has a main purpose for our lives that is great, but it is up to us to follow it. Sometimes bad things are fun in the moment, but they can end up destroying our lives.
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Object Lesson | Bag of Chips
Source (Where I saw it): Original
Supplies: Bag of Chips
Preparation: None
The object lesson & how I used it...
Main Point: We need to let God use us! Don't be a stale christian!
Illustration: Ask the kids if they like chips! Ask them who would want some. Then explain how hungry you are, and you got the chips from waaaaaaay back in the cabinet. Open the back and gasp. Tell them it kind of smells a little bit, and you wonder if it has to do with the fact they have been in the cabinet for 7 years now. Ask them if you should still eat them. (Of course you are going to some kids say yes.) Explain to them that food ends up going bad or stale after a while. You don’t want to eat spoiled, stale, or rotten food! You have to eat food when it is good or you can miss out on the great taste! So many of us let our talents and abilities that God has given us go stale. We miss opportunities to show God’s love to people. God wants us to use our talents right now in the present!
Examples of some things kids can do: Pray, Raise money for missions, Help others, etc.
Supplies: Bag of Chips
Preparation: None
The object lesson & how I used it...
Main Point: We need to let God use us! Don't be a stale christian!
Illustration: Ask the kids if they like chips! Ask them who would want some. Then explain how hungry you are, and you got the chips from waaaaaaay back in the cabinet. Open the back and gasp. Tell them it kind of smells a little bit, and you wonder if it has to do with the fact they have been in the cabinet for 7 years now. Ask them if you should still eat them. (Of course you are going to some kids say yes.) Explain to them that food ends up going bad or stale after a while. You don’t want to eat spoiled, stale, or rotten food! You have to eat food when it is good or you can miss out on the great taste! So many of us let our talents and abilities that God has given us go stale. We miss opportunities to show God’s love to people. God wants us to use our talents right now in the present!
Examples of some things kids can do: Pray, Raise money for missions, Help others, etc.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Object Lesson | Apple Cutter
Source (Where I saw it): Original
Supplies: An apple slicer
Preparation: None
The object lesson & how I used it...
Main Point: Apple slicer has a purpose, and so do we.
Illustration: Show the apple cutter. Explain that the apple cutter has a purpose, it is made to cut up and apple nicely so we can eat it. But if it was just left in the drawer of the kitchen and never used, then the apple cutter would be useless, it wasn’t being used. We were created for a purpose. One purpose we have is to show others the love that God has for them, and if we never tell anyone it is like keeping this apple cutter in the kitchen drawer. We need to let our light shine.
Supplies: An apple slicer
Preparation: None
The object lesson & how I used it...
Main Point: Apple slicer has a purpose, and so do we.
Illustration: Show the apple cutter. Explain that the apple cutter has a purpose, it is made to cut up and apple nicely so we can eat it. But if it was just left in the drawer of the kitchen and never used, then the apple cutter would be useless, it wasn’t being used. We were created for a purpose. One purpose we have is to show others the love that God has for them, and if we never tell anyone it is like keeping this apple cutter in the kitchen drawer. We need to let our light shine.
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