Time 10-15 minutes Description This object lesson teaches that you need the Holy Spirit to minister effectively to others. If you don’t spend time with God each day to get filled with His Spi…
Our family loves to use object lessons as a way to teach spiritual truths. The benefits of activity-based object lessons are described here. Today's post is a peek into a lesson our family did to learn more about the necessity of Jesus' sacrifice. It is based on "Mr. Clean" and "A-Cross the Bridge" from Heritage Builders' book An Introduction To Family Nights: Family Nights Tool Chest (a favorite resource!). We gathered outside and read Exodus 3:1-6 (Moses taking off his shoes to walk on holy ground). We each took off our shoes and discussed about the meaning of holiness (set apart from anything unclean). Then I used masking tape to mark a short path on our driveway and filled in the pathway with powder. The book recommended cornstarch or baby powder, but we used baking soda since the Bible sometimes uses leaven to represent sin. At the end of the powdered path, I taped a clean sheet of black construction paper. In their bare feet, my children tried to traverse the walkway and then place their feet on the construction paper without getting any powder on it. (I was ready to sweep away powder residue with a hand-held broom so they could try again and again.) The powder represented life on earth which always includes sin (Romans 3:23). The black square at the end represented holy ground, being in the presence of God. It shouldn't have even the tiniest speck of leaven on it. As my children tried various strategies for going through the powdered path without tracking powder onto the black paper. They leaped . . . they ran as fast as they possibly could . . . they jumped . . . they tiptoed. Finally, they determined that there was no way to walk through the powder without tracking it onto the black paper at the end of the path. After lots of giggles and many failed attempts, we talked about what we learned: Is there any way we can get to the holy ground without making it dirty with sin? Jesus died on the cross to take the punishment for our sins. He didn't deserve our punishment, but we are so thankful He took it. Next, I took out two strips I had cut from a cheap plastic tablecloth and tucked out of sight behind a bush. One strip went vertically down the path and had the word "JESUS" written in large letters. The other plastic strip went across it to make the shape of a cross. We tried again to walk the sin-covered pathway and reach God without tracking our sins. Of course, it was easy to make it to the end since the powder had been covered by the cross. We were able to reach holy ground without tracking any powder. We talked again: How is the cross like a bridge? How is Jesus' death like a bridge for us to reach God? Can we become holy by ourselves? Even though we made this plastic cross and can use it to get to the clean area, we can never really make a way to get to God. We read John 14:6 which states that Jesus is the only way to God. No matter how hard we try, we will always have a little sin in our lives. That's why Jesus needed to die to rescue us. We ended with a prayer of thanks for Christ's sacrifice. We asked God to make us holy and help us to not sin. Start-to-finish, the lesson took less than 20 minutes, but my children gained a deeper understanding of why Jesus' death was necessary. This object lesson might become annual tradition for us each spring, the season of redemption. Photo: Christianphotos.net
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Persistence Spoons is one of my favorite bible games for kids of all ages. All you need is a wooden spoon, some aluminum foil and a Bible!
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This game is free, however it is only to be used for classroom and personal use. It may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit. Reproduction or retransmission of any materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, is not permitted. All graphics/images/clipart etc. used on this game are not my own. I adapted a version of this game: Passages of the Prophets The Prophets Game: The object of the game is to be the first player to go from square number 1 to square number 80. Age 5 to adult. Need: Playing piece for each player 1 die Question Cards Game Board Set Up: Place your game pieces near square number one. Shuffle the deck and place it face down in a small basket near the game board. Put an empty basket nearby for the discards. Rules: Basically the game is like Chutes and Ladders. Roll the die and move the corresponding number of squares. Each player gets one roll each turn. If you land on a square with an arrow on it, follow the arrow to where it ends. Arrows can go up or down. If you land on a prophet square, the person on your right picks up a Question Card and reads it out loud (if they cannot read it, someone else can read it for them). On each card is a question about a prophet from the Bible. If you answer correctly, you get to take an extra turn. If not, the game moves on to the next player. (For younger students they do not have to answer a question, they get to take an extra turn.) The first player to square #80 is the winner. You must land there by exact count. If your roll takes you past square #80, don’t move. Try again on your next turn. The Prophets Game- Directions, Game Board, Question Cards
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As part of holiday club we told the story of the transfiguration and then talked about Jesus wanting to help us change our lives to be more like him. The children really loved the effect of this object lesson! You will need: old, dirty coins (preferably one each per child), a plastic container with a lid, 1 heaped tablespoon of salt and half a cup of vinegar (mixed and put into the lidded container), a container holding water, a container to hold the used salt/ vinegar mix. What we did We gave everyone a dirty 1p coin and talked about our lives sometimes being a bit like the coin, dirtied up by the wrong things we do that we wish we hadn't. We said that, if we asked Jesus to help us, he could help us to become more like him and take away the dirt. He could change our lives. We then asked the children to put all of their coins into the vinegar and salt mixture, closed the lid and shook the box. Even as the children put the coins into the mix they started to change! We emptied away the salt/ vinegar and put the coins into water. They were now very shiny! We gave each of the children a coin to take home so that they could remember how Jesus could change their lives if they asked him to.
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Blindfolded participants are led through an obstacle course by a sighted partner. An excellent bible game for adults, youths and kids with a lesson on being part of a Christian community and the Holy Spirit.
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Since holding FHE (Family Home Evening) weekly is one of my resolutions this year I decided to start posting about what we do. Partially to share our FHE ideas with each of you, but mostly to help myself remember how important it is & to make sure it's happening each week. I'm not gonna beat myself up if we miss a week here or there but the goal is to do our best to make it happen every week. Some weeks may be more thought out than others, & some weeks we may just watch a movie then ask questions about lessons learned from it. Young kids have such short attention spans that we are going to try to keep the lessons short & simple. I noticed that LDS Living is doing Disney themes for FHE this month & I absolutely adore that idea! I want to try to have one Disney themed FHE each month, but we'll see how that goes. Without further ado, here is tonight's Pinocchio FHE about Honesty... Opening Song: Family Night (This will almost always be our opening song, since that was our tradition growing up) Opening Prayer Scripture: Psalms 120:2 Lesson: Story: Read The Boy Who Cried Wolf. If we lie over & over again, people may not believe us when we are telling the truth. Pinocchio's nose grows when he tells a lie, but we have a conscience like Jiminy Cricket (our conscience is not an actual cricket) that helps us know right from wrong & helps us do the right thing even when it's hard. Nose Grows game: Say statements or actions that are true/honest & some that are lies/dishonest. Have the kids fold their arms if it's something that is true or honest & touch their nose if it's a lie or dishonest. String of lies object lesson: Read the story, "The Lie Monster". Gently wrap yarn around a child's wrists (once for each lie in the story) & explain that it's hard to break free from lies when they grow on each other. The only way to break free from lies is to be honest & to always tell the truth. "I've Got No Strings" from Pinocchio: I've got no strings to hold me down to make me fret, or make me frown I had strings, but now I'm free There are no strings on me. When we are honest, we don't have 'strings of lies' holding us down. If we get tied up in a lie, we can make things right & be free by telling the truth. Closing Song: I Believe in Being Honest Closing Prayer Activity: Watch Pinocchio Treat: 'Pinocchio's nose' pretzel rods & 'Pleasure Island' ice cream xoxo
