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Balancing Nails Contest |
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Purpose:A contest to see who can balance twelve nails against a standing nail. A more difficult challenge is to balance the nails on the standing nail so that none of the nails touch the wood block, or anything else that might help hold them up. It can be done! This contest shows kids that Jesus is working in our lives and is changing us daily into people who please Him. |
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Application:Pleasing Jesus in our daily lives. Materials Needed:
Each child needs: Preparation:Drill a 10-mm deep hole in the middle of each block with a diameter so that a nail just slides into the hole. Place one of the nails in the drilled hole. Distribute a prepared block and 12 nails to each child. Age Group:Grades 3 - 12 (9 to 18 years). Text:2 Timothy 1:12b, "I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that He is able to keep what which I have entrusted to Him for that day."
The Contest:
I have a block of wood with a nail in it for each child. We are
going to have a contest to see who can balance twelve other nails
against the standing nail. Who would like to try it? (
Have two or three children attempt this in a given time period and
then award a small prize to the one who managers to balance the
most nails ).
It's difficult to balance nails as they are thin and round. It's also difficult for us to please God by trying to be good. We try not to lose our temper, and then find ourselves shouting at someone. We try to be nice, and then find ourselves saying something nasty. No matter how hard we try we will eventually fail to do things that please God.
Planning to do Good:
Paul found that although he planned to do good, he found himself
doing something that he knew he shouldn't. He went on to
say that the only way he could do right things, was with the power
of Jesus Christ our Lord. Yes, the Bible teaches us that our
lives must be built on Jesus. The only hope of us getting to
Heaven is "Christ in us". It's Jesus working in your life
and changing you daily into a person that pleases Him.
Our God is a Great, Big, Wonderful God and He is well able to change and mould our lives. All we need to know is that Jesus lives in our hearts and that He has forgiven our sins and washed us clean with His blood. We can then ask Jesus each day to keep us from doing wrong things and make us into Christians that will please God. I need to trust that He will do just that for me! Now, what about you? Are you willing to ask Jesus to change your life and make it into one that will please Him? I challenge you to ask Jesus to change your life and then see Jesus working in you! God bless. Copyright © Sharon Children's Ministries
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