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Proud Peeps

Main Verse:

Matthew 21:5-5 (NLT) “Tell the people of Jerusalem, ‘Look, your King is coming to you. He is humble, riding on a donkey– riding on a donkey’s colt.’”

Proverbs 16:18-18 (NLT) Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.

Additional Scriptures:

Philippians 2:3-8

Materials:

  • Microwave Oven that can be set up in the room so everyone can see it.
  • Table
  • Marshmallow Peeps (alternatively you can use a regular marshmallow and teach this lesson any time of year.)
  • Plate

Preparation:

All microwaves vary, so practice ahead of time by microwaving a Peep to determine how long to leave it in.  I recommend starting with 30 seconds.

Object Lesson:

Who can tell me what it means to be proud?  (Allow for answers).  Yeah, it means that someone is bragging about themselves.  They might talk about how they are the best basketball player on the team or the best dancer in their class or brag that they are the smartest one in the class. They might say these things about themselves even if it isn’t 100% true.  They sort of puff themselves up a bit to make themselves feel like they are better than everyone else.  

What is the opposite of being proud?  That’s right, it’s being humble.  Jesus was the best example of a humble person.  He didn’t act like He was better than everyone else.  In fact, there was a prophecy about Jesus which said Matthew 21:5-5 (NLT) “Tell the people of Jerusalem, ‘Look, your King is coming to you. He is humble, riding on a donkey– riding on a donkey’s colt.’”  Today on Palm Sunday, we celebrate when Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey. The people wanted Him to be their king.  But they didn’t realize that Jesus wasn’t your average king.   

Now, most kings were very proud.  What kinds of things do kings usually have? (Allow for answers: jewels, money, throne, robe, castle, carriage, etc).  They would be proud of all of their money and their fancy clothes and their carriages and big houses as well as their power.   But Jesus didn’t have any of that. Do you think Jesus could have had all of that stuff if he wanted to?  (Allow for answers).  Absolutely!  But He didn’t come to be an earthly king, he came to save us from our sins.  The Bible says in Phillippians 2:5-8 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.  Even though Jesus was God, he gave up his privileges as God and became a human being.  He took a humble position as a slave.  He obeyed God by dying on the cross for our sins.   

(Put the Peep on the plate and put it into the microwave).  Let’s pretend this Peep is a proud person.  (Turn the microwave on for 30 seconds).  They brag and brag and make themselves sound better than everyone else.  (Open the microwave to show the Peep that is all puffed up.  The Peep will start to deflate).  Uh-oh!  What’s happening to this Peep?  He’s going down.  He was too proud and you know what happened, he fell down.  The Bible tells us to watch out because pride comes before destruction and haughtiness before a fall.  That means that when we are proud we are not following the example of Jesus and things can go wrong in our lives!  There can be a consequence.  If we are too proud, God might have to teach us a lesson so that we can learn to be humble.  God wants us to care more about others than ourselves, the way that Jesus did.  

Pride Bubble

Pride object lesson

Key Verse

Proverbs 16:18

Additional Verses

Proverbs 11:2; Galatians 6:3; James 4:6

Materials Needed

  • Bubble gum. You can give everyone a piece if you want. (You could also use bubbles or a balloon for a similar effect).

Object Lesson

(Take out a piece of bubble gum and put it in your mouth and begin to chew it. You could also get a volunteer if you wanted to.)

Does anyone here like bubble gum? What is your favorite kind? (Wait for responses.) Do you know how to blow a bubble? Did you know that some people can blow huge bubbles!

I can’t blow a really big bubble, but I will show you how big of a bubble I can blow. (Blow the bubble until it pops.)

Did you know that some people are just like this bubble? They get really puffed up. Do you know what it means when you are puffed up? You are full of yourself or you are prideful.

Being proud means that you think that you are more important that others. God does not like it at all when we are full of pride.

Do you know what happens when we get full of pride? In Proverbs 16:18 it says that pride comes before destruction. That is just like a bubble gum bubble. It gets puffed up as it becomes more and more proud and then finally…POP! It is totally destroyed.

God’s Word tells us that pride will lead us to destruction. Let us put other people and God before ourselves. Let us not boast about things that we have. Let’s make sure that we don’t have a big ego.

Let us walk with humility before our God.

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