Key Verse

John 8:12

Additional Verses

John 12:46; John 9:5; Psalm 18:28; Acts 13:47; Isaiah 60:1

Materials Needed

• Pumpkin
• Candle. Should be a candle that is sturdy
• Matches or lighter

Preparation

Cut the top off of the pumpkin and scoop out the seeds like you are making a jack-o-lantern. Carve a cross on one side of the pumpkin.

Object Lesson

(Start the lesson with the pumpkin facing the audience and the cross turned towards you.)

Usually around Halloween people like to celebrate scary and spooky things like ghosts, witches and monsters. What time of day do people generally say that these spooky things come out? At night! In the darkness. We know that these things are not real, but sometimes they still scare us. When people do evil things they will often do it in the darkness so that no one will see what they are doing.

When Jesus came He called us out of the darkness. He doesn’t want us to be filled with sin. He doesn’t want us to put our attention on scary things. In John 8:12 Jesus says that He is the light of the world and if you follow Him you won’t have to walk in darkness because you have the light that leads to life.

(Take the top off the pumpkin.)

Our lives often feel kind of like this pumpkin. Empty and dark inside. But Jesus wants to fill us with His light. (Light the candle and put it inside the pumpkin.)

Now the pumpkin is filled with the light and love of Christ. It is a very exciting thing when Christ fills us. We don’t feel empty any longer.

Now that we are full of His light, God doesn’t want us to just keep it to our self. He wants us to let His light shine through us.

(Turn the pumpkin around so everyone can see the cross and the light shining out.)

He wants us to shine the light of Jesus and the sacrifice that He made on the cross. When we allow God’s love and light to shine through us we are bringing light and hope to a very dark world.

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