Key Verse

1 Peter 2:21

Additional Verses

Matthew 16:24; 1 Corinthians 11:1-2; Luke 9:23; Mark 8:34

Materials Needed

• Train set

Object Lesson

(Show everyone the train set.)

Have you ever played with a model train before? Some people get really excited about model trains. They will build elaborate train sets with mountains and towns and train stations. The trains will travel over the mountains and through tunnels and over bridges. Do you know what every train has in common? They always follow their leader!

Have you ever played follow the leader before? (Play a round of follow the leader with everyone following you around the room.)

Trains will always follow their engine. What do you think would happen if one of the train cars decided to not follow the leader engine anymore? (Wait for responses.) It wouldn’t go anywhere! If you were a passenger in that car you would be very upset! A train car is not very useful if it isn’t following its leader.

The Bible says in 1 Peter 2:21 that we have to follow a leader too. Do you know who that leader is? (Wait for response.) That leader is Jesus Christ! We need to follow him with all that we are.

Through the mountains and valleys that we go through in our lives we need to stay close to our leader, Jesus, and follow him wherever he leads. If we decide that we don’t want to follow him anymore we won’t be able to make any progress in our life and our life will not have the meaning and purpose that God has for us.

Let us always remember that Jesus is our leader and that we need to continually follow him wherever we go in our lives.

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