Key Verse

Luke 6:45

Additional Verses

Ephesians 4:29; Matthew 15:18-19; Ephesians 4:29

Materials Needed

• Cup of hot water
• Tea bag (a variety of tea bags would be better)

Object Lesson

(Hold up the cup of hot water.)

Does anyone know what this is? (Wait for a response.) That’s right, it is a cup of water, but not just any water, this is hot water.

(Hold up the tea bag.)

Do you know what this is? (Wait for a response.) Correct, it is a tea bag. Can anyone tell me what color of tea this tea bag will make? (Wait for responses.) Those are good guesses, but there is no way for you to know until I brew it in this hot water.

(Place the tea bag in the hot water.)

When we look around at each other on Sunday at church we kind of look like this tea bag. We all dress similar. We talk the same. We act the same. But is that who we really are? No, not necessarily. Some of us might really love God and are following Him as best we can and some of us might now even care at all.

(Hold up the cup of tea.)

What am I holding now? (Allow a response.) That’s right, it is not longer hot water. Now it is tea, and we can see what color it is! What color is it?

Just like we can’t tell what color a tea will become before putting it in hot water, we cannot tell what’s in your heart until you are in hot water. In Luke 6:45 it says that a good person produces good things and a bad person produces bad things. What kind of hot water? Maybe you get in trouble. Maybe when you get hurt. Maybe when someone teases you. When we are in hot water the real “you” comes out!

We need to make sure that when we face the “hot water” of life that good things come out and not bad things.

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