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Life is Like a Box of Chocolates
Key Verse
Romans 8:35, 37
Additional Verses
John 16:33; Hebrews 13:5
Materials Needed
- box of assorted chocolates
Preparation
Remove the cellophane from the box of chocolates
Do you guys like chocolate? I love chocolate and in fact I’m going to have some right now (start eating one of the chocolates). This box has a lot of different kinds of chocolates in it. I really like this one a lot because it has more chocolate on the inside. I’m going to try another one (take a bite of another one). This one has cream in the center and I don’t really like this one. Let me try another one (bite another one). This one has nuts in it and I like this kind. Ok, one more (try another.) This has coconut inside and I’m not a big fan of that one. People sometimes say that life is like a box of chocolates because sometimes good things happen to us and sometimes bad things happen to us. Just like this box of chocolates. It’s a big mixture of different candies and sometimes I get the one I want and sometimes I don’t.
In life, good things can happen to us like we win the game, or we get the teacher we wanted, we graduate with honors, we get the relationship we want (use age-appropriate examples). But sometimes we don’t get what we want: we get sick or we don’t make the team or a loved one dies or a pet dies.
When things are going well, we might feel like God is for us and He’s on our side but then when things go wrong, we might wonder if God has abandoned us. But listen to what the Bible tells us in Romans 8:35 & 37 (NLT) 35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? … 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
So having trouble doesn’t mean God doesn’t love us. Going through rough times doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love us or that He’s left us. He promises to never leave us or abandon us.
In fact, Jesus promises us that in this life we will have trouble. In John 16:33 (NLT) Jesus said, “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
God sometimes allows us to have troubles, so we can learn to trust Him more. He uses our all experiences good and bad to help our faith to grow. With God we can overcome any challenge we face.
No matter what comes your way in life, good or bad, nothing can ever separate you from God’s love.
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Joy From Within
Key Verse
Nehemiah 8:10
Additional Verses
Psalm 16:11, Psalm 30:5, Psalms 35:9, Psalm 51:12, Psalm 126:5, Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 51:11, Isaiah 55:12, Galatians 5:22, 1 John 1:4
Materials Needed
- Bottle of seltzer
- Permanent magic marker
Object Lesson
What are some thing that make you happy? (Give the kids a chance to respond.) People love being happy so they do all kinds of things to make themselves happy. They go to movies. Go on vacations. Read books. Tell jokes. But happiness is really just something on the outside.
(Draw a smiley face on the bottle.)
If I told you I was going to give you $100 you would probably be really happy. It’s something that happens on the outside that makes you happy. The problem with happiness is that if the things around you aren’t going well you aren’t happy anymore. Maybe instead of me giving you $100 you lose $100 and now you aren’t happy anymore.
(Draw a frown face on the bottle. While you are doing this make sure you shake up the bottle a little so it will spray when you open the bottle.)
In Nehemiah 8:10 we read that Joy is our strength. Joy is something that comes from within.
(Open the bottle and let the water spray out.)
If something good happens to you you may be happy, but you can also have joy inside your heart. Make something bad happens and you are now sad, but you can still be joyful because joy comes from within your heart not from our circumstances. God’s joy is our strength in tough times. We are able to be joyful because we know that God loves us and cares for us and that our names are written in Heaven.
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