Object Lessons Zone

Getting children to understand spiritual truth is like threading a needle. In fact, it can be easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle...

I don't mean to string you along, or hem you in, but the point of this Zone is to thread together all of the object lessons we've knitted together on this site. So don't get all wound up! Just cut loose and tie these object lessons into the next yarn you teach. I know these puns are piercing, but like the man of the cloth said, "You reap what you sew!" Or sew they say!

See also: Why I Believe In Object Lessons by Barney Kinard

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Plus Eat Dirt

Learn that what looks bad, may be God's plan for good. We need to trust God to work things out for our best. Romans 8:28

Faith
Plus Exploding Playdoh

Demonstrate how Playdoh is "conformed" then show it "transformed" as a balloon inflates itself from inside the Playdoh.

Be Transformed
Plus Explosive Power

A fun and easy way to explain the explosive power of the Holy Spirit.

Power of Holy Spirit
Plus Facing Our Giants

Learning the acronym GIANT can help children remember steps to take in dealing with their fears.

Fear
Plus Feeding Your Brain

Use styrofoam and a styrofoam head to show that things go in and don't come back out

Thoughts
Starter Fruit of the Spirit

Show the kids how there is good fruit and bad fruit. Fruit of spirit is evidence that Jesus lives and reigns in side of you and me.......

Good and Bad Fruit Galatians 5:22-23
Plus Gaining Strength

Just as David was able to defeat Goliath, so even the smallest person can out perform the biggest person in a competition to shoot Diet Coke™ out of a 2-liter bottle, showing that no matter how big or small we are, we can accomplish great things with the help from God realized through prayer.

Gaining Strength - Mentos and Diet Coke Explosion
Starter Get Sharpened

As we serve, God can sharpen us to be used.

Servanthood
Plus Getting Into the Bible - and Staying There!

An object lesson on how to get into the Word and stay there! In order to stay there, we need to know the Plan to follow.

Bible
Plus Gift from God

God gives each of us talents. Being a true Christian means using these God-given gifts to do the work God is calling us to do.

Giving Back to God
Plus Give me some more of that sweet stuff!

We need to be like a PEZ dispenser and always dispense sweet things out of our mouths.

Christian Life
Plus God Protects His Children

Just as Daniel was protected from the lions and Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were protected from the fiery furnace, so can sand be put underwater and remain dry and a cloth burn without igniting. While not always God’s will to protect our earthly bodies, our heavenly bodies are protected by God by the sacrifice of His Son Jesus, if we seek it.

God's Protection of Our Heavenly Bodies
Plus God Wants You To Be Brand New!

Without Jesus we are broken and incomplete, but He wants to make us brand new. This lesson teaches where a new life in Christ begins. It can be used for a New Year's Eve event at your church. The attached PowerPoint can also be used to emphasize that "God Wants You to be Brand New".

Salvation
Plus God's First Valentines: Adam and Eve

I wanted to explain how God was proud and loved Adam and Eve before they ate the fruit. I also wanted the children to feel how God felt when he was disappointed but he still loved them both.

How God Forgives
Plus Good News and Beautiful Feet

3-part object lesson about spreading the Good News.

Evangelism
Plus Grow with God

The “Parable of the Sower”, as written in Mark 4:3-8, describes the Word of God given to his people. The “Parable of the Tenants”, as written in Matthew 25:14-30, describes our responsibility to grow His Word. In this demonstration, we sow our “seeds” in fertile soil, add nurturing agents, and watch the expansion of the Word grow 100 times instantly.

Growing in the Word of God
Plus Growing in Faith and Trust...

As children hold a string, they take a step back each time Joseph exercises faith and trust in God. The string is compared to faith the “size of a mustard seed” as Jesus explained in the parable of the Mustard Seed.

Faith, Trust, Growth
Plus Harry Potter Object Lesson: Love That Leaves a Mark

When YOU accept Jesus as your Savior, He wants to leave His mark on you - a transformed life! And in exchange for your giving your life to Him, He will protect you from the Enemy and the ultimate consequences of your sin.

Love
Plus Hiding God's Word in My Heart

In this great Children's Church object lesson we will teach the children the difference between memorizing for a moment and hiding God's Word in their heart.

Scripture Memory
Plus Hope That Does Not Disappoint Us

A simple puppet/skit needing only 2 people to perform.

The meaning of Christmas
Plus How Christians are like Pumpkins

How Jesus cleanes us up.

Salvation
Plus How God makes sin dissapear!

This great Children's Church experiment will drive home the lesson of God's forgiveness.

Forgivness
Plus It's Not the Outside, but the Inside that Counts

Jesus doesn't look at the outward appearance, He looks at our hearts.

A Heart of Jesus
Plus Jelly on Your Face

An excellent object lesson illustrating the power of the Word of God as a mirror to show us our sin and the need to ask for forgiveness

Confession of Sin
Plus King David Slimes Himself!

Even King David, a man after God's own heart, fell into sin. When he took another man's wife, he made his life really gross and nasty! But God (and only God) can fix that...

Sin, Forgiveness
Plus Leap of Faith

God has the strength. You have the faith. Together these can do anything. In this experiment, you will make a leap of faith and walk on water. Just as Peter had a chance to demonstrate his trust in God, so you can show your faith. You are not alone. Jesus is with you, always. You can be brave with Jesus.

You Can Be Brave with Jesus
Free Lemonade, Can't have One Without the Other

An object lesson to teach kids how to find that balance in sharing the Gospel without leaving anything out.

Sharing the Gospel
Plus Making the Right Decision

This object lesson illustrates that kids can be led by the Spirit of God, how to listen, and the results of following.

Being Led by the Spirit of God
Plus Measuring God’s Love

God's love is immeasurable

God's Love
Starter New Life in Christ

This idea is from our Awana time lessons. It kept the attention of the clubbers and proved to be a fantastic example for them to relate to based on 2 Corinthians 5:17- Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

New Beginning
Plus Nothing Else Will Satisfy

The world tries to make us think that riches, possessions and things are what truly satisfy, but Jesus is the only one who can truly and fully satisfy. The Three Amigos DVD clip, “the canteen scene,” illustrates how a trek through the burning desert turns into a desperate search for water. Sadly, nothing else will satisfy, but a refreshing drink of water.

Jesus brings salvation to Zacchaeus’s home
Free Nothing Gold Can Stay

A Savior has come with the power to turn water into wine, to shed His blood for our salvation.

Gospel Presentation
Plus Object Lesson

Taking something as simple as a potato and teaching a lesson on appearance in a way that kids will remember.

God Looks at the Heart
Plus On Sale

The Sabbath is for worshiping God and resting.

Sabbath
Plus One 'Cent' Missionary

An introduction to the Great Commission.

Great Commission
Plus Only the Penitent Man Shall Pass

One can spend their whole life doing good deeds to get into heaven, but no matter how much they tell the truth, how much money they give to charity, or how many people they help, in the end without faith in Jesus they are empty.

Good Works Will Not Save
Starter Opening Doors

Lesson Introduction for 3-5 year olds, who try to open boxes while learning about the figure of speech, "open doors"

Prayer
Plus Parable of the Talents Experience

Imagine your children getting a chance to live out the Parable of the Talents. Some will be wise, some will be foolish, but none of them will forget the lessons they will learn.One of the best ways for children to learn is when they experience something for themselves. Here is a great idea for your children’s church, kids club or special event where children get to act out the “parable of the talents”.

Lesson Reinforcement
Starter Peter the ROCK

Lesson Introduction for 3-5 year olds, who will relate building with rocks to the building of the Church

Peter, the Church, Jesus' divinity
Plus Pretzel Sunday

A unique idea to use on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday. It can be a reminder to others of the meaning of Lent.

Sunday before Ash Wednesday
Plus Putting out Anger's Fire

An object lesson on what to do with angry feelings. Don't pour fuel on the flame - put it out!

anger
Plus Salvation Message via a Science Experiment

Heating a balloon with a candle pops an empty balloon, just as one sin hurts our connection to God. But a balloon filled with water will not pop, even when put directly into a candle flame. The protection conferred from the ‘living water’ is similar to protection from salvation; both priceless yet free, both available to everyone, and both necessary for life, physical or eternal.

Salvation
Plus Salvation Slime Message

This Gospel presentation lesson involving slime could be used any time of year, but we used it for the "Wow" factor at Easter.

Salvation
Plus Satan lives, Jesus reigns on High

A PowerPoint on the subtle messages of Satan and how to combat them.

Don't be fooled by satan
Plus Satan's Lies and God's Truths

Object lessons, discussions, and game dealing with human temptation and perspective.  

Temptation
Plus Sin will catch you!

Learn how sometimes we can get away with sin, but sooner or later it will catch up with you.

Sin
Plus Smells of Eden

One of the amazing thing about Eve must have been the smells. Let your kids sniff and retain this passage about our beginning.

Smells to discuss Adam and Eve
Plus Strong as a Water Balloon

Every person was born with a desire to sin, but the Holy Spirit can help fight against sin. The Holy Spirit is the author of the Bible and He can use that to help you know the right way to live.

Holy Spirit
Plus Teaching he Trinity Concept to Children

It is interesting the many ways we can illustrate the Trinity to children. Here are several creative ways that present this doctrine in simplicity.

Trinity
Plus Tearing the Wrappings Off the Present

God was tearing open the heavens on his gift to us. Opening up His present to us and telling us Jesus was His son and He was very happy with Him.

The Baptism of Jesus
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