Lesson For This Week
No Flu for You
Theme: Protecting ourselves from sin
Scripture: Genesis 4:7
Props: A dust mask or surgical mask
Have you heard about the flu? It’s all over the country – especially in schools. But as you can see, I’m ready. (Put on dust mask.)
What are some of the ways you can protect yourself from the flu? (Solicit answers such as: wash your hands frequently, use hand sanitizer, get a flu shot, stay away from people who are sick, etc.)
Well, that flu virus is pretty sneaky. You can’t see it, but it’s there. And it’s ready to infect you as soon as you let your guard down.
And sin is pretty sneaky, too. Just like the flu virus, you can’t see it, but it’s there. And it’s ready to infect us if we let our guard down. Let me read you what God said to Cain in Genesis 4:7. He said, “…if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”
So sin is just waiting to pounce on us. And just as we have to protect ourselves from flu, we need to protect ourselves from sin, too. And there are a number of ways to do that. For instance, we can use the tools in our Christian tool box: prayer, Bible study, meditation and fasting. And it’s important to stay connected to the Body of Christ – the church. In other words, stay in contact with other Christians who will help encourage you to do the right thing and not sin.
So, we need to protect ourselves from the flu; but we also need to protect ourselves from sin.
Let’s pray about that: Heavenly Father, we pray that You will keep us safe and well. Please protect us from the flu and other illnesses. And please protect us from sin. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
Song: “A Shield About Me”
From ChildrensSermonsOnline.net
© Copyright 2009 by Steven Rudolph. All rights reserved.
Activities To Do After The Lesson
Additional Input You can use:
1. Understanding Sin
What qualifies a sin as a sin? And who decides what sin is?
Those are the sorts of questions your students may have. Of course, the answer to them can be found in the Bible. You can find plenty of definitions of what sin is in God’s book.
These definitions can be summed up into simple phrases like: “missing the mark, breaking God’s laws, or “anything you say, think, or do that breaks God’s rules”.
However, since most kids need examples that they can VISUALIZE, try explaining sin with everyday objects and examples.
* Sin is like shooting an arrow at a target, and missing the target. It doesn’t matter how far off you were, anywhere off the target is a sin.
2. What is the consequence of SIN?
You can do the TOOTHPICK MAGIC TRICK (see below video on how to do the trick).
The narration can go something like this:
“When we sin or do something that God doesn’t like, we break our relationship with God. In other words, when we do something wrong our connection to God is broken. No matter how many good things we do afterwards, we can never do enough to make up for what we have done wrong.
It’s kind of like this toothpick. I’m going to put it in this napkin and roll it up.
I want you to feel the toothpick in the napkin to make sure it’s there.
Now I want you to break the toothpick for me.
Just like this toothpick is now broken, when we sin our relationship with God is broken.
But– God has made a way for us to fix our relationship with Him!
God sent Jesus, His Son, to come to this earth to die for our sins.
Because Jesus died on the cross for what we have done wrong, we are allowed to have a relationship with God again. Our relationship with Him is fixed.
That’s just like the toothpick– it was once broken, and it’s now completely whole again.
When you accept Jesus into your heart and ask Him to forgive your sins, your relationship with God is fixed, just like we fixed this toothpick.”
3. An Activity for the kids:
Make them draw a “Target” in a bond paper as shown below:
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