Count the cost
Children's Activity
Object:
Teachers or Parents: Discipleship is as simple as a childlike
faith in Jesus and as complicated as giving up all our
possessions to follow him (Luke 14:33). Discipleship calls for us
to "hate" that which we love: father and mother, wife and
children, brothers and sisters -- and even life itself (Luke
14:26). A disciple is a follower, a student; much as the children
are followers -- your students.
What is the cost of attending Sunday school? What is the cost of attending worship? Every decision we make involves cost. Your job as parent or teacher is to outline the costs of discipleship to your children. The cost of obedience, time, money, effort, and service are genuine and real -- and not for everyone.
Share with your students your cost in teaching the class or giving the Sunday morning offering.
Play a game of priorities. Make cards with the names of objects on them: underwear, shoes, pants, shirt, coat, swimsuit, food basket, water, favorite toy, money, doll, baseball cards, box, book, toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo, soap, and towel. Now tell the children that they must pretend they have to leave on a spaceship to a distant galaxy and must take their belongings. The problem is they are only allowed seven. Which ones do they take? Let them choose and prioritize their possessions.
Relate this game to choosing discipleship over anything else in life.
What is the cost of attending Sunday school? What is the cost of attending worship? Every decision we make involves cost. Your job as parent or teacher is to outline the costs of discipleship to your children. The cost of obedience, time, money, effort, and service are genuine and real -- and not for everyone.
Share with your students your cost in teaching the class or giving the Sunday morning offering.
Play a game of priorities. Make cards with the names of objects on them: underwear, shoes, pants, shirt, coat, swimsuit, food basket, water, favorite toy, money, doll, baseball cards, box, book, toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo, soap, and towel. Now tell the children that they must pretend they have to leave on a spaceship to a distant galaxy and must take their belongings. The problem is they are only allowed seven. Which ones do they take? Let them choose and prioritize their possessions.
Relate this game to choosing discipleship over anything else in life.
