A Lesson From A Broken Arm
Children's sermon
Open My Eyes
More Children's Object Lessons
Object:
a sling that you can put on to hold your arm.
Purpose: To help children understand the need to take time to consider important things.
Material: Make a sling that you can put on to hold your arm.
Lesson: This is what is known as a sling. Does anyone know what it is used for? ... Right. To hold your arm still after you have injured it. Have any of you ever had a broken arm? ... When that happens, you have to keep your arm still for a long time. Then, when you can finally use your arm again, you find it is rather weak. Because the muscles have not been used regularly, they get weak and you have to start exercising that arm to make it strong.
This reminds us of an important lesson in life. That which you do not use, you tend to lose. If you sit at home all day -- day after day -- watching television, you could get weak. If you do not try to learn new things, you soon have difficulty remembering things. Great athletes and musicians practice all the time so that they can keep their skills. If you do not spend time with a friend, soon that person is no longer your friend.
The same thing applies to our knowledge of God. When people fail to spend time thinking about God and learning about God, soon God is not important to them and they lose that sense of fellowship with him. So, if you don't want to lose your ability to walk or play an instrument or read or
have a friend or know God, then be sure to spend time doing what is important to you and don't let just one thing take up all your time.
Possible Times To Use This Illustration In The Home:
• When someone breaks an arm or leg.
• When your child is spending too much time on one thing.
• When your child needs to be encouraged to try doing something new.
Scriptural Background: ''Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near'' (Isaiah 55:6).
Material: Make a sling that you can put on to hold your arm.
Lesson: This is what is known as a sling. Does anyone know what it is used for? ... Right. To hold your arm still after you have injured it. Have any of you ever had a broken arm? ... When that happens, you have to keep your arm still for a long time. Then, when you can finally use your arm again, you find it is rather weak. Because the muscles have not been used regularly, they get weak and you have to start exercising that arm to make it strong.
This reminds us of an important lesson in life. That which you do not use, you tend to lose. If you sit at home all day -- day after day -- watching television, you could get weak. If you do not try to learn new things, you soon have difficulty remembering things. Great athletes and musicians practice all the time so that they can keep their skills. If you do not spend time with a friend, soon that person is no longer your friend.
The same thing applies to our knowledge of God. When people fail to spend time thinking about God and learning about God, soon God is not important to them and they lose that sense of fellowship with him. So, if you don't want to lose your ability to walk or play an instrument or read or
have a friend or know God, then be sure to spend time doing what is important to you and don't let just one thing take up all your time.
Possible Times To Use This Illustration In The Home:
• When someone breaks an arm or leg.
• When your child is spending too much time on one thing.
• When your child needs to be encouraged to try doing something new.
Scriptural Background: ''Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near'' (Isaiah 55:6).
