| Preparation:
Prepare the sheet and socks before class.
What you will do during class:
Tightly roll up the pairs of socks and on the bed sheet in large letters
write "The Word of God". If you do not want to write directly
on the bed sheet, you can also write the words on sheets of paper and
tape them to the bed sheet. You will ask a volunteer to walk across the
room. Instruct the other kids to stand along the opposite wall, and keeping
one hand on the wall, throw the socks at the volunteer as he/she tries
to walk across the room without being hit. Depending on the amount of
time you have, you may want to repeat this several times with different
volunteers. Then you will ask the kids if they think they can hit you
as you walk across the room. When you walk across, you will take the sheet
with "The Word of God" and stretch it out in front of you. The
socks will hit the sheet and not you.
What you will say:
We are tempted every day of our life. It is sometimes hard to resist temptation.
Let me show you how hard it is. I need one volunteer. (Instruct the volunteer
to walk from one end of the room to the other along the wall when you
say go.) Now these socks represent temptation. I want everyone else to
take a temptation, and stand along this other wall (opposite wall from
volunteer.) While keeping one hand on the wall, I want you to see if you
can hit the volunteer with your temptation ball once I have asked him
or her to start walking. Ready, go!
Then ask the volunteer, did any of the temptation balls hit you? They
were somewhat hard to avoid. Temptation is like that, it comes from everywhere.
Would someone else like to try? (Repeat several times with different volunteers
as time permits.) Then ask, “Do you think I can walk across without
being hit by temptation?” (When you walk across, take the sheet
and stretch it out in front of you as a shield.) See, God has given us
His Word so that we might be able to fight off temptation and defeat the
devil. God's word is very powerful. It can act as a shield between us
and whatever the devil tries to throw at us. |
