Materials:
5 large clear cups,
Dropper, 1 tray, Coffee filter,
Sand, gravel, charcoal, Dirt,
Funnel, Pitcher of water

Duration:
Approximately 10 minutes

What you will do during class:
You will want to do these object talks with the cups on the tray to catch spills.

 
Part 1 - Cup Full of Goodness – (tray, 2 large clear cups, pitcher of water, dropper)

Fill one cup of water completely full to the top and maybe even overflowing.

Say: (as you are filling the cup with water) “ This represents God's goodness. God’s goodness ever is and ever was in the same fullness.”

Take one dropper full of water from “God’s cup” and put it into another empty cup.

Say: “This represents our goodness. Our goodness comes from God and is always changing.”
        “BUT, God’s goodness is never lessened when He grants us goodness.”

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Part 2 - God is Pure Goodness – (tray, 3 large clear cups, coffee filter, sand, gravel, charcoal, dirt, funnel, water)

Fill two cups with water, one full and the other half way. The full one will represent God’s pure goodness. Add some dirt to the half-filled cup to represent us. Set up the other cup with the funnel, filter, gravel, charcoal and then the sand.

Say: “God is pure, but we have to be purified.”

Explain that you are going to attempt to purify our water and make it as pure as God’s. Pour dirty water through the filter with gravel, charcoal and sand.

As it is dripping through: Ask the children “Can we purify ourselves and become as good as God?” (No) Why not? (Because no one can be as good as God.)

Ask the kids “How can we be purified?” (By confessing our sins to God, asking for His forgiveness, accepting Jesus as our Lord and Savior, and asking the Holy Spirit to come and live in us.)