YOU WILL NEED: A non-diet can of soda, a diet can of soda, and a Bible.
NOTE: If you don’t have these items, you can do a different activity that is explained in the Other Option section below:
STEP 1: Fill up the bathtub so that the cans have enough room to sink.
STEP 2: Consider these questions…
-What do you think will happen when you put the cans
into the bathtub?
-Will they both sink?
-Will they both float?
-Will one sink and one float, and if so, which will do
what?
STEP 3: Put both cans in the bathtub. What happened?
POINT: The difference between these two cans is about half a cup of sugar.
KEY: Just a little makes a big difference. In the same way it takes just a little sin to drag a Christian down. According to the Bible, there’s no room for sin in the Christian’s life. So, have you been doing anything you know is wrong? If so, then stop doing it (repent), ask God to forgive you, and turn to follow Jesus again.
Also, just like the can that rose, Jesus rose from the dead after three days and later He ascended into heaven. That’s great news, and here’s some more great news: Those who have given their lives to Jesus can know for sure that they’re going to heaven to spend eternity with Him forever.
Read John 14:1-3
PRAY—Thank God for preparing a place for His people in heaven.
Other Option
Do this activity if you don’t have the items you need for the one above.
Make some chocolate milk where just a little powder makes a big change; or taste test some strawberries then dip them in sugar. Again, just a little makes a big difference; Or eat something that needs salt, like corn to make this same point. Then begin with the discussion below.
DISCUSSION: Just a little makes a big difference. In the same way it takes just a little sin to drag a Christian down. According to the Bible, there’s no room for sin in the Christian’s life. So, have you been doing anything you know is wrong? If so, then stop doing it (repent), ask God to forgive you, and turn to follow Jesus again.
It’s good news that God can forgive you. This is the reason that Jesus died and rose from the dead, and here’s some more great news: Those who have given their lives to Jesus can know for sure that they’re going to heaven to spend eternity with Him forever.
Read John 14:1-3
PRAY—Thank God for preparing a place for His people in heaven.
BREAKFAST BITES
What are some things that you look forward to about going to heaven? (Seeing Jesus face to face, meeting people from the Bible, living forever in God’s presence, etc.)
What are some things that you look forward to leaving behind when you go to heaven? (Fear, heart-break, sin, rejection, temptation, etc.)
Read John 14:1-6
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