Walking Like Jesus
Posted by: Buffalo Dream Center
Topic: Walk, Talk, And Live Like Jesus
Verse: Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did. 1 John 2:6
Props:
wild west costume
army costume
feathers
signs-fight-love others-Hate your enemies-Make fun of other people-Give to those in need-Help others-pray for people-name calling
good boy costume
bad boy costume
crutches
Instructions:
Discussion:
All we have to do is what the son did -say God I have messed up. I have done things
Introduction
(You could have someone teach with you and demonstrate different walks with costumes or you could do it yourself, or you could have the children volunteer one at a time to do one.)
-Have you ever noticed the way people walk?
-Dancers often walk on their tiptoes . . .
-Someone who is hurt might walk like this . . .
-Someone from the wild west may walk like this . . .
-Someone from the army may walk like this . . .
-Do you recognize this walk (have someone walk like a chicken) . . .
-Someone who is excited may walk home from school like this (skipping)
-Do you recognize this walk? (Walk like an Egyptian)
-A person would look silly walking around like a chicken, someone in the army would look silly skipping happily along, a cowboy would look silly walking like a ballerina.
How do you think Jesus walked?
-1 John 2:6 tells us that whoever claims to follow Jesus must walk as Jesus did.
a. Who here thinks they are a Christian?
b. How do you walk? (Have a volunteer come and demonstrate)
c. Did Jesus skip, march, tiptoe . . . .How did Jesus walk? That is how we are to walk . .
-This verse is not talking about the way we physically walk. It is talking about the way we walk spiritually.
-This verse means that God wants us to live like Jesus lived.
-I have several signs with different action on them. If you think the action written on the sign is something Jesus would have done, then give the thumbs up. If you think it is not a way Jesus would have walked then give a thumbs down.
(Hold up signs up one at a time.)
1. Fight
2. Love others
3. Hate your enemies
4. Make fun of other people
5. Give food to someone who is hungry
6. Help others
7. Pray for people
8. Gossip about your friends
9. Disobey your parents
10. Say something nice to someone
Jesus Obeyed God
-Jesus followed the commandments in the Bible. Just because Jesus was Gods Son does not mean He could do whatever He wanted. Jesus obeyed and followed His Father-God.
C. Conclusion: The Prodicals Son - (Pick 2 boys to help you act out the story if you want)
-Jesus told a story about a man with 2 sons. The story teaches us about the importance of living the way Jesus wants.
-Who thinks you always try to do what is right? You try to be a good kid.
-Who thinks you are a really bad kid?
-We all know people that fit into both these categories.
-There was a man who had 2 sons.
-One son decided to live like Jesus but the other one did not
-The first son was a really good son. He did everything his father ever asked him to do. He always obeyed the rules. He always helped out. He did really good in school.
-The second son was really bad. He always got out of doing his chores. He broke all his parents rules. He never came home on time. He never cleaned his room. He never studied or did his homework.
-Since the second son was so bad and did so bad in school, he did not want to go to college.
-One day he went to his dad and asked him for the money his dad had been saving for him for college so he could leave.
-At first the dad did not want to give him the money but then he did.
-The son went out and wasted all the money. He didn’t even get himself a place to live or food. He just partied and wasted it all.
-Pretty soon he was hungry and homeless.
-When you make bad choices there are bad consequences.
-This son had it so bad that he ended up taking care of pigs, and the only food you could eat was the pig food
He decided he would be better off going back home and working for his dad. ---Home he went
-When he was still a long way off the father saw him coming. What do you think the father did?
-The father ran to his son, threw his arms around him and hugged him.
-The son said I am so ashamed of myself I have done everything wrong. I don’t deserve to be your son.
-But the Father said You are my son and I love you. I want to celebrate because you have come home.
-We have all acted like the bad son. We have done some wrong things.
-But God loves us and he is waiting for us even when we mess up- just like the father in this story.
-Wrong.
-God will forgive us.
-Then we decide to walk like Jesus walked. We need to decide we are going to live for Jesus
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