Put God First
Posted by: Buffalo Dream Center
Topic: Bible Verses
Verse: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33
Props:
1 large jar with a lid (approx. 1 gallon in size works good)
Beans (assorted dried beans)
3 tennis Balls – write one of the following on each Prayer, Read Bible,
Praise
1-2 buckets/containers to hold the beans (we used 2 sand pails)
Instructions:
* To get the right amount of beans for the jar, put the tennis balls in the bottom of the jar and then fill the jar with beans before you do the object lesson.
Discussion:
Introduction:
-Review 4 Most Important Things
-The Bible teaches us that we need to put God first in our life
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.”
-Today we are going to look at the way most of us live. Even those of us who are living for Jesus
Object talk:
-Talk about this jar represents a day in our life and all the things we do.
-Who likes to keep busy?
-What kinds of things do you like to do in a day?
-What things don’t you like but you have to do?
-While I pour the beans in the jar lets go through a daily schedule – you can help me. (Talk through the day from wake up to brushing teeth-going to school-recess-sports-clubs-homework-snack etc. By the time you get to the end of the day all the beans should be in the jar.)
-By the end of the day we are really, really tired. We have had a busy day.
-“Oh know I forgot something . . .. “
-Does anyone know what it is?
-I forgot to Praise Jesus. (Hold up tennis ball and put it in jar.)
-We should worship Jesus everyday (Pretend to do it)
-I forgot something else – to read my Bible. (Hold up tennis ball and put it in jar)
-We should read our Bible everyday (Read but pretend you are falling asleep)
-I forgot one more thing – I forgot to Pray (hold up Tennis ball and put it in the jar)
-We should pray everyday (Pretend to pray as you are falling a sleep)
-So that sums up our lives.
-Let’s put the lid on – It won’t fit. (The balls should not fit properly in the jar of beans)
-We tried to do so much in our day that our time with God just doesn’t fit.
-Is that right? NO
The Right Way
-Let’s start over (Take out the balls, and dump the bean back in the bucket)
-What should we do first? – Praise (Put the tennis ball in the bucket)
-Then we should Read our Bible (Put the tennis ball in the bucket)
-Then we should Pray (Put the tennis ball in the bucket)
-We should do these first because the Bible teaches us to Seek God’s Kingdom First
-We should do first what God says to do first.
-Now lets go through our day again –the right way.
(Start with wake up-mention-praise, read the Bible, prayer – Then go through everything else
-Everything should fit nicely in the jar, and you can put the lid on.
Conclusion:
-If we are going to live for Jesus than we must put Jesus first everyday.
-We should take time everyday FIRST to praise Jesus, Read the Bible, and Pray.
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
When we put God first in our life, God will take care of the rest of the important things
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