Category Archives: Object Lesson
Bloom Where You Are Planted (CHALLENGE)
Time 10-15 minutes Description This Challenge makes the point that we can make a choice to honor God even if difficult situations. Joseph was sold into slavery by his own brothers, but he was such a trustworthy slave, that Potiphar … Continue reading
God Doesn’t Waste Anything (OBJ LESSON)
Time 10-15 minutes Audience Children, Teens, Adults Description This object lesson teaches about how God brings good things out of bad and uses the metaphor of turning lemons into lemonade. Scriptures Romans 8:28 Galatians 5:22 Materials Several cow patties … Continue reading
Filed under blessing, Challenges, Change, Choices, Conflict Resolution, Fruit of the Spirit, God's Plan, Healing, Hope, Object Lesson, Problem solving, Solutions, test, tool, Training
Holding a Grudge (OBJ LESSON)
Time 15-20 minutes Audience Children, Teens, Adults Description This object lesson teaches about the danger of holding a grudge (i.e., choosing not to forgive someone). It uses an illustration from Where the Red Fern Grows, a great book about a … Continue reading
Filed under Conflict Resolution, forgiveness, God's Will, Healing, Object Lesson
God’s Permissive Will (OBJ LESSON)
Time 45 minutes Audience Children, Teens, Adults Description This object lesson teaches about how God’s permissive will works with God’s unchangeable will. It uses the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph and his brothers to illustrate how God allows … Continue reading
Do Clothes Really Make the Man? (OBJ LESSON)
Time 30 minutes Description This object lesson looks at the different clothing Joseph wore and asks the question, “do clothes really make the man?” The old adage means that how you dress says a lot about you, but in Joseph’s … Continue reading
Filed under acceptance, Agape Love, Belief, Character, Christianity, Eternity, faith, Jesus, Joseph, Object Lesson, Performance, salvation, sanctification, Transformation
Joseph’s Journey
For summer camp this year, I’ve written ten Challenges (Bible activities for small groups and a leader to do together – sometimes in competition with other groups) and some large group lessons on the story of Joseph. They are all … Continue reading
Filed under Abraham, Abundance, acceptance, activity, Agape Love, Annointing, Belief, Bible study, blessing, Challenges, Change, Character, Christianity, Comfort Zone, Coping skills, courage, Discipline, distractions, drama, exercise, faith, Fear, forgiveness, Future, Game, Games that Teach, God's dream, God's favor, God's Plan, God's Will, Hands-on, Healing, heart, Hope, Humility, Jesus, Joseph, Kindness, leadership, Lesson, Listening to God, Love, Obedience, Object Lesson, Overcoming obstacles, Pride, purity, Relationships, Repentance, Salt of the earth, sanctification, spiritual disciplines, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Health, Spiritual Warfare, Strengths, struggles, team, temptation, territory, test, tool, Transformation, Trust, unconditional love, Waiting on the Lord
Comfort Zone (OBJECT LESSON)
Audience Children, Teens, Adults Time 10-15 minutes Description This game helps participants to understand how important it is to step our of our comfort zones in order to grow. You can use the story of Abraham (Abram at the time) … Continue reading
Filed under Abraham, Abram, Belief, blessing, Challenges, Character, Comfort Zone, courage, faith, God's Plan, God's Will, Obedience, Object Lesson, Sarah, test, Trust
Out of Orbit (Obj Lesson)
Time 10-15 minutes Description This object lesson teaches about how difficult it can be for us to stay focused on following Jesus. Scriptures Philippians 3:12-14 Materials A toy rocket or spaceship (or if you don’t have anything like that, … Continue reading
Filed under Challenges, Daily walk, God's Will, Jesus, Obedience, Object Lesson, Pride, Repentance, sanctification, Satan's tactics, Spiritual Growth, temptation
