Using Everyday Objects to Teach Children Bible Stories, God's Message

We all know how important it is to teach children about God and his amazing love. Sometimes we need a little help getting the messages across to our children. Through my early childhood training and experience, I have found that object lessons are the best way to teach a small mind about God so that they truly understand. Object lessons and kids sermons are simply a way to use an everyday object to illustrate a message or Bible story.

Object lessons and kid sermons can be used for your own children, as a Sunday School lesson, at vacation bible school or at kid's worship on Sunday mornings. Anytime you want to teach children about God, use object lessons and kids sermons to drive home your message.

Below are 3 objects that all teach one theme: God looks at the heart!

Objects: Choose one of the following objects to use for your object lessons or kids sermons and then implement as many of the other ideas and activities as you see fit or as time permits.

God looks at the heart!

Mirror for Kid Sermons and Object Lessons:

Get a hold of a hand held mirror or a framed mirror that is light enough for children to hold during your object lessons or kids sermons.

Let the children pass the mirror around as you ask questions about what the children look like. You could ask.. "Who has green eyes? Who has blond hair? Who is wearing pretty earrings today?" Go on to explain that a mirror is the perfect thing to use to look at ourselves on the outside. During your object lessons or kids sermons, talk about what we look like on the inside. Be sure and explain that often our inside is not as beautiful as our outside or we are beautiful in the inside but not on the outside. Go on to explain that it is okay to work on looking good on the outside but that God cares about our hearts more than anything else. Even the most beautiful person in the world can have an ugly inside by the way they treat others etc. God examines our hearts. During your mirror object lessons or kids sermons, mention that God looks at the heart several times.

God looks at the heart!

X-ray for Kid Sermons and Object Lessons: