Repentance
PUPPETS:
Gerry, and Pastor
PROPS:
Bat, Ball, a bunch of candy!
Gerry: Good
morning Pastor Craig!
Pastor: Good
morning Gerry! I’m so glad to see you today here in Sunday School!
Gerry:
Always
glad to be here!
Pastor: What
did you bring today?
Gerry: Oh
just some candy!
Pastor:
Candy?
Hmmmmm mmmmm! Are you going to eat
it?
Gerry: Yep!
Right here and now! Yessiree! I can’t wait to taste this delicious soft candy!
Pastor: Wait
a minute Gerry! Didn’t your doctor say no more candy due to your stomach
problems? Are you sure that you want to eat that candy?
Gerry: Yep,
I sure am! I don’t care what my doctor says! I can do anything that I want!
Pastor:
(Looking
at the audience) Is that right everybody? Can Gerry do anything he wants?
(Waits
for good reponse)
That’s
what I thought.
Gerry: But,
but... Humph!
Pastor: So...
are you still going to eat all that candy Gerry?
Gerry: Nope,
nosiree!
Pastor:
Your’e
not! Well, why not?
Gerry: I
changed my mind! I decided that I had better obey the doctor - he knows best!
Pastor: Did
you know something Gerry? That is exactly what repentance
is like: changing your mind. Deciding to quite rebelling and only doing what YOU
wanted to do, and doing instead what God wants you to do! A complete change of
mind. Let me demonstrate with this ball here!
(Demonstrate the ball going one way, and then when hit, it going the
exact opposite way)
That’s repentance - from sin (disobedience, rebellion, stealing) to God
and asking his forgiveness!
Hand
out the candy to audience who sat still during the lesson!