Use an etch-a-sketch as an object lesson or children’s sermon to teach youth or children about things that are temporary or about forgiveness.

1. Object Lesson:
Etch-a-Sketch
Use an etch-a-sketch as an
object lesson or children’s
sermon to teach youth or
children about things that
are temporary or about
forgiveness.
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Object
Etch A Sketch
(http://www.etch-a-sketch.com)
or Magic Slate
(wax and plastic sheet tablet that
is a low tech version of the etch-
a-sketch)

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The Lesson
1. Draw a few simple pictures
on an etch a sketch (or
Magic Slate)
2. Demonstrate how an etch-
a-sketch works by turning
the knobs.
3. Explain the difficulty of
getting the lines and
drawing accurate to create
a picture – its not easy!

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4. In fact, most of the time you
will make mistakes.
5. But the nice things about an
etch-a-sketch is that all it takes
is to turn it over and shake it a
bit and you can start over with
a clean slate.

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Application
• Life is not easy. Traveling the
straight and narrow way is very
difficult. Things often do not
turn out as we intended. We
make lots of mistakes.
Sometimes we get frustrated
and want to give up.
• Fortunately, when we make
such mistakes, God can erase
them and give us a clean slate.
All we need to do is recognize
we have messed up (sinned)
and confess it to God and ask
for his forgiveness.

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• Sometimes God has to shake up
our lives and turn them upside
down a little bit before we
realize we need a fresh start.
• As we grow and mature in
Christ, we make fewer mistakes
and our lives begin to conform
to the image of Christ.
• Actually, the key to the
successful Christian life, is not to
control its direction ourselves,
but to let God take control and
create the life that he has
planned for each us.

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Scripture
Colossians 2:14, Colossians 3:8-10
Variation
Show some photos of what the
experts can do with an etch-a-
sketch. Some examples can be
found at:
http://www.gvetchedintime.com/s
et.html

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A talented artist can spend
hours creating his masterpiece
on an etch-a-sketch, but all it
takes is a little shake-up and
everything is gone. Many
people spend their lives
creating the image of their
perfect life and then
something comes along and
shakes things up and
everything is gone (Job 34:20)
Jesus tells us the only things
that will not pass away are his
words. (Matthew 24:25,35)

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