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. Christian 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.

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• 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.

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• 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/set.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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