Object: I did not use one. However, most children's Bibles contain a picture of Johah and the great fish.

Lesson: Avoidance; discipleship; God's will; problem solving.

Text: "Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, 'Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out against it; for their wickedness has come up before me.' But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD."

"How many of you have ever been asked to do something you didn't want to do?" Hands immediately fly into the air as bright voices begin to tell me of those things that torment their young existence: "Make my bed!" "Take a bath!" "Fold washcloths!" "Put on my shoes when I'm in the house and I don't think I need them!" Surprised at the absence of one particular answer, I tease t…