Object: A carpenter's saw horse.
Good morning, boys and girls. I want to share a problem with you this morning. How many of you like problems? (Let them answer.) We all like problems we can solve, but there are not many of us who like problems that we cannot find answers to in a short period of time. I can't fix my car when it doesn't work, and I don't like that kind of a problem. I have the same kind of problem when my radio or TV is broken. I can't make them work. St. Paul had another word for problems that I like, and I want to share it with you. St. Paul called problems-without-answers stumbling blocks. I don't know what a stumbling block looked like to St. Paul, but it could have been something like this. (Show them the carpenter's horse.) Suppose you were walking…