Exegetical Aim: Our inheritance kept in heaven, which will never perish.

Props: A bag, two bananas, two apples, and two children’s books. Allow one of the bananas and one of the apples to spoil and rot and put them in a zip lock bag. The other two fruits should be fresh. One of the books should be torn up and falling apart. A loose a binding will produce the best effect. Have the first several pages missing as well. The other book should be in good shape.

Lesson: Good morning. (response) I need a volunteer. Have the child sit beside you. I brought some books for us to read. Take out your book, show it, and announce what it is. And I brought a book for you to read John. As you hand him the book it should fall apart. Go ahead and start reading. (response) Somethin…