Object: a wallet-sized picture of Jesus

Good morning, boys and girls. Do any of you like to carry around pictures of your good friends? Many people do that. They will put a little book of pictures in their purse, or maybe keep some in their billfold. We don't keep just anybody's picture in there, only people who are special to us. Then when we want to think about them, we can take out their picture and look at it and remember how special they are to us.

Here's a picture some people carry around in their purses or billfolds. (Show them the picture of Jesus.) Do you know anybody who carries one of these? Why would we want to carry a pi…