Object: A cup and some concentrated juice.

Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever asked your mother to do something that she did not think that you could do and told you so? (Let them answer.) Maybe you wanted to lift something that was too heavy for you to lift, or you wanted to stay up late and your mother told you that you would get too tired. Have you ever done anything like that before? (Let them answer.) All of us have done things like that. We always think that we can do more than we really can do.

Jesus told his disciples about how hard it was going to be to do all of the things that his Father in Heaven expected him to do. But the disciples loved Jesus so much that they told him that they would do it, too. Jesus tried to tell them that it was too much for them but they woul…