Objects: A chair and a paddle.

Good morning, boys and girls. Did you know that Jesus compared our parents to God? (Let them answer.) Jesus was not the only one to talk like this. After he talked about God being our Father in Heaven, others also began to talk about God in that way. Today, the man who wrote the book of Hebrews compares God with our fathers on earth, and it is a good comparison.

Do you know what the word discipline means? (Let them answer.) Discipline means learning to do things in the right way, and correcting the wrong ways so that we don't keep on doing wrong. Does your father ever discipline you? (Let them answer.) God disciplines us also, but it is usually in a little different way. One of the ways our father disciplines us is to tell us what we have done wrong, and he…