Teach with

Magic Book #7

Ricl Lemski ©2021

Hard to believe God has given me enough ideas for #7 and I am starting

on #8. Over 30 years of teaching Sunday school and now in my 70s God

is still using me. I pray this be use for His glory, not mine. I give thanks

for the wonderful wife He has given me (Mary) who has encouraged

and helped me. God gives me ideas in dreams, sometimes just looking

at a trick and many ways. He has been so good to me. If this has been

helpful to you share it and share your knowledge and train those who

are to follow. To God be the Glory.

Rick Lenski

Title Goal Pg

God Loves All God Loves All Equally 1

Big Bang Creation 2

Peek-a-boo You Cannot Hide Sin From God 4

Good Egg Life is Hard but It Gets Better 7

Pride Pride 9

We Are All Sinners All Have Sinned 11

Holy Spirit Guides Holy Sprit Knows your Talents 13

King of my Hearts Heavens Everlasting Life 16

Hidden Spirit War Spiritual Warfare for Our Soul 17

Sins are Forgiven Price to get into Heaven 19

Marriage/Divorce Divorce is not God’s Plan 20

Fun Fun Routine 22

Hope Hope for the Future 23

Who Programmed Us God Gave Us a Mind to Think 25

Difference is Good We are Different but the Same 26

Bad Can be Good Life is Tough but Turns Out Good 27

Good Grief We can be Sad but We Will Laugh 29

Find the Treasure Jesus is the Treasure 30

Sin is Sin Sin Separates 31

Halloween Walk Around 34

It All Stqys Here Be Satisfied With What You Have 35

Fresh Start New Years Day 36

Love All Love One Another 37

Once It Is Loose Words Have Power 39

Verse Pg

1 Samuel 17:42-44 9

2 Corinthians 6:6 7

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 23

2 Timothy 4:7-8 7

Exodus 19:19 2

Genesis 1-5 2

Genesis 2:18 20

Genesis 2:24 20

Hebrews 4:13-15 4

Hebrews 11:1 23

Hebrews 13:5 35

Isaiah 1:18 31

Job 37:4-14 2

Job 40:9 2

John 3:16 1, 17, 37

John 16:13 13

John 13:34 26, 27

Luke 6:2b 29

Matthew 7:13-14 30

Matthew 12:36 39

Matthew 19:1-6 20

Matthew 19:8 20

Proverbs 14:12 30

Proverbs 16:18 9

Verse Pg

Psalm 39:1 39

Psalm 51:10 36

Psalm 119:1 25

Psalm 139:7-12 4

Psalm 143:10 13

Psalm 147:10 23

Revelation 14:2 2

Revelation 19:7-10 17

Revelation 21:4 7, 29

Romans 5:1-12 19

Romans 5:6 31

Romans 6:21 16

Romans 6:23 16

Romans 8:28 27

Romans 15:13 23

Tricks Used Pg

Butterfly Silk, Caterpillar Silk, Dove Pan 13

Chameleon Silk 2

Chinese Laundry Ticket 19

Deans Box 17

Dove Pan, Sponge Birthday Cake 27

Growing Head Illusion 9

Hippty Hop Rabbits 26

Humpty Dumpty 7

Insurance Policy 16

Professors Nightmare 1

Make 4, 23, 36, 37, 39

Multim in Parvo 31

Skeleton In the Closet 11

Silks/Thumb Tip, 6”Jesus, 6”ghost and dye tube 34

Silks/Thumb Tip, 6”Jesus and pirate map 30

Silks Happy/Sad Clown and Change Bag 29

Thumb tip, make mouse silk 22

Wonder Bubbles 35

Zig Zag CD 25

Zig Zag rope 20

God Loves All

Verse: John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only

Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal

life.

Material Needed: Professor’s Nightmare

Note: This is a simple routine for children

telling about God’s love.

Lesson

(Show the three sizes of ropes) There are no surprises, Children come in all sizes. Big, medium and small, God so loves them all. (Make all the ropes equal) Looking down from up above, He gives all equally His love. So no matter who you are Where you live near or far. He so very loves us all, (Show the three sizes of ropes.) Big, medium and small.

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The Big Bang/Creation

Verse: Genesis 1-5 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.

Exodus 19:19 “And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.”

Job 37:4-14 “After it a voice roars;He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain them when His voice is heard. God thunders marvelously with His voice” Job 40:9 “Have you an arm like God?

Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

Revelation 14:2 “And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of

many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the

sound of harpists playing their harps.”

Purpose: This can be used to describe the beginning of the

universal or as an introduction to creation.

Material Needed: Chameleon Rainbow

Streamer. This streamer is turned inside out and

changes from black to a rainbow of colors. Most

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people snap it and it just looks funny. Pull it through your hands to

make the change so it looks like the magic is happening in your

hands.

LESSON

Have you ever hear of the big bang theory? The basics of the theory

are fairly simple. In short, the Big Bang hypothesis states that all of

the current and past matter in the Universe came into existence at

the same time. At this time, all matter was compacted into a very

small ball with infinite density and intense heat called a Singularity.

Suddenly, the Singularity began expanding and the universe as we

know it began. Some say it happened over 13 billion years ago. And

some say about 6000 years ago. While the dates may differ, the big

bang was a fact.

We see the bible confirming the big bang in Genesis. Genesis 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. (Start with the silk on the black side and pull it through your hands to the rainbow side. Emphasize the darkness part of the verse when you show the black side.)

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. From there He created trees and animals and plants and everything else. (When you have the rainbow side exposed, you can point to colors and say things like green for all the plants, yellow for flowers and birds and so on.)

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Have you ever been is a big storm and the thunder is so loud, it

frightens you? Now that thunder is just a local storm on this planet:

small storm, small stuff. Now imagine God, creating the universe,

the stars and planets with just a word. How loud would that have

been? It would have been indescribably loud.

(From here go on with the direction you want to take the creation of

the world lesson.)

PEEK A BOO, I SEE YOU

Verse: “Hebrews 4:13-15 13 No one can hide from God. His eyes see

everything we do. We must give an answer to God for what we have

done.”

Psalm 139:7-12 “ “7 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I

flee from your presence?8 If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I

make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of

the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10 even there your

hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.11 If I say,

“Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around

me,”12 even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine

like the day, for darkness is as light to you.”

Goal: You cannot hide your sin from God.

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Material Needed: Find a nice gift bag and cut

a hole in one side. Tape a clear plastic film

over it so you can see into the bag. You will

keep this hidden from your audience until the

end. Also 4 or 5 balls of different colors. I use

golf balls because they are solid and won’t get

dirty like sponge balls.

Set Up: Have the balls where they can be seen

and the bag laying on the table.

LESSON

Did you ever play peek a boo with a young child? When they put

their hands over their eyes they think you can’t see them. Maybe

they will hide under a blanket, while standing in the middle of the

room. To them, they are invisible to the world.

As we get older some people think they can do the same thing with

God. They believe if they do something in the dark or something no

one else can see, God won’t see it either. I will demonstrate with

these balls. Let’s pretend each one is something we do but think no

one sees us. Let pretend you go into a convenience store and steal a

candy bar. (You could have a chart made to show this or write them

on a display board. Give each color a name of a candy bar.) You walk

into the store, they are very busy and no one sees you slip a candy

bar into your pocket and you walk out. No one saw you or at least

you think no one did. Suddenly a person comes out and grabs you by

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the shoulder and says I saw you steal that I am calling your parents.

How do you think they saw you when you saw no one was looking.

(Give them time to give some answers.) Well the answer is they have

security cameras that see everything.

We will play a game where someone will come and take a ball from

this bag and if I am wrong I will give you a prize.

(Open the bag, dump the balls in and choose someone the come up

and grab a ball. Do not let them see down into the bag and hold it so

it appears you cannot either. I reality you are looking through the

window and see which ball they are grabbing.) Go through this a

couple times and tell them. I was right all the time. I did that because

I cheated. (Turn the bag around and show them the window.)

But there is someone who sees EVERYTHING we do. We cannot hide

from Him. That’s right God.

(Read Hebrews to them.) “Hebrews 4:13-15 13 No one can hide

from God. His eyes see everything we do. We must give an answer to

God for what we have done.” And in Psalms we hear, “7 Where can I

go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?8 If I go

up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you

are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side

of the sea, 10 even there your hand will guide me, your right hand

will hold me fast.11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the

light become night around me,”12 even the darkness will not be dark

to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to

you.”

Since you cannot hide from God, why not do the right thing the first

time. Peek a boo, He sees you.

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Good Egg

Verse: 2Corinthians 6:16 “Therefore we do not lose heart. Though

outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed

day by day.”

2 Timothy 4:7-8 “7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the

race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of

righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me

on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for

his appearing.”

Revelation 21:4 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes,

and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,

neither shall there be any more pain;

for the former things are passed

away.”

Material Needed: Humpty Dumpty

trick and how to perform it.

Goal: Life tears you down, but it gets

better.

LESSON

Believe it or not we all start as an egg. (Show Humpty Dumpty in

frame whole.) That egg is fertilized and grows and becomes YOU!

Growing up you have victories, defeats, sicknesses and diseases that

wear at your body. (Point out cracks in the egg shell.) But God is

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always with us helping us getting us through with healings and

promises of a better future. God tells us in 2Corinthians 6:16 “

Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting

away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.” No matter

the circumstances, God is with you.

In our old age many lose physically and mentally. (Let egg break

apart.) Sicknesses, illnesses and mental conditions can deteriorate

but we must never forget God and claim, “2 Timothy 4:7-8 “7 I have

fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the

Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not

only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.”

(Put pieces of egg back into frame.) Believing God and trusting God

means we have left a trail of prayer, helps and a good life behind as a

legacy.

When our time is up we look forward to a promise of God. We shall

close our eyes on earth go to our real home and opening our eyes in

heaven we will see Revelation 21:4 fulfilled. (Show restored egg.)

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall

be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be

any more pain; for the former things are passed away.” We will have

a new body with no pain, no sorry and be in the glory of God.

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Pride will get you Killed

Verse: Proverbs 16:18 “Pride goes before destruction, a haughty

spirit before a fall.”

1 Samuel 17:42-44 “Goliath looked David over and saw that he was

little more than a boy, glowing with health and handsome, and he

despised him. 43 He said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come at me

with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 “Come

here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to the birds and the wild

animals!”

1Samuel 45-47 “David said to the Philistine, “You come against me

with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the

name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom

you have defied. 46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hands,

and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will

give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild

animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear

that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give all of

you into our hands.”

Material Needed: Shrinking and growing

head illusion. The first part is to let them

see your head grow, then when called for let

it shrink.

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LESSON

Some people get themselves into trouble always looking like this.

(Go through the process of growing your head.) Did you see that?

My head was growing bigger than it should be. We can call that

pride. It’s where you believe you can do something you are not

equipped or trained to do. I bet you have seen video’s of people who

say I can lift that weight. They brag and when they are laying on the

weight bench and the weight it placed on them, it falls to their chest

and they yell for help because they are trapped. No they are all

embarrassed because they were prideful.

There was a big guy described in the bible who was prideful and his

name was Goliath. He was a giant of a man and taunted and dared

any of the Israelites to fight him. Everyone was afraid of him

because he was so big but they never considered how big their God

was. Little David showed up and gathered stones and approached

this giant, this big headed man. (1 Samuel 17:42) Goliath looked

David over and saw that he was little more than a boy, glowing with

health and handsome, and he despised him. 43 He said to David, “Am

I a dog, that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed

David by his gods. 44 “Come here,” he said, “and I’ll give your flesh to

the birds and the wild animals!”

45 David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hands, and I’ll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the

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carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals,

and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. 47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

Who won that battle? Right, David killed the prideful giant with the

big head. Goliath was to confident so he didn’t approach the

problem with the right attitude. He had that big head. To be ready

for the battle his head should have been like this. (Make your head

appear to shrink.) He should have been humble like David and

taken the battle seriously. But no his big head, his pride got in the

way. Before you say anything or do anything always consider are

you equipped to do what you are about to do or say. Don’t be

prideful, it will only lead to you failing and being embarrassed or

“small headed” and humbled.

We are All Sinners

Verse: Romans 3:23 says “All have sinned and fallen short of the

glory of God.”

Material Needed: Skeleton in the closet.

Ser Up: Start with the skeleton in the closet in

correct order. Follow along with the lesson for

the moves.

Goal: All have sinned

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LESSON

Just like this door covers what’s inside this little room, our skin

covers our body. You cannot look at someone and see their organs

and bones without special equipment like X-rays or MRI’s. Even then

we are limited to what everything really looks like. (Uncover correct

skeleton) This is the physical realm. What about our minds, our

souls; nothing can show that to us. (Put the skeleton back into the

door and now it should be arranged top is body, second is feet and

bottom is head when shown. Uncover mixed up skeleton.)

But God, can see the real us. He sees the things you hide. He sees

your deepest darkest secrets. He sees our sins. He knows you are a

mess. You cannot hide anything from God. (Put skeleton parts back

in door. They should be mixed up.)

You say, I know I can be a good person, give money to charities, go

to church. God will see I am good person have everything together.

(Uncover mixed up skeleton.) Humans can never be good enough to

please God. Romans 3:23 says “All have sinned and fallen short of

the glory of God.” Only one person in history has been perfect

enough to meet God’s standard and that was Jesus. (Set the legs up

first, put the torso on top and then cover it now it should be

arranged properly.) We are completely out of our mind if we think

we can circumvent God’s plan. (Take the extra head and put it in a

vanish device. Show it gone.)

But for us, there is an answer. God loved us so much he sent His Son

Jesus to die for our sins. If we follow God’s plan, all is well. (Show

complete skeleton). Romans 5:8 “God demonstrated His love for us

in this. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” It is through

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because of the blood of Jesus that God doesn’t see that imperfect

person. (You can add John 3:16 if you like.)

Holy Spirit will Guide You

Verse: Psalm 143:10 “Teach me to do

your Your will, for you are my God; Your

Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of

uprightness. “

John 16:13 “However, when He, the Spirit

of truth has come, He will guide you into

all truth…

Material Needed: 36” butterfly silk, small

can of Play-Doh , dove pan, rubber chicken.

Set Up: Cut a hole in the rear end of the chicken and load the

butterfly silk into it. Put the chicken into the load chamber of the

dove pan.

Lesson

(Ask for a helper and have the Play-doh out of sight.) I called you up

here for to handle a very dangerous item. Are you ready? It’s a

product that every mother and father fears. The dreaded Play-doh!

It’s the enemy of every carpet and couch in America. (give them the

Play-doh and ask them to get out a piece about the size of a ping

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pong ball and roll it into a ball. Take it from them, make it a little

more like an egg shape. Ask them what does it looks like. After

several attempts, get them to say an egg. Ask them who lays eggs

and when they get to or are prodded to say insects, lead them to say

butterfly. Take it from them and say.) An egg, an egg is the beginning

of life. Just like you, young, beginning life and learning.

You go to school to learn but God has a way to teach you stuff too. In

Psalm 143:10, it says “Teach me to do your Your will, for you are my

God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. “Now if

God is going to teach you His will, you have to go through a process.

(Take the play-doh and smash it with your hand and roll it into a

caterpillar shape.) Now the egg is hatched and goes through a

process and what does it become? Right a caterpillar. In school you

have different subjects that feed your mind and I bet you have a

favorite subject. The Holy Spirit knows where you talents are and

will help and direct you to eat up that information to help train you

if you let him. The caterpillar, although they all look somewhat alike,

each type eat only special foods designed for them. One day the

caterpillar will come to a point where they go through a change.

What happens to them? (Describe the process of them making a

cocoon and turning into a butterfly. Have the put the caterpillar into

the dove pan and cover it.) Now we have to wait about 21 days for

the process to take place. (pretend to wait for a laugh.) You also

have to go through a process. You have to be born again. Become a

new person in Jesus. Once you become a believer in Jesus, the Holy

Spirit can continue to work on you. (John 16:13) “However, when

He, the Spirit of truth has come, He will guide you into all truth…

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Now the Holy Spirit can continue to train you with the talents and

gifts unique to you to reach and spread the gospel, the good news of

Jesus. It may be something simple as praying for another person,

being nice to someone or preaching and everything else you can use

to reach the lost. You are a new creature, just like the butterfly.

I am going to take the cover off the cocoon and you reach in there to

show just how wonderful the butterfly is. It will represent you

showing the world how wonderful Jesus is. (Turn you head and

pretend you don’t see it. Pull the lid off and tell them to pull out the

butterfly and show everyone.)

That’s not a butterfly. What happened? (Thank them and send them

back to their seat) You know this reminds me of a lot of Christians.

They have the gifts, they have the talent and ability but they just sit

there and do not honor God in their lives. What we need to be, (Pull

the butterfly silk out of the chicken and display it.)We need to take

all the stuff the Holy Spirit has taught us. We were fed what we

specifically needed, just like the caterpillars only ate certain foods,

to be what we meant to be. We need to put that talent, that gift and

our lives out there to bring others to the saving knowledge of Jesus

Christ. Our lives should be thing of beauty that brings others to

Jesus.

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King of My Heart

Verse: Matthew 6:21” For where your treasure is, there your heart

will be also.

Romans 6:23 “the gift of God, the treasure of God is eternal life with

God.”

Material Needed: A simple trick called the

Magicians Insurance Policy”.

LESSON

Knowing God and making him the King of

your heart gives you the winning hand in life.

(Get a volunteer. Have them cut the deck and

in the process use your favorite method to

force the King of Hearts.) Now do not show me your card, but show

the audience and place it back into the deck. (Spread the cards out

face down and pick one.) Is this your card? No? (If by some chance

you do pick their card, go to the end of this lesson.) Is this your card?

No?

That didn’t work to well I have an insurance policy. You should

always have an insurance policy. I guess I didn’t do that well at all,

but let’s go to the insurance and see if we can fix this.

(Read the insurance and eventually show the card in the policy.)

Will you look at that, it’s the King of Hearts. Do you know who the

king of my heart is? We read in Matthew 6:21” For where your

treasure is, there your heart will be also. My treasure I hold in my

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heart is Jesus. Treasure in heaven found in Romans 6:23 which says

“the gift of God, the treasure of God is eternal life with God.” My

treasure is guaranteed by my belief in God and Jesus as my Savior

and their promises.

The Hidden Spiritual War

Verses: John 3:16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.” Revelation 19:7-10 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. 8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. 9 And he said unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said unto me, These are the true sayings of God. 10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See you do it not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Prop Needed: Dean’s Box This is an expensive item but worth it. Get to know it inside and out.

Goal: God loves us and there is a spiritual battle for man’s soul. God has a plan.

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LESSON

(Box on table and ropes next to it.) In the world today there is an

unseen spiritual battle (Show empty box.) to keep man (white rope)

from God.(red rope) The ultimate goal is for man and God to be tied

together, (link ropes in box.) linked together forever.

But (pull rope out and unlink them) sin keeps us apart. God had a

plan, a good plan, a perfect plan to link us because he loved us. (put

ropes into box and loops out of holes and get ready to insert a stick.

If possible make the stick a cross.) Man on earth (white rope) looks

for a way to join with God. (Move the loop back and forth as it

appears to be searching.) (John 3:16)(Jesus loop) Jesus came to

earth with a plan. He can to die. We hung him on that cross with our

sins and he took the cross to pay for our sins and rejoin our

fellowship with God.(pull stick out) and show ropes linked.) The

blood of Jesus allowed us fellowship with the God of the universe

and a way, despite our sinful life and way to never leave him and be

lost again.

(White rope) We cannot see it now but we have a feast waiting for

us. (put rope through the box.) The feast is called the marriage feast

of the lamb. (Rev 19:7-10) A marriage is usually symbolize by a ring.

(Drop ring in box.) We, the church body is the bride and Jesus is the

bridegroom. A normal wedding ends with death do us part but this

one (Show ring on rope.)will have no ending just like a ring has no

ending.

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Add Note: If it is easier to just use a stick on the top, say that Jesus

only carried the cross beam. This beam is horizontal, it pointed to all

of us on earth that sent Jesus to eh cross. Take a second stick and lay

it across the first to show the shape of a cross. This beam was put

into the ground horizontally, pointed to the heavens where the

Father is. The work of Jesus was done. Our sins were forgiven.

Our sins are Forgiven PAID IN FULL

Romans 5:1-2 “Therefore, since we have been justified through

faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in

which we now stand.”

Supplies Needed: Chinese Laundry Ticket. This

trick has Chinese symbols on it. You tear it up and

then restore it. You may see this as a gospel trick

that says the Bible cannot be destroyed or other

variations. But this time you have to make your

own. You need to make it big enough for your

audience to see. You need two pieces of paper

about 3”X18” or whatever you are comfortable with. On one paper

print $1,000,000.000,000, which will represent one quadrillion

dollars. On the second paper print PAID IN FULL. Fold the second

paper up and tack it to the back and hide it behind the first page’s

number 1. Roll up the first page so when you pick it up, you can

show the number 1. Then as you talk about more money, slowly

pull it out

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from your hand to represent the number you are talking about. As

you tear the paper up, hold the pieces up until you get to number

one and put them on top of that. Fold the paper, hide the pieces and

produce Paid in full at the appropriate time.

LESSON

Start out with the $1 and ask can you buy your way into heaven. Pull it out farther to show $10, then $100 and so on. Ask if each level is enough to get you into heaven until you finally end up with the full amount. This amount of money is worthless to God and He owns everything. Tear the paper up, put all the pieces together, turn it over and show PAID IN FULL. Jesus paid for it all. Then give a salvation message.

Marriage/Divorce

Verses: Genesis 2:18 “Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”

Genesis 2:24 “That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.”

Matthew 19:4–6 “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together let not man separate.”

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Matthew 19:8 He said unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

LESSON

We God first created man and woman, He joined them together and

as they had children, He proclaimed that a man and women become

one flesh when they marry. (Gen 2:24 and Matthew 19:4-6)We will

use this rope to illustrate they join physically and spiritually before

God. One marriage, one couple but so people don’t feel that way and

don’t think it’s worth it. They figured it was easier to just give up, go

to a court (Put rope into zig zag and break the rope.) and break that

commitment than to honor God by working on it. People were so

adamant about this they bothered Moses and begged for a divorce

system. Moses said because of the hardness of your heart there will

be divorce. Was this God’s desire, NO! Moses added from the very

beginning this was not God’s plan. (Put rope back together.) It is

God’s desire marriage stay intact. It is His desire husband and wife

honor each other by putting God first in their marriage. Once God is

first in your lives and hearts, I believe we will all learn divorce

should never an option.

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Just for the Fun of It

Fun routine.

Supplies needed: Thumb tip and a 6 or 9 inch silk. The silk would be

the mouse in the poem. You can also draw a simple mouse like the

one shown. Just perform the thumb tip to the poem below.

I have a magic mouse friend,

He loves to run and hide.

But when I see where he goes,

I look but he is not inside.

I know he has a secret place

That is a mystery to me.

And when I least expect it,

He appears for all to see.

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HOPE Verses: Psalm 147:11 "The Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing,

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ

Jesus for you

Romans 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in

believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in

hope.

Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the

conviction of things not seen.”

Supplies Needed: Make up a simple card like shown and fold it for

presentation. You unfold it as you talk with people.

Goal: Hope in the future.

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LESSON

(Sow “E”) EEEEEE! You have all heard that when someone is

startled and scared. Something grabs our attention and we shout

out. Sometimes God puts things in our lives to get our attention and

we should be alert to that. Fear, we have nothing to fear, we have the

hope and knowledge that God loves us no matter what happens and

He is there with us.

(Show “PE”) PE! Remember that is school PE, physical education.

Muscles have to be exercised to get them to work at their best. As

Christians we should exercise not only our muscles but how about

PE standing for prayer exercise. We are told to “Rejoice always, pray

without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will

of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, ). No

matter what is going on we need to be constantly in contact with

God. Get to know Him so you can go to Him at anytime for comfort.

(Show “OPE”) Ope, remember the Andy Griffin show. He had a son they called Opie. I know it is not spelled the same but it is pronounced the same. Opie was a typical child who made mistakes and his dad loving corrected him to do better. God is like that He love us and helps us when we fail. Our lives should show the love and joy we have in Jesus. (Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”)

(Show “HOPE”) Hope, we look forward with hope and joy. We know God has a plan for us. (Hebrews 11:1 Now, faith is the assurance of

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things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.) God loves us, He gives us hope for the future. Not only a future here but a future in heaven with Him forever where there will be no pain, no tears but filled with pure JOY!

Who Programmed Us?

Verse: Psalms 119:105 “ Thy word {is} a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Supplies Needed: Zig Zag CD, CD, Floppy disc if you have one. A bible.

Goal: God has given us minds to think, work, play, and create ideas.

LESSON

Can anyone tell me what this is? (Hold up floppy disc if you have one, if not start with CD.) A computer is nothing but a useless machine unless it is programmed what to do. Without a program it just sits there. When computers were first available for homes you would get a disc like this with a program on it. It may contain a game or a program for a job, but it gave directions to the computer to operate.

This disc inserted in had a job to do, but (Insert disc into holder and zig zag it.) if it is damaged it won’t run the program. We were given a program to follow and it is right here. (show a bible) It is God’s word. We can learn how to live a proper and right life by reading the instructions in the bible and following them. We are told in Psalms

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119:105 “Thy word {is} a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

God gave us a program to follow. Read and follow the bible and we will get life right. (Restore the disc.) Don’t read it, don’t read and follow God’s word and we won’t know God, His love and His desires for us. Heaven is our goal and the Bible is our program to get us there.

Difference is Good even though we are the Same

Verse: John 13:34. “A new command I give you: Love one another. ... As I have loved you, so you must love one another

Supplies Needed: Hippy Hop Rabbits

LESSON

When I was growing up we had TV sets that only showed black and

white programs and movies. The sky was white; the trees were

black or gray. Unless the movie or program was great, it was just

boring. At ten years old we got a color TV set and what a difference.

I brought two rabbits and their houses. The rabbits are the same

except one is black and one is white. Boring! (Perform the routine

with the rabbits, but stop short of showing the red and green rabbit

at the end.) People, like these rabbits are the same. We are all

human, but when you get to know people, there are many

differences between them. What are some differences between

people? (Get them answering, some short, some short, difference

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color hair, freckles, different interest, different ideas, all the

differences.) But when you get down to it we are human, made in

the image of God, but we are all different. These differences make us

interesting. Look at what happens to the rabbits when we add more

variety to them. (Produce the red and green ones.)

God gave us a variety to make us interesting, but He also said we

must love one another like He loved us. Different yes, but the same.

Bad can be Good.

Verse: Romans 8:28 “And we know that all

things work together for good to them that love

God, to them who are the called according to his

purpose.”

Supplies Needed: Dove Pan, birthday cake for

dove pan, mixing bowl and maybe a mixer to mix up the ingredients

and make up a recipe card to read

off.

LESSON

Let’s make a cake together. (Get a

volunteer) I have all the supplies

here. (Read off the ingredients and

have them put them into the bowl.

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Add ingredients one by one. Allow the helper to taste each

ingredient, BUT NOT THE RAW EGGS. Let them dip the tip of their

finger into an ingredient and tell you if it tastes good or not. Have

them mix it all together.)

You agree not everything in their taste good. The sugar, the butter

and milk tastes good but the flour, baking powder and vanilla

extract didn’t taste to good. (Pour some of the mixer into the dove

pan and produce the cake.) The individual ingredients, some tasted

good, some bad all combined to make a great tasting cake. We all

like cake don’t we.

(NOTE: I stopped giving the children any kind of food or candy as

you never know who is allergic or on a restrictive diet years ago.)

These ingredients are a lot like life. Life has some good stuff and bad

stuff we will all go through, but when you add it all together, it is

you. Regardless how you feel, everything that has happened to you

is used by God. Read Romans 8:28 “And we know that all things

work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the

called according to his purpose.” Relatives, friends and people see

how you react and go through all phases of your lives. Your attitude,

your belief in God is on display. When all is done, and you look back

you will see where God has used you to witness to His existence and

love for everyone. But you have as a Christian the good fortune to

look forward to know that when life is over and you are in heaven

with Jesus, there will be no tears, no pain and only pure joy forever

and ever.

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Good Grief

Verse: Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from

their eyes, and there shall be no more death,

neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall

there be any more pain; for the former

things are passed away.”

Luke 6:21b “Blessed are those who are crying. They will laugh.” Supplies Needed: Happy/Sad Clown silk and change bag device. Goal: We are sometimes sad in life, but one day will laugh. Set Up: Load happy clown and sad clown in change bag, one clown on each side of the bag.

LESSON

Life is a collection of events, emotions and things we go through and

sometimes it is tough. Reach in the bag and pull out sad clown and

show bag empty. We go through life’s events and sometimes they

are sad. So sad in fact we cry. Crying is a relief for our emotions.

Have you ever cried about something bad? I have when someone

passed away or if I hear very sad news. God allows this, it is called

grieving. The shortest verse in the Bible is John 17:35: “Jesus wept”.

He knows what it is like to be sad. He knows tears. He knows what

we are going through when we go through this time. (Put sad clown

into bag and switch bag to happy clown.)

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He knows life will go on and won’t let us that way. Luke 6:21b says “Blessed are those who are crying. They will laugh.” (Produce happy clown.) Happiness will come back some day to those who cry. There will be happier times in your life again, but even if we never get there He has a plan for us. At the end of our time on earth He made a promise to us all. As we enter heaven He said, (Revelation 21:4) And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.” God will be there for us and said never again will we cry, never again will we see death of relatives or friends and never again will we be in pain. We will be with God and praise Him joy and happiness forever.

Find the Treasure

Proverbs 14:12 “ There is a way that appears to be right, but in the

end it leads to death.”

Matthew 7:13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the

gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter

through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to

life, and only a few find it.

Supplies Needed: Magicians silk pirate

map. They are available, but you can

make a simple one with a silk and a

marker with X for the treasure, thumb

tip and thumb tip Jesus silk. Bible.

Set Up: Load Jesus silk into thumb tip.

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Goal: Jesus is the ultimate treasure.

LESSON

Did you ever go on a trip with your parents in a car? To get from

here to there, you need a map. We use to have paper maps that

unfolded but now people have programs in their cars or in their

phones that tells them the best way to go. Some even tell you where

there are problems such as construction or accidents and how to

avoid them.

I remember watching old pirate movies where they have maps like

this (Show silk map.) showing them where to go. The map would

show how to avoid traps and quicksand. Seems like there was only

one way to go and if you didn’t follow it, you wouldn’t make it.

We have a real map in life and our map is the Bible. The instructions

are, (Proverbs 14:12) “ There is a way that appears to be right, but in

the end it leads to death.” What road is that? It is one that we have to

(Matthew 7:13-14) enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the

gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter

through it. 14 But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to

life, and only a few find it.

If we read our Bible and follow the instructions we will find the

treasure this map, this Bible leads us to. That treasure (Put thumb

tip into map and pull our Jesus silk.) is Jesus.

(Go on from there and give a salvation message.)

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Sin Is Sin

Verse: Romans 5:6 You see, at just the right time, when we

were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right

time and died for us sinners.

Isaiah 1:1818 “Come now, let us settle the matter, “says the

LORD.“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white

as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like

wool.

Material Needed: Multum in Parvo Set up

with little signs that say small,

small/medium, medium, med/large, large

in front of each glass from small to large.

Goal: Sin, all sin separates

LESSON

Jesus doesn’t care who you are, he died for you. We read in

Romans 5:6 “You see, at just the right time, when we were still

powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. When we were utterly

helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us

sinners. Who are the ungodly? We all start out that way in life.

Until we accept Jesus as our Savior, we are ungodly. That didn’t

matter to Jesus, He died for you anyway. We are ungodly

because of sin. Sin keeps us from God and going to heaven.

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Let’s name some sins. (Go through what they say and make

sure you have some suggestions for them. Have them

categorize sins by how big they are.) We named a bunch of sins

and we will start with the littlest one. This small glass is a little

sin. (Pour milk into it and you will work down the line to the

biggest glass going sin by sin.) We have worked our way to the

biggest sin we named. Murder, look at that, it filled the glass up

the same as the littlest one. Did you know that sin, any sin will

keep us from God and heaven? In God’s eyes any sin is the

same. So what do we do? How do we get rid of the sin?

God gave us an answer. He died for us. All we have to do is

recognized that, accept Him as our Savior and asked

forgiveness and do you know what happens. Isaiah

1:1818 “Come now, let us settle the matter, “says the

LORD.“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white

as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like

wool. No matter the sin, no matter how big they or small they

are the red blood of Jesus cleans sin from our lives.

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Halloween Walk Around

This is just a simple

walkaound trick. The prep is

to tape or glue with rubber

cement a tootsie roll

wrapper around the dye

tube and follow the poem.

Supplies Needed: 6” Jesus

silk, Make a 6” ghost silk

with a marker, dye tube and tootsie roll wrapper.

ROUTINE

Show ghost silk This is the time of year,

Of ghosts, goblins and fear.

Load ghost silk into Some people think it is dandy,

Hidden dye tube and

Show hands empty.

Produce tootsie roll dye To scare you and give candy

Tube.

French drop dye tube But start now this very year,

Produce Jesus silk. Trusting Jesus who conquers all

fear.

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It all Stays Here

Verse: Hebrews 13:5 “ Keep your lives free from the love of

money and be content with what you have, because God has

said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”

Supplies Needed: Wonder Bubbles

Goal: Be satisfied with what you have.

LESSON

Bubbles are interesting. (blow some bubbles) You see them,

they look solid but (pop a bubble) but they are not. Do you

have a favorite toy? You may think it is a permanent or solid

item but with time and age, not matter what it is made of, it will

break, melt or rot away and disappear like this bubble.

These bubbles are not permanent. (produce the solid bubble)

We can only keep things for so long. God never said not to have

things but don’t let the things control our lives. This bubble

may seem permanent but it is not. (French drop it into your

hand and ditch it somewhere) Corrie Ten Boom a wonderful

strong lady said, don’t hold things tightly so the Lord doesn’t

have to pry it from your hands. You may be asked to give up

your favorite toy or hobby by God. The more you follow God’s

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word, the more we can follow Hebrews 13:5 “ Keep your lives

free from the love of money and be content with what you

have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I

forsake you.” In the end everything is temporary like these

bubbles and it all belongs to God. When we stand before God at

the end of our lives, we will be there will empty hands and be

content because all we need is God. It won’t be what you have

that counts, it will be who you are that counts.

Fresh Start, New Years Day

Verse: Psalm 51:10 10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and

renew a steadfast spirit within

me.

Supplies Needed: Make a crayon

box as show and a silk. You will

show the box empty and under a

silk just tip it over to show filled.

Goal: New year, new attitude

LESSON

At the end of the year, many people feel like a box of crayons.

Old and used up. They have colored their last picture. We

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should look at everyday as a new beginning, but a lot feel a new

year, start fresh and make it better. As the New Year begins we

should reflex on what we can do to be better next year. (Cover

crayons and flip them over to show new fresh crayons.)

Go into your prayer time and when you are done. (Uncover

new crayons.) Start to think about how you can use the tools

and talents God have given you. As you go through the year,

pray, read your Bible and let the Holy Spirit give you a new

crayon every day and not get worn out throughout the year.

God has given you a new year, what you do with it is up to you.

Love All

Verse: John 3:16 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his

one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish

but have eternal life.

John 13:34-35 34 “A new command I

give you: Love one another. As I have

loved you, so you must love one

another. 35 By this everyone will know

that you are my disciples, if you love

one another.”

Supply Needed: make your version of

“Walking through a business card.

Practice until you find the rights size

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and paper to use. You will make the cuts in the presentation;

don’t put the lines on the heart. Make the cuts narrow enough

so the heart can be open to a large opening.

Goal: God loves the whole world.

LESSON

(Pull out the red paper.) Red is the color of blood, it is a the

color most people use to make hearts at valentine’s day. It’s the

color of love.

(begin cutting out the heart as you talk) Love. Who loves us?

Who do you love? I know someone special who loves you, it’s

God. The apostle John said, (John 3:16) For God so loved the

world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes

in him shall not perish but have eternal life. How big is God’s

love? Certainly it is bigger than this heart. He loves the whole

world.

Now if God loves us, how do you thing we should treat each

other? (Make the vertical cut into the heart and call a couple of

children up join you.) Farther along in John in the Bible we are

told to obey Jesus when He said, “A new command I give you:

Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one

another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my

disciples, if you love one another.” (Open the heart and stand in

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the opening and make it big enough to include the children

with you.) God loves us, we need to love one another and treat

each other in a way that God approves.

Once it is loose, it’s gone.

Verse: Psalm 39:1“I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; Matthew 12:36; "I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak."

Supplies Needed: Thumb

tip streamer. Get two

empty pill bottles. Make

sure the streamer is to

big for the bottle. Cut the

bottom out of one. Load

the streamer into the

bottomless tube and

hide the rest of the

streamer in your hand.

Pull the streamer out of

the tube and switch tubes without anyone seeing the switch.

Have someone try to put the streamer in the tube with the

bottom on it. Make sure your streamer is to big for the bottle.

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LESSON

Have you ever said something you wished you never said?

When I was a child, my mother would say when someone

would call me a name, “Sticks and stones may break my bones

but names will never hurt me.” Physically that was true, but it

still made me feel bad. Growing up poor, we were called all

kinds of bad names. The other children thought it was funny

but it isn’t. What have you said that you wished you could take

back? Got news for you, once you say it, you can’t.

(Pick up the bottle with no bottom loaded with the hidden silk

and begin to produce it.) You say the words, the insults, the lies

and it goes out there like this color streamer does. Whatever

you said you cannot take back.

(Switch the bottle and call someone up to help and try to get

the streamer back into the bottle and put the cap on.)

I see you cannot get the streamer back into the bottle. God tells us (Psalm 39:1) we should say. “I will guard my ways that I may not sin with my tongue”. Telling lies is a sin. Stop; think about what you are going to say because you cannot get it back into your mouth. And think about this in the book of Matthew it reads, Matthew 12:36; "I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak." So be careful of what you say.

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