0-6岁*实物短讲 | 破损与完好 Damaged Verses Undamaged

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Jun 1
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介绍

敬虔的声誉取决于我们是否守承诺。当我们失信时，我们的声誉就像破损的杯子一样，变得不再值得信赖。

主题

诚实、承诺、声誉

材料

两个泡沫杯（Styrofoam cup）

一壶水

一个大碗

时间

约10分钟

说明

做：

通过两个泡沫杯来演示“是否值得信赖”的对比。一个杯子被破坏过，另一个保持完好。破损的杯子无法完成它原本的用途，因此“不可靠”；你会用它们来比喻：当我们不守承诺时，我们的敬虔声誉就被“破坏”了。

说：

我这里有两个泡沫杯。这种杯子非常适合装冷水或热可可。但是，只有当它能装住水、不漏水时，它才是好用的。

（拿一个杯子，在孩子面前把它弄破一些，确保出现裂缝，如果用来装水就会漏出来。把这个破损的杯子展示给孩子们看。）你们觉得我还能用这个杯子喝水吗？为什么？（让孩子们回答。我们不能用这个杯子来喝水，因为它不能装住水。它不可靠也不可信。我们要是用它喝水，衣服可能会被弄湿。）

（举起完好的杯子）这个杯子没有破，我可以相信它在我喝水时不会把我弄湿。我们来看看把水倒进这两个杯子里会发生什么。

（把破损的杯子放进大碗里，然后往杯子里倒水，让孩子们看到水从裂缝中流进碗里。）你看，每次我把水倒进这个破损的杯子里，它都会漏出来。它有一个“会漏水”的名声。

（接着，往完好的杯子里倒水，并演示如何用它喝水。）你看，这个完好的杯子也有一个“名声”，不过是个好名声——它是一个值得信赖的杯子。

现在，我们假装这个破损的杯子是一个经常违背承诺、对朋友说谎的人，而这个完好的杯子是一个总是守承诺、诚实的人。你觉得哪一个人更值得信赖？哪一个人更可能被神使用？（神更愿意使用那个没有破、值得信赖的人。）

如果你是一个杯子，你希望是破损的还是完好的？为什么？（让孩子们回答。）不过，这里有一个好消息：即使我们现在像破损的杯子一样，神仍然可以使用我们。我们可以悔改，向耶稣和那些我们曾经伤害过的人请求原谅。然后，我们就可以重新开始，建立一个诚实可靠的好声誉。

*** 英文版 ********

Damaged Verses Undamaged

A godly reputation is only as good as the promises we keep. When we break our promises, we become damaged and untrustworthy.

TOPICS:

Honesty, Promises, Reputation

MATERIALS:

Two Styrofoam cupsPicture of waterLarge bowl

DURATION:

Approximately 10 minutes

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

You will demonstrate the trustworthiness between two Styrofoam cups to hold water. One cup is badly damaged and and the other is undamaged. The damaged cup is untrustworthy, and does not do what it was intended to do. You will compare this to how a godly reputation becomes damaged when we don't keep our promises.

WHAT YOU WILL SAY:

I have two Styrofoam cups. These cups are great for holding cold water or hot chocolate. However, these cups are only good if they can hold the liquid without leaking.

(Take one cup and damage it. Make sure that there are some cracks so that if you used the cup, it would leak. Show the damaged cup to the children.) Do you think I can still use this cup? Why or why not? (Allow children to respond. We cannot use this cup to drink from because it cannot hold liquid. It is not trustworthy or reliable. It will get our shirt all wet if we try to drink from it.)

(Hold up the undamaged cup.) This cup is not damaged, and I can trust that it will not get me soaked if I try to drink from it. Let's see what happens when I pour some water into both cups.

(Place the damaged cup into the bowl, and pour water into it. Let the children see how the water leaks from the cup and into the bowl.) You see, every time I pour water into this damaged cup, it leaks. It has a reputation for leaking.

(Next, pour water into the undamaged cup, and demonstrate how you can drink from it.) You see, the undamaged cup has a reputation too, but it is a good reputation, a reputation as a trustworthy cup.

Now, let's pretend that this damaged cup is a person who breaks many promises and lies to his or her friends, and this good cup is someone who always keeps his or her promises. Which person would be more trustworthy? Which person would God be more willing to use? (God would probably choose the person who is not broken and who is trustworthy.)

If you were a cup, would you want to be damaged or undamaged? Why? (Allow for responses.) But here is the Good News: Even if we are damaged, we can still be used by God. We can repent and ask Jesus and the other people we offended to forgive us. Then, we can start over and have a good and honest reputation.

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