6-12岁实物短讲 | 杂草 Weeds

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草坪里的杂草，就像我们生命中的罪，会带来破坏。

主题

悖逆、饶恕、恩典、罪

材料

几株新鲜的杂草

一个装杂草的袋子

绿色皱纹纸

时间

大约10分钟

课前准备

剪七条或更多长短不同的绿色皱纹纸。每条皱纹纸要足够长，可以很容易地搭在肩膀上垂到腰间，或者绑在头上。

说明

（从袋子里拿出一株杂草。）你们知道这是什么植物吗？（让孩子回答。）对，这是一株杂草。我已经有一阵子没有整理花园了。昨天我发现，原本很漂亮的绿色草坪几乎已经被杂草盖满了，看起来都不像草坪了。（再拿出其他杂草，让孩子们看看草坪里可能长出的不同杂草。）杂草会遮住草，甚至把草挤死，最后让原本漂亮的草坪变成一片乱糟糟的杂草地。而且这种变化可以发生得很快，特别是当你一直不去照顾草坪的时候。

耶稣在圣经里也谈到过杂草。杂草很像我们生命中的罪。不过，这些“杂草”不是外面看得见的，而是长在我们里面。（拿起一条绿色皱纹纸，让全班看见。）这里有一株假的杂草。我要把它叫作“忧虑”。对，忧虑也可以成为罪。（把这条“杂草”搭在肩膀上，让它好像长在你身上一样。）接下来，可以继续用其他纸条代表不同的罪，尽量多放一些，盖住肩膀、手臂，尤其是头。这些“杂草”可以叫作：偷东西、对父母大喊大叫、不听老师的话、恨别人、把别人惹哭……等等。现在，看看我。

我生命里的这些杂草已经把我改变了。你们几乎都看不清我本来的样子了。有些人甚至可能会觉得，我就是一大团难看的杂草。这些杂草改变了我，我也觉得很难受。不过，有一个好消息。耶稣能够除去我们生命里的杂草。每一次，当你向耶稣祷告，求祂赦免你的罪时，祂就除去一株杂草。（把刚才提到的每一种罪一一向耶稣求赦免，同时把身上的绿色皱纹纸一条条拿下来。）

当所有杂草都被除去以后，耶稣和其他人就能够更清楚地看见，神原本创造的那个美好的你。

最后祷告：

“亲爱的耶稣，谢谢你爱我们，每一天都照顾我们。求你除去我们生命里的杂草，使我们能够成长，成为你创造我们要成为的人。阿们。”

*** 英文版 ***

Weeds

Weeds in the lawn are like sins in our lives, they're destructive.by Martin Ellgar, Entergrace.org

TOPICS:

Disobedience, Forgiveness, Grace, Sin

MATERIALS:

A few fresh weedsA bag to carry the weeds.Green crepe paper

DURATION:

Approximately 10 minutes

PREPARATION:

Cut seven or more various lengths of green crepe paper. The crepe paper lengths should be long enough to be easily draped over your shoulders and hang down to about your waist or tied around your head.

WHAT YOU WILL SAY:

(Pull out a weed from the bag.) What kind of plant this is? (Allow for answers.) Yes, it is a weed. I have not been doing any gardening for awhile, and yesterday I noticed that my wonderful green lawn was nearly covered with weeds. It no longer looks like a lawn. (Pull out the other weeds to show the variety of weeds found in the lawn.) Weeds can cover the grass, they can kill the grass and they can change the lawn into a nasty weed patch. It can happen quickly, especially when you don’t look after your lawn.

Jesus talks about weeds in the Bible. Weeds are like sins in our life, but these are weeds you can’t see, they are inside us. (Take one of the crepe paper strips and hold it up for the class to see.) I have a pretend weed, and I’m going to call it, ‘worry’. Yes, it is a sin to worry. (Drape that weed over your shoulder, so that it becomes part of you. Repeat the process with as many strips of paper as you can. Cover your shoulders, arms, and especially your head.) The weeds could be called various things, such as stealing, yelling at your parents, not listening to the teacher, hating someone, making someone else cry, and so on.

The weeds in my life have changed me, look at me, you can hardly see who I am. Some people may think I’m just a big nasty weed. The weeds have changed me, and I feel terrible. There is good news. Jesus can take away the weeds in our life. Every time you pray to Jesus to forgive you, He takes away a weed. (Ask for forgiveness for each of the sins that you named while draping the crepe paper around yourself, as you do so - peel off the strips of crepe paper.)

With all the weeds gone, then Jesus and everyone else can clearly see the beautiful person that you really are.

Finish with prayer:

"Dear Jesus, thank you for loving us and taking care of us everyday, please take away the weeds in our life, so that we can grow into the person that you have made. Amen."

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