I CHANGED MY MIND!
Repentance
PUPPETS: Gerry, and Pastor
PROPS: Bat, Ball, a bunch of candy!
Gerry: Good morning Pastor Craig!
Pastor: Good morning Gerry! I’m so glad to see you today here in Sunday School!
Gerry: Always glad to be here!
Pastor: What did you bring today?
Gerry: Oh just some candy!
Pastor: Candy? Hmmmmm mmmmm! Are you going to eat it?
Gerry: Yep! Right here and now! Yessiree! I can’t wait to taste this delicious soft candy!
Pastor: Wait a minute Gerry! Didn’t your doctor say no more candy due to your stomach problems? Are you sure that you want to eat that candy?
Gerry: Yep, I sure am! I don’t care what my doctor says! I can do anything that I want!
Pastor: (Looking at the audience) Is that right everybody? Can Gerry do anything he wants?
(Waits for good reponse)
That’s what I thought.
Gerry: But, but… Humph!
Pastor: So… are you still going to eat all that candy Gerry?
Gerry: Nope, nosiree!
Pastor: Your’e not! Well, why not?
Gerry: I changed my mind! I decided that I had better obey the doctor - he knows best!
Pastor: Did you know something Gerry? That is exactly what repentance is like: changing your mind. Deciding to quite rebelling and only doing what YOU wanted to do, and doing instead what God wants you to do! A complete change of mind. Let me demonstrate with this ball here!
(Demonstrate the ball going one way, and then when hit, it going the exact opposite way)
That’s repentance - from sin (disobedience, rebellion, stealing) to God and asking his forgiveness!
Hand out the candy to audience who sat still during the lesson!