We enjoy God’s gifts, but say ‘no’ to Him
Sat 01 January 2000
Bible Bite | We enjoy God's gifts, but say 'no' to Him |
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Passage | Mark 12 |
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Tags | Sin, Idols, Creation |
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[ Introduction: leader picks child to knock on bin, everyone calls 'come out Stinky!', Stinky comes out singing his intro tune ]
STINKY: Hello little monkeys!
LEADER: Hello Stinky! Hey Stinky, what have you got in store for us today?
STINKY: Well Mr Nathan, I have lots to show you, I have been busy I have got so much stuff.
LEADER: Like what? What have you got to show us?
STINKY: Well Mr Nathan, look at this. [Comes out wearing Sunglasses, looking wrong way] Hey! Where did you go?
LEADER: Stinky that is very cool. Hey where did you get them from?
STINKY: Don't worry, it's not important. Hey have a look at this. [Brings out a truck]
LEADER: Wow cool
STINKY: And this [brings out a rubix cube], And this [a hat], and this [a drink bottle] and this, and this, and this... [starts throwing things out randomly].
LEADER: Hey Stinky....STINKY! STINKY STOP!
STINKY: What, what? (emerges from the bin)
LEADER: Stinky, where did all this stuff come from. Is it yours?
STINKY: Yes, Yes...I mean it is kind of mine.
LEADER: What do you mean 'kind of yours'?
STINKY: Well people gave them to me...to, ....to look after
LEADER: Who gave them to you?
STINKY: People...but they stopped giving me things to look after...
LEADER: What do you mean? Are they your friends?
STINKY: Well they were my friends, but I don't think they are anymore.
LEADER: Stinky, what's going on.
STINKY: Well Mr Nathan, after they game me these things, I said something and they looked offended.
LEADER: Oh. What did you tell them?
STINKY: Well I said, 'I like your things but I don't like you. Go away!'
LEADER: Stinky that's a very mean thing to say. You mean that you got given peoples stuff to borrow and to enjoy, but then you rejected your friends.
STINKY: UM...yes, that sounds pretty much right.
LEADER: Stinky, I think you need to say sorry to your friends.
STINKY: Do I have to? Is there any other way I can be friends with them again.
LEADER: Well, if you want to be friends again you do.
STINKY: Yeah I thought so... What am I going to do?
LEADER: Well, you Stinky, today we are learning about how we do this with God.
STINKY: Really? How?
LEADER: Well, we enjoy all the good things He gave us. But we tell Him to go away.
STINKY: Oh, that's not right!
LEADER: No, it's not. It's a lot like what you did.
STINKY: Oh yeah... that's not right either...
LEADER: No.
[ Add Bible Bite, discussion? ]
STINKY: I'm going to say sorry to my friends. What I did was wrong. Having lots of stuff without any friends isn't good anyway. Thank you for teaching me Mr Nathan. Bye little Monkeys.