Chocolate from Heaven (Kids)

Kid's lesson...This lesson is one I heard on tape several years ago. It was for a ladies conference. I don't remember who it was to give credit for most of the lesson ideas but I DO always tweak lessons and make them my own. I will probably post the ladies lesson also.

I begin by asking Who likes chocolate? Who loves chocolate? Did you know that chocolate is healthy for you? Well, probably not really but I'll give ya some arguments to use on your parents...
Chocolate comes from the coca bean -- bean, a vegetable, right?
Sugar comes from either sugar cane or beets - beets, a vegetable.
Milk is in chocolate - so that means dairy, right?

    - two vegetables and dairy -- it must be healthy!

Today let's see what we can learn from different types of chocolate candies.
1. Snickers - another word for laugh
     - Job 8:21 - talks about God filling our mouth with laughing

      A. We should laugh! Have fun! This is easy for kids to do. To laugh and giggle and cut up. Not as easy for adults. They have too many responsibilities to think about sometimes.

      B. Bible tells us that laughing has healing qualities 
      - Prov. 17:22

When we laugh we feel good and our brain gives off a chemical in our bodies that are called endorphins. Endorphins are what makes you feel happy. Doctors have proven that laughing and being happy makes our sick bodies heal faster.

When we have a broken spirit or in other words are sad, it dries our bones. We tend to give up and get depressed and not want to do anything.

2. Zero Bar - sometimes we feel like a big fat zero, like we are nothing and that we don't matter.
       - Psalm 139:14a

When you feel like a zero you need to remember that God loves you so much that He sent Jesus to die for you.

3. Devil's Food Cake - reminds us that we have a sin nature
     - we can get caught up in bad habits or just do wrong
       - Eph. 4:27, James 4:7
Just be like Jesus when Satan tried to tempt Him and tell him to go away! Jesus told the devil, "Get thee behind me Satan."

4. Milky Way - reminds us that the sky is the limit when we try to do something for God
       - Phil. 4:13
Tells us that we can do ALL things, not just some things. When Jesus helps us, we can do anything!

5. White Chocolate - this represents forgiveness
   A. From Jesus - Eph. 1:7
When there is sin in our lives, we look dirty...to others and to God. But when we ask forgiveness Jesus washes us white as snow!
  
   B. Forgiving Others - Eph. 4:32
We are to forgive others when they hurt or wrong us. Jesus says that if we don't forgive others then God won't forgive us.

You can at this point easily go into talking to kids about getting saved and becoming like the white chocolate - pure without spot.