Children's Bible Activities on Galatians 6:7
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"Don't delude yourself into thinking God can be cheated; where a man sows, there he reaps." Galatians 6:7. This short "reap-what-you-sow" sentence offers insights and lessons to carry a person through a lifetime. Give students an opportunity to dive into the Bible's depths. Children's Bible activities for Galatians 6:7 should bring students deeper into the meaning and the context of the line in the short New Testament book of Galatians. - Show children what it means to reap good things from careful sowing.flowers image by pearlguy from Fotolia.com
The ideas in Galatians 6:7 of sowing and reaping lend themselves to a children's Bible activity. Bring a small spade, a bag of potting soil, small plastic plant pots, each with a child's name written in felt tip marker, flower seeds, small sticks and pebbles. Place the seeds, sticks and pebbles in a small bag. Give each child a pot with some potting soil in it. Walk through the class, instructing each child to close his or her eyes, reach into the bag and select one item. Tell the children not to worry about size-that all of the items are important. After all of the children have selected an item, read Galatians 6:7 again. Instruct your students to burrow a small hole into the soil in the middle of each pot and to place their items into their pots. Tell them to cover the items with soil. Line up the pots on a window ledge or table. Tell the kids that they must be careful to water their plants every week regardless of what they planted. When the pots with seeds sprout and grow, use those times to explain the meaning of the Galatians verse. Describe how people tend to their bad ideas and behavior with as much attention as they do good ideas and behavior. Let the pots that contain sticks and stones show children that sowing bad ideas means reaping nothing more than moldy twigs and unchanged pebbles. - Play a game of musical chairs with a different winner.Church Chairs image by TMLP from Fotolia.com
The lines just before and just after Galatians 6:7 provide context for the seventh verse. Paul wrote these passages, including 6:7, to encourage his audience to do the right thing. Read Galatians 6:1-10 aloud. KidsSundaySchool.com provides a novel way to teach your Pre-K through third graders about God's love. Play the song, "Yes Jesus Loves Me" as the kids play musical chairs with a spin. Place the chairs in a circle with one chair missing. When the music stops, give the child without a chair a gold paper crown. Tell the children that Jesus loves everybody the same and that's why Paul wanted the Galatians to treat everybody with love and respect. - Use the Bible to teach children to help each other if one falls.children playing image by jeancliclac from Fotolia.com
Galatians 6:7 raises a question about the nature of right and wrong. Show your students with a common children's game about doing the right thing. KidsSundaySchool.com changes "Mother May I?" to a preschool through kindergarten game about pleasing God. Change the name of the game to, "Does It Please Jesus?" Line the kids along a wall. Call out a child's name and tell her what steps to take to reach the other wall. When you tell a child, for example, to take a giant step, she must respond, "Does it please Jesus?" You respond with, "Yes it does." Then the child steps as instructed. If a child falls or forgets, another child must go to the struggling child and help by giving a hand up or by telling them what they forgot. If a child cheats, go to the child, tell her that cheating is wrong, but she may continue if she agrees not to cheat again. Show the children what St. Paul meant by telling his audience to do the right thing. Show your students that when they "sow" kindness and a helping attitude, they "reap" goodness and everybody wins.
