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Hold fast to what is good
Children's sermon
Object:
a flashlight with some good batteries and some dead ones
Good morning! I have here a flashlight and some batteries
for it. (Show the flashlight and batteries.) Now, we all know
that a flashlight is no good if it doesn't have good batteries. A
dead battery will not give us any light, will it? (Let them
answer.)
So how would we go about testing these batteries to see if
they are any good? (Let them answer.) Yes, we can put the
batteries into the light and see if it works. Let's do that. (Put
the dead batteries in first.) Well, we don't have any light, so I
for it. (Show the flashlight and batteries.) Now, we all know
that a flashlight is no good if it doesn't have good batteries. A
dead battery will not give us any light, will it? (Let them
answer.)
So how would we go about testing these batteries to see if
they are any good? (Let them answer.) Yes, we can put the
batteries into the light and see if it works. Let's do that. (Put
the dead batteries in first.) Well, we don't have any light, so I
