TADPOLE: (Tadpole side turned out.)
"Hi, my name is Thadeus Tadpole, but you can call me Tad. I'm very happy
today! You know why? Because I don't have to be a tadpole any longer! Sure it's
fun to swim around in muddy water all day, but if I don't change soon, I won't
be able to hop and play outside of the pond in the sunny, green grass! I've
even heard there is another beautiful
pond of fresh, clean water I can drink from. The only problem
is, I've got to
change into something else before I can take a drink!"
"Here I go! I'm about ready to change! When God changes me into a new creature; do you know what I become?" (Listen for answers.)
"Okay, don't peek, I'm going to show you!" (Turn around and turn puppet inside out.)
FROG: (Frog side turned out.)
"Ta-Da! Now I'm a FROG! Fred the Frog, that's my new name! AND guess what? I
can finally hop and play outside of the pond! I don't have to swim in muddy
water ever again!
Boys and girls, do you know that you can change and be given a new name
too? Do you know what that name is? (Listen for
answers.) You're not called frogs! God says that when someone follows and trusts
Jesus as their Savior and Forever Friend, that person is
called a 'Christian'! Before you become a Christian your life is muddied from
sin, like the muddy water that I lived in before I became a frog, but when you
ask Jesus into your life, he changes you to be clean, like fresh clear water! Jesus
said, that he is the Living Water that gives life and he wants to fill you up
with his love!" (John 14:14 and John 10:10)
Teacher/Puppeteer:
Kids, be like Tad, who didn't want to stay in the muddy water, but
wanted something better! All of our lives are muddied from sin. Sin is all the
wrong things that we do; it separates us from God. The good news is that Jesus died for you and me so
that we can be made clean and live with him forever! Have you become a new creature? Have you asked Jesus into your
life? Have you been given a new name? If you haven't become a
Christian, you can become one today. Ask Jesus to make you into a new creature right now.*
Let's pray.
* Suggested Prayer:
Dear Jesus, I want to become a new creature. Thank you for loving me, even
when my life is muddied from sin. Thank you for dying for me so that I am made clean
from my sin and can live with you forever. Help me now to follow you and
obey you. Amen. (Read Ephesians 2:8-10).
Teacher/Puppeteer:
Kids, when you play with your New Life puppet, be
reminded that Jesus loves you and wants the best for your life! Use your puppet
to tell others the good news that Jesus can make them into a new creature too!
New-Life
"Tadpole to Frog" Puppet
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