![]() ![]() Then, students open their eyes and walk around the room. You’ll silently tap one to choose them to be the Wolf. ![]() Then, have all the students close their eyes. Tell students the story or read a storybook of The Boy Who Cried Wolf beforehand. So remember, “Don’t give false testimony against your neighbor.” Don’t tell lies about other people. He also wants people to be able to trust us. God wants us to be honest and tell the truth so that people’s feelings don’t get hurt and so people don’t get in trouble for things they didn’t do. That’s why Alicia couldn’t tell a lie about Stephanie and why Alex shouldn’t tell lies about Chad. “Don’t give false testimony” means “Don’t lie” and”against your neighbor” means “Don’t tell lies about somebody else.” Your neighbor doesn’t mean the person that lives next to you. “You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” (Have a student read Exodus 20:16, quoted here in the NIV.) That’s probably why God tells us not to do it. So, it sounds like lying probably isn’t a very good idea, right? It sounds like some bad things can happen when we lie. If the rest of the kids found out that Alex was lying to them about Chad, do you think they would want to trust Alex again? (It would be hard for the kids to believe other things that Alex told them.) How would Stephanie feel about Alicia trying to blame her? Do you think she would be mad at Alicia? (Yes.)Īnd do you think Alicia’s mom would want to trust Alicia again if she found out Alicia lied to her? (It would be hard for Alicia to get her mom’s trust back.) If Alicia told the lie and said that Stephanie broke the lamp, but then Alicia’s mom found out that Alicia really broke the lamp, what would happen to Alicia? (She would get in trouble for breaking the lamp and get in trouble in for lying.) Think back to the story about Alicia and Stephanie. How do you think Chad would feel if he knew Alex was telling that lie about him? (Chad would feel bad. What do you think? Should Alex have told that lie about Chad? Chad didn’t wet the bed, but Alex still said that he did. It made Alex mad that Chad didn’t want to play what he wanted to play, so he went around to the other kids and told them that Chad still wet the bed at night. I’ll just go play with someone else today.” They couldn’t agree on which one to play, so Chad said, “Okay. Chad wanted to pretend to be characters from his favorite TV show, Chaotic: Mirilian Invasion, but Alex wanted to play Yu-Gi-Oh. Story #2: Chad Wets the Bed?! One day, when Chad and Alex went out for recess at school, they couldn’t decide what to play. What would happen if Alicia lied and said Stephanie broke it? (Alicia’s mom might call Stephanie’s mom and get Stephanie in trouble for something she didn’t do.) What do you think? What should Alicia do? Should she tell her mom the truth that she broke the lamp or she should lie and say that Stephanie broke it? She thought maybe she could tell her mom that Stephanie broke the lamp instead of her. Alicia knew she would be in trouble for rough-housing in the house and breaking the lamp, so she didn’t really want to tell her mom the truth. That night, when Alicia’s mom came home, she saw that the lamp was missing and asked Alicia what happened. The lamp that was sitting on the end table fell to the ground and smashed into a hundred pieces. She was just having fun chasing her.īut then, as Alicia almost caught up to Stephanie, she tripped and ran right into one of the end tables in the living room. Finally, Alicia put down her controller and said, “That’s it!” and she started chasing Stephanie all around the house. One day, Alicia invited her friend, Stephanie, to come over and play after school.They were playing Wii Tennis and Stephanie kept winning, match after match. Then, they’ll have to decide what the character in the story should do. Help students prepare for the lesson by giving advice to two fictitious students. The rules He gives us are meant to protect us and others.) Alex and Alicia LessonĪsk students, Does anyone remember why God gives us rules? (God gives us rules because He loves us. Play this game a couple times telling a different story or allowing some of the students to try telling a story. The story is over when the students correctly detect a lie. It’s their job to call out whenever they think you’re saying something that isn’t true. Most of it will be true, but someone of it won’t be. ![]() Tell students that you’re going to tell them a story about what happened to you. This game is similar to Two Truths and a Lie. Why does the Lord want us to tell the truth? Includes a lesson and 3 games.
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