Activity

Have an older child look up Ephesians 5:1–2 and be ready to read the passage during the activity.

Let’s close our eyes and say the SuperTruth on the count of three—1,2,3!: “We are God’s temple.”

What is a role model? A person you look up to and try to copy, follow or imitate.

Do you think that Jesus had a role model that He followed when He was on earth; if so, who? Yes, God, His Father.

Read John 5:19:

So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by Himself. He does only what He sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.”

Let’s do a fun activity and practice being a model and a follower.

Pair-up children. If there is an uneven number, you can be someone’s partner. Stand facing one another. Choose one child to be the lead and the other child to be the mirror. The leader should very slowly make a facial expression or move a hand, foot, leg, or head; jump in place, hop. etc. The “mirror” child must duplicate the same actions as closely as possible. After a few moments, switch roles.

How did you do? Was it more difficult to lead or follow; why?

Why is it important to carefully choose who we follow? Following people who don’t follow Christ can lead us down the wrong path to disobey God and lead us away from His will.

In our activity, the follower just did what the model did without thinking about it. We must be careful to give the Holy Spirit time to speak to us and guide us.

Jesus was faithful to do only what God did. As Christians, it is important to have good role models. We want to become more and more like Jesus. In 1 Corinthians 11:1, the Apostle Paul wrote: You should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

Even more important, we must imitate our perfect role model—Jesus!

Have the volunteer read Ephesians 5:1–2:

¹ Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are His dear children. ² Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered Himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.

Conclusion: We are privileged to be God’s Temple. We must always follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in every part of our lives. When we do this, we will keep His Temple holy and offer a pleasing aroma to Him, as Christ did!