I
II
III
IV
Our Minds
- Where is your mind?
- Have you seen a Veronica bucket before?
- Draw a picture of a Veronica bucket.
- When you pour water into a veronica bucket, and you open the tap, what will flow out of it?
- Label the veronica bucket Water, and label the content flowing from the tap Water.
- When you pour honey into a veronica bucket, and you open the tap, what will flow out of it?
- Draw another Veronica bucket.
- Label the veronica bucket Honey, and label the content flowing from the tap Honey.
- When you pour soapy water into a veronica bucket, and you open the tap, what will flow out of it?
- Draw another Veronica bucket.
- Label the veronica bucket Soapy water, and label the content flowing from the tap Soapy water.
- Do you know that your mind is like a Veronica bucket?
- Why is your mind like a Veronica bucket?
- When you put good songs in your mind, what will come out of your mouth when you sing?
- When you put gossip in your mind, what will come out of your mouth when you meet your friends?
- When you watch bad programs on tv, and you go to sleep at night, what will you dream about?
- When you put God's Word in your mind, and you sit down to think, what will you think about?
- Can your body do good when your mind is bad?
- Can your body do bad when your mind is good?
- When you see a person who likes to insult, do they have a good mind or a bad mind?
- When you see a person who is kind with their words, do they have a good mind or a bad mind?
- When you see a person who likes to fight others, do they have a good mind or a bad mind?
- How do you put things in your mind?
- Should we listen to everything, if we wish to have a good mind?
- Give examples of things that we should listen to if we wish to have a good mind.
- What are some things that we should not listen to if we wish to have a good mind?
- What should we do if someone is speaking bad words into our ears?
- Should we look at everything if we wish to have a good mind and a good body?
- What are some things that we should not watch if we wish to have a good mind?
- What should we do if someone is showing us bad things?
- What are the things that we can do to protect our ears from listening to bad words, and our eyes from seeing bad things?
- What is the lamp of the body? Matthew 6:22-23
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
- If you use your eyes to see what is not good, are your eyes healthy?
- Will your body be filled with light or darkness?
- How dark will the darkness be in your body?