Using nature to teach important principals:

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Sunday school lesson reminded us how often Christ used items of nature to teach less. For today’s object lesson I thought I’d expand on the concept. I hope this lesson can be of use to youth ministries, family devotionals, Sunday schools and family home evenings. .

Christ used every day people and nature to teach important princiapls. Please reference list below:

Barren fig tree luke 13:6-9
Good shepherd john 10:1-18
Growing seed mark 4:26-29
Laborers in vineyard matt 20:1-16
Lost sheep luke 15:4-7
Mustard seed matt 13:31-32
Net of fish matt 13:47-50
Tares in field matt 13:24-30
Vine and branches john 15:1-17

Now for the assignment, this could be used for young children as well ask older. Go ahead and watch a short video (YouTube perhaps) that will show some images of a bird in flight. Now use the bird in flight to teach a lesson. One example might be that a bird has to continually flap its wings continuing to fly. This might touch upon the principal of consitend work or labor to reach a goal. There may be times it takes advantage of the currents to coast in the air. You may want to talk about how it uses currents to fly. This might touch upon how to work effectively where good planning, early, can help you make a job easier later in the process.

Select an object of nature and try different themes attached to the behavior of a bird. This might range from how it builds its nest, to a parent bird acting hurt to lure a predator away form its vulnerable young.

Use those concepts and connect them to religious principles.

If you have ideas of what you think would be good as object lessons of nature, please feel free to share in the comment section this blog. Thank you.

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