Candy + Cans = a "can-do" lesson about true strength!

I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.  Philippians 4:13

This illustration as corny as it sounds will certainly catch your child's interest (so what's the candy about??) and hopefully spur a good faith discussion afterwards. Certainly the likes of Joshua, Samson, Paul, Peter and other faithful followers have struggled with this issue: trusting in God's strength, not our own.




You see, we all start out the same. Empty and needing help.

We find out that there is a God who loves us-- who is GOOD and FULLY ABLE to help us with whatever problem we face.
Mean kids, hard tests, unhappy homes. You name it - He CAN-DO all things!
 



So we begin to trust Him. We start to "taste" and discover all that He can do! And with each time of trusting, there's a wrapper to remind us that our success came from Him.  We begin to have a bunch of wrappers. What to do?

 

We can use them as reminders so we praise Him even more. But often we don't....

 

 

 

 

Instead, we begin collecting them in an "I Can" can.... or even worse, begin filling ourselves, our minds with them--forgetting the truth that it was all God's doing- Not ours. The candy wrappers (our accomplishments) fill us now. We think that's all we need to help us. We foolishly think "I can" -- without God's help...

We discover what Samson and Peter and others discovered: Without God  there's no true strength -- and lots of sad regret.

 

 

Fortunately, God is GOOD and is always there for us when we come to Him, empty and ready to trust in all He CAN do--once again!