Making Good Choices with God
You will Need:
Coins to fit the finger size of those doing this activity.
(Or beak size if someone is a platypus!)
Did you know?:
Some people flip a coin to make a choice!
If you have a choice of two things, you choose by which way up the coin lands.
It was an idea invented by the Romans!
Have a go at flipping a coin yourself.
We have to make lots of choices everyday.
- Sometimes it’s a simple choice like ‘apple or banana’.
- Sometimes it’s harder than that.
- Sometimes we need to make a choice very quickly.
- Sometimes we need help to make good choices.
How do you make choices?
When you follow Jesus, you don't need to flip a coin, you can pray about it instead! But we're going to flip coins to help us remember we can pray about making good choices.
What the Bible Says:
Your word is like a lamp that shows me the way.
It is like a light that guides me.
From Psalm 119 verse 105
Good to Know:
’Word’ means a few things in this verse, but think of it as “what God says in the Bible”.
Ponder:
- Do you ever talk to God about the choices you need to make?
- Do you ask Him about those little choices like "Should I stop and help?"
- Do you talk to Him about the problems you face that need a choice?
- What choices do you need to make this week?
Pray:
- Flip the coin as you pray.
- Ask God to help you make good choices.
- Talk to Him about any choices you need to make - the big and the small ones.
- Talk to Him about the things you are worried about and don’t know what to do.
©2023. Kay Morgan-Gurr. Pondering Platypus Resources. Please credit when using this activity in a church/organisational setting.
