Here's a devotion that worked well for our
Pioneers. You might like to try it.
You'll need a bar of chocolate & some
Blu-Tack.
Before the meeting starts, whilst the room is
empty, stick the bar of chocolate to the ceiling so that even if they stand on a
chiar the rangers cannot reach it.
After the devotion has started with prayer
explain that you have a free gift that anyone can have. All they have to do is
claim it.
After several claims have been made, tell them
where the gift is.
When the protests have died away, explain that
it is easy to recieve the gift once the way has been found.
The only way that a ranger can receive the gift
is for a commander to lift them up to it.
After the gift has been retrieved explain the
spiritual significance.
Spiritual Significance.
The chocolate represents Salvation, Just as the
ranger cannot reach the gift by him/herself, so sinful man cannot obtain
Salvation on their own. When the commander lifts the ranger up to the gift it
represents that when a person trusts Jesus in repentance of sin, Jesus lifts
them up before His Father in Heaven, for forgiveness and that is the only way to
receive Salvation.
