A Ticket To Heaven, Cathy D. Dudley

Bobby pushed his sister down.  He wanted the blue ball she was bouncing.  Maggie told her mother she didn’t eat the missing cookie.  She knew this was a lie.  These are two examples of ways we sin.  
 
    A sin is something wrong you do, say, or sometimes just think.  Bobby and Maggie didn’t plan to behave badly.  It just happened.  The problem is we’re all born with a sinful nature.  That means we have a built-in urge to think of ourselves first.  
 
     Because God wants us to love one another, sinning makes you feel sad and breaks your good connection with Him.  You see, God is perfect and holy in every way and can’t allow any sin into heaven.  Now this is really serious because we keep slipping up and doing those things we shouldn’t.  With our sinful nature, it’s just not possible to be good all the time.
 
    But there’s Good News!  God Himself has given us a Savior.  His name is JESUS.   And Jesus loves us so much that He went along with His Father God’s plan to save us from our sins.  That’s right.  Jesus died on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins - yesterday’s, today’s, and tomorrow’s too.  
 
    The word forgive means to forget and remember no more.  So it’s like the blood of Jesus erases our sins and buys us all tickets to heaven.  Now THIS is something to celebrate!

THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO
John 3:16  “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”  New International Version

PRAYER
Dear Jesus, my Savior, thank You for dying on the cross for me.  Because of You my sins are forgiven, and I can have my very own ticket to heaven.  I Love You!  Amen.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ACTIVITY
Draw a picture of a dark cloud or write the word “sin” on a blackboard.  Now erase your work.  This is what forgiveness of your sins looks like.  They are gone!  It’s like they never happened.                                                                                                                                              
 
EVERYDAY LIVING
When you pray, you can ask God to forgive your sins and know for sure that He does.  They are erased and forgotten.  What a wonderful feeling!  Some people even pray, “For Jesus’s sake, forgive my sins.”  They are remembering what Jesus did on the cross and reminding themselves that Jesus is the Savior of the world.
 
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