{"id":14,"date":"2018-11-06T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/migrate.bettersermons.org\/?p=14"},"modified":"2020-06-01T11:41:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T18:41:34","slug":"the-good-part-is-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/the-good-part-is-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Part is Inside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Object:<\/strong>\u00a0A large bag full of peanuts in the shells.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson:\u00a0<\/strong>Love is from within.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outline:<\/p>\n<p><\/strong>1.\u00a0You crack open a peanut shell to get the nut.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0You open your heart to love others.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0The good part is inside.<\/p>\n<p>Can anyone guess what I have inside this big bag? (Let the children give several guesses.) Let me give you a hint. It is something to eat. It grows. And the part that you eat is inside. (After several more guesses, show them a peanut in its shell.)<\/p>\n<p>Now you all know that this is a peanut. I wouldn\u2019t put it in my mouth and eat it because the shell wouldn\u2019t taste too good. What I must do is crack it open, (crack it open) and now I have two lovely peanuts that I can eat. (Proceed to eat the nuts.) That is good. You see the good part that you eat is inside the shell. That\u2019s true about each one of us. The good part is what is inside (point to your heart) and all love starts inside us. That\u2019s why Jesus said we should love with all our heart. I hope you will keep the inside of\u00a0you loving so it will show outside in what you say and do every day.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to give you all some peanuts to take home with you so that you can eat them after the worship service is over. And I hope every time you eat a peanut you\u2019ll remember that the good part of everyone is inside, and we need to let that good part\u2014love\u2014come out at home, at school, and into the world.<br \/>\n______________________________<\/p>\n<p>Editorial Note:\u00a0 Research has\u00a0shown that\u00a01 in 200 children (0.5%)\u00a0have a clinical allergic reaction to peanuts. Caution and good judgement should be used when telling this story.<br \/>\n______________________________<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rsscredit\">Excerpted\u00a0from\u00a0<em>Elder&#8217;s Guide<\/em>, Volume A, General Conference Ministerial Association. Reprinted with permission. Visit the Ministerial Resource Center,<\/span>\u00a0<a class=\"rsslinks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ministerialassociation.com\/\">GC Ministerial Association<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"rsscredit\">to purchase this\u00a0and other\u00a0helpful resources. Better Sermons \u00a9 2005-2008. Click here for\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"rsslinks\" href=\"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/article.php?id=33\">usage guidelines<\/a><span class=\"rsscredit\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Object:\u00a0A large bag full of peanuts in the shells. Lesson:\u00a0Love is from within. Outline: 1.\u00a0You crack open a peanut shell to get the nut. 2.\u00a0You open your heart to love &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bettersermons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}