Print on the board a large copy of a promissory note: \u201cFor value received, I promise to pay _____ years after date, to _____________, ________________ dollars, at ________ interest per annum.\u201d Explain to the children what this means, and fill up the blanks for an imaginary loan.<\/p>\n
Then talk about what God has given us as a loan. The lines of the promissory note should be far apart, so that much can be written between them in colored chalk. Above the words \u201cvalue received\u201d write down, from the children\u2019s dictation, all the common blessings, religious and secular, they will tell you about.<\/p>\n
Now what are the children to give in return for all this? They cannot give back the same kind of things, as the borrower can return money for money. God does not want this. What does he want? By questioning, bring out what he does want,\u2014prayers, thought, study, love, giving, etc.,\u2014and put these words over the blank preceding \u201cdollars\u201d in the promissory note.<\/p>\n
But to whom are we to pay what we owe God? God does not want us to pay it to him; he does not need it; but there are millions of his poor people who do need it. Write down, above the blank introduced by \u201cto _____,\u201d the classes to whom we are to repay the gifts of God: the heathen, the poor, the ignorant, the sick, the sad.<\/p>\n
There remains the question of time. When are the boys and girls to begin to pay the debt? Fill that blank with the one word \u201cNow!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Print on the board a large copy of a promissory note: \u201cFor value received, I promise to pay _____ years after date, to _____________, ________________ dollars, at ________ interest per annum.\u201d Explain to the children what this means, and fill up the blanks for an imaginary loan. Then talk about what God has given us … Continue reading “DEBTS\u2014A BLACKBOARD TALK ABOUT GOD\u2019S GIFTS AND OUR
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