Materials
Gather all kinds of tickets and ticket stubs to share with the children. (i.e. plane tickets, bus ticket, movie tickets, amusement park ride tickets, zoo tickets, etc.)

Activity
Point out that just about everything requires a ticket to get in. We pay some price (large or small) and in exchange are given a ticket. It can be expensive for some tickets (plane tickets to Hawaii for example) or not so expensive (50 cent bus tickets).

Application
“How much do you think it would cost to get a ticket to ride to heaven and live in a beautiful mansion forever?” Point out that no amount of money or good deeds can purchase us a ticket to heaven. There’s only one way to get in – Jesus has to take us there. He has given us salvation as a free gift. All we need to do to get in to heaven is to tell God we know Jesus and he will let us in. Jesus has gone to prepare the place for us and God will let us in if we know Jesus.

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