{"id":3700,"date":"2023-02-16T17:34:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T01:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/launchingground.com\/staging\/1952\/?p=3700"},"modified":"2023-02-25T13:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T21:37:31","slug":"what-comes-out-when-you-squeeze-a-sponge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/launchingground.com\/staging\/1952\/what-comes-out-when-you-squeeze-a-sponge\/","title":{"rendered":"What Comes Out When You Squeeze a Sponge?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><span>&#8220;What comes out of us when the \u201csqueeze\u201d is on \u2013 clean, pure thoughts and actions that please God or something not so clean and pure?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Try a simple object lesson about joy in troubling times.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0Cut a clean sponge into smaller pieces.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Soak one in clean water and squeeze.\u00a0 Soak another in old coke or muddy water and squeeze.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Discuss how we get &#8220;squeezed&#8221; in life.\u00a0 What comes out of us when we are stressed about so many tests and chores?\u00a0 When our friends gossip about us?\u00a0 When the coach is tough on us because of a lost game?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Discuss ways to keep our minds and hearts clean so joy comes out of us.\u00a0 Pray for God&#8217;s help.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Idea and full details can be found here:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.creativebiblestudy.com\/Bible-object-lesson-sponge.html<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[166,169,167],"tags":[170,141,18],"class_list":["post-3700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-devos","category-games","tag-analogies","tag-devos","tag-joy-in-troubling-times"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Comes Out When You Squeeze a Sponge? 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