In learning about Jesus' temptation in the wilderness, we wanted our daughter to understand what temptation is, and what it feels like.
Our daughter loves ice cream more than anyone I have ever known. She can hardly contain herself with it so it was the perfect way for her to feel tempted.
We put blueberries and ice cream in front of her and told her not to eat the ice cream but she could have the blueberries. We then left the room and watched from where she couldn't see us. She poked the ice cream with her fork but eventually put it down and ate the blueberries. It was a great way to talk about temptation. After that we read the story of Jesus temptation in the wilderness from the bible (NIrV), using felts to illustrate. Although, I must admit that our daughter now thinks Jesus was offered ice cream instead of bread...
We then talked about how Jesus and His words (Jesus answered temptation with the word of God, nothing else) help us to beat temptation.
"For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted." Heb. 2:18
The next morning for breakfast she got an ice cream breakfast with a little real ice cream (on the side) too.
