Sometimes word pictures, that is illustrations, help a congregation tie pieces of information together so the people have a clearer understanding of what their preacher is communicating.
We are called to train hard, not just to be good but to be the best we possibly can be at our own lives, living them in such as way as to please the Lord.
Here is a simple and fun sermon for children that will have them engaged and learning from beginning to end that they act according to what they truly believe in their minds and hearts.