A very helpful booklet (64 pages) by Rick Lenski on tips and tricks on how to do a Gospel Magic ministry among children. 

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Booklet: Bible teaching with (easy to do) magic tricks.pdf

A small booklet (12 pages) by Rick Lenski on tips and tricks on how to do a Gospel Magic ministry among preschool children. 

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Booklet: Preschool Magic Minstry.pdf

He is risen - an easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

This Gospel illusion is from Richard Lenski and can be used in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Verse: 

Matthew 28:6 He is not here: for He has risen.

Goal:

What is important at Easter.

What do you need:

You need to make eight cards. In order left to right.

#1 Front side, Flowers , back side cross
#2 front side E back side Easter eggs 
#3 front side A back side Easter new clothes
#4 front side S back side Jesus pic
#5 front side T back side candy
#6 front side E back side egg hunt
#7 front side R back side rabbit
#8 front side Flowers, back side empty tomb.

You can use words or pictures for the back of the cards. It would be good to laminate the cards if you are going to use them frequently.

You will be using a magicians force to force the “S” card. This will be explained at the end of the lesson.

An easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

You can use this gospel illusion from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Verse:

John 14:16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.

Goal:

No limit on the filling of the Spirit.

What do you need:

- Ethereal Salt Magic Trick

Do you know how this magic trick works?

You can get to know this magic trick through this video below here:

Double Cross - an easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

This Gospel illusion is from Richard Lenski and can be used in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Verse:

Mark 16:15 - And he said unto them, Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Goal:

Jesus died for you.

What do you need:

- Mark Southworth’s Double Cross Magic Trick

With this trick you draw an X on your hand, erase it and it appears on a spectator’s hand. It also has an addition to it to do the same thing with a heart that has to be purchased in addition to the original Double Cross.

Do you know how this magic trick works?

You can get to know this magic trick through these video's below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion on Adam, sin and forgiveness from Rick Lenski 

This Gospel illusion is from Rick Lenski and can be used in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Verse:

Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

Goal:

Adam and Eve sinned and tried to hide from God, but God knows all and sees all.

What do you need:

- Wonder Box Magic Trick 

Wonder Box:  This box will rattle at will.

An easy to do gospel illussion on the Holy Trinty from Rick Lenski 

This Gospel illusion is from Rick Lenski and can be used in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Verse:

Genesis 1:26  “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that he may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all creatures that move along the ground.”  

Exodus 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.”

Goal:

The Trinity, it exists but there is only one God.

What do you need:

- Linking Rings Magic Trick (only three needed)

Do you know how this magic trick works?

You can get to know this magic trick through this video below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion from Rick Lenski 

This Gospel illusion is from Rick Lenski and can be used in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Verse:

Matthew 24:24:   “For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.”

Goal:

Tell about false gods and messiahs that will come.

What do you need:

Trick from Wonder Imagery. It is called “Back Up Bunny”.  It consists of 3 silks. One is a duck, one is a pig and the last is a bunny. You will also get a thumb tip and small top hat. Go to the website to see a video and if you know how a thumb tip works it will go well.

- Back Up Bunny Magic Trick

Do you know how this magic trick works?

You can get to know this magic trick through this video below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion from Rick Lenski 

This Gospel illusion is from Rick Lenski and can be used in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Verse:

Romans 6:23:  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. This verse says all sin is deadly but God’s forgiveness erases all sin whether we feel they are big or small.

Goal:

Sin, all sin is not acceptable.

What do you need:

- Baffling Boomerang Magic Trick

Do you know how this magic trick works?

You can get to know this magic trick through this video below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion from Rick Lenski on being silent

This Gospel illusion is from Rick Lenski and can be used in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Verse:

Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

Goal:

Read you bible, be patient, listen to what God has to say in His word to you.

What do you need:

- Spelling Bee Magic Trick

This trick uses lettered cards. You spell out a work, let the children mix them up and they rearrange themselves to another word. We start with the word “listen” and end with the word, “silent”

Do you know how this magic trick works?

You can get to know this magic trick through this video below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion from Rick Lenski on prayer and fasting

This Gospel illusion is from Rick Lenski and can be used in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Verse:

Mathew 17:20-21 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.  However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

Goal:

It’s not always easy, you have to pray and pray and fast.

What do you need:

- Penetration Block Magic Trick

or

- Double Block Penetration Magic Trick (cheaper)

Do you know how this magic trick works?

You can get to know this magic trick through this video below here:

Snakebite - an easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

You can use this gospel illusion about the apostle Paul getting bit by a snake on Malta and nothing happens to him. This Gospel illusion is from Richard Lenski and can be used in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Verse:

Acts 28:

Goal:

Paul on Malta getting bit by a snake illustrated.

What do you need:

- Rigid Rope Magic Trick

Do you know how this magic trick works?

You can get to know this magic trick through this video below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

You can use this gospel illusion from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick. 

Richard Lenski offers you two routines with this magic trick - see below.

Verse:  

Rev 3:15-16 “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”

Patter:

Jesus was talking to about someone’s condition of their heart concerning the Lord.

What do you need:

McComb ½ & ½ silk, any device to put the ½ dyed silk into to make it disappear. Set up per instructions.

- Half Dyed Silks Magic Trick
- Crystal Silk Cylinder Magic Trick

Do you know how this magic trick works?

You can get to know this magic trick through these video's below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

This cube would be a good way to introduce the wordless book and give a salvation message.

You can use this gospel illusion from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick.

What do you need:

- Color Vision magic trick

Do you know how the Color Vision Magic Trick?

You can get to know this gospel illusion / magic trick through this video below here:

Easy tips on how to draw on your Gospel Magic silks from Richard Lenski

You can use these tips for your Gospel magic silks from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. 

Create your own silks

There have been times I needed a silk design that either was not available or too expensive. I have always wanted to create some silk images for teaching so I investigated on the methods that are used. I have had some art training in my background and I wanted to put it to good use. There are markers you can use for clothing and I have not tried them and they just didn’t seem right to me. I settled on using Sharpies. The ultra fine tipped ones are good for details. If you work fast and with a light hand you will find you can get incredible detail. You will have to practice.

Draw out what you want to make on paper. Place the silk over the picture and tape it down so it will not move. Trace your picture lightly in pencil.

Use embroidery loops

Once you have your design, put the silk in an embroidery hoop. Do not stretch it to tight as you will make runs in the silk, but you must have it firm.

Sharpies are the best I have found. The quicker you draw and the lighter the touch, the finer line you will create. Move too slow and the marker ink will bleed out and the line will get wide and fuzzy.

Examples of silks

Below are some examples of what I created.

An easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

You can use this gospel illusion from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick.

Do you know how to do the Torn and Restored Paper trick?

You can learn how to do this gospel illusion / magic trick through this video below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

You can use this gospel illusion from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick.

Do you know how to do the Torn and Restored Paper trick?

You can learn how to do this gospel illusion / magic trick through this video below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

You can use this gospel illusion from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick.

Do you know how to do the Torn and Restored Paper trick?

You can learn how to do this gospel illusion / magic trick through this video below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

You can use this gospel illusion from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick.

Material Needed:

- Professors Nightmare.

Having the ropes with candy cane stripes would be helpful.  You can find this rope online or make your own with a red marker and white rope. Won’t be easy, but it will look good.

You can learn how to do this gospel illusion / magic trick through this video below here:

An easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

You can use this gospel illusion from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick on the meaning of the Bible.

Verse:

2Timothy 3:16: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

Goal:

To teach that the Bible is more than just a book of religion.

Supplies Needed:

- Bible Production Box or any other silk production device (google 'Bible Production Box' to find one.)
- six 9 inch silks
- 1 streamer 
- a Jesus silk.

The Bible Production Box can be shown empty and still you can produce a good quantity of silks. You can buy these silks on Amazon.com or Ebay.

These boxes are available online but you can make one like this.

An easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

You can use this gospel illusion from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick on the Bible story of Daniel.

Verse:

Daniel chapter 6

Goal:

To teach the story of Daniel and the Lion’s Den. How he survived as found in the book of Daniel chapter 6.

Material Needed:

- thumb tip
- two silks

You will probably have to make this.  My lion silk is a twelve inch and the Daniel is a six inch silk. Daniel and Lion’s Den silk set and thumb tip. You can also write lion on the larger silk and Daniel on the smaller silk.

Setup:

Start out with the silks ready. Have Daniel in your hand and display it.      

An easy to do gospel illussion from Richard Lenski

You can use this gospel illusion from Richard Lenski in your children's ministry, Sunday school or kidmin. You don't have to be a Christian magician to do this trick on the theme of pride.

Verse:

Proverbs 16:8 Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Goal: 

Pride causes you to lose to think you do not need God.

Material Needed:

- Dove pan
- Peacock silk
- Rubber Chicken

Take your audience around the world with this self working National Flag card trick.

This is a brilliant object lesson / gospel illusion. Ideal for school assemblies - with the opportunity to share facts about different countries - teachers love that!

Perfect for services - the chosen flag leads you seamlessly into dozens of different stories from the Bible.

And best of all the deck does all the work for you - leaving you to focus on your presentation and message. 

A great new productt from my friends at Mission Magic. . 

Any children’s worker can tell the parable of the Prodigal Son using  the Gospel magic trick of the Dean’s Box

For this you can use the Dean’s box magic trick. I bought mine very cheaply through Alibaba Express. The only problem was that it didn’t come with any explanation as to how the trick works. If you choose yours through Alibaba Express you can send me an email and I will send you a video in which I explain how the trick works. It looks great and it is very easy to do!

Ask two children to come forward as volunteers. Give them each a coloured rope to inspect. The yellow rope symbolises the father The red rope symbolises the son The red wooden box symbolises the house of the father.

The father reconciles himself with his son and they are united! The ropes are stuck together.

But how is this possible?

To explain this you need an energy stick from idea 198. You ask your two volunteers to take hold of the silver ending on the energy stick with one hand. Ask if you are allowed to touch their noses and when you do the energy stick will come alive. This will give a laugh. Especially when they are allowed to touch your nose with their other hand. You explain how the energy stick works with a small current of electricity that we cannot see or feel, but flows through us. It connects us. This is the same with Jesus. You cannot see or feel him, but he connects us with God.

Put the ropes back in the box, tie them on the top to the energy stick, pull the ropes and they are back together again. Amazing!

Make sure your two volunteers get a big round of applause before they leave the stage.

Watch the demonstration video

You can see me doing a full demonstration of this story and magic trick in the video below.

A fun final act that will make people leave with a smile on their faces

This is probably one of my favourite magic tricks. I currently use it as an ending to two of my Christian children's theatre shows. I like it because it is so easy, but it always gives a 'wow' effect. 

Take the red umbrella out of the tube. When you open the umbrella you can show that it is a normal one. You close the umbrella and put it back into the tube. Now show eight different coloured silks to the audience. Then put them into a bag, and suddenly the bag changes into the top of the umbrella and all the silks have disappeared. Pick up the tube and pull the umbrella out. Now the top has been disappeared and instead of the top, the eight silks are hanging on the umbrella.

In your Christmas show you use this trick to answer the question: Who is welcome in the stable? Who can find a place of refuge with Jesus?

Watch the video:

In the video below I will show you how you can use this amazing act during your Christmas service, school assembly or in your Sunday school lesson.

You can buy your copy of the Magic Umbrella Deluxe through the site of Dynamite Magic.

Don't forget – any children’s worker can do this! It only needs a little bit of practice. So give it a try!

A spectacular act that is so easy to do it will surprise you!

The following act is all about the Magi arriving at the stable and giving their presents to Joseph and Mary. It is educational, fun and spectacular with some magic fire at the end of the act. And you know what? You can do this too. It is so easy...

The Magi arrived in Bethlehem and saw Jesus. They worshipped him and give him their presents. To demonstrate the giving of these three presents you use The Incredible Kettle and pour water in the first glass. Somewhere during the pouring the water turns red.

Who knows what the red present was? Incense!

Now you pour the second glass and to your surprise the water turns yellow. This yellow water is a symbol for the second present: gold!

And the third present?

Again you pour water in a glass. This time the water turns green: myrrh!

After pouring the water you lift off the lid, reach in and pull out a long (and bone dry) rainbow streamer! This streamer is a demonstration of the celebration in the stable.

To create a spectacular moment, take a piece of flash paper and light it! This will create a real flame in the air. The boys especially will love this!

You can finish this act with a dove pan and a large sponge cake. 

Watch the video:

In the video below I will show you how you can use this amazing act during your Christmas service, school assembly or in your Sunday school lesson.

Don't forget – any children’s worker can do this! It only needs a little bit of practice. So give it a try!

Any children’s worker can tell this story using the Gospel magic trick of the Joker Tube / Stratosphere

Ask a child to come forward as a volunteer and show him/her the Joker Tube and asks if he knows what order the colours are in a traffic light. Red at the top, yellow in the middle and green at the bottom. The child gives you the coloured balls and you put them in the right order into the tube. Then you start telling the story...

"Joseph and Mary have travelled a long way from Nazareth to Bethlehem. It’s busy. Lots of people have come to register. Joseph looks at Mary. He knows that she can give birth any moment soon. It’s important for him to find an inn where they can stay.

He knocks on the door of the first inn he comes across. “Hello, do you have a place for us to stay for the night?”

You look questioningly at the child and the child says ‘no’. You lift the covering of the tube and the lights are all mixed up.

Joseph is confused. How can this happen? Mary trusted God. He trusted God and now there is no place for them to stay. No place where the son of God can be born? Joseph doesn’t understand. How is this possible?

Take the three balls out of the tube and put them back again in the right order.

Joseph starts to worry a little now. Quickly he rushes to the next inn. He knocks on the door of the second inn. “Hello, my wife is pregnant. Do you have a place for us to stay for the night?”

You look again questioningly at the child and the child says again ‘no’. You lift the covering of the tube and the lights are all mixed up again for the second time.

Joseph starts to panic. How can this happen? Will God desert them? Is God not to be trusted?

Take the three balls out of the tube and this time you put them back again in a different order: yellow first, then red and then lastly green.

Joseph knows he has one more opportunity. The last inn in Bethlehem. He runs as fast as he can and knocks at the door. “Hello, my wife can give birth any moment now. Please, please, do you have a room for us? Have mercy!”

You look questioningly at the child for the last time and the child says ‘no’ for the third time. You lift the covering of the tube and this time there are two red lights in your traffic light and the green light has disappeared. You’ll hear the amazement from your public and you use this amazement to focus on Joseph’s amazement.

How is this possible? Why has God deserted them? Why? It wasn’t easy for Joseph to marry a pregnant Mary. Everyone in the village had spoken of their shame. But he did it, because he trusted God and now this. How can it be?

And then someone, we don’t know who, shows love and compassion to Joseph and Mary. God does care for them. Someone has a place for them in a stable.

You take the three balls out of the tube and this time you put them back again in a different order: In the stable is some straw: the yellow ball. There is a small manger: the red ball and some blankets: another red ball.

That night Joseph and Mary discover that they can trust God. He does take care of them. That the night the traffic light in Bethlehem turns...

You lift the cover away from the tube.

Green!! Green for Joseph and Mary. Green for us all."

Tthank the child who helped you and make sure he/she gets a round of applause. Then go straight into the end of the Cut and Restore trick and ask the girl who took care of your rope and knot to come forward and demonstrate the birth of Jesus Christ this way. Immanuel - God coming down to earth.

To demonstrate this you keep the rope vertical and move your hand down from the top to the bottom. When you reach the knot half way down the rope you move the knot down as you keep talking about God coming down from heaven.

Ask the girl to open her hands and slowly let the knot drop into her hands. Jesus is born in the stable and I ask her to take care of Jesus. She can keep the knot as a symbol of Jesus being born. Before she leaves the stage make sure she gets a around of applause.

You can do this too during your Christmas service, school assembly or in your Sunday school lesson

Watch the demonstration video

You can see me doing a full demonstration of this story and magic trick in the video below.

Don't forget – any children’s worker can do this Gospel magic trick. It only needs a little bit of practice. So give it a try!

Introduction:
How many stories about water in the Bible do you know?

- the story of Noah and the water that kept pouring down (Genesis 6)
- the story of Hagar and Ishmael sent away (Genesis 21)
- the story of Eliezer meeting Rebekah at the well (Genesis 24)
- the story of Isaac digging wells (Genesis 26)
- the story of Jacob opening the well for Rachel (Genesis 29)
- the story of the bitter water at Mara (Exodus 15)
- the story of Moses hitting the rock (Exodus 17)
- the story of Moses hitting the rock twice (Numbers 20)
- the story of Elisha healing Jericho's waters (2 Kings 2)
- the story of the healing of Naaman (2 Kings 5)
- the story of Jesus meeting the lady at the well (John 4)
- the story of Jesus healing the paralysed men at the the pool of Bethesda (John 5)
- the promise of the river of life  (Revelation 22)

Did you know that you can tell all thes above stories (and many more) using the Lota Vase? 

In the video below I will show you how I use the Lota Vase to tell some of these stories.

So far I have used the Lota Vase:

Idea 148 - To demonstrate God's unending and overflowing love
Idea 149 - To tell the story of the prophet Elisha and the widow’s oil 
Idea 150 - To teach children on how they can spiritually grow
Idea 151 - To show children the importance of developing their talents
Idea 152 - To tell the story of the prophet Elijah and the widow at Zarephath
Idea 153 - To teach children about Jesus' promise of living water
Idea 154 - To tell any story in the Bible about flowing water

Watch the video:
Underneath I will also show you where you can buy your own version of the Lota Vase.

An ideal object lesson for baptisms

You show a large silver bowl that is empty. When you turn it upside down nothing comes out. When you pick it up again and start tip it up, water will pour out of it!

Something from nothing, liquid from mid-air! This can be repeated again and again, with the vase continually filling with water.

Being able to produce water from nothing time after time makes this trick ideal for telling different Bible stories, such as:

- Moses getting water from a rock (Num 20:11)
- the widow's endless jar of oil  (2 Kings 4:4)
- Jesus being baptised (Matt 3:13). 

It is an ideal object lesson for baptisms.

You can also colour the water with red food dye and use it to symbolise the blood of Jesus that was shed for all.

Where to buy

You can buy your own sets of Lota Bowls here on Amazon. 

Rocky Raccoon and the ZigZag trick

We are always looking for new ways to tell Bible stories. One of these ways is through the use of Rocky the spring puppet. 

Rocky is very easy to bring him to life. Spring animals are puppets that consist of a large spring covered with fur. You hold the spring raccoon in one hand, moving the head with your thumb and first finger. It gives the animal a very realistic effective, and it's not uncommon for people to mistake it for a live animal!

In the video below we will show you how you use Rocky and the ZigZag trick tol tell the Bible story of Jesus healing the paralysed man who was lowered through a hole in the roof made by his four friends.

Themes: 

Jesus has the power to forgive sins, Jesus forgives sins, Jesus heals the paralysed man, finding new ways to bring people to Jesus, perseverance, don't give up, friendship, Jesus puts us on our feet

Buy your own spring puppet:

There are several places where you can buy your own spring puppet. You can buy them for example on Amazon. 

If you are looking for the ZigZag trick that we use 'to cut Rocky into three parts' have a search on Google.

Use this powerful object lesson to demonstrate what it means to have faith

You take an seemingly empty cup. You fill the cup with water. When you turn the cup upside down, no water comes out.

How can this be? It is not because of the cup, but because of what is in the cup. It is a very easy Gospel magic trick that we will explain below.

Why call it gospel magic, and not just a trick?

Because you can use this trick to explain to children, teenagers and adults what it means to have faith:

You ask a child, teenager or adult to sit on a chair. You fill the cup with water and you promise them that you will turn the cup over above their heads, but that no water will come out. They don't even have to blink their eyes. Can they trust you? It is hard to trust when everything inside you screams the opposite.

This is what faith is. 

You can combine this trick with stories in the Bible where people had to show great faith before the miracle happened.  Stories like the building of the ark, Abram sacrificing his son, Moses in front of the Red Sea, the fall of Jericho, etc, etc.

Themes: 

Trusting, having faith, unbelief, doubt

What do you need:

The stuff that you will need to do this trick is called 'Slush powder' and you can buy it through our friends at Mission Magic or here on Amazon. 

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