Birds and hair
Children's sermon
Object:
a birdcage with some birds in it, a hair from each child displayed on a white napkin
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the
ground apart from your Father. And even the hairs of your head are all counted.
(Matthew 10:29-30)
Good morning, boys and girls. When was the last time God thought about you? (let them answer) Was it when you got hurt and were crying really loud and everyone heard you, even God? (let them answer) Was it yesterday when you thought about praying before you ate lunch but then forgot about the prayer? (let them answer) Do you think God was thinking about you when you thanked your mother for giving you a big hug before you went to bed last night? (let them answer)
How many of you think God knows who you are and what you are doing? (let them answer) In the Bible there are answers to those questions. If you read the book of Matthew you will hear Jesus talking about how much God thinks about everything in the world.
I have a couple of beautiful birds in my birdcage. (show them the birds) Do you think God knows what the birds are doing? (let them answer) Think about how many birds there are and how many different kinds of birds are flying around every day. Do you think God can keep track of every bird? I call my birds Elmo and Murphy. Does God ever think about Elmo and Murphy? Yes, Murphy and Elmo can live in a birdcage or the big tree at the front of my house and the Bible says that God knows where they are and what they are doing.
Something else the Bible talks about is hair. Could I just have one hair from each of you? I will put each hair on this white napkin. (see if someone will help you take one hair from each child and ask the child to remember his/her hair) Just look at all of these different hairs. How many hairs do you think you have on your head? Do you think there could be 100? (let them answer) Maybe 1,000? (let them answer) I read that most people with a lot of hair may have 200,000 hairs on their head. Almost everyone with a full head of hair has at least 100,000 or 150,000 hairs. That is a lot of hair and a lot of counting. The Bible says that God knows how many hairs every one of you has on your head. Do you remember the hair that you put on the white napkin? (let them answer) According to the Bible, God knows that it is missing.
Do you think God cares about you? Do you think God is thinking about you when he even knows the number of hairs on your head? I think he does. And don't forget about Elmo and Murphy. They also know that God is thinking about them and they are as happy as you are happy to know that God is near you every minute of every day. Amen.
Good morning, boys and girls. When was the last time God thought about you? (let them answer) Was it when you got hurt and were crying really loud and everyone heard you, even God? (let them answer) Was it yesterday when you thought about praying before you ate lunch but then forgot about the prayer? (let them answer) Do you think God was thinking about you when you thanked your mother for giving you a big hug before you went to bed last night? (let them answer)
How many of you think God knows who you are and what you are doing? (let them answer) In the Bible there are answers to those questions. If you read the book of Matthew you will hear Jesus talking about how much God thinks about everything in the world.
I have a couple of beautiful birds in my birdcage. (show them the birds) Do you think God knows what the birds are doing? (let them answer) Think about how many birds there are and how many different kinds of birds are flying around every day. Do you think God can keep track of every bird? I call my birds Elmo and Murphy. Does God ever think about Elmo and Murphy? Yes, Murphy and Elmo can live in a birdcage or the big tree at the front of my house and the Bible says that God knows where they are and what they are doing.
Something else the Bible talks about is hair. Could I just have one hair from each of you? I will put each hair on this white napkin. (see if someone will help you take one hair from each child and ask the child to remember his/her hair) Just look at all of these different hairs. How many hairs do you think you have on your head? Do you think there could be 100? (let them answer) Maybe 1,000? (let them answer) I read that most people with a lot of hair may have 200,000 hairs on their head. Almost everyone with a full head of hair has at least 100,000 or 150,000 hairs. That is a lot of hair and a lot of counting. The Bible says that God knows how many hairs every one of you has on your head. Do you remember the hair that you put on the white napkin? (let them answer) According to the Bible, God knows that it is missing.
Do you think God cares about you? Do you think God is thinking about you when he even knows the number of hairs on your head? I think he does. And don't forget about Elmo and Murphy. They also know that God is thinking about them and they are as happy as you are happy to know that God is near you every minute of every day. Amen.
