Call my name
Children's sermon
Object:
a telephone
Good morning, boys and girls. I'd like to talk about telephone calls this morning. Do any of you use the telephone to make calls? (wait for a show of hands) The telephone is a special machine that can be very helpful. It can save people's lives. How does a telephone do that? (let them answer) Yes, a telephone is what we use to call for an ambulance or the fire department. Then the person at the other end will send a special team of emergency rescue people right to your house to take care of either a very sick person who needs a doctor or to save people from a fire.
Do you ever make long distance calls to somewhere far away? (let them answer) Some of you have grandparents who live far away. Who has called the farthest? (let them name some places they've called) Has anyone ever called another planet or the moon? (let them answer) I haven't, but there are special machines that can talk to people on the moon. I wouldn't want to pay that phone bill!
Our lesson today is about calling God! Can you call God on a telephone? (let them answer) If we can't call God on a telephone, how do we call God? (let them answer) We call God by praying. We can call God just to talk or we can call God to be saved. What can God save us from? (let them answer) We can be saved from just about anything. All we have to do is call on God through prayer and God will send an emergency rescue team. The emergency rescue team God sends won't come in a car or truck with a flashing light. It will come with a smile and it's called friends. They might be saving us from being lonely or afraid or just about anything. Friends are at church or in our neighborhood or at the hospital or maybe just a friendly call on the telephone. So call God in prayer if you want to be saved! God will send a rescue team of friendly faces.
Do you ever make long distance calls to somewhere far away? (let them answer) Some of you have grandparents who live far away. Who has called the farthest? (let them name some places they've called) Has anyone ever called another planet or the moon? (let them answer) I haven't, but there are special machines that can talk to people on the moon. I wouldn't want to pay that phone bill!
Our lesson today is about calling God! Can you call God on a telephone? (let them answer) If we can't call God on a telephone, how do we call God? (let them answer) We call God by praying. We can call God just to talk or we can call God to be saved. What can God save us from? (let them answer) We can be saved from just about anything. All we have to do is call on God through prayer and God will send an emergency rescue team. The emergency rescue team God sends won't come in a car or truck with a flashing light. It will come with a smile and it's called friends. They might be saving us from being lonely or afraid or just about anything. Friends are at church or in our neighborhood or at the hospital or maybe just a friendly call on the telephone. So call God in prayer if you want to be saved! God will send a rescue team of friendly faces.
