FAITH and GRACE
Children's sermon
Object:
Good morning! Today we hear about two words that are popular
in church. They are words we use all the time, but we may not
know the meaning of them. The two words I'm speaking of are GRACE
and FAITH. How many of you have heard those words in church
before? (Let them answer.) How many heard the word "grace"
already this morning? (Let them answer.) How about the word
"faith"? (Let them answer.)
To show you what they mean, I need a volunteer. Would someone be willing to be the person with FAITH? (Have one of the children volunteer.) What I want you to do is stand in front of me facing away from me. Now, I want you to have FAITH. I want you to fall straight backward. Don't try to catch yourself. Let yourself fall. Are you willing to do that? (Let the child answer.) Okay -- let's do it. (Do it.)
It took faith on your part to fall straight backward. You would have hurt yourself if I hadn't caught you. When you trust someone so much that you know they won't let you get hurt, that's called "faith," and you just showed us all what faith is.
Now your faith was in a person. Your faith was in me. I also had to do my part to keep you from getting hurt. I could have been really mean and let you fall and hurt yourself and then maybe even laugh at you. But I didn't do that. I showed that I was FAITH-worthy. I showed that I had GRACE. I caught you!
That second word, GRACE, means to have a loving attitude toward another person. It means to love another unconditionally. In a sense, I showed GRACE this morning by lovingly catching you when you fell.
God is full of GRACE. God loves us all. God loves us no matter what! God is trustworthy -- FAITH-worthy. We know we can trust God; we can have FAITH in God because of God's GRACE.
When we use these words, faith and grace, perhaps you will know more about what they mean. Who knows the story about Abraham and Sarah? (Let them answer.) In this lesson we have today the apostle Paul tells about how Abraham and Sarah had faith in God's grace. Even though Abraham and Sarah were very old, God had promised them a son, and God showed God's grace by giving them a son. They had faith in trusting God.
Dearest God: Give us more faith in your grace. Amen.
To show you what they mean, I need a volunteer. Would someone be willing to be the person with FAITH? (Have one of the children volunteer.) What I want you to do is stand in front of me facing away from me. Now, I want you to have FAITH. I want you to fall straight backward. Don't try to catch yourself. Let yourself fall. Are you willing to do that? (Let the child answer.) Okay -- let's do it. (Do it.)
It took faith on your part to fall straight backward. You would have hurt yourself if I hadn't caught you. When you trust someone so much that you know they won't let you get hurt, that's called "faith," and you just showed us all what faith is.
Now your faith was in a person. Your faith was in me. I also had to do my part to keep you from getting hurt. I could have been really mean and let you fall and hurt yourself and then maybe even laugh at you. But I didn't do that. I showed that I was FAITH-worthy. I showed that I had GRACE. I caught you!
That second word, GRACE, means to have a loving attitude toward another person. It means to love another unconditionally. In a sense, I showed GRACE this morning by lovingly catching you when you fell.
God is full of GRACE. God loves us all. God loves us no matter what! God is trustworthy -- FAITH-worthy. We know we can trust God; we can have FAITH in God because of God's GRACE.
When we use these words, faith and grace, perhaps you will know more about what they mean. Who knows the story about Abraham and Sarah? (Let them answer.) In this lesson we have today the apostle Paul tells about how Abraham and Sarah had faith in God's grace. Even though Abraham and Sarah were very old, God had promised them a son, and God showed God's grace by giving them a son. They had faith in trusting God.
Dearest God: Give us more faith in your grace. Amen.
