Holding us up
Children's sermon
Object:
a tire jack
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has
called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, support, strengthen,
and establish you. (v. 10)
Good morning, boys and girls. Life is not always easy is it? (let them answer) How do you feel when your friend is unhappy with you? (let them answer) How do you feel when everyone is picking on you? (let them answer) Sometimes it is a brother or a sister, sometimes the teacher at school, or the bus driver tells you to be quiet and you didn't even say anything. Sometimes your dog or your cat won't even come when you call.
Once in a while, it is because you are a Christian. Let's suppose it is time for you to be in church and a friend who doesn't go to church wants you to go somewhere really special with his family. You tell him you are going to church first but if he waited, you would love to go with him. He tells you that he can't wait and then your friend says he will invite someone else who is not a Christian and going to church. That hurts.
What do you do when you bow your head before eating your lunch at school and say a prayer and someone makes fun of you? (let them answer) How does that make you feel? (let them answer) But just because people make fun of us doesn't mean that we should stop acting in Christian ways. Remember Jesus suffered a lot for you. Jesus taught us the truth about God even though people shouted at him and threw rocks at him. But Jesus never stopped loving us.
How many of you have ever had a flat tire while riding in a car? (let them answer) That is really rough. The car is sagging, you can't drive it, and no matter where you are going, you are going to be late. You could just sit in the car and pout or you could help your mom or dad and get the tire fixed. No matter how heavy the car is, a tire jack (show the tire jack) will lift the car so that you can change the bad tire and replace it with a good tire. If everyone in the car tried to lift the car, they would all fail. But this little jack can lift the biggest car up and hold it up so that the tire can be fixed.
Jesus is like this tire jack. No matter how big your problem is that makes you feel bad, Jesus will lift you and make you feel good again. It doesn't matter how long it takes. Jesus is there giving you another chance to have a good day.
The next time you look in the trunk of your car and you see the tire jack, I want you to remember it is like Jesus when it comes to lifting us up and fixing our problems. Amen.
Good morning, boys and girls. Life is not always easy is it? (let them answer) How do you feel when your friend is unhappy with you? (let them answer) How do you feel when everyone is picking on you? (let them answer) Sometimes it is a brother or a sister, sometimes the teacher at school, or the bus driver tells you to be quiet and you didn't even say anything. Sometimes your dog or your cat won't even come when you call.
Once in a while, it is because you are a Christian. Let's suppose it is time for you to be in church and a friend who doesn't go to church wants you to go somewhere really special with his family. You tell him you are going to church first but if he waited, you would love to go with him. He tells you that he can't wait and then your friend says he will invite someone else who is not a Christian and going to church. That hurts.
What do you do when you bow your head before eating your lunch at school and say a prayer and someone makes fun of you? (let them answer) How does that make you feel? (let them answer) But just because people make fun of us doesn't mean that we should stop acting in Christian ways. Remember Jesus suffered a lot for you. Jesus taught us the truth about God even though people shouted at him and threw rocks at him. But Jesus never stopped loving us.
How many of you have ever had a flat tire while riding in a car? (let them answer) That is really rough. The car is sagging, you can't drive it, and no matter where you are going, you are going to be late. You could just sit in the car and pout or you could help your mom or dad and get the tire fixed. No matter how heavy the car is, a tire jack (show the tire jack) will lift the car so that you can change the bad tire and replace it with a good tire. If everyone in the car tried to lift the car, they would all fail. But this little jack can lift the biggest car up and hold it up so that the tire can be fixed.
Jesus is like this tire jack. No matter how big your problem is that makes you feel bad, Jesus will lift you and make you feel good again. It doesn't matter how long it takes. Jesus is there giving you another chance to have a good day.
The next time you look in the trunk of your car and you see the tire jack, I want you to remember it is like Jesus when it comes to lifting us up and fixing our problems. Amen.
