Love by action!
Children's sermon
Object:
a long grocery store cash register receipt
Good morning, boys and girls. (Hold up the cash register
receipt, ask the question and let them answer.) Do any of you
know what this is? You get it at the grocery store. When your
parents buy groceries the person at the cash register puts it in
your grocery bag. It is called a receipt. It lists everything
that you bought at the grocery store. When it is very long, it
means that you bought many things.
I want to tell you a story about someone who went to the grocery store and came home with many sacks of groceries. This person's receipt was even longer than mine. The person with the groceries drove into his driveway. He began to take the sacks from the car into the house. While this was going on, next door two children were playing in the yard. The man with the groceries had his house keys in one hand and was trying to carry two large bags up his steps. Suddenly one sack ripped and his groceries fell all across the lawn!
The two children saw this happen. One child said to the other, "Our neighbor needs help. Let's go help him pick up his groceries." The other said, "No, let's not. It's not our problem." But the first child ran over and began to pick up groceries. He helped the man carry them into the house. You are probably wondering, "What does this have to do with today's lesson?" Here is the answer: Our lesson tells us to love people by doing something for them, not just by saying we ought to do something. The child who ran over and helped pick up the groceries showed his love for his neighbor by doing something. That's how God wants us to act toward others. This week, I want you to remember to show God's love to others by action. Don't just talk about something -- do something for someone else.
I want to tell you a story about someone who went to the grocery store and came home with many sacks of groceries. This person's receipt was even longer than mine. The person with the groceries drove into his driveway. He began to take the sacks from the car into the house. While this was going on, next door two children were playing in the yard. The man with the groceries had his house keys in one hand and was trying to carry two large bags up his steps. Suddenly one sack ripped and his groceries fell all across the lawn!
The two children saw this happen. One child said to the other, "Our neighbor needs help. Let's go help him pick up his groceries." The other said, "No, let's not. It's not our problem." But the first child ran over and began to pick up groceries. He helped the man carry them into the house. You are probably wondering, "What does this have to do with today's lesson?" Here is the answer: Our lesson tells us to love people by doing something for them, not just by saying we ought to do something. The child who ran over and helped pick up the groceries showed his love for his neighbor by doing something. That's how God wants us to act toward others. This week, I want you to remember to show God's love to others by action. Don't just talk about something -- do something for someone else.
