Rescued from the dark
Children's sermon
Object:
a newspaper story about a power outage, if available
Good morning! Do you remember a time when there was a storm
and all the lights in your house went out? (Let them answer.)
Well, that does happen once in a while, doesn't it? Here is a
story from the paper about this. A tree fell on the power lines
and a whole lot of people lost all their power. When this
happens, we have no electricity, so our lights don't work. We are
in the dark. When that happened to you, how did you feel? Was it
scary? (Let them answer.)
It sure is bad to be in the dark and not be able to find
your way around. How do you suppose they get the lights fixed?
What do they have to do to make them work again? (Let them
answer.) Yes, a repairman has to come and fix whatever was wrong.
If a tree has broken the power line, they have to cut the tree
away and put up a new line. When they do that, our power comes
back and we are rescued from the dark. How do you feel when the
lights come back on? Are you happy? Do you feel really grateful
to that guy who fixed it? (Let them answer.)
I want to tell you about someone who rescues us from the
dark in an even more important way than the repairman who fixes
our lights. There is a darkness that is much, much worse than
just being without lights for a short time. There is a darkness
that would go on forever and never be fixed if someone didn't
rescue us from it. Can you imagine how terrible it would be to be
in darkness forever; never seeing any light? (Let them answer.)
If you were facing that kind of darkness, would you be grateful
to the person who rescued you? (Let them answer.)
Yes, of course you would, and I want you to know that you
have been rescued from that kind of darkness. Who do you think
the hero is who rescued all of us from eternal darkness? (Let
them answer.) Yes, of course. The one who rescued us is Jesus.
Let's thank him, shall we?
Dear Jesus: We are so grateful that you have rescued us from
eternal darkness. Help us always to remember that you are our
hero. Amen.
and all the lights in your house went out? (Let them answer.)
Well, that does happen once in a while, doesn't it? Here is a
story from the paper about this. A tree fell on the power lines
and a whole lot of people lost all their power. When this
happens, we have no electricity, so our lights don't work. We are
in the dark. When that happened to you, how did you feel? Was it
scary? (Let them answer.)
It sure is bad to be in the dark and not be able to find
your way around. How do you suppose they get the lights fixed?
What do they have to do to make them work again? (Let them
answer.) Yes, a repairman has to come and fix whatever was wrong.
If a tree has broken the power line, they have to cut the tree
away and put up a new line. When they do that, our power comes
back and we are rescued from the dark. How do you feel when the
lights come back on? Are you happy? Do you feel really grateful
to that guy who fixed it? (Let them answer.)
I want to tell you about someone who rescues us from the
dark in an even more important way than the repairman who fixes
our lights. There is a darkness that is much, much worse than
just being without lights for a short time. There is a darkness
that would go on forever and never be fixed if someone didn't
rescue us from it. Can you imagine how terrible it would be to be
in darkness forever; never seeing any light? (Let them answer.)
If you were facing that kind of darkness, would you be grateful
to the person who rescued you? (Let them answer.)
Yes, of course you would, and I want you to know that you
have been rescued from that kind of darkness. Who do you think
the hero is who rescued all of us from eternal darkness? (Let
them answer.) Yes, of course. The one who rescued us is Jesus.
Let's thank him, shall we?
Dear Jesus: We are so grateful that you have rescued us from
eternal darkness. Help us always to remember that you are our
hero. Amen.
