A Thanks-Giving Life
Children's sermon
Object:
a thank-you card
The Point: Thanksgiving Day reminds us to live a "thanks giving life."
The Lesson: Good evening, boys and girls. I am thankful that you chose to come up front with me, and that we can share this time together. Thank you.
I brought a card with me today. Can you see what kind of card it is? (get responses) That's right, a thank-you card. Giving "thanks" is an important part of life. It is so important that President Abraham Lincoln set aside the last Thursday of November for the nation to stop and give thanks to God for all his blessings to us. In his Thanksgiving proclamation President Lincoln invited everyone to give thanks and praise to our Father in heaven, to God.
We can give thanks to God by thanking others for the blessings they give us in life. We can tell them or we can send them a thank-you card. We can also give thanks to God by telling him in our prayers and in our worship that we are thankful for the gift of air we breathe and the food we have to eat and the family that watches over us and for our friends who bring us joy and fun. We can thank God our heavenly Father for Jesus whose love gives us the gift of eternal life.
Jesus told us a story about ten people who were very sick. In today's lesson, Jesus heals all ten of them. Then Jesus told us that only one of the ten who were healed returned to thank him. To the one who returned to say "thank you," Jesus said, "Your faith has made you well." To tell Jesus "thank you" is to reveal your faith in him.
Every day look for a reason to give someone a "thank you." And don't let a day go by that you don't say, "Thank you, Jesus." May the hand of Jesus rest upon you to give you his healing grace and saving love.
Closing Prayer: In thanksgiving let us unite our lives in prayer. Lord Jesus, our hearts are filled with thanksgiving. We thank you for forgiveness and hope, for life and salvation, for all the good things that flow from your hand. Thank you Jesus for these your children. Bless them and us. In your holy name, Jesus, we give thanks and pray. Amen.
The Lesson: Good evening, boys and girls. I am thankful that you chose to come up front with me, and that we can share this time together. Thank you.
I brought a card with me today. Can you see what kind of card it is? (get responses) That's right, a thank-you card. Giving "thanks" is an important part of life. It is so important that President Abraham Lincoln set aside the last Thursday of November for the nation to stop and give thanks to God for all his blessings to us. In his Thanksgiving proclamation President Lincoln invited everyone to give thanks and praise to our Father in heaven, to God.
We can give thanks to God by thanking others for the blessings they give us in life. We can tell them or we can send them a thank-you card. We can also give thanks to God by telling him in our prayers and in our worship that we are thankful for the gift of air we breathe and the food we have to eat and the family that watches over us and for our friends who bring us joy and fun. We can thank God our heavenly Father for Jesus whose love gives us the gift of eternal life.
Jesus told us a story about ten people who were very sick. In today's lesson, Jesus heals all ten of them. Then Jesus told us that only one of the ten who were healed returned to thank him. To the one who returned to say "thank you," Jesus said, "Your faith has made you well." To tell Jesus "thank you" is to reveal your faith in him.
Every day look for a reason to give someone a "thank you." And don't let a day go by that you don't say, "Thank you, Jesus." May the hand of Jesus rest upon you to give you his healing grace and saving love.
Closing Prayer: In thanksgiving let us unite our lives in prayer. Lord Jesus, our hearts are filled with thanksgiving. We thank you for forgiveness and hope, for life and salvation, for all the good things that flow from your hand. Thank you Jesus for these your children. Bless them and us. In your holy name, Jesus, we give thanks and pray. Amen.
