Vitamins for the spirit
Children's sermon
Object:
a bottle of vitamins
Good morning! What do I have here? (Show the vitamins.) Yes,
these are vitamins. How many of you take vitamins every day? (Let
them answer.) Why do you take vitamins? (Let them answer.) Yes,
of course, we take vitamins to keep our body strong and healthy.
We get vitamins in the food we eat, but we take extra vitamins to
be sure we get enough.
Do you know that our spirit also needs vitamins? Just as our
body needs these vitamins to stay healthy, our spirit also needs
vitamins to be healthy. What do you think we can take to make our
spirit healthy? (Let them answer.) The Bible tells us that our
spirit needs to have Christ in it to be healthy. How do we get
Jesus into our spirit? (Let them answer.) We make Jesus live
within our spirit every time we read or hear the Bible, each time
we hear somebody talk about Jesus like I do in the sermon, each
time we go to Sunday school and hear about him. So are all of you
getting enough spiritual vitamins? (Let them answer.)
Let's all be sure that we get a lot of spiritual vitamins by
coming to church as much as we can and by reading our Bible. Will
you all do that? (Let them answer.)
Dear Jesus: We thank you so much for living in our spirit and
giving us the strength to be believing Christians. We pray that
you will live in our spirit always. Amen.
these are vitamins. How many of you take vitamins every day? (Let
them answer.) Why do you take vitamins? (Let them answer.) Yes,
of course, we take vitamins to keep our body strong and healthy.
We get vitamins in the food we eat, but we take extra vitamins to
be sure we get enough.
Do you know that our spirit also needs vitamins? Just as our
body needs these vitamins to stay healthy, our spirit also needs
vitamins to be healthy. What do you think we can take to make our
spirit healthy? (Let them answer.) The Bible tells us that our
spirit needs to have Christ in it to be healthy. How do we get
Jesus into our spirit? (Let them answer.) We make Jesus live
within our spirit every time we read or hear the Bible, each time
we hear somebody talk about Jesus like I do in the sermon, each
time we go to Sunday school and hear about him. So are all of you
getting enough spiritual vitamins? (Let them answer.)
Let's all be sure that we get a lot of spiritual vitamins by
coming to church as much as we can and by reading our Bible. Will
you all do that? (Let them answer.)
Dear Jesus: We thank you so much for living in our spirit and
giving us the strength to be believing Christians. We pray that
you will live in our spirit always. Amen.
