The warmth of God's power
Children's sermon
Object:
a heating pad
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you know what this is? (let them answer) That's right -- it's a heating pad. Touch it right now and remember how it feels cool when it is not being used. (let each child touch the heating pad -- after they have touched it, turn on the switch as inconspicuously as possible)
Somewhere inside of the pad there is electric power and there is also a healing power. People use this pad when they have an ache or pain that needs heat. When they feel the power of the heat, they feel better. Soon they are able to get up and move around again.
Jesus had a special power inside of him. It was a power that came from God. In our lesson for today we hear about some people who were healed when Jesus used this power. First there was a very important man who asked Jesus to heal his daughter who was sick at home. Jesus agreed but on the way to the man's home a woman who had been sick for a long time approached Jesus hoping to be healed. She got as close to Jesus as she could and reached out and touched his clothes. Immediately she knew she was healed. But Jesus also felt some of his power leave him and he asked who had touched him. The woman apologized while telling Jesus what she had done. Jesus told her not to be sorry but instead to be glad because she was healed. She believed in Jesus and his power and that believing made it happen.
Let's touch the pad again. (pass it around again and let each child touch it) Can you feel the power coming from the pad? (let them answer) Now it is warm and can be part of a healing.
After healing the woman, Jesus went on to the home of the very important man. When he got there, the people told him that the little girl was dead. "No," Jesus said, "she is sleeping." The people laughed at him, for they knew she had died. But Jesus took his disciples and the family inside the house. There he approached the little girl's bed and told her to wake up, which she did immediately. It was more of the same kind of power. Even death can't stop the power of God.
A heating pad is not the power of Jesus, but it is a reminder of how the power inside of Jesus could do amazing things for people who were ill or even dead. Jesus was the great healer because of the power God gave him.
Somewhere inside of the pad there is electric power and there is also a healing power. People use this pad when they have an ache or pain that needs heat. When they feel the power of the heat, they feel better. Soon they are able to get up and move around again.
Jesus had a special power inside of him. It was a power that came from God. In our lesson for today we hear about some people who were healed when Jesus used this power. First there was a very important man who asked Jesus to heal his daughter who was sick at home. Jesus agreed but on the way to the man's home a woman who had been sick for a long time approached Jesus hoping to be healed. She got as close to Jesus as she could and reached out and touched his clothes. Immediately she knew she was healed. But Jesus also felt some of his power leave him and he asked who had touched him. The woman apologized while telling Jesus what she had done. Jesus told her not to be sorry but instead to be glad because she was healed. She believed in Jesus and his power and that believing made it happen.
Let's touch the pad again. (pass it around again and let each child touch it) Can you feel the power coming from the pad? (let them answer) Now it is warm and can be part of a healing.
After healing the woman, Jesus went on to the home of the very important man. When he got there, the people told him that the little girl was dead. "No," Jesus said, "she is sleeping." The people laughed at him, for they knew she had died. But Jesus took his disciples and the family inside the house. There he approached the little girl's bed and told her to wake up, which she did immediately. It was more of the same kind of power. Even death can't stop the power of God.
A heating pad is not the power of Jesus, but it is a reminder of how the power inside of Jesus could do amazing things for people who were ill or even dead. Jesus was the great healer because of the power God gave him.
