Plan For Heaven
Children's sermon
The Giant Book Of Children's Sermons
Matthew To Revelation
Object: a pup tent
Good morning, boys and girls. Today I want to take a moment to set up our object so that all of you know what I am talking about. (set up the pup tent) How many of you have ever been camping in a park or somewhere far away from home? (let them answer) It is a lot of fun, isn't it? First you set up your tent, find a safe place to put the food where the raccoons and bears can't get it, and then lay out your sleeping bags. Sometimes you have to walk a long way to find your water and bring it back to camp, but no matter what kind of work you do, it still seems like fun.
But it isn't home, is it? Do you remember how good it felt to get home and sleep in your own bed, and walk over to the sink to get a drink of water, or sit in a soft chair? That's home. It is good to have a home.
God thinks of heaven as our real home and of being here on earth as like camping. This is not where we are going to live forever. The longest time is going to be spent with God in heaven.
A long time ago God had a very loyal follower by the name of Abraham, and wherever God told him to go, Abraham went, and he stayed as long as God told him to stay. He lived in a tent because he knew that God was going to use him in a lot of ways and in a lot of places. He could move his tent wherever God wanted him to go, but he couldn't move a house. Abraham wanted to be able to go on a moment's notice.
That is the way it should be with us. We don't want to spend all of our time working and building something here on earth that will only last for a short time. Most of our lives will be spent with God, so we should spend most of our time preparing to live with God. Some people spend all of their time working and planning for the things here on earth such as their houses, their yards, their boats, their cars, or other possessions. They have little time to listen to God as Abraham did. But God thinks that it is better to plan for heaven and be ready to live with him than it is to spend all of our time thinking and planning about earth. Maybe you can take part of your time today to think about God and plan for heaven. Will you do that? Good. That will make God happy.
Good morning, boys and girls. Today I want to take a moment to set up our object so that all of you know what I am talking about. (set up the pup tent) How many of you have ever been camping in a park or somewhere far away from home? (let them answer) It is a lot of fun, isn't it? First you set up your tent, find a safe place to put the food where the raccoons and bears can't get it, and then lay out your sleeping bags. Sometimes you have to walk a long way to find your water and bring it back to camp, but no matter what kind of work you do, it still seems like fun.
But it isn't home, is it? Do you remember how good it felt to get home and sleep in your own bed, and walk over to the sink to get a drink of water, or sit in a soft chair? That's home. It is good to have a home.
God thinks of heaven as our real home and of being here on earth as like camping. This is not where we are going to live forever. The longest time is going to be spent with God in heaven.
A long time ago God had a very loyal follower by the name of Abraham, and wherever God told him to go, Abraham went, and he stayed as long as God told him to stay. He lived in a tent because he knew that God was going to use him in a lot of ways and in a lot of places. He could move his tent wherever God wanted him to go, but he couldn't move a house. Abraham wanted to be able to go on a moment's notice.
That is the way it should be with us. We don't want to spend all of our time working and building something here on earth that will only last for a short time. Most of our lives will be spent with God, so we should spend most of our time preparing to live with God. Some people spend all of their time working and planning for the things here on earth such as their houses, their yards, their boats, their cars, or other possessions. They have little time to listen to God as Abraham did. But God thinks that it is better to plan for heaven and be ready to live with him than it is to spend all of our time thinking and planning about earth. Maybe you can take part of your time today to think about God and plan for heaven. Will you do that? Good. That will make God happy.
