Compassion
Children's sermon
The Giant Book Of Children's Sermons
Matthew To Revelation
Object: a nurse's ID badge (borrowed from a nurse)
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been hurt so badly that you had to go to the hospital to be cared for by the doctors and nurses? (let them answer) Some of you have been there. Do you remember how afraid you were? (let them answer) First of all, you hurt pretty badly, and second, you were not sure what was going to happen to you. That would make anyone afraid. Do you remember how nice the nurses were to you that day and every day that you were in the hospital? (let them answer) They were really something special and they made a lot of the worry and fear go right out of you.
I brought along a nurse's ID badge with me this morning so that you could think about nurses when I tell you a big word. The word is compassion, and that is what the nurses feel for you when you come into the hospital. They have compassion for you. That is another word, only a nice powerful word, for caring. They not only feel strongly for you, but they also take care of what is hurting you. And the nurses will be there to keep taking care of you until you are well enough to go home.
Jesus was a person who was filled with compassion. He had compassion for all who needed him, and that includes everyone. I remember the story in the Bible about a woman who was walking to the cemetery to bury her son. She had already buried her husband after he died, and now she was all alone. The people who walked with her were carrying the body of her son, and they were all very sad. Jesus watched the people coming toward him, and the Bible said that he had compassion for her. That means that he not only felt sorry for her hurt, but that he was going to do something about it.
First, he told her not to cry any more, which is another way of telling her that she would soon have nothing to be sad about. Then he went over to the place where the body was being carried and told the son to wake up, to come back to life. And I am sure that you know what happened. The man who was dead was brought back to life.
That was just one sign of Jesus' compassion. Jesus has compassion on lots of people. He cares about us, and he does something about it. Nurses have compassion, and, when you see a badge like this, you can remember that the nurses, like many other people, learn their compassion from God.
We should all have compassion, which means that when we see someone who needs us, we should care and do what we can to help them.
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever been hurt so badly that you had to go to the hospital to be cared for by the doctors and nurses? (let them answer) Some of you have been there. Do you remember how afraid you were? (let them answer) First of all, you hurt pretty badly, and second, you were not sure what was going to happen to you. That would make anyone afraid. Do you remember how nice the nurses were to you that day and every day that you were in the hospital? (let them answer) They were really something special and they made a lot of the worry and fear go right out of you.
I brought along a nurse's ID badge with me this morning so that you could think about nurses when I tell you a big word. The word is compassion, and that is what the nurses feel for you when you come into the hospital. They have compassion for you. That is another word, only a nice powerful word, for caring. They not only feel strongly for you, but they also take care of what is hurting you. And the nurses will be there to keep taking care of you until you are well enough to go home.
Jesus was a person who was filled with compassion. He had compassion for all who needed him, and that includes everyone. I remember the story in the Bible about a woman who was walking to the cemetery to bury her son. She had already buried her husband after he died, and now she was all alone. The people who walked with her were carrying the body of her son, and they were all very sad. Jesus watched the people coming toward him, and the Bible said that he had compassion for her. That means that he not only felt sorry for her hurt, but that he was going to do something about it.
First, he told her not to cry any more, which is another way of telling her that she would soon have nothing to be sad about. Then he went over to the place where the body was being carried and told the son to wake up, to come back to life. And I am sure that you know what happened. The man who was dead was brought back to life.
That was just one sign of Jesus' compassion. Jesus has compassion on lots of people. He cares about us, and he does something about it. Nurses have compassion, and, when you see a badge like this, you can remember that the nurses, like many other people, learn their compassion from God.
We should all have compassion, which means that when we see someone who needs us, we should care and do what we can to help them.
