How Much?
Children's sermon
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Exegetical Aim: The extent of God's love for us expressed in the actions of Christ.
Props: A large cross. Lay it down behind you out of the way.
Lesson: I want to ask you a few questions this morning. How much do you like broccoli? (response) No? You don't like broccoli? Not even a little bit? Put your thumb and index finger together indicating a little bit. Okay. I have another question. How much do you like wearing a dress? (response) No doubt you'll get a mixed response along party lines. Ask one of the boys: You don't like wearing a dress? (response) Not even a little bit? Again, put your thumb and index finger together indicating a little bit. All right, let me ask the girls. How much do you like wearing a dress? (response) You like wearing dresses a lot, don't you? Spread your thumb and finger apart indicating a lot. I have another question. How much do you like bugs? (response) Perhaps this will bring another split along party lines. Ask one of the girls who winced: You mean, you don't like crawling bugs? (response) She doesn't like bugs at all. Let me ask the boys. How much do you like bugs? (response) Some of you like them a lot? Again, spread your fingers apart.
I have another question. How much do you like pizza? (response) Now, I've found something everybody likes. You like it this much? (response) Hold your hands about two feet apart. Wow, that's a lot! You must really like pizza. Another question: How much do you like your grandma and grandpa? (response) It is hoped they will begin using their hands to convey their affections. How much? (response) This much? Hold your hands about three feet apart. If one of the children says, "I love my grandma and grandpa," then say, Oh, you love your grandma and grandpa? If they don't say love then suggest it: If you like them this much then you must love your grandma and grandpa. I have one more question. How much do you love your mom and your dad? (response) How much? (response) They should be stretching their arms to their limit. Boy, that's a lot of love! Let me see that again? How much do you love your mom and dad? (response)
Application: I have one last question. How much do you think God loves you? (response) How much? (response) You're right. Now slowly spread your long arms straight out and say. He loves us this much. And we know this because bring the cross out long ago Jesus spread his arms way out and some people who didn't know what they were doing put him on this cross. They put his right arm here and his left arm here and he hung there on this cross, and he said, "I love you indicate the two points of the cross this much." When you see the cross, remember God is quietly telling you, having put the cross down in your lap and spreading your arms out again how much he loves you.
Let's Pray: Oh, Lord, how much you love us. You showed how much by spreading your arms way apart. Amen.
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Christ The King
Colossians 1:11--20
Mirror Image
Exegetical Aim: To know Jesus is to know God.
Props: A mirror that can be held in one hand.
Lesson: Begin by standing or sitting with your back to the children and view the children through the mirror. As the children arrive greet them by name. Good morning. You all look very nice today. Make a comment about how a couple of the children are dressed or what they are doing.
How am I able to see you when I am not facing you? (response) Now turn around and hold out the mirror. That's right. I can see your reflection in the mirror. Mirrors are neat things. Mirrors give us reflections of things. Where do we use mirrors? (response)
What's really great about mirrors is that sometimes you can use them to see things that you wouldn't ordinarily get to see. Dentists use them in our mouths so they can see in places where their eyes cannot get to. Mechanics use them sometimes to see under a car where it is difficult to reach. Mirrors give us a reflection of things so we will know what's there even if we can't see it.
Application: The Bible says this about Jesus. Here is a sentence I want you to memorize with me: Jesus is the image of the invisible God. Have the children repeat the previous sentence a couple of times. What that means is that we cannot see God. But if we want to know what God is like, all we have to do is look at the life of Jesus. Jesus' life is like a mirror of God. So sometimes when you wonder what God is like, just remember to look at the mirror of God. And who is the mirror of God? (response) That's right; Jesus is the mirror of God.
Let's Pray: Lord Jesus, when we look at you we see God. You are the image of the invisible God. Amen.
Props: A large cross. Lay it down behind you out of the way.
Lesson: I want to ask you a few questions this morning. How much do you like broccoli? (response) No? You don't like broccoli? Not even a little bit? Put your thumb and index finger together indicating a little bit. Okay. I have another question. How much do you like wearing a dress? (response) No doubt you'll get a mixed response along party lines. Ask one of the boys: You don't like wearing a dress? (response) Not even a little bit? Again, put your thumb and index finger together indicating a little bit. All right, let me ask the girls. How much do you like wearing a dress? (response) You like wearing dresses a lot, don't you? Spread your thumb and finger apart indicating a lot. I have another question. How much do you like bugs? (response) Perhaps this will bring another split along party lines. Ask one of the girls who winced: You mean, you don't like crawling bugs? (response) She doesn't like bugs at all. Let me ask the boys. How much do you like bugs? (response) Some of you like them a lot? Again, spread your fingers apart.
I have another question. How much do you like pizza? (response) Now, I've found something everybody likes. You like it this much? (response) Hold your hands about two feet apart. Wow, that's a lot! You must really like pizza. Another question: How much do you like your grandma and grandpa? (response) It is hoped they will begin using their hands to convey their affections. How much? (response) This much? Hold your hands about three feet apart. If one of the children says, "I love my grandma and grandpa," then say, Oh, you love your grandma and grandpa? If they don't say love then suggest it: If you like them this much then you must love your grandma and grandpa. I have one more question. How much do you love your mom and your dad? (response) How much? (response) They should be stretching their arms to their limit. Boy, that's a lot of love! Let me see that again? How much do you love your mom and dad? (response)
Application: I have one last question. How much do you think God loves you? (response) How much? (response) You're right. Now slowly spread your long arms straight out and say. He loves us this much. And we know this because bring the cross out long ago Jesus spread his arms way out and some people who didn't know what they were doing put him on this cross. They put his right arm here and his left arm here and he hung there on this cross, and he said, "I love you indicate the two points of the cross this much." When you see the cross, remember God is quietly telling you, having put the cross down in your lap and spreading your arms out again how much he loves you.
Let's Pray: Oh, Lord, how much you love us. You showed how much by spreading your arms way apart. Amen.
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Christ The King
Colossians 1:11--20
Mirror Image
Exegetical Aim: To know Jesus is to know God.
Props: A mirror that can be held in one hand.
Lesson: Begin by standing or sitting with your back to the children and view the children through the mirror. As the children arrive greet them by name. Good morning. You all look very nice today. Make a comment about how a couple of the children are dressed or what they are doing.
How am I able to see you when I am not facing you? (response) Now turn around and hold out the mirror. That's right. I can see your reflection in the mirror. Mirrors are neat things. Mirrors give us reflections of things. Where do we use mirrors? (response)
What's really great about mirrors is that sometimes you can use them to see things that you wouldn't ordinarily get to see. Dentists use them in our mouths so they can see in places where their eyes cannot get to. Mechanics use them sometimes to see under a car where it is difficult to reach. Mirrors give us a reflection of things so we will know what's there even if we can't see it.
Application: The Bible says this about Jesus. Here is a sentence I want you to memorize with me: Jesus is the image of the invisible God. Have the children repeat the previous sentence a couple of times. What that means is that we cannot see God. But if we want to know what God is like, all we have to do is look at the life of Jesus. Jesus' life is like a mirror of God. So sometimes when you wonder what God is like, just remember to look at the mirror of God. And who is the mirror of God? (response) That's right; Jesus is the mirror of God.
Let's Pray: Lord Jesus, when we look at you we see God. You are the image of the invisible God. Amen.
