Take Care Of Your Wagon
Children's sermon
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Exegetical Aim: If you take care of your toys today you will be entrusted with greater things tomorrow. Stewardship is a sign of character. Key verses: 10--11.
Props: A child's red wagon or a tricycle or a small bike.
Lesson: The children should gather around the wagon. Good morning! (response) How many of you would like to drive your mom's or dad's car? (response) Where would you go if you could drive the car? (response) When you get a little older, you might be able to do that, but first you have do something for me. Lay your hands on the wagon: If you take care of this wagon - I mean really take good care of it - then you can drive the car. Pause. Do you know why I am saying that? (response)
I am saying that because what you do now is an indication of the kind of person you will be when you grow up. If you tear up your wagon and your tricycle and your bicycle, it means you will probably tear up the family car. Your mom and dad need to know they can trust you. They need to know that you will take care of things they give you today before they will allow you to drive something as important as the family car.
Application: Jesus said something just like this. He said, "Whoever can be trusted with little things indicate the wagon by taking hold of it can be trusted with ..." What? (big things) That's right. That's exactly what Jesus said: "Whoever can be trusted with little things can be trusted with big things." It's not only true with our wagons and cars; it's true of life as well. If you share your toys now, then you will probably be a generous and giving person when you grow up. If you love your brother and your sister and your friends, then you will probably be a good husband or wife when you grow up. The way we behave now is a strong indication of who we will be when get older. Take care of your toys hold the wagon again and one day you'll drive the family car!
Let's Pray: Lord, help us. We know that we need to take care of the little things, before you will trust us with big things. Amen.
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Proper 20
1 Timothy 2:1--7
Mediating The Lesson
Exegetical Aim: To show that there is one God, and one mediator between God and man.
Props: One child with whom you have discussed beforehand that he/she is to be a mediator.
Lesson: Place all of the children together, except for the one child. The one child needs to sit by you. Don't say anything at all to the other children. You will whisper instructions to the mediator who will then relay them to the children.
1. Whisper: Please sit quietly.
2. Whisper: Would you like to play a game? (response)
3. Whisper: We are playing a game called Mediation.
4. Whisper: Guess what "mediation" means? (response) As the children guess, only whisper a yes or no to the child. He/she in turn will give your answer to the children. Give them some time to define the term. If they need help, whisper to the mediator: We are playing the game right now.
Application: Now I will talk for a while. How do you like the game? (response) I didn't say a word to you directly, but you still knew exactly what I said because [child's name] was very good at telling you what I said. That's what a mediator is. Someone who works between us.
Did you know that Jesus was a mediator? He was a mediator between God and ... who? (us) Jesus spoke to us about who God is. Although we can't see God, we know what he wants because Jesus tells us. For the older children you might add: Let me ask you a question. What was the only way for you to know what I was saying? (through [Child's name]) Now, what's the only way to know what God is saying to us? (through Jesus) So always look to Jesus to know God's will. We can never go wrong if we do what Jesus, our mediator to God, tells us.
Let's Pray: Dear God, thank you for Jesus who is our mediator, and who shows us the way to you. In his name we pray. Amen.
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Props: A child's red wagon or a tricycle or a small bike.
Lesson: The children should gather around the wagon. Good morning! (response) How many of you would like to drive your mom's or dad's car? (response) Where would you go if you could drive the car? (response) When you get a little older, you might be able to do that, but first you have do something for me. Lay your hands on the wagon: If you take care of this wagon - I mean really take good care of it - then you can drive the car. Pause. Do you know why I am saying that? (response)
I am saying that because what you do now is an indication of the kind of person you will be when you grow up. If you tear up your wagon and your tricycle and your bicycle, it means you will probably tear up the family car. Your mom and dad need to know they can trust you. They need to know that you will take care of things they give you today before they will allow you to drive something as important as the family car.
Application: Jesus said something just like this. He said, "Whoever can be trusted with little things indicate the wagon by taking hold of it can be trusted with ..." What? (big things) That's right. That's exactly what Jesus said: "Whoever can be trusted with little things can be trusted with big things." It's not only true with our wagons and cars; it's true of life as well. If you share your toys now, then you will probably be a generous and giving person when you grow up. If you love your brother and your sister and your friends, then you will probably be a good husband or wife when you grow up. The way we behave now is a strong indication of who we will be when get older. Take care of your toys hold the wagon again and one day you'll drive the family car!
Let's Pray: Lord, help us. We know that we need to take care of the little things, before you will trust us with big things. Amen.
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Proper 20
1 Timothy 2:1--7
Mediating The Lesson
Exegetical Aim: To show that there is one God, and one mediator between God and man.
Props: One child with whom you have discussed beforehand that he/she is to be a mediator.
Lesson: Place all of the children together, except for the one child. The one child needs to sit by you. Don't say anything at all to the other children. You will whisper instructions to the mediator who will then relay them to the children.
1. Whisper: Please sit quietly.
2. Whisper: Would you like to play a game? (response)
3. Whisper: We are playing a game called Mediation.
4. Whisper: Guess what "mediation" means? (response) As the children guess, only whisper a yes or no to the child. He/she in turn will give your answer to the children. Give them some time to define the term. If they need help, whisper to the mediator: We are playing the game right now.
Application: Now I will talk for a while. How do you like the game? (response) I didn't say a word to you directly, but you still knew exactly what I said because [child's name] was very good at telling you what I said. That's what a mediator is. Someone who works between us.
Did you know that Jesus was a mediator? He was a mediator between God and ... who? (us) Jesus spoke to us about who God is. Although we can't see God, we know what he wants because Jesus tells us. For the older children you might add: Let me ask you a question. What was the only way for you to know what I was saying? (through [Child's name]) Now, what's the only way to know what God is saying to us? (through Jesus) So always look to Jesus to know God's will. We can never go wrong if we do what Jesus, our mediator to God, tells us.
Let's Pray: Dear God, thank you for Jesus who is our mediator, and who shows us the way to you. In his name we pray. Amen.
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