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Jeremiah 17:19-27

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... to the warning of the "weeping prophet" Jeremiah: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man." The story is told of the man who went into the toy department of a large department store to buy an educational toy for one of his grandchildren. The clerk was recommending a particular toy, and the man asked, "Are you certain that this is an educational toy?" "Oh, yes," replied the clerk, "this toy prepares the child for life in the world. You see, it's a puzzle, and no matter how the child puts it together, it doesn't ...

27. A Time For Miracles

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

King Duncan

... that his younger brother didn't get anything for Christmas, and so they had come there to get the little boy, Jimmy, some skates. He pulled out three dollars and placed them in front of her. Sadly, Elizabeth explained to them that she had sold almost all the toys in the store, and they were out of skates. But as she glanced around the store, she noticed the lone package on the layaway shelf. She walked over and ripped off the wrapping to find that it contained a pair of child's skates! Jimmy reached for ...

28. What Would It Take?

Philippians 3:9-10

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... fun, does it. It's so little that you can't do much with it. But look what happens when I put the sponge toy in water. (Dip in water and allow to expand) Wow! Look at how big it is now. Now you can play with it, or use ... it was really small, but once you put it in water, it grew big enough for us to play with and use. Sometimes our faith is like this sponge toy. Sometimes, we just have a little bit of faith. Maybe we're not sure we believe in God. Maybe we're afraid. Whatever the reason, sometimes we have ...

29. Blue Christmas

Isaiah 40:1-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... closed. The little boy was heartbroken. What was he going to do now? You’ve already guessed, haven’t you? On his dresser he saw his broken toy car. He knew it was the only thing he had to give the Christ child, so he put the car in his pocket and set off for ... a piece of trash like this at Our Lord’s crib?” he said loudly enough for the boy to hear. The usher picked up the toy car and threw it across the church. The little boy was crushed. There was no time for him to retrieve his gift. The organ was ...

30. DisArming Christmas

John 1:6-8, 19-28

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... in letting us feel like we are sitting on top of the world. It has only left us sitting on top of a heap. This Christmas, seriously commit to downsizing your involvement in this arms race. For our children's sake, as well as our own, let us declare that Toys "R"(NOT) Us. 2) Magnify At Christmas we love to sing "Little Jesus Boy." As long as Jesus stays "little Jesus boy," we're safe. Just don't let Jesus grow up. Herod's killing of every child under 2 was also an attempt to prevent Jesus from growing up ...

31. Something Special To Share

1 Thessalonians 5:11

Children's Sermon

Marti Kramer Suddarth

... : Card stock printed with scripture reference and verse Pair of glasses Toothbrush Medicine bottle Toy Book Article of clothing Item of food Today, I’m going to tell you ... let’s talk about things that we do share. Toys are things that we share. If a friend comes over to play, you don’t make that friend bring his or her own toys. While it’s true that the friend might bring one or two toys from home, when you invite that friend over, you share your toys. Books are another good thing to share. If you ...

32. Advent 1

1 Corinthians 1:1-9, Isaiah 63:7--64:12, Mark 13:32-37, Mark 13:1-31

Sermon Aid

E. Carver McGriff

... little boy; Excited about Christmas, The source of all our joy. If I could have one wish tonight, -- Bring back that little boy." Ellen Goodman, writing for The Boston Globe, wrote this: It's only a few days before Christmas and I am wandering the exotic and bewildering aisles of Toys-R-Us waving my magic wand. I wave it over the bar code of a Power Talker Voice Changing Mask. Zap! I pass it by the brow of a virtual pet. Zap! I move onward and upward to a Star Wars gift set. Zap! Zap! This thing in my hand ...

33. The Better Part

Luke 10:38-42

Children's Sermon

B. Kathleen Fannin

... your time?" "Cleaning up my room," Joe offers with a groan. "Well, let's see ..." I pause peering into the box. "I suppose that includes picking up and putting away your toys, so we can use this bag with marbles and such to represent cleaning up your room." I have intentionally chosen heavy toys, and as I place the bag of toys into the basket, it sinks toward the floor -- but the rubber band does not snap. "Are there other things that take your time?" I continue. "Piano lessons," Kristopher answers, "and ...

34. Keep Spinning

1 John 4:7-21

Children's Sermon

Kenneth Mortonson

... to be strengthened and nurtured again. This give and take is what will keep your Christian life moving, as with the spinning disk. Possible Times To Use This Illustration In The Home: On that day when your child doesn't know what to do. Let him or her make this toy and while it is being used in play, you might raise the subject of how we receive from others and then we must give of ourselves to others. This give and take is part of the rhythm of true life. When a child thinks only in terms of receiving ...

35. The Upside Down Cup

Luke 6:17-26

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... goodness. Jesus says it is good for you to cry because tomorrow you will laugh such a strong laugh. If we try to fill our lives with money and fill our lives with food and fill our lives with fun, fun, fun all the time -- nonstop money, food, and toys, toys, toys -- then we won't have time for the more important things in life. Now there's some room in the jar. What are we going to fill it with? Can you tell me what the most important things in life are? Let's hope they answer correctly. (response) What ...

36. Making a House Into a Home

Joshua 24:15

Children's Sermon

R. E. Lybrand

... so we can talk a bit about making a house into a home. There are lots of people who think that to make a house into a nice home, you have to start with an $100,000 house ... and then put into it ... (Put toy furniture into the house) fancy furniture: nice beds, toys, etc.; two televisions; expensive car in the garage...every convenience you can think of. But those things really don't make a house into a home - because some people have all those things and they still aren't happy. To make this house into a ...

37. Priorities

Matthew 16:21-28

Children's Sermon

Brett Blair

... ) What kind of marble is it? Is it a gold marble? (no) Is it a silver marble? (no) What kind of marble is it? (it’s just a marble) It’s a plain old marble. What is it worth? (response) Why is it worth just a few pennies? (response) The Toy: The next thing I have is this. What is this? (response) What does it do? (response) What is it worth? (response) Why is it worth that? (response) Alright, here’s the next thing I have. The Money: What is this? (response) What is it worth? (response) The Cell Phone ...

38. Bringing Back the Shine

Romans 6:6

Children's Sermon

... rained and you forgot all about it and then one day you saw it and it was covered with (let them supply the word "rust") ... Rust, that’s right, rust. It sure is hard to imagine that one day that truck was bright and shiny and just as pretty a toy as you could have had. Now it looks bad, and hardly worth anything. But look what happens when I take the sandpaper that I have here and start to rub the rust. It comes off, and while the paint isn’t there anymore like it once was, the metal is ...

39. Reflection Time

John 1:1-18

Sermon

... ’ house when he was very young: " ‘Merry Christmas’!" my grandmother said, taking me from my father and thrusting my nose against the pine needles (of the Christmas tree). ‘Kris Kringle’s been here. Look what he brought for you.’ It was a toy steam shovel with metal teeth and a ‘string mechanism,’ (so that) the shovel could be lifted into the air and its bottom released to dump ... dirt back onto the ground." Baker writes: "To my grandmother and father and uncles it must have seemed ...

40. Some Assembly Required

Malachi 2:17--3:5

Sermon

... together as it was designed. But we live in an imperfect world - a world still tainted by the fall into original sin. This means that nothing is perfect, so some of the 4,176 pieces you need must be missing. Evidently, this is part of the ritual of assemblying toys. It’s a test of your temper and your resourcefulness when you find you have too many of one part and not enough of another. Four hours later - at two o’clock in the morning - the job is done. The 4,176 pieces which once lay scattered across ...

41. Can You Go Home Again?

Luke 2:3-4

Children's Sermon

Erskine White

... now. We have an expression for this: we say, "You can’t go home again." It means that as you get older and move on in life, you can’t go back and find your old home, your old school, your old friends or toys exactly as you once knew them. You will have changed, the people, places and things you once knew will have changed, and nothing will be quite as you remembered it in your younger years. We see this in the Christmas story, when Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem, where their ...

42. Sharing with Our Brothers

2 Corinthians 8:1-15

Sermon

Ewart E. Turner

... in an Ohio city recently told their pastor of a "first" in the life of their small daughter. She had always hugged her toys to herself. If the little boy of the neighboring poor family moved toward a toy she reacted promptly and pulled the toy to herself. "That’s mine," she would say. Then, one day, on seeing the little boy playing by himself, she took some of her toys to him and they played with them together. In Macedonia long ago the love of Christ brought former antagonists together as brothers: the ...

43. Two Women Of Faith

Luke 1:39-45

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... impressed also. We all thought it would be a superb gift for (name someone that you would give it to.) After dinner last evening (name one of your friends) came over. You'll never guess what he/she had. It was a bigger, better, prettier model of (hold your toy up) this. (Describe details of how the other one was better.) How do you think I felt? How would you feel? Maybe a little jealous? There is a story in the Bible about this very type of thing. Elizabeth was very old and had no child. Finally, after ...

44. A Victory For The Angels

1 Thessalonians 2:1-16

Sermon

King Duncan

... inside a metal reflective oven. Thompson triumphed with her Toffee Trifle Cake, a candied concoction made from Easy-Bake cake mix, instant vanilla pudding and heaps of chocolate toffee. Like the other entries, the prizewinning cake was baked in a pink-purple-and-white toy oven, using little pink-and-purple plastic utensils and cake pans hardly bigger than coasters. Lindsey Thompson earned a $5,000 savings bond and a two-year supply of Easy-Bake cake mixes. Lindsey said she learned to bake when she was 4 ...

45. The Spirit of...Winter?

Luke 1:26-38

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... be called a present from Saint Nicholas (or Santa Claus). Some parents explained this to their children and invited the child to join them in wrapping a toy. That toy was either something purchased for that purpose of giving to someone less fortunate, at least partly with the child's allowance, or else a toy that the child has outgrown but that's still serviceable. That toy could also be an outgrown but not shabby item of the child's clothing, or a package of food. Part of the St. Nicholas ritual was then ...

46. More!!!

Isaiah 11:1-16

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... shyness. A quick (as parently-possible) tour through the downtown New York City kid magnets of FAO Schwartz and Times Square's Toys'R'Us sent all 3 of our youngsters into "get me," "gimme," and "gotta-have-it" overload. The Game Cubes all waiting ... " (verse 9). Who had thought to ask for such a thing? And yet this is what God had to give! Yet like our kids wandering though Toys'R'Us in late November, Israel had to wait. The world had to wait. God's activity in the world was not diminished, the divine plan ...

47. Want to Be Happy?

Matthew 3:13-17

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... And Dwelt Among Us . . . Coming Alive to the Word-Become-Flesh: A week before Christmas a man in his sixties went into a big toy shop and began looking around at the various displays. He returned several times to a counter that featured a little train set. He was ... constantly resetting us back to our emotional baseline.” Even though we’re convinced that the “next big thing” or the next big toy will bring us the joy we’ve been looking for, it never will. Here is Gilbert’s summary: When we have an ...

48. Finding a Great Treasure

Matthew 13:44-46

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... a fast food “Happy Meal”-type promotion Boys and girls, we all like to get something free. Like when we get a hamburger at our favorite fast food place and they give us a free toy. [Describe the toy.] Your parents and grandparents might think back to when they were children and how they looked forward to prizes that came with such products as Cracker Jacks. It’s nice to get a free bonus when we buy candy or cereal or a hamburger. It’s nice to look forward ...

49. Christ’s Twin

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

King Duncan

... many times before. Being humble does not mean being a doormat and letting people walk all over you. Nor does it mean going around with a sad-sack expression on your face. It interests me that a few years back the Fisher‑Price toy company came out with a toy donkey fashioned after Eeyore, the gloomy, somewhat depressed donkey from Winnie the Pooh. Some of you who have read Winnie the Pooh to your children or grandchildren may remember that Eeyore lives his life with his head down and his tail bedraggled ...

50. Terminator 3

Acts 9:1-20

Sermon

Leonard Sweet

... who could not even stand up for his Lord on the night he was imprisoned, is now called on to watch over all members of the faith, guiding them and guarding them into the future. Part of what children found so entrancing about the little toy "transformers" is that the robot-aliens usually changed from being body-shaped creatures into some kind of vehicle. Their transformation was usually into some weapon-like transport - a tank, a plane, a car - which was capable of doing all sorts of things they could not ...

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