Concept: We can spray hair spray on our hair to make it behave and do what it's supposed to do, but we have to make ourselves behave by making good decisions and doing what is right.
Preparation: A container of hair spray.
Does anyone know what this is? (Hold up hair spray. Children respond.) It's hair spray. What do you do with hair spray? (Children respond.) You spray it all over your hair and...
Text: Psalm 119:57-58 - You are my portion, O Lord; I have promised to obey your words. I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise.
Materials: A picture of a rainbow.
Message: Can you think of some promises you have made to someone? Perhaps you promised to keep a secret that your friend told you. Or maybe you promised to go and play at someone's house ...
Object: Flashlight, Sheet of black construction paper (optional), Card stock printed with scripture reference and verse.
(Hold up the flashlight.) What is this? (Allow the children to answer.) That’s right. It’s a flashlight. A flashlight uses batteries and a small light bulb to create a light, like this. (Shine flashlight. Shine it on the construction paper if there is too much light to see the ...
Object: Tiny Bibles or Bible stickers
Lesson: Thy word is a lamp to my feet.
Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever been in a really dark place? Did you think it was scary? What do you like to have with you when you know you are going into dark places? (Responses -- light, flashlight, candle, and so forth.)
We have it very easy now, don't we? We have lights most places so that we don't hav...
Concept: We need to do what is right simply because it's the right thing do, not just to stay out of trouble.
Preparation: None.
There are many ways to tell if you're growing up. One way is to measure how tall you've gotten. Another more important way is to see what kind of decisions and choices you are making and how you are behaving.
Let me ask you a question. What is a rule? (Children respon...
Concept: The more we "cover" ourselves with God's word, the more protection we have against temptation to do wrong.
Preparation: At least one bottle of sunscreen or suntan lotion with the SPF plainly visible. Several bottles with differing SPF's would be helpful.
Do you know what this stuff is? (Children respond.) It's sunscreen. We used to call this suntan lotion, but now we don't care so much ...
Object: Candy hearts (may need to be censored!)
Good morning, boys and girls. Do you know what a tradition is? (Responses -- may be interesting!) A tradition is a story or a custom that is passed from generation to generation, usually without being written down. For example, your grandfather or great-grandfather might have always done something special at people's birthdays and the family adopted...
Mt 15:8 · Ps 119:171; 143:3 · Rom 3:13 · Isa 6:5 · 1 Pet 3:10
Children's Sermon
Robert B. Lantz
Object: Lips stickers
Good morning, boys and girls. I'm thinking of an external part of the human body that you use all the time, whether you are walking, standing still, sitting down, awake or asleep. Can anyone guess which part of the body I have in mind? (Responses -- Allow eight or ten. If they have not said mouth or lips, you can give them a couple of clues.) I'm using them right now. Eyes? ...
Object: Magnetic compasses Good morning, boys and girls. Boys and girls, I have an instrument in my hand which will always tell me the same truth no matter where I am on the earth. Can anybody guess what it is? (Response -- Someone should get it.) This is a magnetic compass. It will always point to magnetic north, even if I am away down in South America, or Australia, or New Zealand. I might be on...