Exegetical Aim: The comfort in knowing that Christ is building a room for us in his Father’s house.

Props: Hammer and long nails to hold two 2-by-4's together. Your 2-by-4’s should form the shape of the cross once they are put together. But you will not be verbally drawing attention to this. Allow the shape of the cross at the end of the sermon to have only a subtle visual effect.

Lesson: Good morning! (response) I have a few things with me. What is this? (hammer) What do you do with a hammer? (response) How many of you have used a hammer? (response) What were you building? (response) What are these? (nails) What are you suppose to do with these? (response) How do you use the hammer and the nails together? (response)

I have a couple of other things to show you. Pick up the 2-by-4's: I h…