Object: An aquarium with many fish. (Minnows can be purchased at any bait house.)

Lesson: Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever gone fishing? (Let them answer.) When you were fishing did you wish that you could be under the water to see the fish? It would be a lot easier if you knew where they were and how many were in one spot. I brought some fish with me today so that you could watch them swim around and also listen to a story that I have to tell you. Look at all of the fish in this one aquarium.

There must be hundreds of them. Have you ever tried to count fish swimming or birds when they are flying? (Let them answer.) That's a hard job and sometimes it is almost impossible. They keep moving and…