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The Big Little Word
Children's sermon
Object:
The letters 'I' and 'F' from a game of Scrabble
Have you ever played a word game called Scrabble? The bigger the word the more points that you get. The word I have made today is quite a small word, I wouldn't get very many points! But it is a "BIG" word in many ways. It is a word that we find in our story today.
There were two friends of Jesus that had a brother die and their comment to Jesus was, "IF (hold up the Scrabble letters) you had been here my brother would not have died." (John 11:21) Then later on in the story the other sister repeats, "IF you have been here..."
There were two friends of Jesus that had a brother die and their comment to Jesus was, "IF (hold up the Scrabble letters) you had been here my brother would not have died." (John 11:21) Then later on in the story the other sister repeats, "IF you have been here..."

