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Giving with Nothing Gained
Children's sermon
Object:
a "Favor Chart" on cardboard (The chart is optional. If you decide not to use it, just vary the lesson accordingly.)
First Thoughts: As we revisit this story about Jesus welcoming children, we can spend some time reflecting on the very nature of childhood. Children are major consumers of our time and energy (and resources!). We invest in them not because we're getting something out of it, at least not immediately, but because we see in them an intrinsic value, an intrinsic worthiness. Perhaps that is what Jesus is teaching us about the nature of our relationship with God.
