God is alive
Children's sermon
Object:
some fall leaves
Good morning, boys and girls. I brought some beautiful autumn
leaves with me this morning. How many of you have gone out
sometime this fall and collected leaves like mine? (Let them
answer.) I want to tell you a story about a little girl your age
who loved to rake leaves in piles and jump in them. She also
liked to collect beautiful leaves like these. Do any of you like
to jump into leaf piles or collect leaves? (Let them answer.) It
was a nice autumn weekend. The girl and her parents and older
brother and sister went outdoors to rake leaves. They raked most
of the afternoon. As they worked, the little girl made a leaf
house. She used leaves to make rooms and doorways in her house.
She even brought some of her stuffed animals outside and made
rooms in her house for them. When all the raking was nearly
finished, and the leaves were put into bags, finally it was time
to rake up the girl's leaf house. She felt kind of bad because
her leaf house was disappearing, but that's what happens when you
play with leaves. If the rakes don't pick up the leaves, the wind
blows them away.
When she went into her house with her family, she asked her mother why leaves fall from the trees in the autumn. Her mother told her that when the leaves fall from the trees they are dead. They have no life. They've lived their lives in the spring and summer as green leaves. But when the cold weather comes they die, turn colors and fall from their trees.
This story about leaves dying and falling from their trees reminds me of this morning's lesson. The lesson tells us something about God's word that is opposite these leaves. Our lesson says that the word of God is living and active. That means that God's word is like a green leaf. A green leaf is alive, too. Because we know that God's word is alive and active we know God is with us.
The next time you go out and play in the autumn leaves, remember that the leaves are dead. They will never come back to life. Remember, too, that God's word is living and active. God's word is not dead. God's word is alive. God is with us.
When she went into her house with her family, she asked her mother why leaves fall from the trees in the autumn. Her mother told her that when the leaves fall from the trees they are dead. They have no life. They've lived their lives in the spring and summer as green leaves. But when the cold weather comes they die, turn colors and fall from their trees.
This story about leaves dying and falling from their trees reminds me of this morning's lesson. The lesson tells us something about God's word that is opposite these leaves. Our lesson says that the word of God is living and active. That means that God's word is like a green leaf. A green leaf is alive, too. Because we know that God's word is alive and active we know God is with us.
The next time you go out and play in the autumn leaves, remember that the leaves are dead. They will never come back to life. Remember, too, that God's word is living and active. God's word is not dead. God's word is alive. God is with us.
