Kneeling before Jesus
Children's sermon
Object:
large dominoes
Good morning! I brought some dominoes with me this morning and I want you to help me. What I like to do with dominoes is to line them up and have them just far enough apart so that when I push the end one down, it hits the one next to it and so on until every one of them falls down. Do you like to do this? (Let them answer.) Okay ---- let's do it. (Have the children line up the dominoes as rapidly as possible. To keep this within a reasonable time limit, count out no more than 10 dominoes per child.)
Now, let's see what happens (start the dominoes falling). When one domino falls, it causes the others to fall as well. They are all affected by each other because they are close enough to each other.
When the apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Philippians, he said that Jesus' name is like the power in my hand to push the first domino. His name is so important and strong that everyone would bow down just hearing his name ---- like the dominoes falling from each other's influence.
A long time ago, on this Sunday, the name of Jesus resulted in a parade into the city of Jerusalem. They were so excited to see Jesus that they put their robes on the ground before him, and cut branches from the trees, and they sang a song to Jesus. They worshipped his name. I'm sure they also fell to their knees to worship Jesus on that day.
After all this time, our knees also bend as we kneel to worship Jesus. His name is so important to us that when we hear it, we want to pray to Jesus. Let's do that now: And let's all get on our knees to say this prayer.
Dearest Jesus: We kneel before you and praise your wonderful name. Amen.
Now, let's see what happens (start the dominoes falling). When one domino falls, it causes the others to fall as well. They are all affected by each other because they are close enough to each other.
When the apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Philippians, he said that Jesus' name is like the power in my hand to push the first domino. His name is so important and strong that everyone would bow down just hearing his name ---- like the dominoes falling from each other's influence.
A long time ago, on this Sunday, the name of Jesus resulted in a parade into the city of Jerusalem. They were so excited to see Jesus that they put their robes on the ground before him, and cut branches from the trees, and they sang a song to Jesus. They worshipped his name. I'm sure they also fell to their knees to worship Jesus on that day.
After all this time, our knees also bend as we kneel to worship Jesus. His name is so important to us that when we hear it, we want to pray to Jesus. Let's do that now: And let's all get on our knees to say this prayer.
Dearest Jesus: We kneel before you and praise your wonderful name. Amen.
