Thank you, Jesus
Children's sermon
Object:
the children's voices accompanied by the organ with some loud chords
Good morning (evening), boys and girls. Welcome to our Thanksgiving worship service. We have a wonderful story to share with you. I am not sure if you have heard this one about Jesus or not, but it has a great lesson for all of us.
One day when Jesus was walking close to the border of a country called Samaria he heard ten very sick men calling to him and asking to be healed. They must have heard about Jesus and his power to make sick people well. He told them exactly what to do. They did what he said and they were healed.
You can imagine how happy they were. They all thought that they were going to die and now all ten of them were made well. You can see them jumping up and down, throwing their arms around one another, and just being the happiest people in the whole world. If you were close, you could hear them telling each other how they were going to rush home and tell their wives and children about the great thing that had just happened to them. All of them rushed away except one man.
This man was from a foreign country by the name of Samaria and he did not rush to his family but instead he hurried back to Jesus as fast as he could run to show Jesus that he was well and to thank Jesus for caring about him. All of the way back, he praised God in a very loud voice. When he got near to Jesus, he bowed down and thanked him. He was so happy but he remembered that it was the power of God in Jesus that healed him.
Today is Thanksgiving and we have a lot to be thankful for on this day. I thought we might say, "Thank you, Jesus," and that we would try to do it in the same sort of way that the Samaritan said thank you. Let's all kneel down on the floor and say, "Thank you, Jesus," for our thanksgiving. "Thank you, Jesus, for our food and clothing and homes." Do you think you can do this in a loud voice? Let's practice a couple of times. (have them repeat the prayer after you; have them say it louder and louder -- perhaps you can have the organ play in the background, raising the sound level with each thank you)
All right, now everyone on the floor, and one last time let us say, "Thank you, Jesus, for our food, our clothing, and our homes."
Maybe you will remember today as a day of real Thanksgiving and remember all the good things that God has given you.
Prayer: Thank you, Jesus, for our food and clothing and homes -- and all of our happiness. Amen
One day when Jesus was walking close to the border of a country called Samaria he heard ten very sick men calling to him and asking to be healed. They must have heard about Jesus and his power to make sick people well. He told them exactly what to do. They did what he said and they were healed.
You can imagine how happy they were. They all thought that they were going to die and now all ten of them were made well. You can see them jumping up and down, throwing their arms around one another, and just being the happiest people in the whole world. If you were close, you could hear them telling each other how they were going to rush home and tell their wives and children about the great thing that had just happened to them. All of them rushed away except one man.
This man was from a foreign country by the name of Samaria and he did not rush to his family but instead he hurried back to Jesus as fast as he could run to show Jesus that he was well and to thank Jesus for caring about him. All of the way back, he praised God in a very loud voice. When he got near to Jesus, he bowed down and thanked him. He was so happy but he remembered that it was the power of God in Jesus that healed him.
Today is Thanksgiving and we have a lot to be thankful for on this day. I thought we might say, "Thank you, Jesus," and that we would try to do it in the same sort of way that the Samaritan said thank you. Let's all kneel down on the floor and say, "Thank you, Jesus," for our thanksgiving. "Thank you, Jesus, for our food and clothing and homes." Do you think you can do this in a loud voice? Let's practice a couple of times. (have them repeat the prayer after you; have them say it louder and louder -- perhaps you can have the organ play in the background, raising the sound level with each thank you)
All right, now everyone on the floor, and one last time let us say, "Thank you, Jesus, for our food, our clothing, and our homes."
Maybe you will remember today as a day of real Thanksgiving and remember all the good things that God has given you.
Prayer: Thank you, Jesus, for our food and clothing and homes -- and all of our happiness. Amen
