Wonderful, Weird Things To Believe
Children's sermon
Object:
Make a large question mark and a large exclamation point imprinted on a valentine.
“Thomas answered Him, 'my Lord and my God!'”(v. 28)
Good morning children,
Did you know it is still Easter? Yes it is. So Happy Easter! (to the congregation)
Happy Easter! (get a response) It is still the Easter season for the fifty days following Easter Sunday. Yaaay!
When Jesus was raised from the dead on Easter Sunday, many people probably thought it was weird, if not impossible. People don't just rise from the dead. Well, one disciple, Thomas, was absent from the room where the disciples had gathered. He missed seeing Jesus alive.
Later, Thomas was told by the disciples what they had seen and experienced – a living, alive, wonderful Jesus. But Thomas said, “I doubt it. Unless I see the nail prints in his hands and side I will not believe.” So Thomas got the nickname, Doubting Thomas. Believing people rise from the dead – that was too weird for him!
Children, are there weird, but wonderful things you can't see, but believe they are real?
Do you believe air is real? (children respond)
Do you believe laser beams are real? (children respond)
Do you believe gravity is real, even though you cannot see it? (children respond)
Do you believe love is real? (trust the children to add their own examples)
Our lives are like this valentine. (show valentine) Notice the question mark.
Thomas the Doubter, is the question mark. But Thomas doesn't stay that way.
When Jesus appears to Thomas, Thomas is overcome with joy. He shouts, “my Lord and my God!”Thomas becomes the exclamation point! He believes, a weird, but wonderful thing. As God loves us, we may have question marks in our lives. That's okay. That's even good. God loves us in our doubts. Someone said doubts are like “ants in the pants.” They keep us moving, thinking, growing and best of all believing. Even doubts can lead us to faith.
Prayer: Dear Jesus you rose from the dead. That is weird, but wonderful.
Help us to know it's okay to doubt at times. But most of all, help us to always believe.
Amen.
Good morning children,
Did you know it is still Easter? Yes it is. So Happy Easter! (to the congregation)
Happy Easter! (get a response) It is still the Easter season for the fifty days following Easter Sunday. Yaaay!
When Jesus was raised from the dead on Easter Sunday, many people probably thought it was weird, if not impossible. People don't just rise from the dead. Well, one disciple, Thomas, was absent from the room where the disciples had gathered. He missed seeing Jesus alive.
Later, Thomas was told by the disciples what they had seen and experienced – a living, alive, wonderful Jesus. But Thomas said, “I doubt it. Unless I see the nail prints in his hands and side I will not believe.” So Thomas got the nickname, Doubting Thomas. Believing people rise from the dead – that was too weird for him!
Children, are there weird, but wonderful things you can't see, but believe they are real?
Do you believe air is real? (children respond)
Do you believe laser beams are real? (children respond)
Do you believe gravity is real, even though you cannot see it? (children respond)
Do you believe love is real? (trust the children to add their own examples)
Our lives are like this valentine. (show valentine) Notice the question mark.
Thomas the Doubter, is the question mark. But Thomas doesn't stay that way.
When Jesus appears to Thomas, Thomas is overcome with joy. He shouts, “my Lord and my God!”Thomas becomes the exclamation point! He believes, a weird, but wonderful thing. As God loves us, we may have question marks in our lives. That's okay. That's even good. God loves us in our doubts. Someone said doubts are like “ants in the pants.” They keep us moving, thinking, growing and best of all believing. Even doubts can lead us to faith.
Prayer: Dear Jesus you rose from the dead. That is weird, but wonderful.
Help us to know it's okay to doubt at times. But most of all, help us to always believe.
Amen.
