Happiness Is Finding The Lost
Children's sermon
The Giant Book Of Children's Sermons
Matthew To Revelation
Object: a coin
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever lost some money? (let them answer) Was it a lot of money? (let them answer) I think that people really are upset when they lose money, because it is usually money that was needed to spend for food, or clothes, or maybe a gift for somebody that they loved. Money is very important to all of us because we use it to buy the things that we need. Our fathers and mothers work very hard for their money and, if they lose it, they usually hunt for it.
How many of you have ever hunted for money? (let them answer) Did you find it? (let them answer) If you found it, I want you to remember if it made you happy? I know the answer to that question, because I have lost money and then found it, and it made me very happy.
Jesus knows how important money can be to all of us, and he told a story about a woman who lost some money, to show us how important people are to God. He said that when a woman lost some money, she hunted all day and night until she found it, and then when she found it, she celebrated by inviting all of her friends in to her home.
Jesus said that this is the way that God feels about people who become lost from him. He is sad that he lost them, but when he finds them he has a great celebration. Jesus did not mean that he forgot where he put one of us. Jesus did not mean that he dropped one of us in another country and did not bring us back home. Jesus talks about people being lost when they forget to worship him or decide that they want to be their own gods or when they hate others instead of loving people the way they were taught. These are the lost people, and God is very sad when he loses people.
If you would decide to stop coming to Sunday church school and church, or if you started to live differently by cheating your friends and lying to your parents, then God would think that you were lost from him. That would make him very sad. But if you also remembered what God had taught you, and decided that you wanted to be forgiven, and you asked God to be with you, then you would know how happy it made him feel to find you again. That is the thing that makes God the happiest: finding his children and bringing them back home to live with him and Jesus.
The next time that you lose a coin or any amount of money, and you feel bad, remember how bad God feels when he loses a person; but then when you find your money you will also know how much God loves bringing back the people who were lost.
Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever lost some money? (let them answer) Was it a lot of money? (let them answer) I think that people really are upset when they lose money, because it is usually money that was needed to spend for food, or clothes, or maybe a gift for somebody that they loved. Money is very important to all of us because we use it to buy the things that we need. Our fathers and mothers work very hard for their money and, if they lose it, they usually hunt for it.
How many of you have ever hunted for money? (let them answer) Did you find it? (let them answer) If you found it, I want you to remember if it made you happy? I know the answer to that question, because I have lost money and then found it, and it made me very happy.
Jesus knows how important money can be to all of us, and he told a story about a woman who lost some money, to show us how important people are to God. He said that when a woman lost some money, she hunted all day and night until she found it, and then when she found it, she celebrated by inviting all of her friends in to her home.
Jesus said that this is the way that God feels about people who become lost from him. He is sad that he lost them, but when he finds them he has a great celebration. Jesus did not mean that he forgot where he put one of us. Jesus did not mean that he dropped one of us in another country and did not bring us back home. Jesus talks about people being lost when they forget to worship him or decide that they want to be their own gods or when they hate others instead of loving people the way they were taught. These are the lost people, and God is very sad when he loses people.
If you would decide to stop coming to Sunday church school and church, or if you started to live differently by cheating your friends and lying to your parents, then God would think that you were lost from him. That would make him very sad. But if you also remembered what God had taught you, and decided that you wanted to be forgiven, and you asked God to be with you, then you would know how happy it made him feel to find you again. That is the thing that makes God the happiest: finding his children and bringing them back home to live with him and Jesus.
The next time that you lose a coin or any amount of money, and you feel bad, remember how bad God feels when he loses a person; but then when you find your money you will also know how much God loves bringing back the people who were lost.
