Together
Children's sermon
Ants Work Best Together
31 Object Lessons from Nature
Object:
one ant farm with ants and one without ants
Scripture: Matthew 6:19-20
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Material: one ant farm with ants and one without ants
I brought my friendly ants again this week! I think they are good Sunday school teachers, don't you? They have already taught us that we can get a lot done if we just keep doing one little bit at a time. And they taught us that we can store up treasure in heaven. I wonder what we can learn from them today? (look at the ants).
Hmmmm. I was wondering. What would happen if I took one of these little ants out of here and put him in an ant farm all alone? (open the ant farm and use a stick to move one ant from the community farm to the other farm) Would he be able to dig long tunnels? (point out some tunnels in the community ant farm and then look at the one with just one ant, then shake your head sadly)
Would he be able to form big piles of sand? (indicate the piles of sand at the top of the community farm, then look at the other farm and shake your head sadly, again)
Would one little ant, all alone, be able to store up treasures in his tunnels like these little fellows have? No, I don't think so. One little ant all alone might be able to dig a short tunnel ... and pile up a little hill of sand ... and store a little food. But God made it so that ants work best when they work together.
He made us that way, too. He wants us to worship together, to learn together, and to pray together ... just like we are doing in church this morning. He doesn't want any of us to be like a little ant, all alone.
You know something else? Jesus says that we get together because we love him; he is there, too.
Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal; but store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Material: one ant farm with ants and one without ants
I brought my friendly ants again this week! I think they are good Sunday school teachers, don't you? They have already taught us that we can get a lot done if we just keep doing one little bit at a time. And they taught us that we can store up treasure in heaven. I wonder what we can learn from them today? (look at the ants).
Hmmmm. I was wondering. What would happen if I took one of these little ants out of here and put him in an ant farm all alone? (open the ant farm and use a stick to move one ant from the community farm to the other farm) Would he be able to dig long tunnels? (point out some tunnels in the community ant farm and then look at the one with just one ant, then shake your head sadly)
Would he be able to form big piles of sand? (indicate the piles of sand at the top of the community farm, then look at the other farm and shake your head sadly, again)
Would one little ant, all alone, be able to store up treasures in his tunnels like these little fellows have? No, I don't think so. One little ant all alone might be able to dig a short tunnel ... and pile up a little hill of sand ... and store a little food. But God made it so that ants work best when they work together.
He made us that way, too. He wants us to worship together, to learn together, and to pray together ... just like we are doing in church this morning. He doesn't want any of us to be like a little ant, all alone.
You know something else? Jesus says that we get together because we love him; he is there, too.
