Something Special Inside
Themes: Loving God; David and Goliath; trusting God
Scripture: Matthew 22:37
Need: a rock
Sermon
Good morning, children. Today, I have with me a rock. (let the children pass the rock around and look at it) There’s nothing really special about a rock. It’s just a rock.
There is a story in the Bible about David and five smooth rocks. The king of Israel had went to war. There was a giant man in the Philistine army. Everyday, he came out and challenged someone from the king’s army to fight him. They were all afraid because he was so big. David came there bringing some food for his brothers who were a part of the army. When David saw the man, he offered to fight him, but everyone made fun of him and said he couldn’t do it. The king finally decided to let David try, but gave him his armor. David didn’t know how to use armor. As a shepherd, David was used to his sling and staff for fighting off wild animals who tried to get his sheep. Instead, David went down to the creek and got five smooth stones. With a stone and his sling, he defeated the giant man.
David had something the other soldiers didn’t. David loved and trusted God to help him. Our verse today says something about how we should love God. (read or have a child read Matthew 22:37) Our verse tells us to love God with our feelings, with the things we do, and the things we think. David loved God this way. He wasn’t afraid because he trusted God, and knew God would help him.
Prayer
Dear God, help us to love you with the way we feel, the things we do, and the things we think. Amen.