Top 3 Things God Wants Us To Do
Main Idea: God wants us to be in relationship with Him, with other believers, and reaching out in love to the world.
Scripture Reference: Ephesians 1:18-19, 3:18-19, 5:15-16
Categories: Love, Relationship with God, Relationship with Others, Lectionary Series B, Ascension
Supplies: Couch Cushion, picture of friend and a Box Brownie Mix
Note: The couch cushion represents a place where I spend time reading the Bible and praying. The Brownie Mix represents something I would do to show God’s love to someone who doesn’t know Him. Personalize these for yourself.
Hold up three fingers. There are three things that God wants us to do. (Hold up one finger) Here’s the first. (Hold up the couch cushion) God wants us to meet with Him. This is the cushion on my favorite chair where I sit to pray, read the Bible and think about God. God wants us to get to know Him more. And we can do this anywhere. Where is your favorite place to meet with God? (Let kids share) Number one is meet with God.
Number two thing, God wants us to have good friends. (Show picture of Sue) This is my good friend Sue. She lives far away in New York. But we both love Jesus and we love to laugh and talk and we pray for each other. What do you do with your good friends? (Let kids share) God loves for us to have good friends.
(Hold up three fingers) And the number three thing God wants, is for us to invite people to get to know God. People can get to know God when we show love to them. (Show Brownie Mix) I like to cook and bake. I can show love to others who don’t know God is great, by baking and giving them brownies.
What are the three things God wants us to do?
Number one. (Hold up one finger and the cushion) Meet with Him.
Number two. (Hold up two fingers and the picture) Have good friends.
Number three. (Hold up three fingers and the Brownie Mix) Invite people to get to know our great God by showing love to them.
Can you do all of these? Yes you can, with God you can, because God is amazing and powerful and great!
Here we go, Cher! This children’s message is a great start to our little project. Here’s praying that God blesses it and some other folks show up!