The Gift of Giving
A Paper Tearing Children's Sermon
(Luke 6:38 and Galatians 5:22-23)
Props: The items you will need are a handful of pennies that you are willing to loose, a letter size piece of paper, and a pair of scissors.
Tell the story:
Many of us have been taught to work to receive the things we want and to save the things we've got only to collect more and more things. So, when you first become a Christian you may not want to give away the good things that God gives you.
(Ask:) If you give away all the things you have, will you eventually run out of them? Hmmm, lets try something with this money that the world has to give. Who would like some money? (Take your handful of pennies and ask for volunteers to receive the pennies. Give away one penny to each person until they are all gone. Now have everyone that has the pennies give the penny away to someone who doesn't have a penny.)
Now I don't have any pennies left and I know some of you who received the pennies really didn't like giving that penny away did you? But you know what, God gives us spiritual gifts and he wants us to give them away too. When you give away the things God has given you, he will bless it and work miracles with it.
Look at this piece of paper (Show the paper). How many corners do you see? If I tear this paper, will I have more or less? Well, Gods Gifts for giving are like these four corners. (Cut a large corner off the paper and give it away.) When I give away one corner from this paper, lets count how many corners I have now. Wow! Now that I gave away one corner I now have 5 corners. (Now cut a second corner away from the paper) And now when I give away another corner I have 6 corners. And look at this, the first corner I gave away is not just one corner but three and the second corner is three. That is the way it is when God gives us things to give away. He multiples his blessing on your giving and gives more than you give away just as when I gave away one corner and became three. God always supplies my needs and because I gave away the things that God wanted me to give away, he blesses the giving and multiplies my gift so that I have more to give!
The Bible says that the Fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. So as God gives you love, and brings you joy, or any of the other parts of the Fruit of the Spirit, be sure and give the same to everyone you meet!
Jesus said, "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to
you" Luke 6:38.
Copyright 2000 Donald Burns
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