Two of the greatest times we have to communicate the power of the gospel in the lives our kids are weeks leading up to Christmas and Easter. Unfortunately both are hijacked by commercialism and fairy tales. I am not a hater of the Easter bunny and the Elf on the shelf, but I do get […]
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– Book of Loneliness What to do when you feel alone. Key Point – God is always with us! Memory Verse – Heb. 13:5 “I will never leave you; I will never forget you.” (NCV) Skit – To have friends you must be friendly shy kid gets mad at God but he won’t talk
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Jesus doesn’t need our help, he’s pretty famous. He needs humble servants to live in a way that makes famous people want what they can’t have. We need to lose ourselves in spreading His fame not obsessing over how our fame can help Him out. Through our desire for personal fame we have made Jesus
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There are a few sayings in christianese (the language Christians speak) that grate at me. One of those is the saying “Make Jesus Famous.” It may just be a me thing. Some times God allows me to be frustrated with something because He is after something in me. It seems that many people in
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My friends over at Hillsong are giving away a curriculum series they came up with for their Kidsong conference (a part of the wider Hillsong Conference), where they presented the theme of iPromise. A nine part series on the promises found in the word of God for our kids. We have used Hillsong curriculum as a summer curriculum for a
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Book of Repentance What is Repentance- How to tell God your sorry Key Point – Repentance means change! Memory Verse – 2 Corinthians 7:10 “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation…” Skit – Kids playing with kickball one kid hit another says he’s sorry doesn’t mean is another kid does the same but apologizes
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Earlier this year I read Eric Mataxis’ book on Bonhoeffer. One of the quotes from that book that always stands out to me is when he says “he (Bohoeffer)often said that if one couldn’t communicate the most profound ideas about God and the Bible to child something was amiss.” I think there is a
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Haven’t done a YouTube Friday in while but this is amazing. This is how I feel when I ride in the car with my friend Mike Servello. Enjoy. [youtube id=”Q5mHPo2yDG8″]
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Key Point – God hates pride – (What is pride? – Trusting something more than you trust Jesus.) Memory Verse – Proverbs 29:23 23 Pride will ruin people, but those who are humble will be honored.(NCV) God humbles the proud and gives grace to the humble.
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My good friend Brian Dollar is launching his epic deal on ONLY144.com this week, and it’s awesome. If you’re into saving money and you’re looking for some great Children’s Ministry Curriculum and Resources, don’t miss this one. Click here to check it out.
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