Introduction
Let me begin with a discipleship question: how will you follow Jesus in prayer and dependence on God this week?
Main Points
In this lesson shaped by Calvary Boise's teaching on KIDS TIME: October 7, 2020, Christ invites us to receive truth with humility, practice repentance, and walk in faithful obedience.
Life in the Church
All right guys so second corinthians chapter 5 verse 17 says this therefore if anyone is in christ he is a new creation the. Old has passed away behold the new has come it's an awesome verse and I want you to take it and store it away.
- For just a moment because it's given me an idea for a story that it wrote so bear with me for a little story.
- Time with pastorette all right as we go I'll have some questions for you to answer and maybe some fill in the blanks so.
- Let's get started once upon a time and a land far away although not too far there was a little boy he had three.
- Brothers a mom and a dad do you guys have any brothers or sisters nice their family wasn't rich but they had what they.
Needed and the boy was pretty happy over time however the boy's parents started fighting a lot and then they separated and got a. Divorce this made the boy feel you fill in the blame sad mad upset yeah something like that have you guys ever gone through.
Prayer and Dependence
Can we do for somebody like that somebody who doesn't know god yeah hopefully we pray for them we show them kindness and love. We talk to them about jesus we invite them to church there are lots of things we can do but I hope you think.
- About that question so that as you meet those people in your life you know what to do as the boy got older he.
- Became proud and began to believe that his way of thinking about the world was the best way it bothered him when others said.
- That the way he was living wasn't right or that they knew something true that he didn't so he'd make fun of those people.
- He'd look down on them or argue with them he went on deciding right and wrong for himself who do you think should be.
Able to decide what is right or wrong for us yeah hopefully you know it's not ourselves right we tend to be terrible judges. Of right and wrong for ourself instead we should look to god who created us he's the one who gets to decide what is.
Faith and Obedience
Man heard that his best friend was going to church what a silly thing to do the boy thought why would anybody in their. Right mind go to church or read the bible he decided to launch an investigation what about you guys do you go to church.
- Do you read the bible I hope you do and I hope you realize it's not silly at first he thought he'd prove that.
- All of this stuff was just nonsense but the more he read and the more he studied the more it felt like something in.
- His heart was changing the more he learned about jesus the more he wanted to know jesus do you feel like you know jesus.
- Do you enjoy learning about jesus I hope you do god showed the boy just how wrong he'd been the way he looked at.
The world was flipped upside down and the next thing you know the boy found himself at a church being invited to make jesus. His lord and savior he accepted and he was baptized and became a follower of jesus have any of you been baptized before it's.
Hope in Suffering
Of him were the same but according to god's word he was something new he was made new because of his relationship with jesus. That had transformed him alright and now it's your time to take a guess the boy's name from the story what do you think.
- What's the name of the boy leonardo no I'm just kidding it was rhett that's my story or at least part of my story.
- And I wanted to share it with you hopefully to be an encouragement maybe just so you get to know me a little bit.
- Better but also to tell you that I am so excited to know that each of you has your own story to tell each.
- Of you will be able to bless and encourage others as you share about what god has done in your life and how god.
Has transformed you and made you a new creation in christ that's going to be it for this week I hope that at home. You guys will talk about what it looks like to live as those new creations I hope you'll share your stories with each other.
Conclusion
We return to the opening teaching: discipleship is not just information, it is transformation through faith and obedience to Jesus. If we receive His Word and walk it out, He will shape us into people who endure and bear fruit.
Lord Jesus, help me hear Your Word, obey it with faith, and grow as Your disciple. Amen.
Conclusion
We return to the opening teaching: discipleship is not just information, it is transformation through faith and obedience to Jesus. If we receive His Word and walk it out, He will shape us into people who endure and bear fruit.
Closing Prayer
Lord Jesus, help me hear Your Word, obey it with faith, and grow as Your disciple. Amen.