I am 15 years old and looking forward to being a Pastor for my church. And On Sunday I will be speaking for the first time to the Sunday School kids about Moses. Any Suggestions. This Question is to all the Pastors or anyone related in the Ministry.
2007-11-26 04:12:16 · 10 answers · asked by Jonathan K 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Even with hours to speak you won't be able to cover all the ground when it comes to Moses. As you're speaking to children, why not give a very short history of his life (the bulrushes, the burning bush, the parting of the Red Sea, the ten commandments) then conclude by doing what ALL good sermons must do - point to Jesus Christ.
With Moses, that's easy to do with the plague of snakes God sent to the grumbling Israelites (Numbers 21:4-9). God told Moses to make a bronze serpent, put it on a pole, and all who were bitten by the real snakes were to look to that bronze snake and they would not die, but live. Jesus applied that event to himself in John chapater 3 verses 10-15.
If you remember to point to Christ whenever you speak, you will honor the Lord. Blessings.
2007-11-26 04:42:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You can talk about how Moses was not allowed to enter the promised land because of his disobedience to G-d. When the Hebrews had no water, G-d told Moses to strike the rock with his staff once. Moses was impatient after there was no result after the first strike, so he struck the rock again. G-d supplied the water, but was angry at Moses since he had not adhered to G-d's orders. The moral of the story is that the more rightious a person is, the more harshly G-d judges them in this life. It might have not seemed to be a big offence by striking the rock twice, but Moses was such a rightious person that even this indiscretion was enough for G-d to punish him by not allowing him to see the promised land. Moses received his reward in the afterlife. (Better to be punished here on earth than in the afterlife.) It may seem that criminals such as murderers, rapists, and thieves are not punished enough in this life (they are not rightious), but their punishment awaits them in the afterlife.
2007-11-26 12:27:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Is it a sermon, or a talk with the kids during Sunday School?
I suggest you memorize, don't read. Know what you want to say and have it down COLD by Wednesday.
Also, know the information inside and out, and be willing and able to take questions. Kids ask crazy, off the wall questions.
Be willing to say you don't know. Everyone respects a willingness to admit you don't have answers rather than see you making up wrong answers.
When you get nervous . . . and you WILL get nervous. Remember that you probably won't die of nervousness, and that Christ is with you always -- even when you're too nervous to realize it.
Godspeed.
2007-11-26 12:24:58 · answer #3 · answered by jimmeisnerjr 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I once heard a Catholic priest give a sermon on how parents should watch out for who their children call 'hero's'. Way too many children look up to the likes of Paris Hilton, Brittany Spears and the like.
I'm an atheist, but went to this sermon with a friend. It was very poignant and made you think.
2007-11-26 12:21:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I teach Sunday School as well. It's great to also talk about how Moses stuttered, was a murderer, and yet God still used him. Keep up the good work!! :-)
2007-11-26 12:17:27 · answer #5 · answered by Scooterette1! 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
From a delusional point of view, I'd try to find relevant lessons in Moses' life to todays problems. I might consider using his wife as a lesson in tolerance.
From a realistic point of view, I'd have to point out that there is no evidence for any part of the Exodus story from Joseph to journey through the wilderness.
2007-11-26 12:20:55 · answer #6 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Tell them that Moses and the Israelites were in the desert so long because someone dropped a quarter, that's a great ice breaker that Preachers have been using for years. It'll get a good chuckle out of the crowd and the old timers will really get on board. After that you'll have them in the palm of your hand.
2007-11-26 12:17:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
explain to them that not even 2 of every insect would fit on an arc of biblically stipulated dimensions, not to mention feed or waste disposal, and that the story as a whole is mendacity just like the book that contains it, youre welcome.
2007-11-26 12:20:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
just get a good lawyer and try to stay away from young boys...
2007-11-26 12:16:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 6⤋
god bless you and keep up the good work.
2007-11-26 12:15:48 · answer #10 · answered by tom 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋