Be A Servant
Posted by: Buffalo Dream Center
Topic: Mission Possible -Love God
Verse: Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:39
Props:
2 puzzles
Mystery Box with items in
Instructions:
A head of time hide one puzzle piece from each puzzle. Announce that we are going to have a race to see who can put the puzzles together the fastest. Have 1 girl and 1 boy come to the front to put the puzzle together. On "go" they begin. Neither person can finish their puzzle because they are missing a piece.
Discussion:
Introduction:
-Who here would like to be a great person?
-I mean you want to do something really great.
-You want to be famous
-You want a lot of people to look up to you.
-You want to be important.
-You want everyone to love you
-Jesus disciples (followers) wanted the same thing.
-Jesus told them the secret to being great, famous, and important
-Jesus said, "If you desire to be first (great, famous and important) then you must be a servant of all." (Mark 10:44)
What is a Servant?
-A servant is someone who serves and helps people.
-A servant is someone who put everyone else before themselves
A Servant Fills Empty Spaces
Point:
These puzzles remind me of something. There are lots of people in the world with empty spaces in their lives. They are lonely, sad, and they feel like nobody cares about them. If we want to be important, great, and important then we are going to fill those empty spaces in people's lives. We are going to look for ways to serve and help others.
Story of Paul
Paul was a missionary. He went around preaching about Jesus. This made some of the Jewish leaders very angry. They had him arrested. He had to go to trial several times. Paul asked to be allowed to defend himself before Caesar, the leader of Rome. Paul, along with 275 other people set sail for Rome.
It was a very windy time of year, and they had trouble keeping their ship on the right course. God told Paul what was about to happen. Paul warned the sailors that their voyage was going to be disaster. The sailors ignored Paul.
All of a sudden, a wind as strong as a hurricane swept over them. The wind was so bad. The huge waves battered the ship. It was so stormy that the sun and stars did not appear for many days.
Have the kids help you make a storm:
-Use a sheet to create waves
-Use the rain stick for rain
-Have the girls blow really hard
-Have the boys make thunder on their chair
-Turn out the lights
(Blow the whistle when the storm is "over")
The men gave up all hope of being saved. Then an angel came to Paul and told him that everyone would be saved, but the ship would be destroyed.
On the fourteenth day of the storm the ship hit a sandbar (a shallow area close to a shore), and was broken into pieces by the big wave. Everyone swam to shore or floated on boards from the broken ship. They landed on an island called Malta.
When they got to shore the people were cold, wet, and hungry. The people living on the island showed kindness to the people who were on the boat. They started a fire for them to get warm. They cooked them food. They dried their clothes and blankets for them.
The Mystery Box
-In this box I have some items.
-I will choose a volunteer to come to the front, reach in a grab an item,
-You have to tell us how you can serve someone else with this item.
Closing:
You don't have to be or do anything special to serve others. If you want to be great . . . If you want to live the way Jesus wants you to live then you need to serve others.
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