Christmas Lessons

Looking for a Fresh New Perspective on the Christmas Message?

  Looking for a way to impact children, not just tickle their ears? These lessons use puppets, drama, object lessons, paper tears, stories and the overhead projector to make the message of Christmas come alive in your class. Sherlock Hymns, the renown detective is looking for the real meaning of Christmas. He insists that he doesn't need any help, he'll find it himself. These lessons will help your children understand that:

 1) Jesus is the Very Best Gift

2) How to Follow the Star of Christmas

3) Jesus is Coming Again

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Because God Loved He Gave

     God's gift wasn't cheap. It costs Him more than any of us can imagine. Your gift cost more than gold. God had plenty of gold. He could have stripped one of the roads and purchased you a gift with the tons of gold that would produce, but God's gift to you cost more than that.

     Food? God could have sent food. There are trees in heaven that have 12 kinds of fruit on a single tree and they produce fruit all year long. (Revelation 12:2) Food was no problem, but that would not solve the sin problem. Death was the penalty for sin.

     History records graphic stories of men, women and children that died triumphantly for their faith. But Jesus did more than just die. Do you remember in the garden of Gethsemane the prayer Jesus prayed? Remember the agony he experienced. It was not the agony of the fear of death. His agony came because He did not want to be separated from God. Sin separates us from God. His agony was so great that He sweat blood. The perfect, sinless Son of God took the sins of the world on his back. That was the only way you could be saved. He paid the penalty so you can walk in fellowship with God.

     Why would He do it? Why would God give you a gift that costs so much? Oh, yes, He looked at the price tag before He came. He knew the costs,  but He still gave the gift of His life so you could have abundant life. Why? Because He loves you.

     Let's allow that to soak in for a minute. Close your eyes so you are not distracted. (speak softly) God loves you. It doesn't matter what you look like. God loves you. It doesn't matter how rich or how poor. God loves you. It doesn't matter how smart you are. God loves you. It's not a cute saying. It is the truest fact I can relate. God loves you.

But the question I want to ask you is do you love God? I'm not referring to the "We're in church. The church answer is "Well, Yeah!" Jesus said, "if you love me you will keep my commandments."

     As I think about God's incredible love, my heart cries out to Him, "Help me love you more. Help me love you so much that I will live my life in a way that pleases you. Help me live my life in such a way that daily I will crucify my desires to do the things that are wrong in your viewpoint. I need your love. I need your strength. Help me, Father, to love the things you love and hate the things you hate".

Things to remember about God's gift

1) God’s gift isn’t designed to be looked at. It is designed to be used.

2) God's gift comes with instructions.

3) You must plug into the power for it to work.

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