**Matthew 9:38 - Commence
Commence
“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matthew 9:38
Materials: bags for each child with foam leaf, band-aid, balloon, jewels, blue yarn doll, rock, antiseptic wipe, heart
At the end of a class, a seminar, a training session, the students are gathered together, reminded of the lessons they’ve learned and sent off to get started on their jobs. That’s what today feels like! We’ve spent the past seven days learning, drinking in lots of information. Now we’re ready for our marching orders. We’re ready to go use what we’ve been given - to put it into practice.
(Heart) We’ve felt the Holy Spirit all week long. It has filled this place and us! Now, like the water ceremony portrays, we need to go home and let the living water flow out of our hearts and water our world. We came out of a dry and dusty land. It’s time to go home and make it blossom.
(wipes) After the priests were cleansed and consecrated in the tabernacle for seven days, they assumed their duties on the eighth day (Leviticus 8:33; 9:1). It’s time to get to work as part of God’s kingdom of priests. We may not be priests yet, but we must realize this is the place God is preparing for us and preparing us for. Live your life with that goal and reality in mind. Look for opportunities to share the gospel and to encourage people to seek God and to draw closer to Him.
(Rock) What happened in the temple once it had been dedicated? It was used for the glory of God. This week has been a reminder for us, that, as the temple of God, we are dedicated to His purposes. All of us are the lively stones that God is using for His purpose to His glory.
(yarn doll) Knowing that you are the Bride of Christ - His helpmate - be aware that God is preparing you for that role. You will be tried and purified. Stay close to God (prayer, Bible study, meditation, and fellowship) and trust Him! You are special to Him.
(Jewels) Just how special to Him we are is hard to wrap our minds around!! He calls us jewels! He gave His only begotten Son as a sacrifice for us so that we could be adopted into His family. He loves us beyond our imagination. Hold onto that trust no matter what!!
(Form leaf and Band-aid) On the first day, we talked about building a tabernacle according to God’s commands. Now, seven days later, the tabernacle looks like the weather has not been kind to it! Similarly, these temporary dwellings, our bodies, look a little worse for the wear as we live through the storms of life. But we keep our eyes focused on Him, knowing it’s part of His plan!
(Balloon) And we rejoice! We rejoice that we have a future in God’s kingdom as the temple of God, the Bride of Christ, priests of God, adopted into God’s family.
Are you ready to get started?
Commence
“Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matthew 9:38
Materials: bags for each child with foam leaf, band-aid, balloon, jewels, blue yarn doll, rock, antiseptic wipe, heart
At the end of a class, a seminar, a training session, the students are gathered together, reminded of the lessons they’ve learned and sent off to get started on their jobs. That’s what today feels like! We’ve spent the past seven days learning, drinking in lots of information. Now we’re ready for our marching orders. We’re ready to go use what we’ve been given - to put it into practice.
(Heart) We’ve felt the Holy Spirit all week long. It has filled this place and us! Now, like the water ceremony portrays, we need to go home and let the living water flow out of our hearts and water our world. We came out of a dry and dusty land. It’s time to go home and make it blossom.
(wipes) After the priests were cleansed and consecrated in the tabernacle for seven days, they assumed their duties on the eighth day (Leviticus 8:33; 9:1). It’s time to get to work as part of God’s kingdom of priests. We may not be priests yet, but we must realize this is the place God is preparing for us and preparing us for. Live your life with that goal and reality in mind. Look for opportunities to share the gospel and to encourage people to seek God and to draw closer to Him.
(Rock) What happened in the temple once it had been dedicated? It was used for the glory of God. This week has been a reminder for us, that, as the temple of God, we are dedicated to His purposes. All of us are the lively stones that God is using for His purpose to His glory.
(yarn doll) Knowing that you are the Bride of Christ - His helpmate - be aware that God is preparing you for that role. You will be tried and purified. Stay close to God (prayer, Bible study, meditation, and fellowship) and trust Him! You are special to Him.
(Jewels) Just how special to Him we are is hard to wrap our minds around!! He calls us jewels! He gave His only begotten Son as a sacrifice for us so that we could be adopted into His family. He loves us beyond our imagination. Hold onto that trust no matter what!!
(Form leaf and Band-aid) On the first day, we talked about building a tabernacle according to God’s commands. Now, seven days later, the tabernacle looks like the weather has not been kind to it! Similarly, these temporary dwellings, our bodies, look a little worse for the wear as we live through the storms of life. But we keep our eyes focused on Him, knowing it’s part of His plan!
(Balloon) And we rejoice! We rejoice that we have a future in God’s kingdom as the temple of God, the Bride of Christ, priests of God, adopted into God’s family.
Are you ready to get started?