Going on a God Hunt – Part 1

 Loser had lots of friends who liked him. He was good at sports, and his mother continually reminded him that the teacher had said he showed “promise.”

Loser’s big problem was that he kept losing things. At last count, he had lost three pairs of gym shoes, a soccer ball, a catcher’s mitt, several math books, hundreds of pencils, one bag of trick-or-treat candy, assorted hats and gloves, one Sunday shoe (the other one showed up under his bed), homework, four library books, a tennis racket, and his father’s pocket calculator.

I’m sharing with you from this little booklet I Spy God – a God Hunt Book for Kids.

 “Loser,” said his mother. “You know I love you, but sometimes you’re a trial.” She said this after Loser couldn’t remember where he had left his birthday present, a shiny new mountain bike.

“Losing things is troublesome, Son,” said his father. “If you’re going to become a man, you have to take responsibility for yourself. Men can’t go around losing things.”

His father said this after Loser had lost two tennis balls in the long grass near the tennis courts and after he couldn’t remember where he had left the tennis racket. (It was his father’s racket.)

“Well, try to remember where you left your homework,” said Ms. Henshaw, his teacher, with a sigh. Ms. Henshaw sighed a lot when Loser was around.

But all the thinking in the world never seemed to do any good. Loser just couldn’t remember. He didn’t know how he lost things. He would go to school with his lunch bag, sit down for a moment, but when he’d turn around his lunch bag would be gone. Or he’d remember it was gone when it was time to go to the lunchroom.

“Oh, he’ll grow out of it,” said his grandma. “He’s still just a boy.”

“Don’t worry so much,” said his grandpa. “When he wants to find something badly enough, he’ll find it.”

Loser’s grandpa was right. But to tell you how would be to get ahead of the story. Again, I’ve been reading from I Spy God – A God Hunt Book for Kids. It’s by multiple award-winning author Karen Mains. Not only does it have this delightful tale of Loser eventually searching very hard for something quite important to him, the booklet helps children look for God in their everyday lives, which is an important practice for adults as well as children.

——————————————–

Sunday’s coming. Do you have your sermon ready? Is it relevant? Will it effectively motivate your congregation to walk more in step with the Master? What about that Sermon Series you’ve been thinking about?

Or, if you’re someone who plans well ahead, have you asked yourself what you will preach for your Easter Sermon, your Advent Sermon, your Christmas Sermon?

David Mains and Mainstay Ministries can help. We offer a wide variety of Sermon Starters and Full Sermons that will give you Sermon Ideas to help you prepare for regular Saturday or Sunday sermons, Mid-week Bible Sermons, and Sermons for special occasions.

We also offer assistance as you create Topical Sermons, Sermons Series, and sermons for special times of the year. We have resources available to help you with Advent Celebrations, Advent Sermons, Christmas Sermons, Easter Sunday Sermons, Patriotic Sermons, and more.

For more information on how to create better Bible Sermons and how to turn Sermon Ideas into Sermon Outlines, and then into effective, meaningful Sunday Sermons, please click here to visit David Mains’ website.

You will also find a variety of resources for pastors and congregations at the Mainstay Ministries website. Just click here.

Share and Enjoy

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Delicious
  • LinkedIn
  • StumbleUpon
  • Add to favorites
  • Email
  • RSS