Honor and Obedience
Pastor Glenn Newton (Kids Sermon) 5-30-04
Greet the Kids.... This morning we are going to have a good time learning about what
God has said.... How many of you know that God can talk to us?
Today we are going to focus and learn about two words that God has given to us... If you
will listen and learn what these two words mean.... Next Sunday during Sunday School, if
you can tell your teacher what these two words are that we are going to learn about
today.... they will have a small prize for you.... so let’s listen really good.
Object Lesson #1 “Quick Change” Listen to God you whole Life.
Say, Sometimes you might think that only grown ups need to listen to God. But
God wants everyone -- for their whole lives -- to listen to Him. When you listen to
someone, it’s important to pay careful attention to what the person says and does.
Let’s find out how good we are at paying attention.
1. Look at me for 10 seconds, pay attention to how I am dressed.
2. Close your eyes...... ( change one thing)
3. Ask the children to carefully look at you again, and raise your hand if you know
what change I made to how I look..... remember to talk about how they are paying
careful attention.
The Bible says, “Listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in
his eyes.” Exodus 15:26
What does this verse say about listening and paying careful attention?
say, Listening to God’s voice helps us know how to love and obey Him. We can listen to
God’s voice as we read and hear Bible stories and as we pray to Him.
So... Are your ready to Listen? Are you going to pay careful Attention? Good. Now I’m
going to tell you our Two Words that we are going to Learn about Today... Are You
Ready?
The First Word Is “Honor”. On the count of three let’s say the word Honor real loud...
One, Two, Three... Honor.
The Bible tells us in the 10 Commandments, in fact it’s the 5th commandment..... “Honor
your Father and you Mother.”
What do you think it means to Honor our your Father and Mother? Anybody
know?
(Show Big Overhead with missing Words)
Ways to Honor Our Parents...
_ _ _ _ your Parents, even when they are not looking.
_ _ _ _ _ politely to your Parents.
_ _ _ _ _ _ to what your Parents say.
Say _ _ _ _ things about your Parents to others.
_ _ _ _ _ from your Parents.
_ _ _ _ your Parents cheerfully.
_ _ _ _ for your Parents.
Do _ _ _ _ things for your Parents.
Tell your Parents that you _ _ _ _ them.
Give them the handout....... I am going to give you 9 ways to Honor your Mom and
Dad... But you are going to have to help me.... Can you help me?
We are missing some words, so If you think you know the answer... I want you to
raise your hand really high, without talking and I will call on you.
1. Obey
2. Speak politely
3. Listen
4. Say good things
5. Learn
6. Help
7.Pray
8.Kind
9. Love
Remember..... these are 9 ways to Honor your Parents.... Let’s read these together
out loud.... can you read with me?
We’ve learned about Honor... Now we are going to learn about our second word.... Obey.
To learn about our second Word...
We are going to learn about Obeying our parents... in this little video clip.... I want
you to watch and see if our little character obeys his Dad or not. (Finding Nemo, over the
edge scene when he gets caught)
Did Nemo obey his dad?
What happened because of it?
OK, we are going to need to go to a special place for our Bible story... do you want to go
to a special place?
We are going to go to a secret Hideout... How many of you like to find secret hideouts?
Well, we are going to learn this morning about someone who liked hideouts too, and he
also knew how to Obey His Parents...... Are you ready to find our Cave? We are going to
go to the Caves of Adullum.... when your in this cave you have to be queit, because it’s
our secret place to go and learn, and if your loud and talking then we can’t learn, and
somebody might hear us..... Are you ready?
(Move to Cave) - We had a couple big blankets and attatched them to a wall and
made a makeshift cave
I’m going to read you a story.... You need to listen carefully.... Listen to how David was a
good Son, how He obeyed His Dad... I’m going to ask you some questions at the end,
OK?
(Read Story)
David - A Good Son
(Bible Story)
1 Sam. 17:12-20; 22:1-4
“I wonder how my boys are getting along in the army,” thought Davids father,
Jesse. “Are they safe? Are they getting enough to eat? How is the war going?”
Jesse’s 3 oldest son’s -- David’s brothers -- were soldiers in King Saul’s army.
Right now, the army was fighting the Philistine army. The Philistines were strong, mean
enemies. Things were not going very well for Saul’s army. The Philistines had a giant
soldier named Goliath. No one was brave enough to fight him. So for 40 days, the two
armies sat and waited. Do you know how tall Goliath was? 9 foot tall... Look back at
and see how tall 9 foot tall is........ Do you think you would be scared of someone that tall
if they were mean?
Let’s find out what happened....
“Now in those days, there were no radios or TVs to tell people what was
happening in a war. The only way to find out if the soldiers were OK was to go where the
army was and see. Also, the army didn’t always have enough food for the soldiers. So
soldiers needed their families to bring them food.
David, Jessie’s youngest son, was taking care of his father’s sheep near Bethlehem.
Jessie sent for David to come to him.
“Go to Saul’s army,” Jesse said to David. “Take cooked grain and 10 loaves of
bread and give them to your brothers. Also take these 10 chunks of cheese to give to their
commander. Find out if your brothers are OK. Then bring new about them.”
“I will Father,” said David. “I will leave first thing tomorrow morning.”
Then next day, David OBEYED everything his father told him to do. (what did David
do?) He found someone to take care of the sheep while he was gone. Then he took the
food and started out for Saul’s army camp. When David found his brothes, he gave them
the food and asked how they were doing. Later, after a very exciting battle when David
killed the Philistine giant Goliath, he went home with good news for his father.
Many years went by and David grew up. All that time, David OBEYED God and
his father. God was pleased with David. But King Saul was angry with David. He
wanted to kill David because he knew that someday David would become king instead of
Him. David had to run for his life. Do you know where David ran too?
David found a great hiding place in some caves. His father and mother and
brothers knew where he was. They came to the caves to be with David.
David was glad to see his family. But he was worried about his Mother and Father.
“Mom and Dad are Old.” David thought. “It isn’t safe for them to hide with me in this
cave. King Saul might find them and hurt them. And they can’t go with me when I have
to leave the cave to fight enemies. How can I keep my parents safe?”
God helped David to think of a plan. David went to see the king of the country of
Moab. Long ago, David’s great-grandmother Ruth had come from Moab. The king of
Moab did not like King Saul. Maybe he would help David.
David bowed down before the King of Moab. “Please help me,” David said.
“What do you want me to do?” asked the King.
Please let my mother and Father stay in your land until God shows me what He
will do for me.” David said. “They will be safer here.”
“They can stay,” said the King.
David left his parents in Moab and went back to his cave hideout. Someday, David would
be King of Israel, and he could bring his parents back home. But for now, while David
had to run, hide and fight, he was glad that his parents were safe.
Remember our commandment? Honor your Father and Mother.
Did David obey this command?
How?
say, God tells children to honor and obey their parents. David learned this important
commandment when he was a child. He obeyed it when he was young and after he grew
up. David honored God and his parents when he chose to obey this important rule.
Let’s see how well you listened to our story.... Raise your hand if you know the answer to
the question... if none of the kids know the answer we will see if the parents were
listening..
1. What was the name of David’s father? Jessie
2. Where were three of David’s brothers? Soldiers in Sauls army, fighting the Philistines’
3. What job did David have in his family? shepherd
4. What did David’s father ask David to do? Take food to his brothers and find out how
they were doing, and bring him the news.
5. Put the missing word in this sentence.... “David (obeyed) his Father.
6. What does it mean to obey someone?
7. When David was grown up, why did he have to run and hide?
8. Did David Hide in (a) a temple, (b) his parents’ house, or (c) caves?
9. Who came to be with David in the caves?
10. True or False...... David was glad his parents were safe in the caves with him? False
11. What did David do to keep His parents safe? Went to king of Moab, and moved
them there.
12. Tell how did David Honor his parents?
Close with prayer..... pray for the kids to honor and Obey their parents.
I invited all the kids who rose their hands to come to the alter and we prayed
together.
