Leftovers

No snack at beginning

Open with Prayer

What We Are Teaching: God wants our best effort during praise and worship.

We will have one of the BKs read:

Psalm 111:1 "I will praise the Lord with my whole heart in the assembly of the upright and in the congregation."

Mark 12:30 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength."

We will have a plate of food with servings that are half eaten (i.e., Twinkles, hot dog, apple. etc.), a paper heart also lying on the plate

Presentation: "Today I brought some wonderful snacks as rewards for children that have been very well behaved." Pull out plate of food. "Let me see, who has been well-behaved today?"

"Well, let me first show you what the snacks are." Pick up each snack and talk about how wonderful it is, and how good it tastes as you take another bite out of each one.

"Alright, let me see. So who should I give this to???"  Pause and look at the partially eaten food, then look at the children quizzically. "What's the matter? Some of you are looking at me like something is wrong." Allow children to respond. "Okay then, if you don't want a half-eaten food, how about a Twinkie? Is that better?" Then takes another bite.

"Do you guys know who the President of the United States is?  Ok, so if you invited the President of the United States to come over for a meal and he didn't arrive right away–let's say you were hungry–so you ate without him. Just when you finished eating, in walked the president. So, you did the very best thing you could do. You gave him the food that was left on your plate!" Hold up half eaten food for them to see. "Would that be a good idea? Is that how the President of the United States should be treated?"

"What about God?  Should we just give God our leftovers? We need to give God our best in everything we do. When we come to services here, come prepared to give God your best. God doesn't necessarily want your whole Twinkie, or whole apple, or whole hot dog, but God does want your whole heart." (Show heart from plate)

What do you think it means to give God your leftovers?

What do you think we are doing upstairs during the music portion at church each week?

Do you think sometimes our actions show God we are giving him leftovers?

 

Why do you think we worship God?

What are some things God has done in your life that you would like to thank Him for?

Activity:  Kids create Prayer Flags showing the good things God has done for them

"Psalm 111:1 says, 'I will praise the Lord with my whole heart.' Don't give God just your leftover time, or leftover offerings, or leftover attention. Decide today to give God all the praise!"

Parker:  Teach the kids the song - Spring up a well!