Children's Sermon on the Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12:16-21)

Children's Sermon on the Parable of the Rich Fool

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Scripture: Luke 12:16-21

 

Children's Sermon: Agree or Disagree? – Have students move to one side of the room or the other as you read the following statements to show that they agree or disagree with each statement.

1. The most important thing in life is having a good job and making a lot of money.

2. The most important thing in life is having a nice, big house to live in.

3. The most important thing in life is living a long time.

4. The most important thing in life is getting really good at your job and being famous for it.

5. The most important thing in life is having a good relationship with God.

 

What Would You Do?

Imagine you’re a farmer. You grow crops. You have a big field. You work hard growing your crops in your big field.

Now imagine you worked really hard one year and your crops grew so well that you couldn’t fit all your crops into your barn.

What would you do?

 

(Read Luke 12:16-21.) 

 

The farmer in our story wanted to build bigger barns so he could fit all his crops into his barn. What do you think God might have wanted him to do instead?

Maybe God would have liked him to think about giving away his extra crops to people who were hungry.