Welcome
Welcome to the sermon series Your Kingdom Come: God’s project for making all things new. Here you will find a brief overview, a few ideas for going deeper into the sermon topic with Preschool, Elementary, and Middle/High Schoolers.
Recap
Do you know who David is? What do you know about David? You might know that he was a shepherd. You might know that he was a little boy who killed a big giant with just a few stones and a slingshot. You might know that he danced so hard before God that his clothes fell off! You might know that he was the person God chose to be the King of Israel after Saul, Israel’s first king. There might be other things you know about David. Maybe you can tell them to someone nearby right now. Here’s something you might not know about David—Did you know that God made a big promise to David? One day, David was admiring his beautiful palace and talking with God. He told God, “I would like to make you a beautiful place to live.” But do you know what God said, I don’t need you to make me a beautiful place to live. That is someone else’s job. In fact, it will be your son’s job.” Then God made a promise to David. God promised David that he would always be with him and his family. He promised that there would be a place for God’s people, that God’s people would live in peace, that his kingdom would go on and on forever. Now, if you’ve read the Bible before, you know that these things didn’t happen right away. In fact, some of these things took a very long time to come true. I wonder what that was like for God’s people—waiting and waiting and waiting for the promises that God made to David. I wonder what it is like for you to wait for God when it feels like things are hard or sad or they don’t make sense. But we also know, if we have read the Bible, that God did keep his promise—who was the one who came from David’s family as God’s son who is always with us, who is our peace, whose kingdom will never ever end? Yes. It’s Jesus. I wonder what it is like to know that God always keeps his promises. That Jesus is always with his people, and that he is the king right now. Always and forever.
Preschool
Read the story “The Teeny Weenie True King” from the Jesus Storybook Bible, or the story of David from another children’s Bible. Give your child legos or play doh and invite them to retell the story with their own words. You are not looking for accuracy or facts, you’re looking to see and hear what resonated with your child from the story. Try to stay curious while you watch them play. Ask questions or make observations. I see David is sad. Why is he sad? It looks like there are sheep in David’s kingdom—I wonder why they are there!” wonder if God’s people will ever have another king as good as David.
Elementary School
Read 2 Samuel 8:-17 from a child-friendly version of the Bible like the NIrV.
How many of God’s promises can you find in this passage? List them.
Based on what you know of the story of the Bible, did these things happen right away? Talk with a parent or another adult about whether or not they did.
Look at Acts 13:16-38. What does it help us to understand about David & about these promises?
What is your favorite part of this good news?
Middle/High School