Teaching Kids to Share God's Word - Sunday School Teacher Lesson

Teaching kids to share God's Word is more than sitting in a classroom and telling them to do so. Think about it - how often have you sat in the church pew and heard the pastor tell the congregation to go tell someone about Jesus today? Or invite someone to come tonight?

Did you rush out of church to find someone to tell about Him or did you go home or out to eat?

More than likely, you did the later - eat.

The thing is - we need to GO tell people and not wait for them to come to us. If we wait until the 'time is right' or when 'God sends someone in your path', we may never get to share God's Word the way He intended for us to.

The bible tells us to go out and teach all nations.

Matthew 28:19 (KJV)

¹⁹ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

 

 

Without us going out to teach and tell others about God, how will they ever know? Yes, there are thousands of missionaries out there along with pastors telling the lost about the Word of God.

 

We can sit back and rest assured that someone will tell the lost about Christ. We can even make sure to give our money to support the missionaries out in the field risking their lives to tell others. But, that isn't what God commands us to do.

 

He says for us to teach all nations - not support those who do. (Of course, we do need to support them along with doing our part.)

 

The bible also says, faith comes through hearing the Word of God. So, how can the lost have faith in something they've never heard?

 

Romans 10:17 (KJV)

So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

 

 

How to Teach Kids to Share God's Word

The best way to teach kids to share the Word of God is by doing it! Over the next few weeks, come up with a plan to visit people in the community, go to a nursing home, have a FREE family night with games and food, put on a play, deliver food to a family who are struggling, or anything else you can come up with to get people who normally do not attend church in a position to tell them about the Word of God.

 

Make sure the kids are involved through the whole process especially older children. Teens and pre-teens are at an age that sharing God's Word may feel awkward if they have never done it.

 

Like many Christians, teens have sat in a classroom on in a pew 'listening' only.

 

Now is the time to get up and DO!

 

Remember, Jesus told four unlikely fishermen to follow him and he would make the fishers of men instead of fish!

 

This is what we are to do - follow Jesus and become fishers of men!

 

Matthew 28:18-20 KJV

 

18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

20And they straightway left their nets, and followed him

 

 We should leave our nets and follow him NOW!

 

Reminder!!!

 

Plan on making it a routine to 'spread God's Word' not just once a year. Children (and adults) learn by repetition, so be sure to repeat telling others about God.

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Do All to the Glory of God 1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV - Sunday School Lesson

1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV says "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God." This is a hard concept to grasp at any age. Yes, we know that we are suppose to do everything to the glory of God, but how can what we eat and drink be done for God?

Teaching Sunday school children early that doing everything for the glory of God is a way of life instead of just occasionally, will help them to grow to become strong in the Lord and have a wonderful relationship with Him along the way.

Do All to the Glory of God

When beginning this Sunday school lesson, you will need to keep in mind that gentle reminders are a great way to get the point across. Also, a great way to keep kids on track during the week is to text them or email mail them. There are very few children nowadays that do no have cell phones, iPods, iPads, computers, etc. Use these devices to keep in touch during the week:)

As kids come into class today, have them write down any information you may need to get in touch with them. If needed, ask for the parents numbers or email addresses. Then, let the parents know you will be sending out texts or emails to the kids during the week. Most parents will LOVE this idea and welcome it! Also, it lets parents know what their children are learning and can help encourage them:)

What to Do:

Before class, come up with several scenarios that your kids can relate to such as: being bossy, sneaking extra cookies, skipping church to ride bikes, throwing rocks at the neighbors dog, and so on. Also, come up with a few good scenarios such as helping mom carry in groceries, putting shoes away, picking up toys, sharing, and so on.

Now, we are going to use these scenarios to get the idea of doing everything for God rolling!

Begin by mixing up the good and bad scenarios and asking the kids if they believe the scenario is doing something for God or not. This will help to get their train of thought working.

Now, ask, "Do you think that stuffing yourself with a whole extra-large pizza can be done for the glory of God?"

The answer of course is 'no'.

God did not design our bodies to be stuffed full at every meal. He gave us food to sustain us and to enjoy, but not to overeat.

Ask, "What about smoking or drugs?"

1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

 

We are to treat our bodies like the temple of God it is! Overeating, smoking, drugs, and other corrupt things were not meant to be used by our bodies.

Now, ask, "Since we know that putting things inside our bodies that shouldn't be there is not glorifying God, what do you think about what you drink?"

Of course many children will know that alcohol will not glorify God, but what about other drinks? God wants us to enjoy what we drink as long as it isn't hurting us, but drinking sodas, sugary drinks, and other drinks that were not designed by God for us to drink can harm us if drank in over abundance! Believe it or not, drinking too much water or milk can even harm our bodies!

Read about the risks of drinking too much milk here.
Read about the risks of drinking too much water here.

We are to partake food and drinks to sustain us and not for gluttony or to look cool.

What Else?

There are ways to glorify God in all that we do even as children. Have the kids think about their every day activities: soccer, basketball, fishing, hunting, school, and so on.

Express the importance of using all of their activities for God. All of our actions, words, and motions we portray can let others see God in us. We can let God shine in us so others may want to know more about God.

Have you ever heard the saying, "I like your God, but I don't like your Christians?"

This can be very true about so many non-Christians. Non-Christians look at us and can't see Jesus anywhere in us! What a sad thought.

Think about it...

How often do we gripe, complain, grouch, yell, get angry, and so on. These are not attributes of God.

Philippians 2:14 KJV

 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

 

 

We are all guilty of these things, but because of God's mercy, we can ask forgiveness and start again! Praise the Lord we serve a loving God!

 

I learned a lot myself from this Sunday school lesson!

 

 

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