Children’s Sermons for kids are 5-minute object lessons using everyday items to teach biblical truths in a fun and memorable way. From funny children’s sermons to serious topics, these creative lessons bring Bible stories to life. Each week, we offer free 5-minute children’s sermons in PDF and video formats, perfect for children’s church.
Craft Activities for Children Jeremiah 31 Turn the Frown Around! This lesson focuses on words from the prophet Jeremiah. Although referred to as the “weeping prophet” for the many hardships he faced, the message he gave in this passage is one of hope and promise of restoration. Jeremiah preached of God’s love and faithfulness. These crafts reflect on the good
Children’s Message: The Lord Promises of Peace of Israel from Jeremiah 31:1-14 Main Objective: Children are no strangers to mood swings (although they might not recognize what they are), but they often have a difficult time understanding or controlling emotions. This message reminds all of us that sadness is completely normal, and not always in our power to change. However, we
Who is Jesus? That might seem like a simple and straightforward Gospel question, but it’s an important one to address frequently with kids. This lesson focuses on the story of Jesus in the temple as a 12-year-old boy. The story reminds us that Jesus was aware of His identity as the Son of God, but also obeyed His parents and
Children’s Message: The Boy Jesus visited the temple Luke 2:41-52 Main Objective: Who is Jesus? That might seem like a simple and straight forward Gospel question, but it’s an important one to address frequently with kids. This message focuses on the story of Jesus in the temple as a 12-year-old boy. The story reminds us that Jesus was aware of His
Children’s Message: Sing of Love Luke 1:39-55 on Music and the Magnificat Main Objective: Music is one of many gifts that God gives us to praise and worship Him. We can use instruments, vocal songs, and prayers to recognize His love and thank Him for His blessings. This message considers how Mary praised the Lord with word and song after learning that
Children’s Message Rejoice with Gladness Zephaniah 3 for the Third Sunday of Advent Note: During the season of Advent, messages and lessons will include a unifying focus that coincides with the four themes of the Advent Sundays (hope, peace, love, and joy). Additionally, each week a Christmas song will be featured, which also incorporates the theme. Main Objective: In this message, children
Children’s Message on Luke 21 Fulfillment of the Prophecy “The Second Sunday of Advent.” Note: During the season of Advent, messages and lessons will include a unifying focus that coincides with the four themes of the Advent Sundays (hope, peace, love, and joy). Additionally, each week a Christmas song will be featured, which also incorporates the theme. Main Objective: This message considers how
Note: During the season of Advent, messages and lessons will include a unifying focus that coincides with the four themes of the Advent Sundays (hope, peace, love, and joy). Additionally, each week a Christmas song will be featured, which also incorporates the theme. The first week of Advent features hope as a central theme. In churches that use Advent wreaths, the
Children’s Message on Luke 21 “The First Sunday of Advent.” Note: During the season of Advent, messages and lessons will include a unifying focus that coincides with the four themes of the Advent Sundays (hope, peace, love, and joy). Additionally, each week a Christmas song will be featured, which also incorporates the theme. Main Objective: This message opens the Advent season by
Sunday School Lesson: Jesus is King Forever Children answer to various authorities in their lives, and are well aware of people who are in power of countries. This lesson reminds them that Jesus is the ruler over all things. He is the king not just of one place, but every place, and not just temporarily, but for all time. The
Children’s Message on John 18 on “Jesus is the King of all Kings.” Main Objective: Children answer to various authorities in their lives, and are well aware of people who are in power of countries. This message reminds them that Jesus is the ruler over all things. He is king not just of one place, but every place, and not just
Children’s Message on 1 Samuel 1 on “Hannah’s Triumphant Prayer.” Main Objective: Prayer is a powerful and precious tool that God gives us to communicate with Him. But how do we pray? What do we do when we feel discouraged or frustrated with prayer? This message focuses on the importance of prayer, using the story of Hannah to remind students that
Children’s Message on Mark 12 on “Honoring and Thanking the Lord.” Main Objective: What does motivation mean? For young children, motivation often comes from extrinsic things, but we want to teach them to honor God as the center of what we do and how we do it. This message uses the story of the widow’s mite to explain what motivation is
The story of Ruth is a wonderful and fascinating one that teaches several important lessons. It features loss, love, risk, blessing, and redemption. Ruth also demonstrates loyalty. This lesson focuses on the faithful friendship that Ruth shared with her mother-in-law Naomi. Friendships can grow in a variety of ways throughout our lives, and are valuable to us. The most important
Children’s Message on Ruth 1 on “Faithful Friendships .” Main Objective: The story of Ruth is a wonderful and fascinating one that teaches several important lessons. It features loss, love, risk, blessing, and redemption. Ruth also demonstrates loyalty. This message focuses on the faithful friendship that Ruth shared with her mother-in-law Naomi. Friendships can grow in a variety of ways throughout
What does it mean to imitate Jesus? How can we be more like Him? This lesson focuses on the incarnation and humility of Christ, described by Philippians 2. As Christians, we will never be fully perfect like Jesus was, but we can still strive to live in humble service as He did. Use the concept of copying and imitating to
Children’s Message on Philippians 2 on “Stand Firm as one Body in Jesus Christ.” Main Objective: What does it mean to imitate Jesus? How can we be more like Him? This message focuses on the incarnation and humility of Christ, described by Philippians 2. As Christians, we will never be fully perfect like Jesus was, but we can still strive to
The Psalms are a wonderful way to recount God’s goodness and blessings and praise Him for them. This lesson focuses on Psalm 34, reminding us to exalt God and tell others about Him, and to “taste and see” that He is good. We can trust Him with our lives and celebrate how He provides and cares for us. We can
Children’s Message on Psalm 34 on “Taste and See” that God is good.” Main Objective: The Psalms are a wonderful way to recount God’s goodness and blessings and praise Him for them. This message focuses on Psalm 34, reminding us to exalt God and tell others about Him, and to “taste and see” that He is good. We can trust Him
The account of Job reminds us that God is in control, even when life is challenging. Job’s encounter with God is a remarkable conversation that highlights the power and might of our awesome Lord. There are a lot of things we don’t understand, but God cares for us and holds all things in His hands. This lesson comforts us with
Children’s Message on Job 38 on “God is in control even in the hardest times” Main Objective: The account of Job reminds us that God is in control, even when life is challenging. Job’s encounter with God is a remarkable conversation that highlights the power and might of our awesome Lord. There are a lot of things we don’t understand, but
The Harvest Season is a great time to teach kids about God’s faithfulness and how we can express gratitude to our creator for all the blessings we enjoy. Use these Fall Bible Lessons in your Kids’ Church or Sunday School. Fall is a wonderful time to explore Bible lessons that connect the changing season with spiritual truths. Lessons can focus
Children’s Message on Mark 10 on “What must we do to inherit eternal life?” Main Objective: Jesus calls us to follow Him and put Him first and foremost. The story of the rich young ruler reminds us that we must get rid of things that get in the way of our relationship with Him. Sometimes that means letting go of things
Children’s Message on Genesis 2 and The Creation of Man and Woman Main Objective: We are not made to be alone, and we cannot live on our own. God created us to rely on and help one another and designed us to be in relationships with others. This message considers things that are impossible to do alone and reminds children that
Children’s Message on James 5 and The Prayer of Faith Main Objective: We cannot emphasize enough how important prayer is in our lives, and children need to understand this as early as possible. Sometimes we make the mistake of viewing prayer as a series of requests or a very formal practice, but we want to remember and teach that prayer should
Children’s Message on Mark 9 and The Servant of All Main Objective: For the most part, we live in a “first come, first serve” society. We aim to be the best and to be the first, and we honor those who are. We certainly wouldn’t expect to see the back of the line honored before early arrivals, and our constant competition pushes
Children’s Message on Proverbs 1 Follow God’s wisdom, and rely on Him Main Objective: Choosing to be wise rather than foolish sounds like an obvious pick, but sometimes in our lives we focus or rely on the wrong things. This message describes the difference between artificial intelligence and human creativity, to illustrate how we tend to look to the wrong things
Children’s Message on James 2 Sin of Favoritism Main Objective: All people are created in God’s image and loved by Him. Unfortunately, we sometimes treat people differently, showing partiality or judging others based on appearances or possessions rather than intrinsic value. James warned the people of the day not to show favoritism to certain people, but to love others with genuine actions.
Main Objective: Following Jesus isn’t always easy, but it’s worth it! This message focuses on the choice that the disciples made to continue with Christ when others turned away due to His tough teachings. They knew that only Jesus had the words of eternal life, and that staying close to Him was the best thing they could do. Sometimes we might
Children’s Message on James 1 and Serving Others Main Objective: God loves us and saves us no matter what, but He wants us to live out our faith by valuing and serving other people. It’s one thing to read God’s word and know what it says, but it’s also important to understand the Lord’s instructions and do what He says.