Sing Jesus loves me as the children are coming up to the front. Get congregation to pitch in! Make children’s story a family affair!
“Children, Obey Your Parents!...” (Eph.6:1).
Good morning boys and girls!
Can you all say our story verse with me?
“Children; obey your parents!...” (Eph.6:1).
Are there any boys and girls here that obey their parents?
(All/most hands will go up)
Well, let me tell you about a little boy who said he always obeyed his parents.
Now, this little guy was about 5 years old, and one summer day, his mom had just come from Switzer’s honey farm in Plattsville. She had several huge buckets of honey, and as Mom was putting them away, she said LOUD AND CLEAR: “Don’t you dare touch this honey! You’ll be really sorry if you do!”
Well, this little boy said astutely to his Mom: “Don’t worry about me Mom! I’ll never touch it!” “I promise I’ll stay away from it, unless you say!”
Well, little David said to himself a couple of days later: “Hey...Mom’s busy doing laundry...she’ll never see me if I just dip my one little finger in for a quick taste...
So David jumped up on a stool, dipped his finger into the honey pail, and had a little taste. Oh how sweet and tasty it was! But you know what happened after that? Well, he like that one little taste so much, he could not stop himself...he had another, and another, and another, and finally David grabbed the whole pail, and snuck off behind the cedar tree by the back porch. There, he proceeded to have a real feast.
What do you think happens next boys and girls?
Well, David didn’t even have to wait for Mom to find out. He ate the whole bucket of honey; and was he ever sick! He got really sick to his stomach, and brought up all that honey he just ate!
Not so much fun now eh?...
Mom watched him get sick too, and figured it all out in a minute...but Oh what a hard lesson David was learning. Mom figured he was already being punished enough; so she just nursed him in bed for most of the day.
What is the lesson you can learn from this story boys and girls?
And one more question: Can you guess what David’s last name was?
It was BATTLER!
I WAS THAT LITTLE BOY!
(You can go back to your seats now boys and girls....)
[This message has been edited by DavidTBattler (edited August 02, 2000).]