KidzPort March 8 – Like a Sponge

March 10, 2009

We switched things up a little this week.  Pastor Mike lead the KidzTrek post-encounter group, while Sister Jill led the Kidzport group.

One thing that the kids talked about was the role of the Holy Spirit in their lives, and the importance of God’s Word to each of them.   Hebrews 4:12-13 says

 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.  And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

That sword is a heavy one – but a powerful one.  God says that if we use the Word, keep it in our hearts, that it will keep us nourished.

To illustrate that point, we challenged the kids to a little science experiment.  It goes like this:  Take a new sponge and cut it in half. Put each half in a cup of water for a day.  After the first day, drain all the water out of one of the cups, leave the other full.  At the end of the week compare the two sponges. 

The sponges are us.  The water is Jesus – the Water of Life.  What does being removed from the water do to us?

For Parents:

• Encourage your children to be in the Word each day.  It’s never to early – read one verse!  (Come to think of it, that’s a good idea for you, too.)
• Make sure your child does the “homework.”  Check it out with them, and compare the “results.”
• Work with your child on the memory verse – Heb 4: 12-13.