God’s Arithmetic

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God’s Arithmetic

Bible Text:

Proverbs 10:22, "The blessing of the Lord makes you rich and He adds no sorrow to your life."

Materials You Need:

Large Addition and Subtraction signs made out of cardboard.
A packet of sweets.

Theme:

If we obey God, He wants to add good things to our lives!

Here's a good one to share with your friends!

Let's talk about what I’m sure is your favourite subject - Arithmetic!

God’s Subtraction:

When you subtract, you take two numbers and land up with less! Doing right is good, but doing bad is wrong and it subtacts from your character. So I am going to give you two sweets. There, but now you must give one back to me. I'm sure it doesn't feel so good to have only one left!

We can choose to do good or do bad things. The jails in this country are overflowing with people who chose to do wrong things, and each one must feel bad now that they have lost their freedom. Proverbs 10:27 says:

"If you respect the Lord you will live longer,
but your life will be shorter if you keep doing wrong."

God’s Addition:

God wants us to choose to do right and good things. He wants us to be His children so that He can bless our lives. God desires to add good things to our lives if we obey Him.

Jesus wants to be our Saviour and some of us have asked Him to forgive our sins and make us clean inside, and come and live in our hearts as our Saviour. We know this is true because God answered our prayer and changed our lives. And today, we want to please Jesus in all we do and say.

We found out that Jesus is the Christ, PLUS ...

   He is our Example.

   He is our Lord.

   He is our Saviour.

   He is our Best Friend.

We use the word "plus" to show that there is more. Because we love and serve God, He wants to add good things and blessings to our lives, PLUS ...

   Help us when we are in trouble.

   Protect and honour us.

   Satisfy us with a long life.

   Show us His power to save us.

   Help us serve, obey and please Jesus.

Our text tells us that God promises to bless us and add no sorrow to our lives. So to make it up to you, here's another sweet to add to the one you already have. Now you have two! In the same way, why don't you let God add blessings to your life?

If you have asked Jesus into your heart, ask God to start blessing you right now!