Faith as a Mustard Seed

Junior Level

Intro:
Our Sunday school topic for today focuses on faith. If we have just started to believe, isn't our faith lke the mustard seed? A small amount of faith can and will grow and grow in a believer's heart. So treasure the faith that you have and watch it grow in your heart.
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Handout: Faith as a Mustard Seed


outline:
  1. Ask the students - Do myou have faith in God?
  2. Ask the students - How much faith do you have?
  3. Describe the mustard seed, so small, but with growth to come. Ask:  Can you still have greater faith tomorrow, next year, in ten years? In what ways?
  4. Has God anwered a prayer for you, even for a very small thing?
  5. If so, can't the Lord, who made the heaven and earth, anwer your "big" prayers too?
  6. What does the Bible say?
  7. Describe the joy and personal reward of unyieling faith in God.
  8. Challenge students to serve others in humility this week
  9. Prayer

activity:



Bring seeds to class for students to handle



discussion:


Think of your faith when you were saved. That is the tiny mustard seed.  What happens next? Ok.
For illustration, think of going to the local  garden center and buying yourself a packet of mustard seed.
Ok, you've  got the seed. Now I want you to take half of that packet of seeds and  plant them. 
I want you to take the other half and place them in a dish  and set them up in a place where you can 
watch them each day. Within a  week go look! What is happening? Well, well what do you know, the ones  
that you planted are growing aren't they? Well what about the ones in  the dish. Well aren't they still 
the same size and shape and aren't  they are still tiny?!

  



Serving others



prayer:




comments:

        Matthew 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, 
          enter into thy closet, and when thou hast 
          shut thy door, pray to thy Father which 
          is in secret; and thy Father which 
          seeth in secret shall 
          reward thee openly.