Little Children

Opening Question: What do you like about little children?

Q: What did you think about the slide show? (We watched a slide show of pictures someone had taken of an orphanage in Haiti where they had the devastating earthquake in January.)
Q: Why would someone want to go to all the trouble to start an orphanage?

Bible verses and discussion questions:
Mark 10:13-16
13 People were bringing little children to Jesus. They wanted him to touch them. But the disciples told the people to stop. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was angry. He said to his disciples, "Let the little children come to me. Don't keep them away. God's kingdom belongs to people like them. 15 What I'm about to tell you is true. Anyone who will not receive God's kingdom like a little child will never enter it." 16 Then he took the children in his arms. He put his hands on them and blessed them.

Q: What’s going on in this story?
Q: Why do you think the disciples told the people to stop and Jesus got angry?
Q: What does it mean to receive God’s kingdom like a little child?

John 1:12
Some people accepted Jesus. They believed in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God.

Ephesians 1:5
God decided long ago to adopt us as his children. He did it because of what Jesus Christ has done. It pleased God to do it.

1 John 3:1
How great is the love the Father has given us so freely! Now we can be called children of God. And that's what we really are!

Q: How can people become a part of God’s family?
Q: What other thoughts or questions to you have?

guest speaker

Today we had a guest speaker who came and spoke about what God is doing in the Middle East.