What Are You Planting?

Whatcha Plantin’? Theme: You reap what you sow Scripture: Galatians 6:7 Props: An apple seed and an apple (or any fruit or vegetable) (Show seed.) Do you know what this is? Sure, it’s a seed; but what kind of seed? What do you think would grow if you planted this? (Solicit guesses.) If you planted this you’d get a tree that would grow these…(Show apple.) In the Bible Paul talks about planting and harvesting. In Galatians 6:7 he says, “Whatever a man sows, that he will reap.” Do you know what “sows” means? It’s not needle-and-thread sew. This is a different sow. This “sow” means to plant. And “reap” means to harvest, or to pick. So Paul is saying, “You get what you plant.” But he’s talking about more than fruits and vegetables. For instance: If you plant an apple seed you get an ________ If you plant a squash seed you get a _________ If you plant a tomato seed you get a _________ If you plant evil you’ll get ___________(evil) If you plant good you’ll get __________(good) That’s what Paul was talking about. That’s why he says, “Let us do good to all people.” Because we’ll reap what we sow. In other words, we’ll get what we plant. That’s something we should pray about: Dear heavenly Father, your word says we’ll reap what we sow, so we pray you’ll help us to remember to always plant good instead of evil. Help us to do good to all people so we’ll be sure to bear good fruits. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. Song: “They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love” From ChildresnSermonsOnline.net © Copyright 2009 by Steven Rudolph. All rights reserved. Theme: You reap what you sow Scripture: Galatians 6:7 Props: An apple seed and an apple (or any fruit or vegetable) (Show seed.) Do you know what this is? Sure, it’s a seed; but what kind of seed? What do you think would grow if you planted this? (Solicit guesses.) If you planted this you’d get a tree that would grow these…(Show apple.) In the Bible Paul talks about planting and harvesting. In Galatians 6:7 he says, “Whatever a man sows, that he will reap.” Do you know what “sows” means? It’s not needle-and-thread sew. This is a different sow. This “sow” means to plant. And “reap” means to harvest, or to pick. So Paul is saying, “You get what you plant.” But he’s talking about more than fruits and vegetables. For instance: If you plant an apple seed you get an ________ If you plant a squash seed you get a _________ If you plant a tomato seed you get a _________ If you plant evil you’ll get ___________(evil) If you plant good you’ll get __________(good) That’s what Paul was talking about. That’s why he says, “Let us do good to all people.” Because we’ll reap what we sow. In other words, we’ll get what we plant. That’s something we should pray about: Dear heavenly Father, your word says we’ll reap what we sow, so we pray you’ll help us to remember to always plant good instead of evil. Help us to do good to all people so we’ll be sure to bear good fruits. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. Song: “They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love” From ChildresnSermonsOnline.net © Copyright 2009 by Steven Rudolph. All rights reserved.