Perfume spreads everywhere. When a woman enters a room and she has perfume on, many times the perfume's scent can be detected throughout the room. There are many scents that are like perfume. Smells that stick with a person and can even make the people around that person smell the same way.
Smoke, Skunks, Fish...
When you walk in a room with one of those smells, you most generally will walk back out of the room smelling like that too!
We played a game with shadows. Pastor Jeremy made shadow pictures and the kids guessed what he was making with the shadow.
We learned today about smells and shadows.
"The apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon's Colonnade. No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people. Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by. Crowds gathered also from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and all of them were healed." Acts 5:12-16
Pastor Jeremy talked about Peter. Peter was a man who served God and loved people. He wanted to see people believe in Jesus as the Son of God. He was so intent on serving God and being used by God that even his shadow showed the power of God. People were healed and changed just by being touched by Peter's shadow!
We need to be like that. We need our love for God and our desire to serve Him effect those around us. Like perfume, our strong desire to love God should permeate a room and make others "smell" like us! How amazing it would be to be so in love with God and so on fire for Him that even our shadow caused people to be changed for God!
Pastor Jeremy challenged the kids to ask God to help them love and serve Him like Peter. To be kids who have an effect on those around them.
