Title: Taking Care of Business
Author: James Merritt
Text: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
Introduction
1. One of the greatest and hardest things jobs parents have is to teach kids to take things seriously. One maddening thing about kids is they sometimes don't take serious things seriously but take non-serious things seriously.
2. I have collected, through the years, actual letters that have been written by children to their pastor. They show just how serious they can be about things that are not so serious. I thought I would share just a few of them with you. This one is from an 8 year old boy named, Arnold, in Nashville, Tn.
Dear Pastor,
I know God loves everybody, but He never met my sister.
This one is from a 9 year old boy in Phoenix, AZ.
Dear Pastor,
Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been a good boy all week. I am Peter Peterson.
This letter was from an 8 year old boy, named Steven, from Chicago.
Dear Pastor,
I would like to go to heaven some day, because I know my brother won't be there.
I love this one from a little girl named, Lorene, who is 9 years old from Tacoma, Washington.
Dear Pastor,
I think a lot more people would start coming to our church if we moved it to Disney World.
This one really got to me a little bit, because I am such a sports fan. This is from Alexander, 10 years old, from Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dear Pastor,
Please say a prayer for our little league team. We need either God's help or a new pitcher.
This is the last one from Ralph, 11 years old, Akron, Ohio.
Dear Pastor,
I liked your sermon on Sunday, especially, when it was finished.
2. Now that is exactly the kind of letter you would expect a pastor to receive from children, but I am afraid that for many who are followers of Christ those letters reflect about how serious we sometimes are about God.
3. Calvin Coolidge, one of our former Presidents, once famously said "The business of America is business." ...
Author: James Merritt
Text: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
Introduction
1. One of the greatest and hardest things jobs parents have is to teach kids to take things seriously. One maddening thing about kids is they sometimes don't take serious things seriously but take non-serious things seriously.
2. I have collected, through the years, actual letters that have been written by children to their pastor. They show just how serious they can be about things that are not so serious. I thought I would share just a few of them with you. This one is from an 8 year old boy named, Arnold, in Nashville, Tn.
Dear Pastor,
I know God loves everybody, but He never met my sister.
This one is from a 9 year old boy in Phoenix, AZ.
Dear Pastor,
Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been a good boy all week. I am Peter Peterson.
This letter was from an 8 year old boy, named Steven, from Chicago.
Dear Pastor,
I would like to go to heaven some day, because I know my brother won't be there.
I love this one from a little girl named, Lorene, who is 9 years old from Tacoma, Washington.
Dear Pastor,
I think a lot more people would start coming to our church if we moved it to Disney World.
This one really got to me a little bit, because I am such a sports fan. This is from Alexander, 10 years old, from Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dear Pastor,
Please say a prayer for our little league team. We need either God's help or a new pitcher.
This is the last one from Ralph, 11 years old, Akron, Ohio.
Dear Pastor,
I liked your sermon on Sunday, especially, when it was finished.
2. Now that is exactly the kind of letter you would expect a pastor to receive from children, but I am afraid that for many who are followers of Christ those letters reflect about how serious we sometimes are about God.
3. Calvin Coolidge, one of our former Presidents, once famously said "The business of America is business." ...
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