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START WITH PRAYER

PRESS PLAY

Play “Faith As Small As A Mustard Seed” (Matthew 17:20) from the Seeds of Faith album or DVD. Sing along as a family to help get this verse planted deep in your hearts.

I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this

mountain, ‘Move from here to there’’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

MAtthew 17:20

Matthew 17:20

FAITH AS SMALL AS A

MUSTARD SEED

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OPEN THE BIBLE

Read Matthew 17:20:

20 I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

TALK ABOUT IT

(Story from Kylie Houser “Worship Girl”)

Have you ever seen a mountain before? They are majestic and HUGE! If you were able to go to a mountain today and tell it to move, do you think it would move? Probably not!

When Jesus talks about a mountain here, I don’t think he was talking about an actual mountain. (If He were, we would have mountains jumping into the sea everyday.) Instead, I think He was talking about things in our life that seemed big, intimidating or unmovable. This could be school, getting good grades, making friends, moving to a new town or a problem in your life.

Let me tell you a story. There was a time in my life when I did not have any friends. The reason was that we lived in a town in Utah and the families in our neighborhood did not want their kids playing with me because we are Christians. This was very hard on me and made me sad. During that time, I was home schooled and so I didn’t have school kids around either. I felt lonely and

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wondered how I would be able to make friends.

I started to pray and ask God for friends. It seemed like a big, impossible thing to me and I was not sure how God would provide. But Jesus said if we have the faith of a mustard seed, nothing will be impossible for us.

One day my dad told us that we were soon going to move to a new Utah town. We prayed as a family and asked God to put us in the house He wanted us in. As soon as we moved, I quickly made lots of new friends. These friends became my best friends and we all have enjoyed life together. We love being together so much and have helped each other grow closer to God.

I am so thankful that God moves mountains in our lives. He said all we need to have is the faith of a mustard seed. It is the smallest seed. If you pinch your fingers together and un-pinch them just a little tiny bit, that is how big a mustard seed is. That is all the faith you need to have a mountain moved. We can really trust Him to move things that we cannot move on our own. What mountain do you need moved for you or your family right now?

SEEDS Treasure

Mustard Seed Faith Moves Mountains!

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Discussion 1. In Matthew 17:20, is Jesus talking about an actual mountain?

2. In this story, why was Kylie sad and what did she ask God for?

3. What did Kylie start to do?

4. How did God answer her prayer?

5. A mustard is a gigantic seed. [True/False]

CLOSE IN PrayER

As You Go...

Watch this video:https://www.pursuegodkids.org/faith-like-a-little-mustard-seed/

èèèèèèèMustard Seed Faith Moves Mountains!

èJesus Shows Us The Greatest Love.

èJESUS IS THE LIGHT OF LIFE!

èwe can receive the gift of eternal life through Jesus!

èSalvation is God’s Awesome Gift To Us Who Believe!

èGOD’S WORD IS TRUE AND STANDS FOREVER.

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