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Bible Story:
A lesson from a tiny seed
Have you ever heard the saying “Good things come in small packages?” It really is true! Sometimes the best gifts are the ones in the smallest box. Today we will learn how God can take the little we have and make it into something great!
In today’s lesson, Jesus again talks about a seed. Jesus told His friends that God’s kingdom was like a mustard seed. A man planted it in a field. Even though it was one of the smallest seeds, when it grew, it became a gigantic tree with branches that birds could rest on!
In this story, Jesus compared God’s kingdom to a tiny mustard seed that grew to be a huge plant. Just like the tiny seed, the number of people who followed Jesus was very small at first. But Jesus knew that many people would become His followers. He knew that God’s kingdom would grow, and He used these disciples to do it! Jesus then compared God’s kingdom to yeast.
Yeast is a substance that people use to make bread. Have you ever had bread that was flat? That kind of bread is called unleavened bread because it is made without yeast. To make bread that rises, people use yeast. It only takes a small amount of yeast to make the bread rise.
Another way of looking at these two parables is that when a person first believes in Jesus and asks Him into their life, they may not know a lot about Him. They start out with a tiny seed of faith. But their faith grows as they get to know God better.
How do we get to know God better? (reading the Bible, praying, going to Bible Study) We can be like the yeast in the second parable. We can spread the Good News about Jesus like His disciples did. Just like the yeast mixes into the dough and makes all the bread rise, we can influence many people by telling them about Jesus. Let’s keep spreading the Word!
-Story courtesy of Mission Arlinglton
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