Blessed: Given Much (Running Over)

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” Luke 6:38

Props: clear glass, clear glass pan, large clear glass pitcher filled with water

Jesus taught his followers how they could be blessed. His followers wrote his teachings down and now we’re going to teach you. How many of you want to be blessed? (Allow for response). You may not understand what it means to be blessed. You learned in the past few weeks that to be blessed means to be given what you don’t deserve. To be blessed also means to be given much. (Place glass in pan and begin filling glass with water from the pitcher. Stop when the glass is just over half-full). I could stop here and say that there is plenty of water in the glass. (Continue filling glass while you speak). Or I could keep going and stop when I get to the top of the glass. The glass is definitely full now. (Pour until the water runs out into the pan and the pitcher is empty). God’s blessings are like this water. He keeps pouring them out on us until we are overflowing. Just like this water is now running over into the pan, the blessings that God gives us are supposed to run out into the lives of others. God blesses us so that we can bless others.

Now how many of you want to be blessed by God? (Allow for response). When God blesses you, He gives you more than you can keep for yourself.