Worship in Giving

You will need two offering containers. The book has a great idea for an offering contest. The children try to sink their boats with their offering.

 Boys and girls, it is time to worship the Lord with our giving. The Bible commands us to bring all our tithes into the storehouse. The local church is that storehouse. It is God's plan to take care of the church and the pastor. Open your Bibles to Malachi 3:10. Can anyone tell me where the book of Malachi is found? Malachi is the last chapter in the Old Testament. (Give them time to find the verse. Have the helpers help the children find it.) Let's read it together. This verse has a promise in it. What is that promise? That's right. God promised if we would obey Him by bringing our tithes into the storehouse, then He would open the windows of heaven and pour us out a blessing that there would not be enough room to receive. (Choose four people to receive the offering and one to pray over the offering.)