Object Lesson for Kids - Heaven’s Mail Room

Object Lesson for Kids -
Heaven’s Mail Room
Prayer is more than asking God for
things. It is conversation with God.
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An Illustration of Prayer
The angel Gabriel was giving a newly arrived Christian a tour of
heaven. The two of them were walking side by side inside a large
mailroom filled with other angels.

Gabriel stopped in front of the first section and said, “This is
the Receiving Section. Here, all the petitions sent to God in prayer
are received.”
The Christian saw that the section was a very busy one with so many
angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous sheets of paper
from all the people of the world.
They resumed walking until they reached the second
section. Gabriel told the Christian, “This is the Packaging and
Delivery Section.

Here, the blessings of God in answer to prayers are packed and
delivered to the those who are praying on earth.”
The Christian saw how busy it was. There were a great many
angels working in that room because countless blessings were
being packed and delivered to earth.
Finally, at the farthest corner of the room, they stopped at the
last section. To the surprise of the Christian, only one angel was
there and he was idle.

“This is the Acknowledging Section,” Gabriel told the Christian.
“How is it that no work is being done here?”
“That’s the sad thing,” Gabriel answered.
“After people on earth received the blessings they asked for, very
few of them bother to send their acknowledgments.”
“How does one acknowledge God’s blessing?”
“Simple,” Gabriel answered. ”Just say, ‘Thank you, Lord.’”

Variation – An object Lesson or Children’s Sermon on Prayer
This could easily be converted into a sermon for kids, or an object
lesson for youth on “answered prayer.” Collect a bunch of postcards
and write prayers to God on them. “Dear God… A Prayer… then sign it
with a name. Then in another box have deliveries that match the
different requests. (Note some of the deliveries might be different
than the actual request because God provides what we truly need and
not what we think we need.) Finally, have an empty box for the
messages of Thanks.

Scriptures for Famous prayers in the Bible
• Abraham, for Sodom – Genesis 18:16-33
• Daniel – Daniel 9:1-19
• David – 2 Samuel 7:18-29; 1 Chronicles 17:16-27
• David’s Confession – Psalms 51:1-17
• David’s Thanks – 2 Samuel 7:18-29
• Deborah – Judges 5:1-31

• Elijah’s at Mount Carmel – I Kings 18:36-39
• Ezra – Ezra 9:5-15
• Habakkuk – Habakkuk 3:2-19
• Hannah – 1 Samuel 1:9-20; 1 Samuel 2:1-10
• Hezekiah – 2 Kings 19:14-20:3
• Hezekiah when Sick – Isaiah 38:2-8

• Hosea – Hosea 6:1-3
• Jabez – 1 Chronicles 4:10
• Jacob – Genesis 32:22-32
• Jehoshophat – 2 Chronicles 20:1-30
• Jeremiah – Lamentations 3: 21-26
• Jesus – Matthew 6:5-15: Luke 11:1-13;
John 17

• Job – Job 1:20-21; 3; 42:2-6
• Jonah – Jonah 2:1-9
• Jude’s Praise – Jude 1:24-25
• Moses – Exodus 15:1-18; 33: 12-23; Numbers 14:13-19
• Nehemiah – Nehemiah 1:4-10
• Paul – Romans 12:1-2; Ephesians 1:15-23; 3:14-21;
Philippians 1:9-11; Collosians 1:9-14; 2 Thessalonians 1:11-
12, 2:13-17

• Paul, Knowing God’s Will – Colossians 1:9-12
• Paul, Partners in Ministry – Philippians 1:3-11
• Paul, Spiritual Growth – Ephesians 3:14-21
• Paul, Spiritual Wisdom – Ephesians 1:15-23
• Solomon, dedication – 1 Kings 3:5-15; 8:14-61
• Stephen at His Stoning – Acts 7:59-60
• Tax Collector’s Prayer – Luke 18:13

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