Object Lesson: Heaven’s Mail Room

Object Lesson:
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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