Jesus' Birthday Party
Tonight we are going to celebrate by having a birthday party for Jesus. So many times it seems like people forget that the whole reason we celebrate Christmas is because it is Jesus' birthday.
Show video of Where's the Line to See Jesus
Now we are going to talk about our cake.
The first thing you may notice is the cake is round which reminds us of God's never ending love for us (We are all going to make mistakes, we're not perfect. But we know that all we have to do is ask God to forgive us and if we are really sincere He will forgive us.)
The border of hearts around the cake sides represents each one of us standing as witnesses for Jesus. (How can we witness for Jesus)
The gold star in the middle of the cake reminds us of the star of Bethlehem which led the wise men to Jesus.
The yellow hearts around the star is the grace of God.
The red candle we have over to the side represents Jesus. (Light red candle)
Read Christmas story.
Give everyone a candle and let them stick it in the cake and then light each of their candles. When we have Jesus in our heart we are a light to the world for Jesus. So many people won't read the Bible for themselves to learn more about Jesus so we need to be able to let them see Jesus in our life and our lifestyle.
Sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and blow out candles.
When we cut the cake you will notice three layers.
- The first layer is brown for our sins.
- The second layer is red for Jesus' blood that He shed for our sins when He died on the cross.
- The third layer is green which stands for new life -- which is something we have in our heart after we accept Jesus and ask for forgiveness of our sins.
- The frosting is white and it stands for Jesus' purity and righteousness.
