Puppets - Revival

REVIVAL

Mooster:  (sings offstage) gimme that ol’ time revival, gimme that ol’ time revival, gimme that ol’ time revival, ‘cause it’s good enough for me) [pokes head out and says] HEY Boys and Girls!!! Isn’t this a wonderful day? Hey Moe! Moe come on out here! Moe!!!

Monkey Moe: (pokes his head out) Cough cough cough, sniffle, cough. Hiya Mooster! Iddn’t dis a gread day?

Mooster:  It sure is, Monkey Moe. I’ve been just singing away all day today. I have a song in my heart! But …. It kinda sounds like you have a cold in your head!

Monkey Moe: I do! Dat’s why I couddn’d be ad da rebible lads week.

Mooster: It’s called a re-viv-al, Moe, not a reBible.

Moe: I doe, I doe, bud I hab a told! I cad hep wad I sound like.

Mooster: Oh, I’m sorry, Moe. I sure did miss you at all the services last week. I knew you were sick. Lots of people have been out with colds and the flu and coughs and all kinds of stuff. You sure did miss some good preaching and the singing was great and people were blessed!

Moe: Yea, {cough, cough} I wish I coudda been here bud my mom said nod to spread my germs all over everywhere.

Mooster: Your mom is right, Moe! Germs from colds can make other people sick. That’s how you got sick. There’s so many kids at school with colds right now, you were bound to get some germs on you.

Moe: How do I ged germs on me? I don’t go looking for dem!

Mooster:  Well, germs are air born. See, every time we cough or ---

Moe: AH Ah AH AH – CHOOOOOsprtthzzzzz

Mooster: Sneeze….

Moe: Sorry.

Mooster: We spread germs around. You know that sneeze you just did? You just sprayed the entire front row with monkey spit germs.

Moe: Oh I did not!

Mooster: You sure did, Moe. A sneeze comes flying out of your mouth at over 30 miles per hour and can reach almost 20 feet! You can’t run fast enough to get away from the germs that come flying out of a person’s mouth at that speed. That’s why it’s so important to cover your mouth when you sneeze. Maybe next time the front row won’t get covered in Monkey Moe slobber.

Monkey Moe: Oday oday, I will cover my mouth when I sneeze. So wad happened ad da rebible?

Mooster:  We had so many good messages! One preacher talked about confessing our sins and being specific when we name them. God already knows what we’ve done wrong. He’s just waiting on us to tell Him so He can forgive us. Did you know it brings glory to God if we confess our sins to Him? I never thought about that before.

Monkey Moe: Nope, I didn’t know dat. Whad else?

Mooster: One preacher told us what to do when we don’t know what to do.

Monkey Moe:  {Cough, cough, hack, cough.}  Huh? Iddn’t dat a liddle confusing?

Mooster: Not really – when we don’t know what to do, that’s when we need to pray and trust God. He’ll take care of the things we don’t have any control over.

Moe: Thad’s an exciding thod!

Mooster: It sure is. And guess what else? People around here have been getting blessed and getting their hearts right and drawing closer to God!

Monkey Moe: I know – I keep hearing people telling me how God has been helping dem. It’s really exciting to hear aboud id. Ah Ah Ah Chooo (sneezes face down) Hey Mooster – dat waz bedder, huh? I sneezed toward the floor.

Mooster: I noticed. Now I have to go wash my fur when we leave – you completely sprayed my feet in your saliva. Gross.

Monkey Moe: Well, ad leads da kids didn’t ged sprayed!

Mooster: Yeah, that’s comforting. You know what, Moe? Your cold reminds me of our revival.

Monkey Moe: Huh? How in da world cad a stuffy node monkey remind you of a rebible?

Mooster: Well, it’s like this. Revival starts with just one person. Probably just one kid at your school got a head cold and pretty soon with all his sneezing and coughing, he had infected a whole bunch of people. He spread his germs everywhere.

Monkey Moe: Well yea, I can see how dat could happen. But I don’t ged da connection.

Mooster: Well, spreading germs around, although gross, is a lot like spreading seeds around. Or spreading around bad news.

Moe: Oh! You mean like gossip? {cough, sniffle}I know dat stuff spreads fast! Like last week when Billy Barder stepped on Millie’s flowers and tried to blame his little sister and den he  –

Mooster: Yes, yes – you don’t have to repeat gossip to know what it is.

Moe: Bud Mooster, id’s nod gossip if everybody knows it!

Mooster: First of all, not everyone knows. Second, it’s not nice. If you are going to say something about someone that you wouldn’t want said about you, even if it isn’t really bad, then don’t repeat it. Gossip spreads – just like your cold germs. And once you start spreading gossip, there’s no getting it back. Some people will always believe it, even if it’s proven wrong.

Moe: Gossip spreads like my code? {sniff sniff}

Mooster: Yep. When you say something bad about someone, whoever you tell will tell someone else. And they’ll tell others. Just like when you sneeze, you spread hundreds and hundreds of tiny little pieces of spit all over everywhere if you don’t cover your mouth. Those little pieces of spit contain thousands of cold germs. Just imagine how many people you could make sick if you sneezed in a crowded room. The next week, all those people could be sick and they in turn would be making hundreds more people sick. Gossip is just like that. The bad stuff just keeps spreading and spreading.

Moe: Oday, oday. I ged id. I’ll try nod do repead addymore gossip. Do you hab addymore to tell us aboud rebibal stuff?

Mooster: Well, in the 1700’s there was the First Great Awakening. Great men of God like Jonathon Edwards and David Brainerd preached tremendous messages that God used to get hold of men’s hearts. In most revivals throughout history, people who attended the revival services had their hearts revived – fresh life poured in so they could in turn help others. They would then invite other people to the services and those people would get revived and so on.

Moe: Ohhhhh….I ged id. Jus’ like my germs keep spreading my code and spreading my code, revivals kept spreading God’s Word to odders and kept spreading God’s Word to odders.

Mooster: That’s exactly right! If Georgian Giraffe gets on fire for God and wants to serve Him, she’s going to tell others about it. Maybe Henrietta Hippo will hear and she’ll be drawn back to God, too. Then she could tell all her friends at the quilt shop and maybe some of them would be interested.

Moe: Yeah, {cough, cough} but not all the ladies at the quilt shop are saved.

Mooster: And that’s another good thing about revivals, Moe! When people get excited about the changes God is making in their lives, they often tell unsaved people about it too. Then the unsaved people start thinking and the Holy Spirit starts working and sometimes those folks get saved! It’s all from God’s people getting right and getting revived!

Moe: Hey Mooster! I know a Bible verse that goes along with today’s lesson!

Mooster: Really? That’s great, Moe! Tell us what it is.

Moe: Id’s Psalm 85:6 “Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

Mooster: That’s an excellent verse, Moe. Thanks!

Moe: You’re welcome. {cough, cough, cough}.

Mooster:  Kids – let’s remember several things this week. Let’s remember to cover our mouths when we cough or sneeze. Remember not to repeat or say bad things about other people. Gossip is bad. The Bible says God is not pleased with us when we spread gossip.

Moe: And da final ding to rebember is to have rebibal like a code!

Mooster: Well, yeah, kinda. What Moe means, boys and girls, is that we should be spreading the news of the Gospel to others. We should be happy to share what God is doing in our lives. Tell your friends how God has answered a prayer for you or has helped you do well on a test. Maybe you have prayed for someone who is sick to get well and God healed that person. You can rejoice in that! Annnnd – even when God doesn’t heal people, you can show others your faith is still in God because you know He has a purpose in times of sickness.

Moe: Yeah, I dink God had me hab a code so we could talk about how dings spread – like codes, germs, and gossip. But good things can be spread, too – like the Love of Jesus for each of us!

Mooster: Good point, Moe! Now I think it’s time to get you back home so you can have some hot banana  and cayenne tea before you go to bed. You need lots of rest to help you get better.

Moe: Oday, Mooster. Bye boys and girls!

Mooster: Bye!