He Knows My Name

He Knows My Name

Gail: Hi kids! Tonight we are going to do something a little different with the puppets. We are all going to chat with them!

(Knocks on puppet stage) Moe! Miss Elly! Mooster! Is anyone home tonight?

Moe: Hi Miss Gail! I’m here! I think Mooster is too. I’m not sure about Miss Elly….I think she’s visiting her cousins down at the Columbia Zoo. Maybe she will be back next week!

Mooster: I’m here! Hello everyone! What are we doing tonight, Miss Gail?

Gail: I thought it would be nice to talk about God knowing our names. We heard that preached in a message recently and I think it would be good for the kids to understand that concept a little better.

Moe:  Miss Gail, Seriously? God knows MY name? I’m just a monkey in a big old jungle. I’m cute and adorable, I’ll grant that, but still….I don’t think God knows me by name.

Mooster: Of course He does, Moe! You still are not reading your Bible as much as you should, are you? Listen to these verses, spoken by Jesus Himself: Matthew 10:29-31 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

30  But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31  Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Moe: Wow! God see when every sparrow falls to earth? That’s amazing. I mean….think about the billions and billions of birds there are in the world right now. But God notices each one?

Miss Gail: Yep. And Jesus said that we are more important to him than the sparrows.

Mooster: Also, listen to this from the Psalms chapter 139: I will praise thee (speaking to God) for I am fearfully and wonderfully made! Also in that chapter, it says God saw us when we were being formed in our mother’s womb. It says that all our members – things like fingers and toes – were known to God before they were even formed.

  

Moe: WOW  - that’s amazing. God knows all about us before we are even born? I guess that means God thinks we are a person before we are born, too, right, Miss Gail?

Miss Gail: That’s exactly right, Moe. A baby is a human being to God from the moment He starts creating it. No matter what the laws of any country may say, an unborn baby is a person – a person worthy of the notice of the God of the Universe. Now that’s pretty amazing!

Mooster: Miss Gail – why don’t you tell the children about God knowing our names?

Miss Gail: Well first, let’s have each of the children stand up and tell us their full name. Then they can tell us one interesting thing about themselves. I’ll start, then Moe and Mooster can go, then I’ll call on the children. My name is Gail Ann Kappenman. I’ve been married for 25 years. Moe – it’s your turn!

Moe: My name is Monkey Moe. Last year I ate 2,419 bananas!

Mooster: Uh. Wow. That was…uhm…fascinating information Moe.

My name is Mooster. I’m a moose and I moved here from Norway.

Miss Gail: Norway? Really? Wow – you don’t have any accent!

Mooster: My mom taught Moose English in school. She didn’t let us develop an accent.

Miss Gail! AH! Okay boys and girls, let’s start with you.
(Calls on each child in turn to stand, say their name, and give an interesting piece of information about themselves.)

Moe: Are you serious? I can’t do that! How could I possibly remember all that?

Mooster: God can.

Miss Gail: That’s true. God knows everything about us, including our names. Many times in the Bible God tells people He knows their name.

  

Moe: Oh now come on….how much information do you think God can store, anyway? First you said He sees every sparrow, and I know the Bible says He knows how many hairs we have, which is just soooo amazing, and now you are saying He knows all our names, too? He doesn’t forget anyone?

Mooster: Nope – He knows everyone’s names. He never forgets a single person because He created each one. And He sent His Son to die for each one, so every single person can have the chance to go to heaven. Isn’t that right, Miss Gail?

Miss Gail: It sure is. SO many times in the Bible God tells people He knows their name. He told Moses He knew him by name in Exodus 33:17. In John 10:3 He says the shepherd calls his own sheep by name, and we know Christians are often called the sheep of Jesus. God changed Jacob’s name to Israel in Genesis. In Isaiah, God is speaking to His people and He says, “I Have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou are mine.” And when Naomi wanted to change her name to “Mara” which mean “Bitter” God never called her by that name, because to God, her name was Naomi.

Moe: Wow! God knows my name!

Mooster: And how many bananas you eat every year.

Moe: Well that’s just amazing. I knew God loves me and all. But I never really thought about Him knowing my name, and calling me by my name. That’s really kind of awesome.

Mooster: God IS awesome, Moe.

Miss Gail: Kids, whenever you get discouraged or things don’t go the way you expect, I want you to remember that the amazing Creator of the entire vast universe…. KNOWS YOUR NAME! He knows you personally. He knows when you are sad or happy. He sees inside your head and knows your thoughts – He knows things about you that no one else can ever know! God loves you. He loves you so much He allowed Jesus to die and pay for your sins and for my sins. And Jesus rose again from the dead and sits in heaven right now, alive and watching over us. All we have to do is ask Jesus to forgive us of our sins and to save us and the Bible says we will live forever in heaven with Him. And He will know our names through alllll eternity!

Moe: Thanks, Miss Gail! Bye kids!!!

Mooster: Bye everyone!