From little on kids want to impress their parents and prove to them that "I can do what you can do!" So when our sons and daughters see mom and dad doing something, they often insist, "I want to do that too!" It's only natural then that when they see others receiving the bread and wine (or grape juice) at communion that they want to try it too.

In today's video podcast Pastor Brian explains that while there would be nothing wrong with trying the bread or wine/grape juice outside of the worship service, during the celebration of the sacrament Jesus' words have real power to give us his body and blood along with the bread and wine for our forgiveness. The Apostle Paul also puts some important stipulations on who should receive the sacrament so that they receive it to their benefit.

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ANSWERS FROM ABOVE KIDS is an online ministry of Ascension Lutheran Church, Plymouth, MN.

You can find us on the web at: www.AscensionPlymouth.com.

"Hey, you didn't pray! Dad, .... didn't pray!" Sometimes that's how it sounds at the Roloff household should someone swipe a bite of food before we all sit down to dinner. But is that how God wants it? Is praying before meals (or eating a snack or drinking a cup of water for that matter) some kind of a Biblical requirement to be rigorously enforced? What are the proper words to speak to thank God--does he want us to say the same thing every time or make up new? In this video podcast Pastor Brian emphasizes that what God wants first and foremost is an attitude of thanksgiving to fill our lives. Once we have that, everything else will fall into place.

ANSWERS FROM ABOVE KIDS is an online ministry of Ascension Lutheran Church, Plymouth, MN. Feel free to share them with your family and friends!

You can find us on the web at: www.AscensionPlymouth.com.

Recently one of our preschool kids posted a question worthy of our adult podcast--Is life pre-planned by God? That's quite a tall challenge: to explain God's almighty power and rule, his all-knowing, and his gift of free will and human responsibility in a way that a child can understand it. I'm not saying I nailed it, but God-willing it is a worthwhile attempt!

Keep sending your questions!

ANSWERS FROM ABOVE KIDS is an online ministry of Ascension Lutheran Church, Plymouth, MN.

You can find us on the web at: www.AscensionPlymouth.com

Keep sending your questions!

ANSWERS FROM ABOVE KIDS is an online ministry of Ascension Lutheran Church, Plymouth, MN.

You can find us on the web at: www.AscensionPlymouth.com

What kid doesn't love dinosaurs? When I was a child there were two places on the children's reading level of the library that I knew by heart: the dinosaur section and the space section. Many of us think that there's no way that people and dinosaurs could have existed on earth at the same time because the dinosaurs were just so huge. Well the truth is the dinosaurs that make the headlines are only the big ones. The average size of the fossils that paleontologists find is something closer to a sheep or a chicken... hardly a T-Rex.

The Bible also makes it clear that God made all life on earth during the first week of creation--so we might wonder, where are the dinosaurs? This week's answer takes us to the book of Job (who lived after the flood). There we hear God tell Job to take a look at two magnificent creatures that he made--Behemoth and Leviathan--which sure sound like dinosaurs to me! Give this week's podcast a listen and find out more!

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This week's Answers from Above question is: Did God create aliens? Intelligent aliens?

What kid (and how many adults, including our best and brightest at NASA) doesn't ever wonder about aliens and alien life on other planets?! We'll see what God's Word says about when and where and why and what kind of life God has made. Does the Bible talk about aliens? Join us and see...

This week's Answers from Above question is: If Jesus was perfect, did he go to school?

This week's Answers from Above question is: Can people who have died and gone to heaven see us?

This week's Answers from Above question is: If Jesus was perfect does that mean that he never got "out" in kickball?

This week's Answers from Above question is: If someone does something wrong, when do I need to tell on them?