No Umbrellas in the Congregation
Story★★★★During a particularly hot summer a group of farmers met in their church to pray for rain. After the meeting a little girl asked her father if the people truly expected that it would rain. “Yes, of course,” the father said. “Otherwise we wouldn’t be here.” “But, Daddy,” the girl protested, “I didn’t see any umbrellas in the congregation.”
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The point
A little girl notices that despite the congregation praying for rain, no one brought an umbrella, exposing their lack of genuine faith in the prayer.
Scripture
Matthew 21:22Mark 11:24James 1:6Hebrews 11:1Matthew 18:3
Audience
AdultsYouthChildrenSmall Group
Tone
Convicting · Hopeful
To tell aloud
under a minute · 55 words