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Lesson: What Does God Love?

What does God Love? Lesson Plan

As we celebrate Valentine’s Day children are sure to be focused on Love. This holiday brings a perfect opportunity to talk to children about the love that God has for us. What does God love? We know that God loves His people and the His world. This list attempts to help children understand how God [...]

Teaching Kids About Loving Others

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Children have no problem loving others but sometimes they aren’t sure how to put legs on that love. If we don’t teach kids that love needs action, we’ll raise a generation of children that don’t follow the Golden Rule. In my kids church, I use my weekly bulletin to encourage kids to step outside their [...]

Valentine’s Activities for Kids Church

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Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to remind kids that God loves them and that Christians should love one another. Besides having a fantastic lesson on these subjects, you should have the appropriate activities to reinforce them. Work some of these activities into your itinerary as icebreakers or for breaks in your lesson. I like [...]

Valentine’s Day Object Lesson for Loving God’s Family

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“Love one another,” is the command Jesus gave to us in John 13. He also said that the world would recognize us as his disciples because of this love for one another. Valentine’s Day is the perfect occasion for presenting kids with this loving command. Teach kids what this kind of love is and how [...]

Top 10 Love Bible Verses for Valentine’s Day

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In the next few days leading up to Valentine’s Day, love will be marketed in advertisements and store displays.  Love will be equated with chocolate and cards and flowers and romance. And yes, love can be demonstrated in these ways.  But as followers of Christ, we know that love is so much more!  Communicating that [...]

2 Valentine’s Day Games for Kids

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Sweet and special, Valentine’s Day offers the prepared teacher the ideal opportunity for teaching kids about God’s love and loving others. From television shows to poor in-home examples, kids see many wrong or, at best, shallow ideas about what love truly is. Bring kids back to the truth by presenting easy to remember love-related scriptures [...]