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1. Help your kids learn the order of the
books in the Bible by playing Ball Toss.
Use the first 18 books of the New Testament for this lesson.
2. Students discover today’s Bible verse as
they complete “Take Heart” puzzle.
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Distribute Lesson 9 Family Fridge Fun papers
as students leave.
Invite volunteers to tell prayer requests as
you write them on the whiteboard. Then pray
with students about the needs and concerns
they mention.
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Prayer Tip
We can show our love for
God by accepting others.
Big Idea
Identify people
we need to accept
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Action Plan
We can show our love for
God by accepting others.
Big Idea
“The Lord does not look at
the things man looks at. Man
looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at
the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7
Bible Verse
When Jesus forgave the sinful woman who poured perfume on His feet, He
showed that He is truly God, since only God Himself can forgive sins. The religious leaders considered Jesus’ actions blasphemous. But Jesus did not try to
prove anything to the religious leaders. He steadily carried on as “a friend of tax
collectors and ‘sinners’” (Luke 7:34), loving people in need and proclaiming the
good news of God’s salvation.
Connecting You to Jesus
Editor
Becky English
Once we receive God’s love, He wants us to pass
it on! If God has accepted us, shouldn’t we share
His love with others who have doubts and fears
and needs? Since Jesus has loved me, I pray that
I will notice people’s HEARTS and will extend
God’s love and acceptance toward them.
I finally broke out of this mind-set when I got
to know some Christians who were full of freedom and joy. They laughed a lot and genuinely
enjoyed serving and worshiping the Lord. And I
discovered Romans 2:4, which says that “God’s
kindness leads [us] toward repentance.” I started to realize that God was kind and gentle and
that He accepted me! I just needed to believe
it—and be glad!
When I was younger, I had a hard time receiving God’s forgiveness. I knew that God had forgiven my sins, but I was hesitant to fully rejoice
in God’s forgiveness and grace.
Dear Teacher,
Luke 7:36-50
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Big Idea
Action Plan
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We can show our love for
God by accepting others.
Identify people
we need to accept
because God accepts
them.
(5 minutes)
TIP
Review
Welcome your group and ask the following questions to review large-group activities.
As your students arrive for large-group
time, greet them and
ask, What is a rule
your family has when
you eat?
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What are some things that kids notice about
other kids at school?
When have you seen kids your age picked on
because of what they wear or what they look
like?
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In middle of whiteboard, draw an outline of a person. When we look at people, what are some things we often notice about them? (Clothes, skin color,
height, etc.) Write students’ answers around outline of person. Good answers!
Now what are things that GOD notices about people? (Attitudes, feelings,
needs, problems, etc.) Write students’ answers inside outline of person. That’s
right! Our verse today, 1 Samuel 16:7, tells us that when God looks at people, He notices what’s inside a person, not just what’s on the outside.
Whiteboard Time
There is so much more to everyone than what we
see on the outside. Sometimes it can be hard to
accept others. Let’s try to be more like Jesus and
show His love by accepting everyone.
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Kid Talk Cards
(5 minutes)
Distribute Lesson 9 Kid Talk Cards and read Bible
verse on Side 1 aloud. Students use the grid to find
out how Jesus loved the woman in today’s Bible
story and how the woman felt about Jesus.
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How were Simon and the woman different?
What did Jesus want Simon to learn from
His story? (That God loves and accepts anyone
who comes to Him and is sorry for his or her
sins. That we should look at people’s hearts—
the part of them that thinks and feels.) Talk with
interested students about becoming members
of God’s family (see “Connecting Kids to Jesus”
article on CD-ROM).
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Students look at Side 2 of Kid Talk Cards. Students complete the word search to
discover different kinds of people they can accept and share God’s love with.
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Point to photo of pizza box. Sometimes, when people get together to have
fun, they order pizza! A pizza box can make us think of fun times with
family or friends when we feel accepted and included.
Who are some people that you might need God’s help to accept? (Someone who has hurt me. A new kid in class. Someone who is different from me.
Someone who has done something wrong.)
Why do you think it is easy for us to accept some people but not others?
What are some good ways to show love and acceptance to others? (Be
kind to someone who is different from me. Say “Hi!” to a new kid.)
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Spring • Lesson 9 • Ball Toss
Ball Toss
Students stand in a circle. Toss a ball to a student and say “Matthew,” if you are
using the New Testament (say “Genesis,” if you are using the Old Testament).
Student who catches the ball says “Mark” (or “Exodus”) and then tosses the ball
to another student. Continue tossing the ball and saying the names of the
books of the Bible in order until all the books have been named. (Optional: Print
names of books in order on large sheet of paper. Display paper where all students can see it.) Repeat game as time permits. (Optional: At end of each round,
each student chooses a book to find in his or her Bible.)
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Family Fridge
Thursday: Big Idea
We can show our love for God by
accepting others.
Monday: Bible Verse
“The Lord does not look at the things
man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks
at the heart.”—1 Samuel 16:7
While you say the first sentence, close your eyes
tight! Look at someone’s face while you say the
next phrase. Then as you say the third phrase, make
a heart shape with your hands. Repeat!
Tuesday: Talk!
Check out Luke 7:36-50. How do you think the
perfume smelled? What is the best thing you have
ever smelled?
Read Ephesians 4:2. Why does it matter if you are
humble and gentle? How does that show you
accept another person?
Friday:
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Read Philippians 2:3-4. Name game!
Name people you know who live a life like
these words describe. Name people YOU
need to act this way toward. Pray for God’s
help to really welcome and accept the
people you named.
Wednesday: Bible Bit
Read Romans 15:7. Play a quick game of charades.
Act out ways to show you accept someone else. Let
others guess what you are doing!
Connecting to Jesus
When Jesus forgave the sinful woman who poured
perfume on His feet, He showed that He is God,
since God is the only One who can forgive sins. The
religious leaders thought Jesus was wrong to do
that! But Jesus did not try to please the proud leaders. He just kept loving people in need and sharing
God’s good news that people could be forgiven and
become part of God’s family!
Saturday:
Just for Fun
What can you do with a pizza box? First, you have to
get one—that means ordering pizza! Invite a friend
over to eat with you. As you eat, talk about the
things that make each of you feel welcomed
and accepted.
What’s a way your family can really make others feel
welcome? Pray about it—and then do it!
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Spring • Lesson 9 • Puzzle
Take Heart
1 Samuel 16:7
Find out what God sees when He looks at you and me! Identify each picture below, and write what
it is in the blanks. Then write the circled letter in each numbered word in the matching blanks at the
bottom of the page.
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Spring • Lesson 9 • What’s Wrong?
What’s Wrong?
Print out Bible Book Cards
and cut them apart.
Mix together the cards
from the Bible sections
noted in the lesson,
plus several cards from
another Bible section.
Place 10 cards faceup.
Students identify the
cards that do not
belong. Repeat with
other combinations
of cards.
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Spring • Younger Elementary Puzzle Answers
Mark 14:32—16:20
Look at these pictures of people showing love to each other.
Draw lines to match the pictures that are opposites.
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The pictures in the letter A show the story of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
We can be glad because Jesus is ALIVE and shows His love for us!
“He has risen!“ (Mark 16:6)
God loves us.
We can show love to God by showing kindness to others!
Our Bible says, “We love because he first loved us“ (1 John 4:19).
Count the sheep on each hill. Fill in the blanks in order of the number of
sheep. Find out what Jesus wants His sheep to do!
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Spring • Younger Elementary Puzzle Answers
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Draw an X on the pictures that are not part of the big picture. Color in the
little pictures that are part of the big picture.
Jesus taught His helpers to pray to God. We can pray to God, too. We can
tell God we love Him.
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