No Matter What Kind of Love
Posted by: Buffalo Dream Center
Topic: Bible Verses
Verse: Love never fails… 1 Corinthians 13:8
Props:
Hula hoop
Chopstick
2x4 ply wood
Broom
Table
Glass
Paper towel
Golf ball
Pie plate
Paper towel tube
Characteristics of God’s love written on paper
Slips of paper for kid’s to take home
Instructions:
Discussion:
Introduction: God’s love is forever
-Have a volunteer demonstrate the hula-hoop. Select a few people.
-A hula-hoop never seems to end. It goes around and around.
-What does this remind you of?
-God’s love goes on and on and on. It never ends.
-God tells us in the Bible “I love you people with a love that will last forever.”
-How long is forever?
-Can we count on forever?
God’s love never fails.
-Name some people you love.
-Have you ever felt like you don’t love them? Why?
-Our love is like this piece of wood. It breaks.
-Sometimes we do not act like we love someone. Maybe they were mean to us. Maybe they annoyed us. Our love can fail.
-God’s love is like this piece of wood.
-Have someone come and try to break it.
-God’s love is always there for us no matter what comes our way it is impossible to break. God’s love will never fail or stop.
God’s love is always there for you.
-In fun times, sad times, happy times, scary times.
-Glass=God’s love
-We= the golf ball
-No matter what might come your way God is always there for you-loving you.
Characteristics of God’s Love
I Corinthians 13
-Patient and kind
-Never gives up
-Cares more about others than for itself
-Doesn’t want what it doesn’t have
-Doesn’t force itself on others
-Isn’t selfish
-Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others
-Loves the truth
-Up with anything
-Trusts in God
-Always looks for the best
-keeps going until the end
5.God showed His love through Jesus
-God sent Jesus to the earth
-Jesus shared God’s love
-Jesus was beaten
-Jesus was made fun of-crown of thrones
-Jesus was hung on the cross
Conclusion: How are you going to show God’s love?
Say: God loves me no “matter what” all the time. I’m going to love others “no matter what” all the time.
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