Jesus Is My Hero – What Can I Do to Be His Hero?
John 15:9-13
vs. 12-13: “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
JESUS LOVES ME: Count-the-Ways Spotlight book
OBJECTIVE: Help children understand that Jesus Christ loves each one of them. With this book, they can count-the-ways as each page spotlights what Jesus did to show His love for us.
TO MAKE: Print or copy activity. Assemble and bend the tab at the top and glue or staple pages together.
THOUGHT TREAT New Beginning basket. Make a Rice Krispies Treat Easter basket using a small bowl as a mold (recipe on the box of Kellogg’s cereal). Or make a nest using bread dough. Place green-colored coconut grass in the bottom. Place small chocolate or Jelly Bean eggs on top. Perhaps have a small vase with spring flowers on display too.
Explain to the children that baby birds come from eggs. They are hatched in the springtime. Baby lambs and other animals are born in the spring. Green grass and flowers begin to appear. As nature awakens with new life, we can remember the resurrection of Jesus, and how He loves us.
Enjoy the treat as you discuss ways Jesus shows His love for us.
ACTIVITY:
Jesus Loves Me book
Children can review this “Jesus Loves Me” book to spotlight the life of Jesus and remind them of the things He did to show His love for us.
Talk to children about Jesus being our Savior and blessing others to heal them. Jesus showed us how to love others so we can be like Him.
DISCUSSION POINTS (Scriptures, Jesus Christ)
The above JESUS LOVES ME book spotlights:
• Jesus came to earth to show us the way.
• Jesus showed us how to be baptized.
• Jesus taught us how to pray.
• Jesus showed us how to care for others.
• Jesus showed us how to love one another.
• Jesus died for us.
• Jesus was resurrected so we can live again.
BIBLE SCRIPTURES TO UNDERLINE:
• “I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done,” John 13:15.
• “When he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water,” Matthew 3:16.
• “Pray, and seek my face,” 2 Chronicles 7:14.
• “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,” Leviticus 19:18.
•“Swallow up death in victory,” Isaiah 25:8.