Bible Reference:

Matthew 22:34-40

Lesson Aim:

To discuss what it means to love God with all your heart, and to love others as you love yourself.

Main Message:

Jesus wants us to love God as much as we can. Jesus also wants us to love people as we love ourselves.

Lesson Options

 
 
 

Helping It Stick

Choose from these activities to enjoy with your kids to help repeat and consolidate the Main Message from this part of the bible.

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Creative

Loving God with your whole heart craft

What you’ll need:

  • 2 pieces of paper

  • Scissors 

  • Blue tack, sticky tape, or glue 

  • Texta 

What to do:

  1. Draw two love hearts of the same size, one on each piece of paper. 

  2. Cut one of the love hearts into puzzle pieces.

  3. Put blue tack, sticky tape or glue on the back of the puzzle pieces. 

  4. Give your child/ren one puzzle piece. Ask whether or not we should just love God with a little of our heart.

  5. Give your child/ren half of the puzzle pieces. Ask whether or not we should just love God with half of our heart.

  6. Give your child/ren all of the puzzle pieces. Discuss why it’s so important for us to love God with our whole heart. 

Love your neighbour craft 

What you’ll need:

  • Colourful paper

  • Blue tack

What to do:

  1. In the middle of a piece of paper draw a big love heart.

  2. In the centre of the love heart write, “‘Love your neighbour as you love yourself.” 

  3. Have your children draw the people they want to love on the outside of the love heart.

  4. Next to each person, get your children to write how they can practically love that person.

  5. Stick up the artwork where it will be a visible reminder of loving others.

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Musical

Sing along:

How Deep The Father's Love For Us [with lyrics] - Selah

The Greatest Commandment Listen and dance along with Hillsong Kids (Matthew 22:37-38) 

Kids Church Music: All four recordings by the Kids Mag Team have been collated onto the one webpage, cycle through them and enjoy over and over!

Click Here for the HBC Kids Music Videos

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Physical/Tactile

“Love God with all your…” throwing game

What you’ll need:

  • 1 piece of white paper

  • 3 containers, pieces of cardboard, rocks etc. 

  • The following images printed and cut out 

What to do:

  1. Write “Love God with all your…” on the white piece of paper.

  2. Stick the three images on a container, cardboard, rock etc. 

  3. Place the white piece of paper on the floor.

  4. Stand 2 or so meters away from the paper on the floor and throw your images onto the paper, shouting out what each image says.

  5. At the end of the game ask the children what it means to love God with all their heart and with all their soul and with all their mind.

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