Story
Say:
How do you think Jesus wants us to treat the other people? (Let the children respond) Today we are going to read a story Jesus told his followers to teach them how they should treat people. Are you ready?
Read “The Good Samaritan” in any children's story bible
Lesson
Say: What happened to the man who was traveling? (he was robbed and beat up) What did the first two men, the priest and levite do when they saw the traveler? (Walked right by) What did the Samaritan do (stopped and helped the traveler)
Before Jesus told the story of the Good
Samaritan a man asked him what the most important thing someone was supposed to
do if they were a follower of God. Jesus
said there were two things that were very important for God’s followers to
do. Do you know what they are? (love God
and love people) After Jesus said that
we need to love people (our neighbors) the man asked what kind of people we are
supposed to love. That is when Jesus
told this story. Why was it so
interesting that the man who helped the traveler was a Samaritan? What did the people talking to Jesus think
about Samaritans? (They didn’t like
them) What are some types of people
today that others don’t really like? (Let them give answers: criminals,
homeless people, smell bad, mean and etc.) Those are all good answers. What are we supposed to do with people that
are heard to like? (Still love them)
What are some ways that we can show love to those people? (treat them
the way we want to be treated even if they
are not nice to us) Treating
others the way we want to be treated is not the same as treating them the way
they treat us.
Memory Verse
Do to others what you want them to do to you. – Matthew 22:39
Big Idea
God wants us to love Him and love other people, even if they
are hard to love. We love others by
treating them the way we want to be treated.
Prayer (Take praises and
requests)
Say a prayer thanking God for loving us so much and asking
Him to help us love Him and love the people around us, even if they are hard to
love.
Craft
Have children make and decorate their own stethoscopes using toilet paper roles cut in half and yarn.
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