The children had a great time learning about the love of God during Message Experience. We read John 3:16 and talked about how much God loves us and that His love is for anyone who will believe or trust him!
God didn’t just say, “I love you.” He demonstrated it. Romans 5:8 says that God demonstrated or showed His love for each one of us by sending Jesus to die for us. He loves us just the way we are, but because He loves us so much, He doesn’t want us to stay the way we are — empty-hearted without Him!
To demonstrate this, we then took a paper towel and drew a heart on it to represent us and then three more hearts to represent others, and then we filled the heart representing us with God’s love by coloring it in with a red marker. The children learned that God wants us to share His love with others! We don’t have to do it alone though! What happened next was really cool, we placed the bottom of the paper towel into water (representing God) and watched as the paper towel soaked up the water. The love of God (red marker) spread to the other hearts! When we allow God to “saturate” or “fill” our lives, His love will overflow and spread to others! Jesus talks about this in John 7:38.
Valentine’s Day is a perfect time to start loving God and asking for His forgiveness and to fill your empty heart with His love. That’s the first step — love God! Then we are to stay close to Him and let Him fill our lives every day so that His love will overflow through us and then to others! Stay tuned for next week!
Tiffany Smith
Family & Children’s Ministry
Chapel Hill United Methodist Church
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