Valentine’s Day
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Life is Like a Box of Chocolates
Key Verse
Romans 8:35, 37
Additional Verses
John 16:33; Hebrews 13:5
Materials Needed
- box of assorted chocolates
Preparation
Remove the cellophane from the box of chocolates
Do you guys like chocolate? I love chocolate and in fact I’m going to have some right now (start eating one of the chocolates). This box has a lot of different kinds of chocolates in it. I really like this one a lot because it has more chocolate on the inside. I’m going to try another one (take a bite of another one). This one has cream in the center and I don’t really like this one. Let me try another one (bite another one). This one has nuts in it and I like this kind. Ok, one more (try another.) This has coconut inside and I’m not a big fan of that one. People sometimes say that life is like a box of chocolates because sometimes good things happen to us and sometimes bad things happen to us. Just like this box of chocolates. It’s a big mixture of different candies and sometimes I get the one I want and sometimes I don’t.
In life, good things can happen to us like we win the game, or we get the teacher we wanted, we graduate with honors, we get the relationship we want (use age-appropriate examples). But sometimes we don’t get what we want: we get sick or we don’t make the team or a loved one dies or a pet dies.
When things are going well, we might feel like God is for us and He’s on our side but then when things go wrong, we might wonder if God has abandoned us. But listen to what the Bible tells us in Romans 8:35 & 37 (NLT) 35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? … 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
So having trouble doesn’t mean God doesn’t love us. Going through rough times doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love us or that He’s left us. He promises to never leave us or abandon us.
In fact, Jesus promises us that in this life we will have trouble. In John 16:33 (NLT) Jesus said, “Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.”
God sometimes allows us to have troubles, so we can learn to trust Him more. He uses our all experiences good and bad to help our faith to grow. With God we can overcome any challenge we face.
No matter what comes your way in life, good or bad, nothing can ever separate you from God’s love.
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Conversations With God
Key Verse
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Additional Verses
Romans 5:8; Philippians 4:6
Materials Needed
- Bag of Conversation Hearts
- Individual-size boxes or bags of conversation hearts to give out as a takeaway (Optional)
Preparation
Open the bag a little so you can get some candy out.
Object Lesson
So we have a holiday coming up soon. Does anyone know what it is? That’s right, it’s Valentine’s Day! Valentine’s Day is a fun holiday because we get to tell our friends and family how much we care about them. We can write out Valentines with special messages or we can give people candy. You guys don’t like candy, do you? I love Valentine candy and one of my favorite Valentine candies are CONVERSATION HEARTS.
In fact, I brought some with me today (hold up the bag of conversation hearts). These are really fun to give to friends or someone that we love to let them know how much we care about them. And some of the things they say are so silly. I’m going to take some of these out and read what they say (Start taking some out and reading the ones you think are silly).
Examples: UR Cute, DM Me (Direct Message Me), Rock Star, Kiss Me, GOAT (Greatest of All Time)
Did you know that God wants to have a continual conversation with you? God loves you so much that He even sent Jesus to die for you. God wants to have a friendship with you and he wants you to talk to him like you would to a friend. (Romans 5:8)
The Bible says we should pray without stopping (1 Thessalonians 5:17), which means we can have a conversation with God all day.
So what can we have a conversation with God about? Anything! You can talk to God about something you’re afraid of. Maybe you’re having a problem with a friend or a family member, and you can talk to God about that. Maybe you know someone who is sick and needs God’s help, you can ask Him to help that person. (Include any other examples that may be relevant to your group).
The Bible tells us not to worry about anything, but to pray about everything, tell God what you need and thank Him for all he has done (Philippians 4:6). So we can also thank God and praise him throughout the day as part of our conversation with Him. If you were making a bag of conversation hearts for God, what would you write on them to thank Him and praise Him? (Give some answers to get started and then allow the class to give some):
Examples: Luv U, UR Good, U Help Me, U Rock, Thank U, U Care
Now in a conversation, there’s always more than one person talking, right? So we can talk to God, but He also wants to talk to us. How does God talk to us? (Allow the kids to answer if they want). Sometimes if we are quiet and listen to God, He will speak to our hearts and give us guidance by His Holy Spirit.
One of the biggest ways God talks to us is through the Bible. By reading the Bible we can hear God’s instructions for us and we can learn about how much He loves us.
So this Valentine’s Day, if you are snacking on some conversation hearts, let it remind you to have a continual conversation with God as you go about your day. Talk to God and listen to what He is saying to you.
Conversation Hearts for God
Key Verse
John 3:16-17; Romans 5:6-11
Additional Verses
1 Corinthians 13:4-8; Mark 12:29-31; 1 John 4:7-8
Materials Needed
- Conversation Heart candies
- Large paper hearts
- Display board or corkboard
- Thumbtacks
Object Lesson
How many of you guys got some Valentines this past week? Maybe you got some at school or at sports or scouts. When I was a kid, I loved to make one of those Valentine mailbox thingies to collect all of my Valentines in. After a Valentine party at school, I always counted how many Valentines I got and had fun reading all of the silly messages and I especially loved looking at all of the good candy that I got. I especially loved those little Candy Conversation Hearts with love messages written on them (take some out and eat one). It made me feel good too, to know that my classmates liked me enough to give me a little card and let me know that I had a friend. Did you guys know that there is someone that loves you even more than your friends love you? And there is someone that loves you even more than your parents and grandparents love you. This Guy sent you a Valentine and it isn’t one of those little cards with a lollipop attached. It’s not a dozen roses that cost $100 or a 5lb box of chocolates. God loves you so much that he sent the most expensive Valentine in the world to you. We are going to read about the Valentine that God sent you.
John 3:16 says “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
So, who sent you a Valentine? (God)
What was the Valentine? (Jesus)
Let’s read some more about this wonderful Valentine: Romans 5:6 says When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. 7 Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. 8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. 9 And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. 10 For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. 11 So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.
What was God trying to tell us with his Valentine? (He loves us so much that he was wiling to send his only Son to die for us).
So God’s Valentine to us is Jesus and the forgiveness that he bought for us. God really loves us more than anyone else could.
Do you love him back? God has shown us how much he loves us and he loves to hear from us that we love Him too. (Ask the kids to give a reason why they love God. He provides, forgives, cares for us, gives us joy, etc.). Work together as a class to write some “Conversation Hearts” to God on colored paper hearts. Attach them to a display Board with thumbtacks. Here are some ideas:
Love U
Praise U
Thank U
UR Awesome
UR Good
U Rock
Call On Me
U Care
U Rule
UR My God
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Love One Another
Key Verse
1 John 4:11
Additional Verses
Galatians 5:22-23; John 13:34; 1 John 4:20; 1 John 4:7-8; 1 Peter 4:8; Romans 12:10
Materials Needed
- Strawberry. Feel free to bring plenty to pass out.
Object Lesson
In Galatians 5:22-23 we learn about the Fruit of the Spirit. These are things that we should producing when we are living a life following Christ. The first one is talks about is the fruit of Love.
Do you know what love is? Love is when we care for someone more than we care about our own life. In 1 John 4:11 is says that God wants us to love one another because He loves us so much.
(Show everyone the strawberries.)
These are delicious strawberries and today they are going to represent the fruit of love. On Valentine’s Day people will often give someone they love a box of chocolate covered strawberries. Have you ever had a chocolate covered strawberry before? They are delicious!
(Hold up the strawberry so it looks like a heart.)
If you look at a strawberry it kind of looks like a heart we will often tell people that we love them “with all our heart.” God wants us to love Him with all of our heart! He also wants us to love others the same way.
(Take a bite of the strawberry.)
Strawberries are so sweet and delicious. God’s love is sweet, and he wants us to be sweet and loving to those that are around us as well.
God has loved us so much and He wants us to love those around us in return. In 1 John 4:7-8 it says that if we say that we love God but don’t love others then we really aren’t loving God at all. He wants us to love one another.
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