Here we have a simplified version of the LOVE PROJECT Gospel Sharing Tool designed specially for kids!
Draw the pictures out according to its sequence (refer to the video at home page) as you narrate the gospel using the script provided. Do feel free to use your own words and add exciting sound effects where appropriate. Kids love sound effects! There are also several questions along the way. Do pause after each question to allow for interaction. For this to be engaging, it has to be an interactive experience for the kids. If they give the wrong answers, encourage them by saying: "not really, but good try!" If they get it right, encourage them by saying: "well done!" ** means it is time to draw out the next item. |
Hi Kids!
Today, we are going to talk about – the meaning of Life!
Do you know why you are here on this planet earth?
To understand why we are here, we need to begin with God!
There is 1 God and only 1 God. **
And the Bible says that God is love. **
So God who is all loving, good and kind, created 1 world.
And after God made the world, He made the first man and woman.
Do you know what are their names?
Yes! Their names are Adam and Eve! Well done!
So, what exactly is God doing? Where is God going with this?
Well, God was embarking on a love project. **
Adam and Eve was created because God wants to create people that He can love, and is capable of loving Him back! Remember: God is love!
Now how does God show us that He love us?
By providing for us – God gave Adam & Eve this whole world full of delicious food!
So God shows love to us by providing food for us and protecting us.
How do you know that your parents love you?
Well, they provide for you.
They provide food/ home/ protection.
Next Question: How do you know you love your parents?
Well, because you obey them.
The way you show love to your parents is by obeying them.
So how does Adam & Eve show love to God?
Yes! By obeying God! Well done!
But before Adam & Eve can obey God, they must receive instructions to obey first right?
Without instructions, there is nothing to obey!
So God need to give Adam & Eve at least 1 instruction, so they can show love to God by obeying God.
If Adam & Eve cannot express love to God through obedience, then this whole love project becomes meaningless.
So God need to give them at least 1 instruction for them to express love and that is exactly what God did!
God gave them just Oooooone instruction to obey. Only one! **
God’s instruction is: of all the trees in the garden, you may freely eat of its fruit, but just this one tree, don’t eat.
Just to show your love to Me; obey Me by not eating from this tree. You can eat from any other tree, except this one tree.
So, do you think Adam & Eve showed love to God by obeying this 1 instruction?
Nope, they disobeyed God and that is why this world is in such a mess today!
This world fell under a curse! **
And the punishment for disobeying God is: hell. **
When Adam & Eve dies, they will have to suffer the punishment of hell.
And this is also true for all of us who have disobeyed God.
Have you ever thought of something, or did something unloving to another person?
I’m sure all of us have – that is why we all deserve to suffer in hell when we die. And that is the bad news!
But let’s remember something…
Remember that God is love!
God love us and does not want us to suffer in hell.
So God in His love, decided to PROVIDE for us again!
Remember, God love us and provided food and protection for us?
This time, God provided a way of escape for us!
God provided a way for us to escape hell and enjoy heaven.
So how did God provide this way of escape?
By sending Jesus!
God sent His Son, Jesus to come to this earth as a Man to rescue us from the punishment of hell!
And how did Jesus do that? How did Jesus rescue us from the fires of hell?
He did that by going to the cross and dying for us at the cross. **
At the cross, God took all of our disobedience and place it on Jesus **
And God, instead of punishing us for our disobedience, punished Jesus instead.
So Jesus was punished for whose disobedience?
Yes, for our disobedience, Jesus was punished!
Jesus suffered all the hell that we deserve at the cross.
And not just that, at the cross, God also took all of Jesus’ goodness and gave it to us **
So now, we can all go to heaven through Jesus’ goodness.
So the cross is God’s way of showing His love to us; by providing a way of escape.
By dying on the cross, Jesus has helped us to escape hell and enjoy heaven.
And in order to receive the gift of heaven; in order to receive all that Jesus has done for you at the cross, you need to pray, and tell God that: yes, I want to receive all that Jesus has done for me at the cross! I want to escape hell and enjoy heaven!
So let’s do that right now:
Let’s close our eyes and talk to Jesus; let’s say yes to Jesus!
Dear Lord Jesus,
Thank you for loving me
And dying on the cross for me.
We believe that at the cross,
You took all our disobedience.
You were punished for all our disobedience.
And in exchange,
You gave us your goodness.
And now we can enter heaven
through Your goodness.
We receive
All that You have done for us
At the cross.
Please send your Holy Spirit,
into my life right now,
To help me, to be Your follower,
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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