Elementary: Weekly Devotional

AWEsome – Week 3

Talk to your kids about the things they have in common with family members, friends, and classmates. Point out that we all have things in common because God made us.

Read Genesis 1:27

What do you think it means to be created in the image of God?

Why do you think God made us in His image?

Because we are created in God’s image, how should we behave?

Read John 13:34

What does Jesus mean by “commandment”?

How has Jesus loved us?

What is the difference between liking what someone does or says and loving them?

Close in prayer by thanking God for creating us in His image. Ask Him for help in obeying His command to love others just as Jesus loves us.