1 - Through the cross Jesusgave me a new life

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL …

John & Mary: Three cheers for summer vacation!

John ran home to his room, opened his toy box ... full of adventures!

The crayons are running & disappearing into a book!

John grabbed the pink crayon “Bambino”

Bambino ran quickly after his friends into the book … John & Mary followed into the same book!

Bambino: Let go John, I don’t have time. I have to go now we can play later.John: Bambino wait, don’t go! What’s wrong? Tell me.Bambino: It’s a long story. All I can say is that you might not see me or my friends again!

John & Mary found themselves in a strange colourful place, with giant crayon boxes shaped like houses!

John: Bambino wait! What’s going on? Why are you scared?

Bambino: Crayon City is disappearing …

Brushy the Brush: Bambino … HELP!!!

Bambino: Brush, what happened to you, you’re so messy & your colour is different?

Brushy the Brush: I want to go with you to save our beautiful city, but my colours dried up, I can’t paint, I can’t move like before.

Bambino tried to help Brushy but he couldn’t

John: The only one who can help her is the one who made her.

Bambino: That’s Dr. Colour!

Dr. Colour fixed up Brushy, she was as good as new!

That’s exactly what Jesus Christ did for us!

• God created Adam & Eve in the best image possible, His own image!• They lived happily with God as His children in the Garden of Eden

(Paradise)!• But Adam & Eve listened to the serpent (devil), so their PURE (clean)

image changed to SINFUL (dirty).• God brought judgement on them for their sin, they could not live

with God in Paradise any more, BUT…

God is a just and loving God!

• God loved man sooooo much, He took the judgement on Himself!

• He came down from heaven & took flesh and became man.

• He was born of St. Mary, was crucified & died on the cross instead of us.

The CROSS reminds us of the LOVE of God!

“You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.”

Psalm 31:5

Remember ….• God loved us, He DIED

for us to SAVE us• The CROSS reminds us of:• LOVE• POWER• SALVATION

• God created us in His own image to be:

PURE & HOLY

GOD LOVES YOU!

Remember ….• When we are far from

God, we are DIRTY (sin) & BROKEN

• God can CLEAN & FIX us again, run back to Him …• REPENT• CONFESS

LOOK TO THE CROSS FOR GOD’S LOVE & POWER!

Memorizing …“O LORD, our Lord, How excellent is your name in all the earth, You who set Your glory above the heavens!

Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants You have ordained strength,

Because of your enemies, that You may silence the enemy and the avenger.” Psalm 8:1-2