Jesus Teaches About God’s LoveBible story based on Matthew 6:25-34; Luke 12:22-31

Many came to hear teach about God.

said, “Do not worry about . See the

? God feeds the . He will feed you, too.

God loves you more than the .” Trust God’s love.

Then said, “Do not worry about  .

See the ? The wear beautiful colors. God

gives their colors. And He will help you have

. He loves you more than .”

people Jesus food birds clothes flowers

In-Class Worksheet and Take-Home Paper

Lesson 1

Why

?

Mrs

. Cra

wfor

d,

I am

so

glad

yo

u ar

e fin

ally

here

. Now

we

can

go f

or o

ur

hike

. Wha

t do

yo

u ha

ve?

I am

gla

d I

could

com

e wi

th

you. I

bro

ught

sa

ndwi

ches

.

In c

ase

we

get

tired

. W

hy?

In c

ase

we

get

hung

ry.

Mam

a,

why

are

we t

aking

lem

onad

e?

In c

ase

we g

et

thirs

ty. W

ill

you

plea

se g

et

our

big,

fur

ry

blan

ket?

Yes, I

am

. I m

ight

see

a

bug

I wa

nt t

o fin

d

in m

y bo

ok.

Are

you

real

ly g

oing

to

take

you

r inse

ct b

ook,

N

atal

ie?

You

take

it

ever

ywhe

re.

I am

thi

rsty

!I

am h

ungr

y!

Just

in C

ase

Yes, I

am

. I m

ight

see

a

bug

I wa

nt t

o fin

d

in m

y bo

ok.

Are

you

real

ly g

oing

to

take

you

r inse

ct b

ook,

N

atal

ie?

You

take

it

ever

ywhe

re.

Wha

t a

grea

t sp

ot t

o st

op a

nd h

ave

a pi

cnic.

I ne

eded

a r

est.

Hey

, tha

t is a

lady

bug.

My

book

say

s la

dybu

gs e

at in

sect

s th

at a

re h

arm

ful.

We

need

ed e

very

thing

we b

roug

ht.

I gu

ess

G

od g

ives

us

all

we

need

to

liv

e . .

. includ

ing

la

dybu

gs.

Bib

le T

ruth

: Do

n’t

wo

rry,

Go

d k

no

ws

wh

at

you

n

ee

d.

Talk

A

bout

ItW

ha

t d

id M

aya

, Na

talie

, an

d t

he

ir m

om

s n

ee

d?

Ha

ve y

ou

eve

r g

on

e o

n a

hik

e o

r p

laye

d a

t th

e p

layg

rou

nd

an

d b

ec

om

e v

ery

th

irsty

bu

t d

idn

’t h

ave

en

ou

gh

wa

ter?

D

id y

ou

be

gin

to

wo

rry?

Wh

at

oth

er

kin

ds

of w

orr

ies

ha

ve y

ou

ha

d?

Wh

at

are

so

me

w

ays

yo

u c

an

tru

st G

od

wh

en

yo

u b

eg

in t

o w

orr

y? I

ha

ve h

ad

wo

rrie

s to

o. L

et’s

pra

y to

ge

the

r a

bo

ut

ou

r w

orr

ies.

MEMORY VERSE:“The Father himself loves you. “ John 16:27

Faith in Action

N God knows what we need, so we don’t have to worry. What did Jesus tell people to think about when they saw the birds?

N What did Jesus want the people to think about when they saw flowers?

N What will you do the next time you begin to worry?

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God feeds the birds. Draw a bird.

God gives pretty colors to the flowers. Draw a flower.

God knows that we need food. Draw some food.

God knows that we need clothes. Draw some clothes.

God Knows Our Needs