Loving What God Loves

📖 Bible Verse
“Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” — Matthew 22:37 

🕊️ Story / Reflection

When we love someone deeply, we begin to care about the things they care about. 

Because we love God, we should also love the things that matter to Him.

God loves:

• Kindness
• Truth
• Peace
• Generosity
• Obedience
• Prayer
• His Word
• Helping others
• Worship
• Forgiveness

God also loves people very much. That means we should learn to love people too—even those who are different from us.

Sometimes the world encourages selfishness, pride, dishonesty, or unkindness. But God wants our hearts to desire what is good and pleasing to Him.

The more we spend time with Jesus, the more our hearts begin to change.

We start loving:

• What is right
• What is pure
• What is kind
• What honours God

When our hearts love what God loves, our choices, words, and actions begin to reflect His character.

💡 Lesson

As I grow closer to God, my heart learns to love what He loves.

🙏 Prayer

Dear God,

Help my heart love the things You love.

Teach me to love truth, kindness, peace, and obedience.

Help me become more like Jesus every day.

Amen.

🎨 Activity (Ages 3–6)“God Loves…” Collage

• Cut out or draw pictures of things God loves:
  • Helping
  • Sharing
  • Praying
  • Reading the Bible
  • Worshipping
  • Kindness

Create a simple collage together. Say together: “I want to love what God loves!”

✏️ Reflection (Ages 7–9)

Discuss:

1. What are some things God loves?
2. Why should we care about what pleases God?
3. How does spending time with Jesus change our hearts?
4. What is one thing you want to love more because God loves it?

🕯️ Challenge (Ages 10–12)Heart Alignment Challenge

This week:

• Choose one thing God loves and practice it daily
• Show kindness intentionally
• Spend extra time praying or reading the Bible
• Ask God to shape your desires

Before making choices, ask yourself: “Does this reflect what God loves?”

🌿 Sit with Jesus Moment

Sit quietly and place your hand over your heart. 

Think about the things you enjoy, think about, and care about most. 

Now softly say: “Jesus, help my heart love what You love.”

Pause quietly for a moment. Imagine Jesus filling your heart with His love, goodness, kindness, and truth. 

Rest peacefully and remember that God is shaping your heart to become more like His every day.