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Palm Sunday

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Matthew 21:1-16 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew was a disciple of Jesus. That means Jesus was his teacher. And the word gospel means “good news!” Our story is about Palm Sunday. It all started outside the town of Jerusalem when people found out that Jesus was on His way to their town! The people were so excited! They had heard that Jesus could do amazing things, and they wanted to see Him.  The people wanted to show that Jesus was special, so they took off their coats and laid them down on the ground, in front of Jesus on the path. And they got branches off the palm trees and waved them in the air. When Jesus came through town, the people waved their palm branches and shouted, “Hosanna, Hosanna!” Palm Sunday is a special day where we celebrate Jesus. But you don’t have to have a palm branch, and you don’t have to lay your coats on the ground to celebrate Jesus. We can sing to Jesus. We can dance! We can pray! We can yell, “Yay, Je...

Love One Another

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John 13:34-35 Our true story is found in at part of the Bible called the Gospel of John. John was one of the friends and helpers of Jesus. And the word "Gospel" means "good news!" We are talking about the number one, the most important thing you could EVER do. The number one, most important thing is . . . to love like Jesus. Loving others like Jesus is the best thing we can do. How do we love like Jesus? Here are some stories about Jesus that will show us how. One time, there was a man who couldn’t walk. He needed help... ...and Jesus helped him! Helping our friends is ONE way we can love like Jesus. When a friend is sad, we can help cheer them up. If they need help learning to play a game, we can help teach them. We show others we love them when we help them! Another time, Jesus was teaching a lot of people, and they all got hungry. But they only had two fish and five loaves of bread.  Jesus prayed and thanked God for the food, then He shared it with over 5,000 peo...

Washing Feet

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 John 13:3-17 Our true story is found in at part of the Bible called the Gospel of John. John was one of the friends and helpers of Jesus. And the word "Gospel" means "good news!"  We begin with Jesus. It was the night He had all His friends, the disciples, with Him at dinner. His friend John was there, and Matthew, and Peter. They were all at the table. Then Jesus took a towel and He knelt down. Do you know what Jesus was about to do? He was about to wash His friends’ feet! His friends had walked around dusty roads all day in sandals, and their feet were DIRTY! Talk about a stinky job! Jesus got a bowl and then filled the bowl with water. Then Jesus washed His friend’s feet. Can you believe it? Jesus is SO important. He is God’s Son. Why would someone so important wash His friend’s feet? Because Jesus wanted to show His friends that He loved them. And you’re never too important to love others by doing something for them like washing their feet. Jesus is a good frie...

Light of the World

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Matthew 5:14-16 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew was a disciple of Jesus. That means Jesus was his teacher. And the word gospel means “good news!” We begin with Jesus talking to a big group of people. Jesus told the crowd that He wanted them to go out and love people so that they would know God and praise Him. And Jesus really wanted them to understand, so He gave them a picture of a light. Do you know what a flashlight is? And what a flashlight does? It shines! light. Jesus said that when we love others, it’s like shining a light that shows everyone, “Look, God loves you! He really loves you!” We can love others by helping them, by sharing, and by saying kind words. When we don’t love others, it’s like we’re covering up our light. Jesus said, “Let your light shine!” And we don’t have to wait to let our light shine. We can love like Jesus! We can start, right now! That’s right. Start your engines, friends! We can go, go, go and be a li...

The Thankful Woman

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 Luke 7:36-50 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Luke. Luke loved Jesus and wanted others to know and love Jesus, too. And the word gospel means “good news!” We begin with a special dinner. This special dinner was for Jesus. As Jesus and the people ate and talked, a woman who was not invited, walked in carrying a bottle of perfume. Well, the woman sat down near Jesus’ feet and she started to cry. The woman cried because Jesus had forgiven her for making bad choices. She knew Jesus loved her, no matter what! The woman was so thankful Jesus loved her that she wanted to do something special for Him. So, she washed His feet. The woman washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. Remember that perfume she brought? She poured the perfume on Jesus’ feet!  The people at the party thought Jesus should stay away from her. “You don’t know what she’s done,” they said.  Do you think Jesus agreed with them? No way! Jesus just smiled. J...

The Centurion

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Matthew 8:5-13 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew was a disciple of Jesus. That means Jesus was his teacher. And the word gospel means “good news!” Our story is about a special kind of soldier called a Centurion. Centurions were leaders in the army. They were big and important! Their soldiers listened to them.  But the Centurion in our Bible story believed that Jesus was even MORE important. And THIS Centurion needed Jesus’ help. So, the Centurion went to Jesus and said, “Jesus, my servant is at home, and he is very, very sick. Please, I need your help to make him better.” Now remember, Jesus was busy, and He was on His way to do important work. But do you think that stopped Jesus from helping the Centurion? No way!  Jesus said, “Do you want me to come to your house and make him better?” Jesus was willing to go all the way to the Centurion’s house to heal his servant. Do you think the Centurion said, “Yes, come to my house?” Wel...

Mary and Martha

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Luke 10:38-42 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Luke. Luke loved Jesus and wanted others to know and love Jesus, too. And the word gospel means “good news!” We begin at a house where two sisters lived. Their names were Mary and Martha. Mary and Martha were friends with Jesus. One day, they heard Jesus was coming to visit them at their house. They were SO excited. Do you like to have friends over at your house? What do you like to play? Do you like to color with your friends? Do you like to eat snacks with your friends? Do you like to play outside with your friends? It’s so great to spend time with friends!  As soon as Jesus got to Mary and Martha’s house, Mary sat right down at his feet. Mary wanted to hear everything Jesus had to say. Her friend, Jesus, was here, at HER house, and she didn’t want to miss anything! But Martha, well, she had things to do. Martha was cooking. She wanted there to be yummy food for her guest. And she was also cleaning. ...