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DIGGER DEEPER WITH JESUSWEEK 1 — December 1 & 2

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Bottom Line: God loves us. How will you love others?

The BIG IDEA: Compassion-Caring enough to do something about someone else’s need.

Bible Story Passage: I Will Follow: God Showed His Love: I John 4:9-12

Our Memory Verse for November: “God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son. Anyone who believes in Him will not die but will have eternal life.” John 3:16

Basic Truth: I can trust God no matter what.

PRAY IT OUT

1. Please ask if there are any prayer requests or answered prayer.

2. When a request is shared, please ask someone in the group to pray for that specific request.

3. THE BEST PART!! Pray together as a small group.

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SEARCH IT OUT • Recite the verse together. • See if anyone has it memorized and would like to say it out loud for the group. Reward

with two coins.

December Memory Verse: John 3:16“God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son. Anyone who believes in Him will not die but will have eternal life.”

November Memory Verse: Ecclesiastes 4:9“Two people are better than one. They can help each other in everything they do.”

October Memory Verse: Luke 12:15Then He said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against wanting to have more and more things. Life is not made up of how much a person has."

September Memory Verse: Colossian 3:23a“Work at everything you do with all your heart. Work as if you were working for the Lord.”

August Memory Verse: James 1:5a“If any of you needs wisdom, you should ask God for it. He will give it to you.”

July Memory Verse: Philippians 1:6"Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."

June Memory Verse: Psalm 27:13"I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."

May Memory Verse: Proverbs 10:9“Anyone who lives without blame walks safely. But anyone who takes a crooked path will get caught.”

April Memory Verse: Psalm 27:14“Wait for the Lord. Be strong and don't lose hope. Wait for the LORD!”

March Memory Verse: Romans 14:19“So let us do all we can to live in peace. And let us work hard to build up one another.”

February Memory Verse: Luke 6:31“Do to others as you want them to do to you.”

January Memory Verse: 1 Timothy 4:8 “Training the body has some value. But being godly has value in every way. It promises help for the life you are now living and the life to come.”

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SEEK IT OUTBible Story Passage: Week 1I Will Follow: God Showed His Love- 1 John 4:9-12*Leaders: Please read YELLOW Story summary to your group.

WRITE IT OUT & TALK IT OUT Any kids who complete these questions will earn 5 coins today! Complete the devotions at the back of this booklet and earn 10 coins!

1. Read 1 John 4:9. Why did God send His only Son into the world? Do you think that being a kind person means that someone is a follower of Jesus? Why or why not?

2. Read 1 John 4:10. What is love? What has God done to show His kindness and compassion to you first?

3. Read 1 John 4:11. What is our response to God’s love? Why do we help people? 4. Read 1 John 4:12. How do we know God’s love lives in us? Is it hard that we cannot

see God? When will we see God?

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GAME: Practicing John 3:16 WHAT YOU NEED: • A Bible

WHAT TO DO:

• Divide kids into teams. • Choose a reader for each team. (someone who doesn’t want to run) • Create a space for kids to run back and forth. • The readers on both teams reads a phrase from the verse to the first person. John

3:16, “God so loved the world…”• The runner says the phrase over and over while running to the stopping place and

back and repeats this phrase to the second person. • The reader then reads the next phrase, “that He gave His one and only Son.” This

next reader repeats the phrase from the beginning and adds this next phrase as he/she is running up and back.

• Continue until the verse is said over and over and everyone on the team has memorized John 3:16.

LEADING SOMEONE TO JESUS

Read these verses together and pray a simple prayer inviting Jesus to be the boss of your life, asking Him to forgive you for your mistakes and sins and tell Him you believe He died and was raised to life again for you!

• Read Romans 5:8. “But here is how God has shown His love for us. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

• Read Romans 10:9. “Say with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord”. Believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead. Then you will be saved.

• Read Romans 10:13. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Certificates and Parent letters available for students who accept Jesus.Please write their names and sign your name on the certificate.Please write their name and contact information so we can contact them! Thank you!

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READ JOHN 3:16

This verse is very popular. You’ve probably heard it many times. Why do you think it’s so important?

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The verse is key because it’s the greatest example of God’s love for His people—His love for you. He loved us so much that He put a plan into action that changed how we interact with God and with others. He saw our greatest need and did something about it. Now that compassion! Compassion is caring enough to do something about someone else’s need.

Take some time to write this verse down in your journal or a piece of paper. Highlight or circle what is important to you about this verse. Then, keep it around where you’ll see it. It’ll come in handy later this week.

The magnitude of God’s grace to send His one and only Son is hard for us to understand. Let’s think about it for a moment. Because of God’s great love for you (even before you were born!), He put an amazing plan into action to make eternal life with Him possible. His compassion was not a result of anything that you did to earn His love, and there is nothing you can do to lose it either.

Spend some time today thanking God for His overwhelming compassion. Use the following prayer if it helps:

Dear God, thank You for loving me enough to show compassion by sending Jesus to rescue me from my sins so that I can have eternal life. It’s hard for me to understand what that really means, but help me to understand it more and more each day. Thank You for showing compassion to me even when I didn’t deserve it. I’m so glad that You loved me enough to send Your Son. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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Grab the journal or paper you wrote out John 3:16. Then, take some time to talk to a trusted adult about the verse. Read the verse together and talk about what it means to you and to the world.

Think of as many different words as you can that come to mind when you think of the word “compassion.” Write them here.

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After that, think of as many people as you can that you would describe as “compassionate.” What is it about them that made them come to mind?

Maybe they are an example of a word you wrote above.

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Think of the last time you had to be “rescued.” Maybe it was when you were going to fast down a hill on your bike or you weren’t able to figure out something in math class.

DID SOMEONE STEP IN TO HELP YOU GET THROUGH THAT HARD TIME?

Let’s go back to the very beginning. ALL the way back to the book of Genesis. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden, God’s perfect relationship with man was broken, and sin entered the world. Since that day, we all have been born with a sinful nature. Our sin shows up, not only in our actions, but also in our hearts. We can’t escape it.

That is why God made a promise in Genesis 3:15. He gave Adam and Eve a tiny glimpse that a rescue plan was already in place. He was going to do something about the sin and brokenness that had entered the world through their disobedience. He was going to send Jesus to suffer the consequences for our sins so that we wouldn’t have to.

Because of God’s compassionate gift of Jesus, when we trust in Him alone for salvation, we gain a restored relationship with God.

FOREVER AND EVER!

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