Bible Alive! Tuesday: "Jesus Wants All of Me" Mini-Me

Our church is doing a church wide

study right now over the book...

...Not a Fan:

Completely.  Committed.  Follower.

by

Kyle Idleman.

It is a really well-written,

entertaining,

and, most importantly,

life CHALLENGING book.

I am really enjoying it!

HOWEVER,

there is no children-friendly curriculum

for this book,

so our WONDERFUL children's minister

has had to create lessons for us 

Sunday School teachers

to go along with what all the adults

are discussing.

And, let me just say,

that is quite a challenge,

especially when we are dealing with passages like...

...Luke 14:26.

Oh yes-

I got to talk to my K-firsties 

Jesus wants us to hate Nana...

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OK-

this, of course, was NOT the point

Jesus was making in this passage.

Jesus wants to be our ONE and ONLY.

As Kyle puts it,

"Jesus isn't just saying,

'I want to be first place in your life.'

He is saying, 'I don't even want there to be

a second place.' "

(Chapter 4, page 59)

Therefore, the Bible Point of the day was...

...Jesus wants all of me.

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To help the kiddos understand the importance of focusing

ALL of yourself on one thing,

we played a game.

I had them do the following list of activities one at a time,

and THEN they had to do them ALL at the SAME time:

1.  Bob your head up and down.

2.  March in place.

3.  Make your right arm turn in circles.

4.  Make your left arm turn in circles.

5.  Quack like a duck.

6.  Turn around.

After playing the game,

all the kiddos agreed it was much easier

to focus on one task at a time

than doing everything at once.

We then discussed the verse,

and how Jesus wants all of 

our focus-our time-

ALL OF US.

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As a reminder of the day's discussion,

the kiddos completed a simple craft...

...a "Jesus Wants All of Me!"

Mini-Me.

  

I gave each of the kiddos one of THESE sheets...

...set out the markers...

 ...scissors...

 ...colorful scrap paper...

...glue...

...buttons and googly eyes,

and let 'em create mini versions of themselves.

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Our Mini-Me Gallery

I think they ALL did beautifully...

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So, how did you make the Bible come ALIVE!

for your kiddos this week?

Please link up your fun below...