𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧

This game is called “This or that”. Get the family together and have everyone choose which they love more between two options.

Here are some questions you can ask, but feel free to add more:

Rice or bread?

Chocolate or candy?

Coffee or milktea?

Pizza or burgers?

Cats or dogs?

TV or movie?

Online school or onsite school?

We may have different answers but we are still one family and the differences in what we love will not matter. That is the lesson for this game - to show that we love each other despite our differences and that Jesus does the same but in a greater capacity.

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗗

Luke 8:42-48

… 𝐴𝑠 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚. 43 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟. 44 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑘, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑.

45 “𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒?” 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑.

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑡, 𝑃𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, “𝑀𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢.”

46 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑, “𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑚𝑒; 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑚𝑒.”

47 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛, 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑔𝑜 𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑑, 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡. 𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑠ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑑. 48 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟, “𝐷𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝐺𝑜 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒.”

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 12 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠. 𝐼𝑛 𝐽𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑡𝑦. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑠 𝑎 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠

But that day, she felt different. She had heard about Jesus and in her heart, she had faith and she wondered that “maybe if I just touch his robe, I will get well.” So she went. What happened was amazing. Her touch did not make Jesus unclean. Her touch healed herself and made her clean.

God loves us not because of anything we can do for Him. It is not based on what we can do for Him nor on our strength to do something. Just like how He treated the woman who cannot do anything - God loves us whether we have any abilities or not.

𝗛𝗨𝗗𝗗𝗟𝗘

Parent to Kid/s:

2-6 years old

Do you think your parents love you? Do you love only those who can do something for you? How about those who cannot give you anything in return? Will you love them too?

7-12 years old

Have you ever felt helpless before? Why? How does it feel to know that we (your parents) love you even in those moments?

How can you show love for others who also feel helpless?

Kid/s to Parent:

How do you show love to someone who feels helpless?

Why is it challenging to show love to people like them?

𝗣𝗥𝗔𝗬

Dear God, thank You for loving us despite our helplessness. Thank You for never letting go of us even in the moments we feel weak. Please help us do the same for others. In Jesus' name, amen.

𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥

“According to the purity laws of the Old Testament (Leviticus 15:25-27), a person with an issue of blood is to remain quarantined. Also, "Whoever touches those things shall be unclean; he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening" (verse 27).”

In those days, when an unclean person touched another, the other person also became unclean. But in this story, not only did Jesus not become unclean by the woman’s touch but He made the unclean person clean.

Thank You Jesus, for loving us despite everything that we are and what others have dictated upon us. Teach us to love others the way You love us!

Source: https://www.bibletools.org/index.cfm/fuseaction/Library.sr/CT/BS/k/1486/miracles-jesus-christ-healing-woman-with-flow-blood.htm)