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Loyalty and Love

Ruth in Jesus' Family

Day 140of 180
Week 28of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how Ruth showed loyalty to Naomi

2

Learn that God sees and rewards faithfulness

3

Practice showing kindness to others

📖 Scripture Connection

Ruth 2:12

“May Yahweh repay your work, and may a full reward be given to you by Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

— Ruth 2:12 (WEB)

Shows how God notices and blesses those who are loyal and kind

📦 Materials Needed

  • Construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
  • Crayons
  • BibleMouse Printables Library heart template
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recap yesterday's lesson about God including Ruth in His big plan

💭 Review Question: Who remembers what made Ruth special to God?
2Teaching (8 min)

Today, we'll learn how Ruth showed amazing loyalty to her mother-in-law Naomi

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Ruth chose to stay with Naomi even when things were difficult
  • She worked hard to take care of her family
  • God saw her kindness and blessed her
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What does loyalty mean?
  • How can you show kindness to your family?
3Activity: Loyalty Love Heart (10 min)
craft

Create a heart craft showing ways to show love and loyalty

📝 Instructions:
  1. Trace the BibleMouse heart template on construction paper
  2. Draw pictures of ways you can be loyal to your family
  3. Cut out the heart and decorate it
  4. Share your heart with your family
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parents can help draw pictures

Challenge: Write short sentences about loyalty

4Closing (3 min)

Review today's lesson about Ruth's loyalty

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did Ruth do that was kind?
  • How did God bless Ruth?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, help me be loyal and kind like Ruth

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about Hannah, another special woman in God's story

💎 Memory Verse

Ruth 1:16

“Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.”

— Ruth 1:16 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Loyalty Chain: Create a paper chain where each link has a word from the memory verse, practicing together

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Ruth was a Moabite woman who showed incredible loyalty to her mother-in-law Naomi

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, age-appropriate language
  • Encourage children to share examples of loyalty
  • Connect the story to their own family experiences
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children may find it hard to understand complex relationships

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to describe kindness and loyalty

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Act out the story of Ruth and Naomi
  • Make a family loyalty poster
  • Listen to BibleMouse Song Collection tracks about love

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