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Jesus Loves Peter

Jesus Sees His Friends

Day 154of 180
Week 31of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Jesus loves and forgives His friends

2

Learn about Peter's restoration after denying Jesus

3

Recognize God's unconditional love

📖 Scripture Connection

John 21:15

“So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?'”

— John 21:15 (WEB)

Shows Jesus' personal restoration of Peter after his denial

📦 Materials Needed

  • White paper
  • Colored markers or crayons
  • Heart stickers
  • Scissors (parent-supervised)
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how Jesus showed love to His friend Peter

💭 Review Question: Can you remember what Jesus did with His friends at the beach yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Jesus asked Peter three special questions about love

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Peter had said he didn't know Jesus before, but Jesus still loved him
  • Jesus wanted Peter to take care of His other friends
  • God's love is bigger than our mistakes
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Do you think Jesus was angry with Peter?
  • How do you show love to your friends?
3Activity: Love Heart for Jesus (6 min)
craft

Create a special heart to remember Jesus' love

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a big heart on white paper
  2. Color the heart with happy colors
  3. Add heart stickers around the edge
  4. Write 'Jesus Loves Me' with parent's help
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps draw heart and write words

Challenge: Child writes letters independently

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about Jesus' love

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who did Jesus talk to on the beach?
  • Does Jesus still love us when we make mistakes?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, thank you for loving us always

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how Jesus is our forever friend!

💎 Memory Verse

Matthew 28:6

“He is not here. He has risen, just as He said.”

— Matthew 28:6 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Sing-along memory verse with hand motions: Point up for 'He', spread arms wide for 'not here', jump for 'risen'

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson helps children understand God's forgiveness and unconditional love

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, age-appropriate language
  • Emphasize Jesus' kindness to Peter
  • Encourage children to share their feelings
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children might find it hard to understand complex emotions of forgiveness

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and understanding of love concept

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional Peter coloring pages
  • Sing 'Jesus Loves Me' from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

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