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I Will Serve Others!

This Week’s Bible Verse: For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many” Mark 10:45 (NLT)

This Week’s Main Point: I Will Serve Others!

This Week’s EXCLUSIVE: The Last Supper and washing of the disciples’ feet John 13:1-17

Family Activity:

Use a broom to play limbo with your family. Talk about how in limbo you had to get as low as possible to get under the broom in order to win. Remind your family that when Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, He was doing a job that the lowest servant would do. The lowest servant was the one with the least important, or lowest, position. That servant had to do the lowest, or least desirable, jobs. Jesus was teaching His disciples that we should be willing to serve others by doing things for them. Point out to your family that a broom, like the one used in the game, is used to sweep and clean. Many times cleaning is considered a lowly task, meaning it is a task that no one really wants to do. However, one way to serve others is to seek out a lowly task and do it. Ask each family member to choose from a list of cleaning tasks to do this week. Check up on them during the week to make sure they have completed the task they chose and to thank them for serving the rest of the family by completing that task.

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I Will Be Kind To Others!

Bible Story: Jesus washes the Disciples Feet - John 13:4-6 (NLT)

Bible Verse: “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NLT)

Family Activity - Acts Of Kindness
Sit down as a family and make a list of kind things you can do for someone outside your immediate family. For example, you could take baked goods to the fire station or help a neighbor clean up the yard.

Remind your family that Jesus did something kind for His disciples by washing their feet. Then, talk about how Jesus told His disciples to go and do kind things for others. Remind them that because we follow Jesus, we should do kind things for others.

Put the list in a prominent place in your house so everyone can see it, and chose one of the things on the list to do each week this month. Pray together about
the acts of kindness that will be done and the effect it will have on the people
receiving them.