Tell the kids what a great job they did providing comfort for their hurting friends.

The first team to have a band aid on the hand of every team mate wins. Play continues until the first team mate who ran has a band aid too. After the first runner places a band aid on the hand of the second runner, the second runner then runs and grabs a band aid and places it on the hand of the third team mate. Place the band aids on the back of hands only, to make them visible and easy to remove later. To play, the first child from each team will run across the room, grab a band aid, and adhere it to the next person in line. (You may want to unwrap them for younger kids.) The object of the game is to be the first team with band aids on every team member. At the other side of the room, lay out band aids. Line the teams up along one side of the room. Divide the class into two or three teams, depending on the size of your class. Band aids help us feel better when we are hurt.

After taking their answers, explain that one thing that can make a scrape feel better is to put a band aid on it. Ask for forgiveness, and find comfort in his salvation.īefore you play, ask the kids what they would do to help a friend who was hurt. This week, take time to really think about the sins in your life and view them the way God does. I don’t know about you, but I am too often desensitized to the horror of my own sin.

Take time to meditate on this week’s Scripture and think about your own life.

Gather: Bible dry erase markers or chart paper and markers BEEATTITUDES poster cheap band aids tube socks lots of rice fabric or permanent makers.

Read Scripture references, Psalm 51, Isaiah 61:1-3.

ONE - TWO - THREE - FOUR - FIVE - SIX - SEVEN - EIGHT - NINE.

Use these links to find the whole series. Main idea: When we mourn over our sins, God gives us the comfort of salvation, the comfort of getting to spend all of forever with him. Beatitudes Lesson Three: Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Beatitudes bible study for kids