Look and Find

Do Together

Play a game of hide-and-seek as a family, or hide a sum of money, a gift card, or another valuable item in a specific room and ask your kids to find it. Notice how eagerly and carefully they search. Once the person or object is found, talk about the experience and read about how Jesus seeks after sinners. Together, read Luke 15:1-10.

* You could also use this talk during an Easter Egg Hunt or hide a “golden egg” in the house with money in it if you chose to use this Faith Talk during the Easter season.

* Even if you have children who are in middle or high school, they’ll participate if the prize is tempting enough!

Talk Together

Younger Children

• Are there any words in this passage you don’t understand?
• What similarities do you see in these two parables?
• Think about how hard you searched earlier. What do these parables help you understand about how Jesus pursues sinners who need to repent?
• Is that how you expect Jesus to feel about sinners? Why or why not?
• What does it mean to “repent” and come to Jesus?
• What happens in heaven respond when a sinner repents?
• Who in our lives should we love and pray for because they don’t know the Lord?

Older Children and Teens

• What emotions did you experience during your search?
• Have you ever lost anything important to you or that you really needed? Did you find it? When you found it, what emotions did you experience?
• Do you see any similarities between today’s game, your personal experiences, and the parables from Luke 15? If so, what are they?
• Are there any words in this passage you don’t understand?
• What similarities do you see in these two parables?
• Think about how hard you searched earlier. What do these parables help you understand about how Jesus pursues sinners who need to repent?
• Is that how you expect Jesus to feel about sinners? Why or why not?
• What does it mean to “repent” and come to Jesus?
• What happens in heaven respond when a sinner repents?
• Who in our lives should we love and pray for because they don’t know the Lord?

Pray Together

End by praying together for those who need to know the Lord, asking for chances to share His love with them.

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