You do not have to look far to see the caring side of Jesus. This will be a time for your children to see this characteristic. As you read aloud the examples on the slips of paper, the children will have a chance to communicate the act of caring through their creative drawing.
An option is to allow them to draw on the driveway with sidewalk chalk rather than on a piece of paper with crayons (an added bonus could be that others in the neighborhood could also learn about the caring side of Jesus when you are doing this devotional outside).
Write the following examples on slips of paper, fold them in half and place them in a bowl. Do this before the devotional begins.
Share with the children that they are going to learn about how caring Jesus is. Allow each child to have a turn choosing a slip of paper from the bowl. After the adult reads the verse and what is written on the slip of paper all the children are to draw a little picture of what they just heard. Each picture will be a bit different. For the younger ones parents might have to draw the picture and let them color it. The end product will be either a page or a driveway filled with little pictures of how Jesus cared. Either way it will be a good reminder of how caring Jesus was and is.
Note: For the three to four year old choose one passage and one picture.
I Peter 5:7b
He cares for you.
Ask your children how Jesus shows them that he cares. Some potential answers could be ... “By giving us a warm home, loving parents, food to eat, nice friends, the Bible!!”
Thank God that Jesus not only cared for people in the Bible, but that he also cares for us now.