SuperVerse

Have children look up John 14:21. Teacher reads verse 21b: 

“He who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

Who do you think is talking in this verse? Jesus.

Jesus said He will manifest Himself—what does that mean? Reveal, appear or show.

Who will Jesus reveal Himself to? Me, us, anyone who loves Him.

I know I want to see more and know more about Jesus, don’t you?

All we have to do is love, trust and serve Him; as we do, we will discover Him in new ways!

Let’s look up John 14:6 now. Have a child read it aloud. 

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Me.”

How do you think this is connected to our SuperVerse?

Jesus said, if someone loves Him, they are loved by God. We don’t deserve to be loved by God because of our sins—but Jesus took our punishment by dying on the cross. When we trust in Jesus as our Savior, He washes away our sin and gives us a new relationship with our Father in heaven.

Let’s say our SuperVerse, John 14:21b, together.

“He who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

Good! Now I would like the girls to say the first half of the verse as loud as you can up to the word “and.” Then I would like the boys to shout the rest of the SuperVerse beginning at the word “and.” Let’s try it!

Very good! Now, let’s switch and have the boys go first!

Note: If younger children are not able to memorize the entire SuperVerse, simply have them repeat it several times and be sure they understand its meaning.