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What’s True About Love and Hate?

If someone talks hatefully about somebody they’re fighting with, you don’t have to listen. If someone wants you to be a part of their fight, you don’t have to join in. Ask Jesus to help you choose love instead of hate—and ask Jesus to help them choose love, too. The truth about love is that it helps people forgive each other and move on. The truth about hate is that it makes the fight even worse.

Watch This Video Together

Talk Together

• Challenge: Who can say the Bible verse and do the motions with their eyes closed? 
• How do you think love erases the bad choices people make?
• What do you think happens when somebody chooses hate instead of love?
• Think of some people who are fighting right now. Say a prayer for them.

Pray Together

God, please help us choose love when our friends and family argue, instead of choosing hate. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Read Together

Read the Bible verse for today. Take turns sharing what it makes you think about. Ask each other any questions it makes you think of.

Note: If you read the verse in translation that’s different from the one used in the video, talk about what is the same and what is different in each translation.