I Spy Jesus: An Interactive Devotional for PreschoolersSample

I Can Learn About Jesus

Let’s talk about someone very special. His name is Jesus. Can you say “Jesus?" (Pause for your child’s response.) God sent Jesus to us so He could be our friend forever, and we can read about Him in the Bible. 

A long time ago, God sent an angel to a woman named Mary. The angel had a special message for her. Mary was going to have a baby boy! Can you guess who the baby was? (Pause.) Yes! The baby’s name would be Jesus. Jesus is special because Jesus is God’s Son. So, who is Jesus? Let’s say it together… Jesus is God’s Son!

After Mary found out she was going to have a baby, she and Joseph went to a town called Bethlehem. When they got there, they had to stay in a stable where animals lived. There they waited for Baby Jesus to be born. Then, it happened! Jesus was born! Mary wrapped Baby Jesus in some cloths to keep Him warm. Let’s pretend to rock the baby. (Rock a pretend baby.) 

But Jesus didn’t stay a baby. He grew up to be a big boy and then a grown man.

When Jesus was a man, He did amazing things that only He could do. Jesus told a thunderstorm to stop, and it stopped! Jesus made a blind man able to see! He even fed a huge crowd of people with just a few pieces of bread and fish! Jesus did many amazing things. The people who saw what Jesus did wrote about it in the Bible.

Now we can learn more about Jesus by reading the Bible. Let’s stop a minute and thank God for Jesus.

Dear God, thank You for sending Jesus to be our friend forever. Thank You for the people who wrote about what Jesus did so we can learn about Him. Thank You for loving us, God. We love You, too. Amen.

Now, when we want to learn more about Jesus, where can we look? Yes, the Bible! Let’s read some of the amazing things Jesus did.

I Spy Game:

Play this game after reading today’s Scriptures. Together, look at the Bible picture for today’s devotional (above). Say, “I spy with my little eye something that moos.” Guide your child to guess the answer (cow). Continue, taking turns describing people, animals, and objects in the story picture.