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Before you begin, see if you can find a picture of yourself as a baby or a VERY little child--quite a bit smaller than your child is now. Have it ready to show. If you can't find that, just use any picture of VERY small child and adapt what follows to talk about growing up and growing strong.

Light two candles.

Pray this prayer. Have your child repeat phrase by phrase.
Dear Jesus,
we need you
so our love
can be strong.

Read this Bible thought from Psalm 80:1-2.
Have your child repeat phrase by phrase.
Listen, God!
We need help!
Lead us and protect us,
because you are very strong.

Ask your child:
Are you strong?
Let them answer however they want to.

Show them the picture of yourself as a baby or a VERY little child but don't say who it is.
Do you think you're stronger than him/her? (referring to the child in the photo)
Hopefully they will say "yes!"

Then say:
Do you think you could ________ (Ask if your child thinks he/she could pick up the child in the picture, beat them "fun" wrestling, or something else where your child would think he or she is stronger than the child in the picture)

Then say:
Okay!
Look straight at your child.
Go ahead. That baby is me!
Hopefully they will be surprised! Let them try to do what they thought they could do (like lift you up or whatever)...

Then say:
Jesus came as a baby. He looked weak.

But really, he was very strong!

When he grew up, he probably didn't look extra strong either.

When he grew up, some strong and mean people hated him and hurt him and made him die.

But that's when Jesus really showed how strong he is.

On the third day, Jesus came alive again!

He came alive again to show us how strong he is, and how strong God is!

God can ALWAYS help us and save us!

Because of Jesus, we know God is stronger every time!

Then ask:
Do you know anyone who was hurt by someone stronger than them?
If they don't know anyone, you can mention someone who has been "attacked" by a sickness or "attacked" by sadness if someone has died.
God wants us to get help for them!

When someone is hurt, we want to get help for them.

We can be their friend.

Make sure you tell someone like me if someone is hurt.

And then we can find help for them and pray for them and ask God to help them too. And we can tell them about Jesus who loves them very much.

Pray this prayer. Have your child repeat phrase by phrase.
Dear Jesus,
we need you
so our love
can be strong.
Add other thoughts and prayers, especially prayers for those who are weak and need help.

Read this Bible thought from Psalm 80:1-2.
Have your child repeat phrase by phrase.
Listen, God!
We need help!
Lead us and protect us,
because you are very strong.

Put out the candles.