Discovering God’s Heart
A Journey into the Love of God
The Bridal Paradigm for Kids
Lesson 1: Foundation of God’s Love
“Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” Ephesians 5:1-2
Lesson 1: Foundation of God’s Love
“How priceless is your unfailing love!”
Psalm 36:7
Lesson 1: Foundation of God’s Love
“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God.”
1 John 4:7
Lesson 1: Foundation of God’s Love
“This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”
1 John 4:9-10
Lesson 1: Foundation of God’s Love
“And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love.”
1 John 4:16
Lesson 1: Foundation of God’s Love
“We love because He first loved us.”
1 John 4:19
Lesson 1: Foundation of God’s Love
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
Lesson 1: Foundation of God’s Love
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:17-19
Application Station Questions
Lesson 1: Foundation of God’s Love
Lesson 2: Jesus, the Tender Hearted Shepherd
“I am dark but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.”
S.O.S. 1:5
The “Fragrance” Cycle
Lesson 3: The Affectionate Father
S.O.S. 2:4
“He Brought me to the banqueting house and His banner over me was love”
Lesson 3: The Affectionate Father
S.O.S. 2:16a
“My beloved is mine, and I am his.”
Lesson 4: The Sovereign King
The Bride & Groom
Lesson 5: A Safe Savior
Kaylin Martin
Solomon’s Couch
Lesson 5: A Safe Savior
S.O.S. 3:11b
“… On the day of his wedding, the day of the gladness of his heart.”
Lesson 5: A Safe Savior
S.O.S. 4:9b
“… You have ravished my heart with one glance of your eye…”
Lesson 6: The Bridegroom King
S.O.S. 5:8
“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell Him that I am lovesick!”
Lesson 7: The Suffering Servant
S.O.S. 5:16b
“… He is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend.”
Lesson 8: The Majestic God
S.O.S. 7:10
“I am my beloved’s and His desire is toward me.”
Lesson 9: Partnership with God
S.O.S. 8:6a
“Set me as a seal upon Your heart, as a seal upon your arm.”