Confidence

“I love you this much” game

Any time

Take turns coming up with descriptive words ending in “er” to explain the magnitude of your love.

Discussion point: Jesus’ love for us is so great, He was willing to die on the cross for us.

Use this fun, creative exercise to assure your children of your love for them. To play, follow the example below, taking turns coming up with words ending in “er” to explain the magnitude of your love:

Mariah: Do you know how much I love you?

Mommy: No.

Mariah: I love you bigger than an elephant. I love you cuter than a little puppy. I love you taller than the tallest mountain. I love you more green than spring grass. And I love you whiter than the snow. Now do you know how much I love you?

Mommy: Oh, yes! Do you know how much I love you?

Mariah: No.

Mommy: I love you faster than a galloping horse. I love you blue-er than your eyes. I love you more tumbly than when you do cartwheels. I love you more beautiful than sunrises, sunsets and rainbows. I love you squishier than our rubber animals. Now do you know how much I love you?

Mariah: Yes!

Mommy: Do you know how much Jesus loves you?

Mariah: No.

Mommy: This is how much Jesus loves you: He says, “I love you higher than the sky and as deep as the sea. I love you longer than the longest car ride you have ever been on! I love you with love wider than the ocean (extend your arms as though your hands are nailed to a cross). I love you so much that I died on the cross so that you could be My child.” Now do you know how much Jesus loves you?

Mariah: Yes! He loves me a lot!

Relevant Scripture

John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Ephesians 3:16-19 “I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. 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, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.