🌿 John the Baptist

Matthew 3, Luke 1 · Get ready for Jesus!

📖 The story

John's special job was to get people ready for Jesus. He lived in the desert, told people to turn back to God, and baptised them in the Jordan River. One day Jesus came to be baptised too, and John knew he was the one everyone had been waiting for.

🤩 Fun facts

John wore clothes made of camel's hair and ate locusts and wild honey!
He was a relative of Jesus. Before he was born, he jumped for joy inside his mum when Mary came to visit.
He baptised Jesus in the Jordan River.
When Jesus was baptised, a dove came down and God said, "This is my Son, whom I love."

✨ Memory verse ✨

"Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"

John 1:29 (NIV)

💬 Talk about it

For grown-ups and kids together, after watching

What was John's special job?
What do you do to get ready for something exciting?
How can we help our friends get to know Jesus?

🙏 Let's pray: Dear God, thank you for sending Jesus. Help me get my heart ready for him every day. Amen.

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