When I Feel I Need To Be Perfect, Jesus Only Wants My Best

Ask Your Kids: • In our story, Martha wanted everything to be perfect for Jesus. When she was working so hard, she noticed that Mary wasn’t helping. How did that make Martha feel? (Mad) Yeah, Martha got mad at Mary for not helping clean and cook.
• When Martha asked Jesus who was doing the right thing, who did Jesus say was doing the right thing: Martha or Mary? (Mary) Jesus showed Martha that she was so focused on trying to be perfect that she was missing out on visiting with Him. He told her that her very best was good enough for Him, and He just wanted to spend time with her!

We can get so caught up in wanting to be perfect that we miss out on so many awesome things. But if we STOP and LOOK at what’s really going on, we’ll see that none of us are perfect, and that if we’re not careful, we will miss out on great things, just like Martha did. And when we can LISTEN to the truth of God’s Word, we will see that Jesus doesn’t want us to be perfect—He just wants our best!

Memory Verse:“But even if we (thumbs to chest)
don’t feel at ease, (cross arms in front of body)
God is greater (point both hands up)
than our feelings, (hand over heart)
and He knows everything.” (fingers to temples)
1 John 3:20 (make book with hands)

Need To Know: When I Feel I Need to Be Perfect (fists closed in front of body)
Jesus Only Wants My Best (palms open in front of body)