God is LOVING

God's Big Story

The Village Church

Kids & Family

4.6 • 955 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Anna and Matt salute their friend Josiah the Soldier and learn how sacrifice shows true love. Through Josiah’s story of bravery and Jesus’s ultimate sacrifice on the cross, kids discover that God is Loving—He always does what is best. What You’ll Learn: ❤️ God is Loving: He always does what is best for His children. ✝️ Jesus’s Great Love: Jesus laid down His life to save sinners. 💪 True Love Sacrifices: Real love means putting others before yourself. 📖 Memory Verse: “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” — John 15:13🎵 🎵 Song We Sing: “⁠Enter His Gates (Psalm 100)⁠” Try This at Home: 🫶 Serve with Love: Do something kind for a family member or friend this week — maybe help with a chore or write them a note. 🙏 Pray Together: Thank God for Jesus’s loving sacrifice and ask Him to help your family love others like He does. 💬 Talk About It: What’s one way you can show love that requires putting someone else first? Parents—want screen time that helps your kids grow in faith? With ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Minno⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, they can! It’s the #1 Christian streaming app for kids—packed with shows like Young David, God’s Greenhouse, The Dead Sea Squirrels, and classics like VeggieTales—all ad-free. 👉 Get your one-month FREE trial at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GoMinno.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with code STORY.

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0:00.0	Parents, want screen time that helps your kids grow in faith?
0:06.6	With Minnow, they can.
0:08.3	It's the number one Christian streaming app for kids.
0:11.6	Packed with shows like Young David, God's greenhouse, the Dead Sea Squirrels, and classics, like veggie tales, all ad-free.
0:19.8	Get your one-month free trial at go-mino.com with the code story.
0:25.6	That's g-o-m-I-N-O-N-O-com, code story, a podcast for kids.
0:50.4	Every week we teach the Bible, sing the Bible, and talk about what it means with a friend or two.
0:55.8	I'm your host, Anna, and I'm here with my co-host Matt.
0:58.9	Who are? At ease, friends.
1:01.0	Matt, that's a pretty good drill sergeant impersonation.
1:05.5	Copy that, soldier. I've been studying up on the military all day.
1:10.1	Let me guess.
1:11.3	Trying to be a soldier?
1:12.6	Affirmative.
1:13.4	Well, not really, but that would be pretty cool.
1:16.5	And gosh, hard.
1:18.0	No, I was just reading that the United States Army, Navy, and Marines all celebrated their 250th birthdays this year.
1:26.8	I was studying about them and learning about all the ways they have fought and sacrificed for our country all these years.
1:34.3	250? That's old. I wonder how many people have served since then? Had to be in the millions. At least. I mean, I think serving in the
1:47.7	military is one of the most selfless and loving things someone can do. You know what that
1:54.5	sound means? You just said our attribute for today. Loving. All season long, we have been talking about the attributes of God.
2:03.8	Remember, an attribute is a word that tells us what someone or something is like.
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