Seeing Others Through God's Eyes

Seeing Others Through God's Eyes

Learning Objective

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to understand how to see others through God's eyes and write a kindness note to a given partner.

Introduce the learning objective and explain that students will be writing a kindness note to a peer.

What do you already know about
seeing others through God's eyes?

Bible Verse: 1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.'

Read the Bible verse with the class and explain the meaning behind it. Discuss the importance of not judging someone based on their appearance.

Video: Seeing Others Through God's Eyes

Watch the following video: [insert link here]

Play the video and encourage students to take notes on what they learned.

Discussion: Seeing Others Through God's Eyes

What did you learn from the video about seeing others through God's eyes?

Encourage students to share their thoughts and ideas about the video. Have a class discussion.

Interactive: Kindness Notes

Write a kindness note to your assigned partner. Make sure it is a thoughtful and genuine message.

Pair students up and assign them each a partner. Give them time to write the note and encourage them to be kind and thoughtful.

Bible Verse: Proverbs 16:24

Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.

Read the Bible verse with the class and discuss the importance of kind and gracious words.

Interactive: Kindness Notes Exchange

Exchange your kindness note with your partner. Read the note and share how it made you feel.

Have the students exchange notes with their partner and share their thoughts and feelings about the note.

Bible Verse: Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.

Read the Bible verse with the class and discuss the importance of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.

Discussion: How Can We See Others Through God's Eyes?

How can we see others through God's eyes? What are some practical ways we can do this?

Encourage students to share their thoughts and ideas about how they can see others through God's eyes. Have a class discussion.

Interactive: Role Play

In pairs, one student will act as a person in need of help, while the other student will act as someone helping them. The helper should try to see the person in need through God's eyes and respond with kindness and compassion.

Pair students up and have them do the role play activity. Encourage them to think about how they can see others through God's eyes.

Bible Verse: Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

Read the Bible verse with the class and discuss the importance of kindness, compassion, and forgiveness.

Discussion: Examples of Seeing Others Through God's Eyes

Can you think of any examples of seeing others through God's eyes? Share with the class.

Encourage students to share any examples they can think of and have a class discussion.

Bible Verse: Matthew 5:44

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.

Read the Bible verse with the class and discuss the importance of loving our enemies and praying for those who persecute us.

Discussion: Applying What We've Learned

How can we apply what we've learned about seeing others through God's eyes in our everyday lives?

Encourage students to share their thoughts and ideas about how they can apply what they've learned. Have a class discussion.

Interactive: Kindness Challenge

Challenge yourself to do at least one act of kindness each day for the next week. Write down what you did and how it made you feel.

Encourage students to participate in the kindness challenge and write down their experiences.

Bible Verse: Luke 6:31

Do to others as you would have them do to you.

Read the Bible verse with the class and discuss the importance of treating others how we would like to be treated.

Interactive: Kindness Reflection

Reflect on the kindness challenge. Did it change the way you see others? How can you continue to see others through God's eyes?

Encourage students to reflect on the kindness challenge and share their thoughts and ideas.

Bible Verse: Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Read the Bible verse with the class and discuss the importance of the fruits of the Spirit.

Summary: Seeing Others Through God's Eyes

We learned how to see others through God's eyes based on Scripture. We also wrote kindness notes to a partner and completed a kindness challenge.

Summarize what was learned in the lesson and remind the students of the learning objective.

Reflection: What Did You Learn?

What did you learn about seeing others through God's eyes? How can you apply this in your life?

Encourage students to reflect on what they learned and share their thoughts and ideas.

Final Thoughts

Always remember to see others through God's eyes and treat them with kindness, compassion, and love.

End the lesson with a positive message and encourage students to continue to see others through God's eyes.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.