1. Love, the Greatest Commandment, Part 1
Give God First Place
The first of the Ten
Commandments says: “You shall
have no other gods before me”
(Exodus 20:3 ESV).
When we love God with all of our
heart, soul, and mind, and our
neighbor as ourselves …1
We want to give God and His
ways first place in our lives. We
don’t want to put our selfish
desires or someone’s wrong
opinions of how to live above
God’s way. We try to live the way
we know Jesus wants us to live,
doing things that we know will
make Him and others happy.
1
Matthew 22:37–39 ESV
Mom, Becca wants me to
tell Cindy the party is
Sunday at 5 o’clock instead
of at 3. She thinks it will
be funny to trick her into
missing the party.
I see, Hazel. I
have a question
for you.

2. How did things turn out in
the Bible story where Jacob
lied to his father about who
he was, causing his father to
think he was Esau?
Esau was very hurt and
angry, so Jacob had
to flee. Then everyone
was unhappy.

3. S&S link: Christian Life and Faith: Biblical and Christian Foundation: God’s Law of Love-1a; Character Building: Values and Virtues: Truthfulness-1a
Authored by Christi S. Lynch. Illustrations by Didier Martin. Design by Stefan Merour.
Published by My Wonder Studio. Copyright © 2015 by The Family International
Cindy, are you coming
to my party Sunday
afternoon? It starts
at 3 o’clock.
“In all
your ways
acknowledge
him, and he will
make straight
your paths”
(Proverbs 3:6
ESV).
Thank you, Mom! I
want to do things
God’s way, and not
hurt Cindy.
Oh, yes! I’ll
be there!
Thank You, Jesus,
for helping me do
things Your way
and making Cindy
happy!