Object: A great big paper heart.

Lesson: For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my own people, my kindred according to the flesh.

Good morning, boys and girls. Today I want to tell you a little story about a boy named Paul who had a brother named Joe. These two boys were pretty close in age and did lots of things together. If Paul decided to go fishing, the first person he would ask to go along was Joe; when Joe wanted to play ball, Paul always joined him. Paul and Joe even studied together and helped each other with their homework. Do they sound like good friends, boys and girls? (Let them respond.) Yes, they do. Well, one day, something very sad happened. Joe began to feel very sick. He felt so sick that his parents had to take him to the h…