Free Matthew 22:37 Coloring Page – Love the Lord Your God

Description

This colouring page features the verse from the Gospel of Matthew 22:37 — “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” — a powerful and foundational command from Jesus that invites kids to reflect on loving God with their whole self. It’s a meaningful art-activity for Sunday School, homeschool, children’s ministry or personal quiet time.

What’s inside

On this worksheet children will find:

• Bold, easy-to-read lettering of the phrase: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart. Matthew 22:37” — ideal for little hands to trace or colour.

• A simple graphic of two hands holding a heart (symbolising loving wholeheartedly) with rays of light seemingly emanating — reinforcing the idea of love and devotion.

• Clean outlines and clear shapes (hands, heart, rays, background) structured to suit elementary colouring skill level.

• Plenty of white space so kids can select their own colours, experiment with patterns, and personalise the design (for example, decorating the rays or heart with special designs).

Why it’s useful

• Reinforces Scripture memory and meaning: The verse is cited often as the greatest commandment in Scripture — loving God completely.

• Encourages reflection and discussion: Kids can talk about what it means to love God with their whole being — heart, soul and mind — and what that might look like in their daily life.

• Supports fine-motor skills and creativity: Colouring the page helps improve coordination, concentration, and gives children a sense of accomplishment as they complete the image.

• Works well across ages: Younger children can colour the sheet while saying the verse aloud. Older children can extend the activity by writing or drawing how they can love God with their heart, soul and mind this week.

• Perfect for classrooms, Sunday clubs or home use: Use it in a lesson on the greatest commandment, or as a take-home printable reminder of how we should live in relationship with God and others.

How to use it

1. Print the worksheet on standard A4 or US letter size paper.

2. Introduce the verse: Read Matthew 22:37 together: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” Then explain simply that this means we should love God fully — not just in part, but with everything we are.

3. Colour time: Let children pick colours for the heart, the hands, the rays, the background and letters. Encourage them to think about how their colouring can show “loving God with all of me.”

4. Discussion/reflection prompt: After colouring, ask:

   • What does “heart” mean in this verse? (Our feelings, desires)

   • What does “soul” mean? (Our life, our very being)

   • What does “mind” mean? (Our thoughts, what we learn and believe)

   • How can you show love to God this week with your heart, soul and mind?

5. Display or take‐home: Have children display their finished coloured page in the classroom, Sunday-school room, or take it home to show their family—so the verse can stick in their mind.

6. Optional extension:

   • Ask children to write one way they will love God with their “heart” (e.g., be kind), one way for their “soul” (e.g., pray daily), one way for their “mind” (e.g., choose good thoughts). Attach this to the colouring sheet.

   • Use this worksheet together with a lesson on how loving God influences how we treat others — because loving God with all we have naturally flows into loving neighbour too.

   • Turn the colouring sheet into a poster: children write around the border words like “devotion”, “study”, “worship”, “service” and colour accordingly.

Print this free “Love the Lord Your God” colouring page today and invite your kids to colour, reflect and live out wholehearted love — helping them understand that loving God isn’t just something we say, but something we live with our whole being.