I love Halloween. Every year I turn on my front porch light to superheroes, animals, princesses, and pirates all dressed in cool costumes. It’s exciting to hear you shout, “Trick or Treat” and even more fun to give out candy with this Halloween treat.

The candy you get this year may be really sweet, but the sweetest treat of all is how much God loves you! God thinks you’re great just the way you are with freckles or warts or braces or crazy hair, it doesn’t matter.

God thinks you’re so special that He sent His Son, Jesus, to give you
a wonderful gift. The Bible calls this amazing gift eternal life, or life that
lasts forever.

For God loved the world so much that he
gave his one and only Son [Jesus], so that
everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

Don’t let anyone trick you into thinking you have to be extra good so God will love you and let you into heaven one day. None of us can be good enough to earn God’s love.

All of us do bad things (sin) like telling lies, thinking bad thoughts, or hurting other people. Our bad behavior pushes
us away from God and we deserve to be punished.

But Jesus took our place and was punished for us when He died on the cross and rose again. That’s how much He loves you. The Bible says:

He [Jesus] was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God. Romans 4:25

You know the candy people give you at Halloween? If you didn’t accept it, it wouldn’t be yours.

The same is true with God’s great gift of forgiveness and eternal life. You have to accept His gift. That means, believe Jesus died for you and rose again to take away your sin.

If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Romans 10:9

If you want God’s amazing gift of eternal life, then say a prayer like this: “God, I’m sorry I do bad things. Please forgive me. I believe your only Son, Jesus Christ, died on the cross and rose again to take away my sins. Thank You for loving me so much and giving me Your gift of eternal life. Amen!”